Primarchs Book 12, by Guy Hayley
The Primarchs stride across the Horus Heresy as giants (both litteral and metaphorical), being the centre piece of many of the books – although often at a distance or through the eyes of others. The Primarch (Horus Heresy) series brings stories from each of these giants and gives more background for each of the Emperor’s children.
From the book:
Few among the legendary primarchs are as feared as Konrad Curze, the Night Haunter. Even before his fall to darkness, he was a sinister legend, a remorseless killer. This is his story.
The Night Haunter is a fascinating character, a man who could have been a hero, but for the daemons that plague him, the result of his nightmarish visions of a future he helps to create. Guy Haley delves into this lord of the night, in a story you’ll never forget…
The Night Haunter brings together three stories; That of Nostramo, of Curze’s rescue from deep space, and of events leading up to his death (don’t worry, there are no spoilers here, this is in the first paragraph!!).
I haven’t followed the stories of Konrad Curze before and this was an interesting introduction to the Night Haunter. The world where he grew up – Nostramo – has suffered a change of leadership and his legion is being provided troops from prisons rather than the best of the best!
His rescue from deep space, begins to look like Nostromo* with very few survivors, and his fall from sanity before his death. The three stories are nicely intertwined and give a good insight into the Night Haunter, and his actions.
Konrad’s approach of justice before all else is not well liked by his fellow Primarch’s and he blames the Emperor for the way he was made. It is a very interesting concept and makes Konrad very different from the other Primarch’s… actually making him a 3-D character which is not the case with all of them. Whilst he is a difficult character to feel sympathy for, he is a character that can be understood.
This book is a great introduction to the Primarch with him being the main protagonist. As such, this will be a great book for those who already follow the Night Haunter and those who want to more about the Primarch of the Night Lords.
— Declan
*Deliberate Alien Reference perfectly timed for the new film!
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