Corax: The Horus Heresy, Book 40

Book had some interesting stories and going into it the raven guard was up there with my favorite legions. The lost story that tied everything together was horrendous though and actually made me mad. It’s just corax being emo and going back and forth on giving up then decideding not to then giving up again before ultimately not giving up resulting in a bunch of his soldiers dying for nothing. Maybe that’s how the author wants him to come across so is what it is but the final part where everything’s lost and it looks like everyone going to die apparently was only like that because he chose. In a whim he decided he wanted to live and save everyone and in the next instant They’re all magically clear of danger Sailing off. Book definitely made me not such a fan of corax

A good story that is unfortunately marred by odd pacing at times. The insights into the mind of the Primarch Corax remains the main takeaway for me.

After reading Deliverance Lost and this book Corvus Corax became my second favorite primarch after Guilliman.The book is very good. Great stories, great pacing, and rhe book drives the overall Horus Heresy story forward.What i really liked in the book is there are no pointless and long pages of fight scenes. We are at the 39th book of the series, i really don’t care about how space marine A killed space marine B his bolter, chainsword or powefist. YAWN..Give me story, give me dialogue not looong cliche fights.

The story is set in a dark future. The great crusade to liberate and unite all of the mankind and it's star systems under the banner of the Emperor of Mankind has come to a tragic end. A great civil war threatens to destroy the work of the Emperor and his sons. The Raven Lord Corvus Corax must keep his legion alive and relevant in great war. This is collection of stories explores some of the stories of the dark days of the Horus Heresy and the fate of his brother Leman Russ. It is good read for a fan of War Hammer 30,000 universe. This book contains elements from other Horus Heresy books and could be confusing to a new reader.

This was one of my favorites in the Heresy series so far. Well written, plenty of pathos, and plenty of good ole blood and guts.

This is a relatively good collection of stories with the author going out of the way to present the evolving and troubled personality of Corax, Primarch of the Raven Guard in the years following the “Great Betrayal” at Isstvan V (yes, again!) and how he rallies the remnants of his Legion and warriors and loyalists of other scattered forces (a few Imperial Fists and Iron Hands, but also a loyalist Iron Warrior and a Night Lord).Some pieces are rather interesting and pretty good. One such includes Corax encountering in the years after Isstvan V two of his senior officers that were believed to be lost during this massacre and which have developed very different attitudes towards him. A related point is to show the trauma resulting from this catastrophe as some kind of PTSD.Given Corax’s own growing doubts and despair, I couldn’t help wondering whether the rather idealistic Primarch, the defender of slaves and the oppressed, was also subject to it. The characterisation of Corax is rather interesting, especially when contrasted with Angron of the World Eaters who descends in mindless violence. Both characters seem to be variations of some kind of Spartacus theme, but Corax, unlike Angron, clings to hope. This is the hope that the Emperor will prevail and set everything right, including the salvation of Corax’s Raptors, those of his new generation of warriors that suffer from genetic and fast evolving malformations that make them similar to creatures from Chaos.The evolving war across the galaxy is also a source of growing despair for Corax. Despite all his efforts to weaken Horus and his followers and despite numerous tactical victories, worlds reconquered and convoys destroyed, the enemy seems unstoppable, just as it had seemed in Path of Heaven when the Khan and his Scars were also attempting and failing to stem the tide. Corax is also clearly shown as running out of options and this also feeds his despair.Two final nice touches are the reuniting of Corax the Ravenlord and Russ the Wolflord, in rather dramatic circumstances, and how Corax, well after the war and as the Scouring of the traitors is almost finished, finally exercises justice and keeps his promise, despite what it costs him to do so.Needless to say, the stories also includes multiple battle scenes. While many show an almost invincible Corax, some show him as rather reckless, for instance when confronting single-handed some of the creations of the infamous Fabius Bile. Four stars.

I really enjoyed this book. It tells the story of Corax after he raises his "new legion" in the aftermath of Istvaan. Some of the gene manipulation that the Emperor did for him to raise new recruits quickly goes awry and he is left with some members of his Legion that are mutated. They are in the battle of their lives and more than any previous book in the series it really gets into Corax's phyche.

I had never read any of the 5 previously stories in Corax, and of course Weregeld was new to me.It was certainly a success, as I want more Corax! Definitely a very good collection of stories. It's interesting reading a Primarch with some self-doubt, and awareness.Curse you, Gav Thorpe, you made me cry at the end of Wergeld. Poor Raptors.

Superb read and great drama overall in a very likeable character that i wish he could be more active in the HH story.

A good collection of the short stories that bring you up to speed on what the Reaven guard did next and their struggle for survival.

Corax und seine Legion werden mal etwas genauer beschrieben und die Ereignisse und der Kampf nach Istvan III weitererzählt. Liest sich spannend.

This is a relatively good collection of stories with the author going out of the way to present the evolving and troubled personality of Corax, Primarch of the Raven Guard in the years following the “Great Betrayal” at Isstvan V (yes, again!) and how he rallies the remnants of his Legion and warriors and loyalists of other scattered forces (a few Imperial Fists and Iron Hands, but also a loyalist Iron Warrior and a Night Lord).Some pieces are rather interesting and pretty good. One such includes Corax encountering in the years after Isstvan V two of his senior officers that were believed to be lost during this massacre and which have developed very different attitudes towards him. A related point is to show the trauma resulting from this catastrophe as some kind of PTSD.Given Corax’s own growing doubts and despair, I couldn’t help wondering whether the rather idealistic Primarch, the defender of slaves and the oppressed, was also subject to it. The characterisation of Corax is rather interesting, especially when contrasted with Angron of the World Eaters who descends in mindless violence. Both characters seem to be variations of some kind of Spartacus theme, but Corax, unlike Angron, clings to hope. This is the hope that the Emperor will prevail and set everything right, including the salvation of Corax’s Raptors, those of his new generation of warriors that suffer from genetic and fast evolving malformations that make them similar to creatures from Chaos.The evolving war across the galaxy is also a source of growing despair for Corax. Despite all his efforts to weaken Horus and his followers and despite numerous tactical victories, worlds reconquered and convoys destroyed, the enemy seems unstoppable, just as it had seemed in Path of Heaven when the Khan and his Scars were also attempting and failing to stem the tide. Corax is also clearly shown as running out of options and this also feeds his despair.Two final nice touches are the reuniting of Corax the Ravenlord and Russ the Wolflord, in rather dramatic circumstances, and how Corax, well after the war and as the Scouring of the traitors is almost finished, finally exercises justice and keeps his promise, despite what it costs him to do so.Needless to say, the stories also includes multiple battle scenes. While many show an almost invincible Corax, some show him as rather reckless, for instance when confronting single-handed some of the creations of the infamous Fabius Bile. Four stars.

My last book of Gave Thorpe. The overall writing is ok, but the high-level plot is just sad. My main problem is that Gave Thorpe writes Primarchs that behave absolutely not comprehensible. They are leaves in the wind, completely overruled by their emotions, not responding to reason, worst than 13-year-old teenagers in their middle of puberty.This book made me shake my head so many times on how Corax behaved (just as in Angels of Caliban, where I had no idea how superhuman tactical genius like the Lion, Sanguinus or Guilliman can be so retarded all the time).Plus, it really does not advance the storyline a single bit.The best part about the book is that you can totally skip it and not miss anything.