The Twice-Dead King: Ruin (Warhammer 40,000) [Paperback] Crowley, Nate

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Exile to the miserable world of Sedh, the disgraced Necron Lord Oltyx is consumed with bitterness. Once heir to the throne of a dynasty, he now commands nothing but a dwindling garrison of warriors, in a never-ending struggle against Ork invaders. Oltyx can think of nothing but the prospect of vengeance against his betrayers, and the reclamation of his birthright. But the Orks are merely the harbingers of a truly unstoppable force. Unless Oltyx acts to save his dynasty, revenge will win him only ashes. And so he must return to the crownworld, and to the heart of the very court which cast him out. But what awaits there is a horror more profound than any invader, whose roots are tangled with the dark origins of the Necrons themselves. The biggest issue with me is the humanisation. I loved how inhuman, alien and soulless the necrons felt in the first book, especially the POV. Particularly when it came to the hyper-advanced robotic strangeness of their communication. It's partly why I preferred it to the Infinite and the Divine. I also thought the gradual emotional touches were well done. However, Reign starts with all the humanising slowly crafted in Ruin already done. And that's just less interesting to me. I prefer necrons to feel soulless, not like humans in robot bodies. I guess I prefer the old version of the necrons, that Lovecraftian, unknowable, implacable horror... space terminators: "It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear! And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead!"

The book follows the tale of Nomarch Oltyx, disgraced heir to the Ithakas Dynasty, in his exile on the fringe planet of Sedh. But even there, on the edge of the dynasty, a plethora of enemies rise to meet the Necrons, not just from the myriad of lesser races, but also from within. Oltyx soon finds that his fight may not be to save just his planet, but his entire dynasty. En comparación con la anterior entrega, este se siente un poco repetitivo a veces y en ocasiones parece que se extiende mucho en ciertas situaciones. Algunas cosas no las terminé de entender y no hay mucha información por ahora en línea. Pero en general, esos detallitos no arruinan la experiencia.

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Pride is everything for the dynastic kings of the Necron race, who have awakened after millennia to see their empires occupied by foul beasts and simple minds. For the Necron Lord Oltyx, the Ithakas dynasty was his by right, but the machinations of the court see him stripped of his position and exiled to a forgotten world.

Our servers are getting hit pretty hard right now. To continue shopping, enter the characters as they are shownSi pensaba que el libro anterior era complejo, este lo es mucho más. Pero por otro lado, más sencillo. Es muy difícil de explicar, así como es difícil de explicar cualquier otro asunto relativo a los necron. If you are like me who isn't that well versed in necron lore you will most likely have to pause and Google some things from time to time. But trust me, it's worth it! A two-part Warhammer 40k epic about a Necron Lord who fights Orks and schemes to regain his rightful throne.