I just finished Descent of Angels a few days ago, despite it being one of the older Horus Heresy novels. Originally released in late 2007, I'm over four and a half years late to being introduced into the Order, but I hope you'll enjoy my review nonetheless. Chances are you've already read it, which is a good thing in my opinion, but if you have avoided it until now, aware of the bad publicity it's been getting for the past years in fan-circles, this post might change your mind - if I'm doing my job here good enough. The Story:"The next instalment in the ground-breaking Horus Heresy series by Mitchell Scanlon, telling the tale of the civil war that nearly tore the human Imperium apart, ten thousand years ago. The novel explores the dark and mysterious history of the Dark Angels Legion and

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Welcome to the Reading Lamp. Know that this site was born because of the very book I am reviewing in this post. The Red Duke certainly left an impression on me. I just had to write a review about it, and when I was done writing, my own blog did not seem entirely appropriate - thus, I sat down and created the Reading Lamp. Take a look at the short text in the sidebar: There are certain books out there, often overlooked by the crowd, that are almost ridiculously awesome! The Red Duke, to me, certainly is one of those. What the novel is about and why I think this way shall thus be addressed in this review. The Story:"Once a valorous and honourable knight of the realm, the Red Duke was betrayed and stricken down in battle but rose again before death could truly claim him. As a bloodthirsty

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