Every two weeks we read a new book in the WH40k universe and discuss it on our podcast. We invite you to read along with us and join in on our conversation via comments, Twitter, email, or vox cast.
This episode we’re finally reading a new book, Dark Imperium: Godblight by Guy Haley. You can purchase on Amazon, Black Library, or Audible.
From the back of the book:
The paths of Roboute Guilliman and his fallen brother Mortarion bring them inexorably together on Iax. Once a jewel of the Imperium, the garden world is dying as the plans of the Lord of Death to use it as a fulcrum to drag the stellar realm of Ultramar into the warp come to deadly fruition.
While Guilliman attempts to prevent the destruction of his kingdom, Mortarion schemes to bring his brother low with the Godblight, a disease created in the Cauldron of Nurgle itself, made with the power to destroy a son of the Emperor.
Primarchs clash on the ravaged landscapes of Iax. The gods go to war and the wider galaxy balances on a knife-edge of destruction. As something powerful stirs in the sea of souls, only one thing is certain – no matter who wins the last great clash of the Plague War, the repercussions of victory will echo through eternity…
Questions to ponder after reading Dark Imperium: Godblight:
- Did you like the book?
- What parts stood out?
- Does this successfully conclude the Plague Wars in your mind? Do you like where everyone ended up?
- Were Ku’Gath and Mortarion effective villains in the grand scheme of things? What are their futures?
- Let’s discuss Frater Mathieu’s role. Do you have any lingering questions?
- Do you like Guilliman’s journey through the Plague Wars? Was the showdown between the brothers everything you wanted?
- We now know more of the conversation between Guilliman and the Emperor. What’s your take on it? Did you like it?
- Do you like Rotigus’s angle? What are the implications of Fabian’s book and knowledge?
- What on Terra could Cawl want with the Pharos? Do you trust the Cawl Inferior’s information?
I’m about half way through this, and I am really enjoying it.
The priest continues to infuriate and impress in equal measure, and it’s always fun to spend more time with Guilliman and other big characters.
I love some Parts of this book and I really hate some Parts.
Spoilers:
I hate how week Great Unclean one’s are presented. Killing them is way to easy. Rotigus gets beaten by a single librarian? The strongest great unclean one looses to a Priest?
I also hate that chaos is now the underdog. With Primaris, Custodes and the Deus ex Emperor on the imperial side, I find myself routing for chaos because they have now objectively weeker soldiers.
And still, Gullimen would have died to Mortarion, if the Emperor wouldn’t have Deus ex machina Gullimen to live, what shows that Mortarion is the objectively better General and Primarch in this fight.
And now that the Imperium has all these advantages there are no stakes anymore. The imperium has won. Chaos can’t possibly win after what we have seen. We will need a explanation why the Emperor doesn’t interfier at any point from now on.