Dark Creed

by Anthony Reynolds

Book Overview

Dark Apostle Marduk faces challenges from within his own Legion as he wages war with the White Consuls. But just as the White Consuls are on the verge of defeat, an old enemy returns to throw the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844167879
• ISBN13: 9781844167876
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Games Workshop(uk)
• Length: 413 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Dark Creed the closing of the trilogy.

For those of us following the development of the Chaos Marines this book does a great job of portraying the dark side of the traitors. Does a fine job at closing the book trilogy.

An under-explored area of 40K

There are very few 40k novels that give us substantial insight into Xenos other than the Eldar. Fans have been desperate for more 40k novels that deal with the other alien races in 40k. Dark Creed gives us the traditional 40k combatants, Chaos and Imperium, but we also get a good dose of the Necrons. The third in the trilogy and while most 40k novels can stand on their own, and this does if you have previous 40k knowledge but if you are new to 40k you will definitely want to read the first two, Dark Apostle and Dark Disciple. Anthony Reynolds is as good as any 40k writer. Highly recommended.

Finally Something Other Than Just An Empire Novel

There was always something missing from the Warhammer 40k books I've read. Everything seemed to be about the Empire and Chaos and I kept waiting for a story to include some xenos; I also wanted to see things from a perspective other than "the good guys". Finally, my desires have been answered on both fronts. I believe this is book three in the series and not having read them I can't say if they are as good, but I was pulled into this one immediately. The first thing that impressed me was how easy the author made it to get into the story. He seamlessly reference past events, but always clearly enough you get a general idea, even if you don't know particulars. It was so easy to jump in that I finished the book a week earlier than planned and in far fewer sessions than usual. I'd pick it up planning to read for a half hour and still be at it two hours later. At various points you see through the eyes of three main factions in the story. You have the Chaos warriors, the Space Marines, and the Imperial Guard to a lesser extent. It was refreshing to see things from each point of view. It gives a better sense of the motivations behind the actions. My only gripe, I would have liked to see more from the Necrons perspective; however, it was enough just to see them as such an awe inspiring power. The battles were spectacular, some of the best I've seen in a Warhammer book. In other books the odds are just so huge in one side's favor that it strains belief that a small group could slaughter so many enemies. You begin to wonder how the enemy can ever beat anybody if they are so inept. Not here, these battles nearly all felt plausible and I think that's what makes them so compelling. Whats more, you've got nearly everything thrown in at least once; from soldiers to tanks, demons to aliens, you even have Titans and a moon sized star fortress thrown into the mix. Very cool. From start to finish I enjoyed this book. If you haven't read the others in the series or even a single Warhammer 40k book before, you should still give this one a try. It won't disappoint.

Great book

I was amazed at how much is put into this book. There was so much going on in this book it would have been dizzying. Had it not been written in such a masterful way. I would definitely recommend getting caught up in this web!