Crusade for Armageddon (Black Templars, #1) by Jonathan Green

Crusade for Armageddon (Black Templars, #1) Reviews

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  Paulo "paper books always" Carvalho

  This is the first book of a duology (or at least only two were written so far) set on Armageddon and if you know about 40k this is a world locked in constant war. This story is set on the third armageddon war that confronts the Imperial Guard and a panoply of Space Marine chapters against one of the biggest Ork armies to set foot on a planet.
  
  We follow the tale of a crusade fleet of the Black Templars chapter; probably the most zealous and dedicated of all Space Marines, as they hunt a ork warlord that destroyed their home planet. The follow him to Armageddon and instead of joining the war like other Chapters they go on their own quest. If you want a book with twists and such don't expect nothing here. This is a straightforward plot.
  
  
  The tale is told in three prespectives. First the Black Templars, the other a Warlord Titan with Tyrannus Maximus (already damaged and alone on the battlefield) and the last a Steel Legion Imperial Guardsmen with an important information and trying to get back to HQ. The plot in then converge the three viewpoints into a single massive battle against a factory for the Orks.
  
  Overall, nice book with great action but nothing that will make you want to read it again. Not the best printed by Black Library. But it's about the Black Templars Chapter so a must read for a afficionado
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  Martin

  Bolter porn. So much bolter porn. There were some great character moments and situations that would've been worth exploring (Straeker and the Steel Legion folks--maybe more of the Templar interactions too) but so much of it was: "Oh! Let's set up for more fighting against hordes of greenskins!"
  
  I guess I'm just spoiled on ImpGuard fiction and the machinations in those.
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  Mike

  Okay-enough bolster porn
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  Michael T Bradley

  See if this tells you anything: I had a copy of this, read about 45 pages of about 300, let it sit for maybe two-three months, came back, started reading & didn't remember anything that had come before, BUT didn't feel I had missed anything.
  
  I almost kind of prefer the earlier parts of this book, where it feels as if Jonathan Green was told to write it for a dark-oriented seven-year-old. "The Black Templars would fight from a distance, but they preferred fighting hand-to-hand. That's what made them different from other chapters. They were very good at hand-to-hand combat." 'Huh,' thought I. 'Good to know.' Later it just becomes people fighting, and I wasn't quite sure why I should care, or where this comes in the whole Armageddon conflict (apparently it's the 3rd war for Armageddon ... I think Dembski-Bowden's Helsreach is the 4th? Is there any fiction about the first two?). I stuck with this till the end, but even the characters I enjoyed (initiate Gervais! Mostly because I pictured a buff Ricky Gervais as that role) became sidelined or dull by the end.
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  Moonshad3

  Gather my brothers for the immortal emperor calls the exalted marine chapters to vanquish the evil that threatens the dominion of man!
  "At battle's end, speak the Liturgy in a clear voice. Respect the bravery of the living. Give the Rite of Passage to the fallen. Honour the battle gear of the dead. To do all this with reverence, even when exhausted by battle and weary from the field, is the duty of a Chaplain. It is his burden and satisfaction".
  - Adeptus Astartes, The Book of Faith
  (space marines lexicanum)
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  Delfina

  No.
  Es probablemente la peor novela de Black Library que me he echado a la cara, y llevo unas cuantas. Se salva un poco la subtrama de los guardias Imperiales que se encuentan un Dreadnought, pero es lo único.
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  Josh Liller

  Not the best Warhammer author overall, but some of the best written action sequences I've ever read.
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  Michael

  This was pretty simple read, despite the fact that it took me nime months to finish it... I had to find a new appartment and move, what can I say?!
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  Svend Dyrholm

  Bolter-porn - god bolter-porn - but still just bolter-porn