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Horus Heresy: Battle for the Abyss (Horus Heresy) | 
 enlarge | Author: Ben Counter
Publisher: Games Workshop
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 2273
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.4
ISBN: 1844165493
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.92
EAN: 9781844165490
ASIN: 1844165493
Publication Date: July 29, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Product Description
Horus sends the Worldbearer space marines to the planet Calth, where they are to ambush the loyalist Ultramarines. In addition to the main fleet, Horus sends a new doomsday battleship for use againsy the Ultramarines home world of Ultramar. A small strike force travels space and the warp to delay or destroy the doomsday ship to save the Ultramarines.
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 Disappointing as it should have been much better August 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As an avid 40K gamer I have read all of the Horus Heresy Books & have enjoyed every one except "Decent of Angels" which in my opinion "lost the plot"!
I looked forward to this book as I have read Ben Counters Grey Knight's series & thought them very good.
I have read only half of this new offering & have found it very heavy going. There is an abundance of overly dramatic descriptive dialogue & the characters seem wooden & one dimensional compared to the great characters in the first few books. On the other hand the Space Wolf characters are almost a caricature & seems to be based on the Klingons from "Star Trek". I could not warm to the Ultramarine Heroes who seemed to lack any really appealing traits. One interesting person is the Thousand Sons Ships Captain, Mhotep. The chapter where the Loyalist Marines go to shut down the Reactor in the Vangelis Space Port is really unbelievable. Unfortunately I could only give this book 2 stars.
 Horrible August 16, 2008
This book is lacking in just about everything. There is ZERO character development. Astartes start dying left and right and you will feel absolutely nothing for them because they haven't been fleshed out at all. More effort was put into a character that dies 10 pages in to the story than any of the "main" characters throughout.Even the names of the characters are completely retarded.
Worse yet the plot is just lame. It's a lead up to a lead up to a fight thats a sideline to an actual battle. This book can safely be left behind, it's an abomination in the Horus Heresy series.
I was very excited to see the Ultramarines in the Horus Heresy but more time is spent on the other legions which seem to just be thrown in randomly to begin with. It just so happens the Thousand Sons and the World Eaters are on the same dock with the Ultramarines and Space Wolfs and they all go take off after a mystery ship by themselves without ever contacting anyone else. I mean the plot is a joke. It's so horribly unbelievable that half way through you'll be wondering why the hell you bought the book.
This book is a dud, like Descent of Angels. The Black Library better start putting out better books in this series before they kill it completely. This rubbish won't cut it by a long shot.
Okay, but nothing special August 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was hoping that Dan Abnett's "Legion" was a sign that the HH series was back on track and moving towards bigger and better things. However, Ben Counter's latest entry is only so-so. Much like "Flight of the Einstein", we are following a band of loyal space marines struggling through the warp to spread word about Horus' betrayal. A few small skirmishes here and there, leading up to the big conclusion at the end. Certainly not groundbreaking stuff here.
While it does advance the plot a tiny bit, the novel failed to capture the epic scope that I felt reading the first three novels. It seems like the series jumped out to an excellent start and then has been tripping and stuttering forward ever since. And judging by the upcoming release schedule (the battle on Mars and then a collection of short stories from the HH timeline) I am not expecting to be reading anything new about the Sons of Horus anytime soon.
 Battle for the Abyss August 11, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
A terrific adventure. All the chips are against the good guys and yet somehow they have to prevail or a disaster, that The Imperium can ill-afford, will crsuh the Ultramarines
Like "Hunt for the Bismark" in Warhammer 40,000 Universe August 8, 2008
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have been reading all of the Horus Heresy books in sequence. I thought the series stared great, but that the last two books (Descent of Angels and Legion) lacked some of the direction that made the previous books so exceptional. (Although I understand their inclusion in the series)
Battle for the Abyss brought back some of the action and writing that made the previous books so fantastic. Additionally, while Descent of Angels and Legion took place right before the events of the Horus Heresy, this book takes place after the events of the previous books, advancing the timeline.
The title refers to the name of the Word Bearer super battleship "Furious Abyss". This ship is going to be used in a crushing blow against the Ultramarines. The book covers the story of a small group of space marines, and imperials, who are hunting and trying to stop the "Furious Abyss" in it's mission of destruction.
The small group of space marines is made up from several different legions including Ultramarines, Space Wolf, World Eaters and Thousand Sons. If you have been following the Horus Heresy history, you will know that World Eaters and Thousand Sons were traitor legions, so including them in this book not only gives you a great deal of insight into their legions, but also adds a bit of suspense to see if they are loyalists or traitors.
Although the book has many characters, the author does a good job of keeping the reader from getting too confused between one character and the next. He also does a good job of giving us enough insight into each character so that you have sympathy for the character without having to read fifty or a hundred pages about the character's background. The only thing I thought was amusing was that the author does alot of "Red Shirting" (Star Trek term) of some characters. If you see a character given a name beyond the first 100 pages of the book, you can be assured that the character will be dead within the next five paragraphs.
Overally, I thought this book put the excitement back into the series that the last two books lacked. I would highly recommend it.
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