A Thousand Sons (Horus Heresy) Paperback – February 23, 2010

I've been one of the more vocal critics on Mcneil's work of late, feeling that some of his heresy and sigmar and ultramarine books have fallen far short of some of his earlier works.But this one delivers. From the view point of the Thousand Sons Space marines, it delves more deeply into the minds of the primarchs like Magnus than any of the heresy books, which up this point have done a poor job of doing the Primarchs any justice in describing their powers and personalities.Forget the view from the Space Wolves, you see how to a great extent that the Thousand Sons were treated with great injustice and hypocrisy by the Emperor, Leman Russ, and Mortarion. Read this book and you'll see how the Thousand Sons were set up or allowed to fail from the very beginning. If you're wondering at that, let's just say the mutation problems started at the gene labs on terra, not in the times of Chaos just before the Rubric.Where before the Thousand Sons have been painted as villains, you see any thing but as their homeworld is viciously attacked by Russ, the Praetorians, and the Sisters of Silence. The courage Ahriman and the thousand sons show in defense of their homeworld has not been seen in this series since stand of Saul Tarvitz's loyalists.There are some questions though as how the Thousand Sons could be on the Planet of sorcerers all that time and yet have been named in accounts as being part of the attack on Terra as well as having battle with the Space Wolves on other worlds.But after you see the hypocrisy in the attack(like Wulfen attacking thousand sons for being mutant sorcerers), you will see Magnus' legion differently.The flew to close to the sun, but the thousand sons are now not revealed to be the villains they have been painted to be in the Space Wolves books. The Thousand Sons in the space wolves have become totally corrupted at that point and you're looking at a totally different group marines than the heroes that stand bravely in this book.

Good two-part read, A Thousand Sons followed by Prospero Burns. If you like 40k and the Horus Heresy story, you will enjoy these. Thousand Sons legion are good guys with questionable methods juxtaposed with the Space Wolves, loyal to a fault but brutal, even to their own brothers...

I have to say this is the best book of the Horus Heresy series I have read so far, and I have read about 8 of them. This book was pretty well written, a few typos here and there but not to bad. It has good action sequences and plenty of plot twists. It is also the first time you get to see the Emperor speak in any of the books. But the reason I like it so much is because the "bad" guys the Thousand Sons legion and Magnus the Red are so well done, that I really identify with them and actually was rooting for them even though I knew what the outcome was going to be. Generally I don't identify with evil characters at all. In all the other books I honestly felt no love for the heretics and chaos marines. But I am a Thousand Sons fan now after reading this book. So a must read if you are into WH40k and the Horus Heresy.

I have been reading about the Warhammer 40,000 universe for years. During that time I have read hints of the tragedy of the Thousand Sons and their Primarch, Magnus the Red. It is wonderful to finally read what exactly happened. It was kind of a bummer already knowing the end result of the book, but the author didn't leave me wanting for the material included. This book is written well and makes for a excellent read. I recommend it to anyone who has some experience reading the about this alternate universe.Chris

Magnus the Red and his merry band of Witch Kings, break the Emperor's Treaty. What does the Emperor do? He sends the Wolf, just like Marcellus Wallace. Leman's boys come to Prospero to enforce the treaty (genocide the Thousand Sons). They land unmolested, finally Magnus unleashes his Sons. The Wolves are an unstoppable, but the Sons do not die quietly. The mental pictures McNeil's creates are fantastic. Could not put it down.

A lot of really good lore and a story that leaves you hoping for a better ending than the one you know is coming.

EXCELLENT 40K book.Not only does it give you amazing detail on the chapter, but also some of the biggest key points of the Heresy!!!I was blown away as I was not expecting that.Once again, Graham McNeil proves to me he is my number ONE Warhammer author!

Couldn't put it down. One of the best in the series

This book is refreshingly diffrent from the start of the series. It manages with a lot less battles but makes up for it with keen insights to the Emperor's past and plans for the future, as well as how the "Thousand Sons" percieve the Warp. In the end i really felt pity for Magnus (well, maybe already from the first few pages) and althouh i don't really know the Legion per se in M41, regarding the time of heresy they are my most favorite of the 18 Legions.Do follow up with "Prospero Burns" as it completes the picture.Also, if you are a little sick of the books where it's 80% Spacemarine putting bolt or chainsword into something, go and read "Legion". I think it's one of a kind and will remain that way as far as heresy books are concerned.

I've been avidly reading the Horus Heresy books since they started but I was starting to get a bit bored of them, especially since the first few were so good and the more recent ones have been a bit lack-lustre.Luckily, Thousand Sons has all the elements that made the first three books and Fulgrim so good. Plenty of historical gap-filling, interesting characters with a bit of depth to them, stories you already vageuly knew but told from a different perspective and overall, a sense of tragedy about the whole thing.My only criticism is that the Thousand Sons themselves seem a bit soft. They're reliant on their powers, that's part of the storyline but what I've liked about the portrayal of Space Marines in the HH books is that they're super-humanly hard and well detatched from the "mortals" (As opposed to the books on the 40K setting where they seem much more human). The Thousand Sons in this just come across as a bit too friendly and by the end you don't really have any idea of why they fully embrace chaos. Only a minor gripe though, it's an otherwise excellent book.

Arrived as described and couldn't be more content with it.Sellers sent a follow and delivery confirmation email, which was goodOnly improvement would be shipping speed, but it went through customs to get to me which takes its own time as well

I very much enjoyed this book, a well told story with generally well fleshed out characters and a very convincing and sympathetic portrayal of the Thousand sons and there troubled past and seemingly bright future under Magnus the Red.That said not all the characters get developed that much but with a big story to cover that would have eaten up necarsary pages, Ahriman is the main protagonist and we see much through his eyes. He comes over as a genuine human whose intentions are all for the good, as with Magnus, and therein lies the great tragedy, the road to hell is paved with good intentions!Some have said this book is a little 'slow' but I think what they mean is 'We want more battles!'. The pace of this story and themes of power and knowledge give this book a deeper undercurrent than some of the others in the series and much for the reader to consider.I also liked that there was no simple division of good guys/bad guys.. loyal hero/evil traitor in this work. Little is black and white and therein lies another theme of the work. The Thousand sons come over as seekers of knowledge for the greater good whilst the space wolves come over as a bunch of ignorant barbarians. Looking forward to seeing how it seems from the other side and as mentioned by others its a shame that its counterpart is not here now, but nevermind, I'll happily re-read this before Wolves of Prospero comes out.