The Twice-Dead King: Ruin (Warhammer 40,000) [Paperback] Crowley, Nate

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Si pensaba que el libro anterior era complejo, este lo es mucho más. Pero por otro lado, más sencillo. Es muy difícil de explicar, así como es difícil de explicar cualquier otro asunto relativo a los necron. The book's main character is Oltyx, second heir to the throne of Ithakas, a necron dynasty that is way past its prime. Oltyx ekes out a bitter existence as an exile after a falling out with the king and the elder prince of Ithakas, but when a mortal danger to his dynasty appears on the horizon, he decides to do what he can to save his heritage - even if it means facing up to his estranged relatives, the mistakes of his past and the curse that plagues his lineage. If you want something more in-depth to the origins of the necrons, you could do far worse than watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuEka...

The Twice-Dead King: Ruin (Warhammer 40,000) [Paperback

I dunno. I can allow talking, if it's weird and emotionless enough. Hard to write a book without it, unless necrons are antagonists. I just think necrons should never, ever, shrug. At times it felt like Crowley was trying to do a bit too much with what he had, given that he was also t There was more combat in this book, but that had the strange aspect of actually making it less interesting and exciting, as opposed to the doomy introspection and weird alienness of Ruin. Directions (or level of pacing) I wanted the book to take, it didn't take, instead dwelling on an extremely drawn out space chase (The Last Jedi anyone?). Almost the entire book takes place on a ship - and the ship itself is barely explored. Some of it takes place on another ship. A couple of brief slices of it takes place on land. Nate tells a story on an epic scale with humour, reality and respect for the Necron protagonists - they are all believable and engaging individuals, and you are immediately drawn into their reality. And the reality Nate has crafted is the really impressive thing here. It would be absolutely wrong to say that this book humanises Necrons, because it doesn’t. That would do a disservice to the care Nate has taken to craft a reality and lived experience that is uniquely Necron, in the way the characters perceive the world, their plight, their past, their future and how they communicate, the memories and emotions that remain and how they process them. The lore exploration of the Flayer virus is another highlight. It hobbles the Necrons in interesting ways and the story creates a rational explanation for the affliction, rather than bad batches of gene seed certain Space Marine chapters suffer from. The horror element to the flayer virus also gets some play.

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This book is so good I've defected to the Necrons now and don't want to hear any more organic nonsense out of any of you. We’ve got all the usual business coming up on Warhammer Community this week, including killer new models and more information on the upcoming boxed sets for Warhammer: Underworlds and Aeronautica Imperialis, where we’ll be discussing all the new rules and taking a closer look at the factions. An excellent sequel to an already excellent. Rich character development with a lot of action. The main characters are "humanized" quite capably while remaining alien. The ambiguity in the ending is great and leaves me wanting more. Something else I can wholeheartedly applause was the reference made to the genuine Egyptian Pharaoh Unas who is most well known for the be the first pharaoh with fully developed pyramid texts but even more so because of their content; the cannibal hymn. In this hymn, Pharaoh Unas is described as butchering the people and the gods, devouring their body parts to gain their strength and powers. It is an at times chilling text to read, not helped that every translation of it tends to go for this sinister tone and rhythm. Nate Crowley, inspired by the historical Unas, gives us Unass, the lord of the dynasty who himself has been touch by the dark words. Some might consider it to be to on the nose; but I say nay to you naysayers!

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In one sense, this is part of his tragic story: Oltyx doesn't know how to be a king and truly has no plan for his people who, in addition to suffering from a pursuing army, are going mad from a plague and are burdened with an outdated mode of fighting and a rigid command hierarchy that requires absolute devotion to a king. And with the last king having gone insane, that doesn't put the kingdom in a very stable place. Ruin is a straightforward story about a decaying dynasty no longer capable of responding to the existential threat that is the Imperium of Man. The protagonist's plot is also very simple one about a reconciliation of brothers. A pesar de sentirme perdido en algunas partes, principalmente por no saber tanto de los necron, el libro me pareció una obra maestra. No solo es emocionante sino que tiene un trasfondo bastante profundo del que se puede sacar bastante contenido e incluso reflexión. Is it me, or did it seem like, throughout the book, Valgul was used sort of like a legend, and was implied not to ever have really existed? And then, at the end, Oltyx took up the mantle of Flayer King in the ruins of Drazak?

The Twice Dead King is a Necron-focused novel series by Nate Crowley. It covers the exploits of Necron Lord Oltyx. [1] Books in series Ruin" was a very enjoyable read. While, as a fan of 40K lore, I am relatively familiar with the Necrons. But, I can not claim a deep knowledge (as I have for the Imperium) and this book was a superb look into the thoughts and methods of the Necrons. I was surprised by this. I was expecting your standard tie-in novel full of explosions, paper thin plot and more explosions.

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It’s rare you are presented with what is essentially a robotic race who have their own immensely venerable culture, history, hierarchy and nobility. These are no automata created by humans and then gone rogue. The POV of this book was especially fascinating, so distinct from the countless human POVs we are used to in other SFF books. It was a somewhat unique reading experience to follow such an individual as Oltyx, yet still with enough elements to be able to root for him. He – like other necrons – might be utterly disgusted and appalled by anything biological (so much so that the word fl*sh is censored), and he would certainly destroy you or I if he came across us, yet despite the inhuman, soulless alienness, his overall motivations and character development is clear and familiar, and the grounding emotional and empathetic touches (that seem to increase as the story continues, a gradual “humanising”, so by the end you might be wondering if these creatures haven’t lost their souls at all) are welcomely placed.The best bits: fundamentally, the story is a Shakespearean tragedy with a redemption arc at the end that averts total destruction for our protagonist Oltyx. There are also space battles, an exhausting chase sequence reminiscent of the first episode of Battlestar Galactica (in all the best ways), and hand-to-hand combat. Unfortunately, compared to themostly introspective first novel of this duology, I didn't find that the pieces meshed, and the over-the-top setting and some of the tone clashed with the story that was being told. I had the time of my life creating the characters who populate this story, and they’re an eclectic bunch. Oltyx must contend with the mad Phaeron Unnas, who disowned and disgraced him, as well as Djoseras, the heir who replaced Oltyx,” Nate tells us. Hunted by the Human armada, the new king is fighting a loosing battle to lead what is left of his deathless people into a new beginning. Sacrificing his enemies, his vanguard, his friends and even the base matter of the very void ship carrying them towards salvation, all in vain to avert the looming shadow that is throwing his hopes and ambitions into darkness. Ruin was also a pretty impressive entry in the overall Warhammer 40K canon, especially as it contains an outstanding look at one of the franchises more unique races, the Necrons, who are extremely underrepresented in the extended fiction. Crowley has done a brilliant job here with Ruin, and I loved the distinctive and compelling Warhammer 40K story it contained. The author has made sure to load up this book with a ton of detail, information and settings unique to this massive franchise, and fans will no doubt love immersing themselves in this cool lore. Ruin also contains several massive and well-written battle sequences that will easily remind readers of the table-top games that this franchise is built around and which really increase the epic nature of this novel. The immense amount of somewhat more obscure lore may turn off readers new to Warhammer 40K fiction. However, I think that most new readers can probably follow along pretty well here, especially as Crowley has a very descriptive and accessible writing style, and Ruin proves to be an excellent and compelling introduction to the Necrons. Reign is an epic and exciting sequel to the first The Twice-Dead King novel, and I had a brilliant time getting through this compelling and fantastic novel. This book has an excellent story that dives deep into the Warhammer 40,000 lore to explore one of the more mysterious races in the canon while focusing on a conflicted and damaged protagonist.

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Another anthology brings together nine short stories from the rotten metropolis. You’ll read stories that explore everything from powerful syndicates, corrupt Enforcers, petty gangs, and the survivors who do what they must to make it through the daily struggle. Grim Repast The Necrons are the Warhammers Undead race like in traditional fantasy but because its Warhammer they mixed them with terminators and threw in Egyptian mythology and out came a wholly original alien species. The mythos is well crafted and a ton of fun and the protagonist in this book is well written and you care for him and want him to succeed. That's right you care for an undead terminator with multiple personalities if that is not enough to make you realize this was well written I'm not sure what is. I also noticed the fascinatingly obtuse communication technobabble was reduced in this book, but not to its benefit. The conversations seemed a lot more ordinary and human. Likewise, I missed Oltyx's subminds, a uniquely strange and entertaining aspect to the first book's POV. So enmitic weapons are the new ones wielded by the Skorpekh lords as well as Lokhust Heavy Destroyers. They broadcastGnarly stuff, but my focus immediately shifted to "hekatic decrees" and "language of reality". More on that after disintegrators. I have been having a lot of fun listening to a bunch of awesome Warhammer 40,000 (W arhammer 40K) novels over the last year, with some great examples including Deathwatch: Shadowbreaker by Steve Parker, Kal Jerico: Sinner’s Bounty by Joshua Reynolds, Fire Made Flesh by Denny Flowers, and First and Only by Dan Abnett. While I have deeply enjoyed all these novels, I felt that it was time to go outside of the novels that typically focus on this universe’s human characters and instead read something with a more unique subject matter. As such, when I saw that The Twice-Dead King: Ruin had recently been released, I instantly grabbed a copy, and I am really glad that I did.