Kharn Eater of Worlds by Antony Reynolds.
The War Hound legion was once a legion that thrived on martial skills and the strength brought by camaraderie. This novel highlights the severe fall of those ideals that were once so important. This book is another great storyline about one of the most interesting characters from the World Eaters. Kharn is the man who was finally able to calm Angron the Primarch down after he had killed the previous people who attempted it. Before the nails were applied to the legion, he was a leader and a talisman, since the nails now he is only focused on his own slaughter. Even going so far as installing a kill counter in his auto senses, there are many within the legion far worse granted, but it is a drastic change from what Kharn was. But the beginning of the plot shows just how much worse the legion could be without Kharn as he is in a coma, and it is unknown if he will recover.
Reynolds delivers a storyline that includes more than just the violence of the legion; however he shows the attempts at some form of repair by those not lost to the nails. There are quite a bit of focuses within the story on a human that has made a name for herself, strangely enough, she's one of the only medically trained serfs within the legion and she fights in the pit but no one has ever claimed forethought as a strength of the World Eaters. I found that the novel sets the scene for the future of the legion and Kharn very well, I enjoyed it, but it didn't have the same impact as the other titles.
- World Eater titles you may enjoy.
- Betrayer
- The Red Path
- Angron The Red Angel
- Angron The Slave of Nuceria
bottom image book cover of the version used in the review
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