Lorgar Bearer of the Word by Gav Thorpe.
From the Primarch series, Lorgar's Novel focuses on his early life on the desert world of Colchis. Mainly focusing on his often complex relationship with Kor Phaeron and the treatment suffered by him in his upbringing on a very religious centred world. Although this novel does not centre itself around martial conflict, there is conflict in other ways. I found the story interesting because it reveals the early corruption surrounding the Primarchs, and the Primarch who would ultimately first transfer his allegiance to Chaos was trapped with the far-reaching plans of the Ruinous Powers almost as soon as he was discovered. Again this is only a short story as with the other novels of this series, but it gives us the picture fully in that time.
I've never found Lorgar to be the most interesting of his brothers, and without a doubt, the weakest in terms of combat abilities. This novel shows him to still be a Primarch with all the abilities that come with it. Gav Thorpe is one of my favorite authors who writes for the Warhammer universe. He manages to take the limited potential of the plot and makes it an interesting read where you do get valuable information and an idea of where the rot came from within Lorgar. The future events of the humbling of the Word Bearers by the Emperor on Monarchia take on another layer of understanding, because the Legion failed in staying with the Imperial truth and the Emperor's vision of an imperium not relying on religion, this is shown to be the opposite of the world Lorgar understands it to be. If you fancy a short break from the bolter heavy novels in the literature, then this might be the one for you. If you also want to try and understand why Lorgar looked for another deity once the Emperor refused to be one, you can't go very far wrong with this.
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bottom image book cover of the version used in the review
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