Soul Hunter by Aaron Dembski-Bowden.
This was the first Chaos faction related book that i tried, it started my interest and its still one of my favorites. The Night Lords legion have from the moment they were reunited with their Primarch, been the terror specialists no matter if its been for the Imperium or for themselves. Since the legion split up after Konrad Curze was assassinated by M'Shen they have fallen upon hard times. Most of the Night Lords find the thought of daemonhosts a aberration and show this in how they deal with them, although there are those few who are the opposite. Aaron Dembski-Bowden shows with this first book of the Night Lords trilogy why he is so well thought of, he really builds the world vividly and perfectly to set the tone going forward. This trilogy is known as being one one of the best especially for the reader that enjoys the Chaos related books.
Talos Valcoran is the leader of First Claw shares the gift of precognition with his Primarch although unusually this is without a known connection to the warp. He has some difficulties deciphering these glimpses of the future but they have been known to relatively be truthful to events. He shares not just the visions of Curze but he also shares his opinions on the legions role and why they have to do it, punishment is the only way to keep society peaceful. In the way this novels plays out and is described you really get a feeling for how zealous Talos is about his feelings of his role. I cant really recommend this anymore than i do, it is a must read if you wish to look at how they Night Lords are surviving during the long war. other books to read with this are
- Throne of Lies
- Blood Reaver (book 2 of this trilogy)
- Void Stalker (book 3 of this trilogy)
- Lord of Night
- Konrad Curze the Nighthaunter (Primarch series)
bottom image book cover of the version used in the review
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