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

The first 30% of the book is a bit confusing. It introduces new confusing characters and almost immediately goes into a long description of combat. This usually doesn't make for the best writing. But if you get past this, the remaining 70% of the book is almost entirely fascinating dialogue and story telling and character development. It doesn't read like bolter porn at all, it tells a compelling story and gives some great insights into memory and the human (or necrontyr) condition. I'm looking forward to reading the next book

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The book has bad pacing and the first 60% is horribly slow and fairly boring. But the end is fantastic. Still a bit slow but finally interesting, dramatic, and important.

It's Warhammer 40k about a criminally underwritten part of the lore: the xenos species. Must read for any fan of necrons and especially those who play necrons, and doubly so for those who want to roleplay a bit during their games. Such a wonderful and immersive view into how the necrons work

Really good Necron story, with interesting characters and good background lore.It's hard to write Necrons thanks to their almost deus ex machina abilities, but the author did a good job. Also shows that despite their god-tier abilities, Necrons can be defeated by lesser (to them) factions. Great to see Necrons being actual characters, and having reasoning for why the way they are.I hope there is a sequel!

oooh space egyptians. like, to the point where this dude did serious research on actual egyptians and their worldview and just stuck it on some space mummies

Read this book in two long sessions. Tried going to bed and found my self staring a the ceiling unable to go to sleep because I was so caught up in the story. Stayed up until I finished it.The book itself is a very well told Necron story and I almost feel bad for this book because it has to share the same timeline as Infinite and the Divine witch has become the defacto gold standard that all other Necron (possibly 40k in general) stories will be compared to which then leads to the obvious question. Is it as good? Not quite; but it does come very close!This book did a couple of things that I have to give it credit for, making the Flayed Ones as creepy as they were in this book was highly appreciated because it's easy to forget the Flayed Ones are downright horrifying and they way they're presented in this book went a lot harder on that point than I expected.The other was the process of stripping the main character (a member of Necron nobility) down to the abilities and perspective of a baseline Necron warrior. This was a very unique thing to do and it does a great deal of showing just how much of a raw deal the common Necrontyr got in the bio furnaces.I'm not one for writing reviews so I'm going to stop here. If you have any interest in Necrons (only losers don't) than this book will very likely be a great time for you!

An interesting perspective on the life and structure of Necron society with good character growth and development as well as a gripping story.

I've been excited for this book the moment it was announced, and after the excellent The Infinite and The Divine I was hungry for more Necron focused books, and it certainly lived up to my expectations.Xeno focused books are rare enough, so to have one this good is truly a blessing. Despite being souless terminator-like god killing machines, the plight of the Necrons is illustrated like never before here, and a great depth of humanity, pity, character, and development is covered. I never thought that I'd find myself teary eyed over the Necrons, but this book has emotional swells and character intrigue that I have never found in any of the human focused Black Library books. I cannot recommend it enough,

Very good book to introduce to the Necron Faction if you just started getting into W40K. Can’t wait to read Book 2, thanks for writing this M. Crowley

Me gustó el prota, su historia, su esfuerzo y el final que es bueno también

I've always had a soft spot for necrons. Stem's from my love of ancient Egypt combined with my love of Warhammer. This book follows one very complex exiled necron prince and his struggles with dynastic politics, his own position in the hierarchy and galaxy and something even a necron fears. It beautifully fleshes out the characters and opens up a world we knew very little about. Well worth it.

Bought it yesterday, unexpectedly binged it until done. Well worth it: Nate's take on the Necrons makes them almost sympathetic, but not so much that they're still not, y'know, *Necrons*.