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Black Library 15 Years #14
Army of One
As civil war blazes across the galaxy, the hive world of Proxima Apocryphis turns traitor and Malcador the Sigillite despatches punishment in the form of a living weapon…
A Horus Heresy short story from Rob Sanders.
A Horus Heresy short story from Rob Sanders.
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First published April 1, 2012
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Rob Sanders
114 books86 followersRob Sanders is the author of twelve novels, as well as numerous anthologised short stories, novellas, audio dramas, computer games and comics. His fiction has won national writing competitions, been featured on the BBC and appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list. His poetry has been short listed in national contests. He lives off the beaten track in the small city of Lincoln, UK.
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March 23, 2017
Re-read in The Silent War anthology
Maybe the first short Horus Heresy 3-book, released in 2012 as part of Black Library’s 15th birthday celebration, "Army of One" is a really too much short tale about an Eversor assassin coming back on the rebel hive world of Proxima Apocryphis with a vengeance.
A good storyline in desperate need to be fully developed in a longer e-short or a full-lenght novel.
February 29, 2024
February 2024 Read using the Horus Heresy Omnibus Project Reading Order - Omnibus V Shadow of the Warmaster I Knives in the Dark (https://www.heresyomnibus.com/omnibus...) as part of my Oath of Moment to complete the Horus Heresy saga and extras.
A super short story at just over eight minutes of audio that is a bonus feature in the real weird grab bag of stuff that was published in other places that The Silent War has proven to be so far that was originally published as part of Black Library's celebration of its fifteen year anniversary back in 2012.
Army of One follows the fleeting reflections of a former life and what they have been reshaped into by a being that is no longer truly human. Stripped of their humanity, hooked on a chronically addictive smorgasbord of battle drugs, and crafted into an avatar of apoplexy; a living weapon--an Assassin of the Eversor House/ Temple.
This story isn't doing anything we haven't seen already with the Garantine in Nemesis, but it is nice to see an Eversor take centre stage and highlight the abominations the Imperium creates and the atrocities it perpetrates. While I've complained about other stories in this anthology retreading old ground without doing anything new, Sanders writes the barely contained fury and bloodlust well and Keeble's performance really brings it to life. They really are the perfect choice for a story like this. It also has a different angle to The Garantine, who was a 'psychotic' child exploited by the House (which is an in-universe nightmare and also not a great understanding or writing about mental health), the Eversor in this was a criminal and understandably unpatriotic who has been reforged into a fanatical murder machine for the Imperium.
I'm just a sucker for those short, sharp character studies!
Through using the Horus Heresy Omnibus Project (www.heresyomnibus.com) and my own choices, I have currently read 12.41 Horus Heresy novels, 5 novellas, 30 short stories/ audio dramas, as well as the Macragge's Honour graphic novel, 6 Primarchs novels, 3 Primarchs short stories/ audio dramas, and 2 Warhammer 40K further reading novels...this run. I can't say enough good about the way the Horus Heresy Omnibus Project suggestions. I'm loving it! Especially after originally reading to the releases and being so frustrated at having to wait so long for a narrative to continue.
A super short story at just over eight minutes of audio that is a bonus feature in the real weird grab bag of stuff that was published in other places that The Silent War has proven to be so far that was originally published as part of Black Library's celebration of its fifteen year anniversary back in 2012.
Army of One follows the fleeting reflections of a former life and what they have been reshaped into by a being that is no longer truly human. Stripped of their humanity, hooked on a chronically addictive smorgasbord of battle drugs, and crafted into an avatar of apoplexy; a living weapon--an Assassin of the Eversor House/ Temple.
This story isn't doing anything we haven't seen already with the Garantine in Nemesis, but it is nice to see an Eversor take centre stage and highlight the abominations the Imperium creates and the atrocities it perpetrates. While I've complained about other stories in this anthology retreading old ground without doing anything new, Sanders writes the barely contained fury and bloodlust well and Keeble's performance really brings it to life. They really are the perfect choice for a story like this. It also has a different angle to The Garantine, who was a 'psychotic' child exploited by the House (which is an in-universe nightmare and also not a great understanding or writing about mental health), the Eversor in this was a criminal and understandably unpatriotic who has been reforged into a fanatical murder machine for the Imperium.
I'm just a sucker for those short, sharp character studies!
Through using the Horus Heresy Omnibus Project (www.heresyomnibus.com) and my own choices, I have currently read 12.41 Horus Heresy novels, 5 novellas, 30 short stories/ audio dramas, as well as the Macragge's Honour graphic novel, 6 Primarchs novels, 3 Primarchs short stories/ audio dramas, and 2 Warhammer 40K further reading novels...this run. I can't say enough good about the way the Horus Heresy Omnibus Project suggestions. I'm loving it! Especially after originally reading to the releases and being so frustrated at having to wait so long for a narrative to continue.
June 6, 2022
Энергично.
February 1, 2025
Collected in the silent war anthology.
March 4, 2025
A nothing story with a cool end
September 8, 2025
A rush of memories, chaotic and ragged rush by as an assassin of the Eversor Clade is sent by Malcador the Sigillite. The pace is frantic and relentless, mirroring the stimmed-up mind of the Eversor, his thoughts violent and pulsing.
November 10, 2015
A small 1000 word short story that shows an Imperial assassin despatched by Malcador the Sigillite to the rebel hive world of Proxima Apocryphis.
This story is entirely self contained from the rest of the Horus Heresy series. Neat, short and well told entirely from the assassin's point of view. If there is any fault to be found it is that this story is too short and could have been more interesting if it were larger.
This story is entirely self contained from the rest of the Horus Heresy series. Neat, short and well told entirely from the assassin's point of view. If there is any fault to be found it is that this story is too short and could have been more interesting if it were larger.
February 18, 2015
Released back in 2012 as part of Black Library’s 15th birthday celebration, Rob Sanders’ Army of One was one of the first (perhaps actually the first) Horus Heresy short stories to be released as a standalone ebook. Very much a ‘quick read’, it takes a whistlestop tour of one man’s history as he relives the unexpected way in which he was caught up in the Heresy.
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March 21, 2016
A micro-short about an Assassin taking down a traitor planetary governor. Nothing special really. I feel like nothing.... happens.
We see a tiny bit on who the Eversor was, than that he destroys the place(very little detail whatsoever) and then it ends.
It would have been a cool short, if it had about 5 times the length... at least
We see a tiny bit on who the Eversor was, than that he destroys the place(very little detail whatsoever) and then it ends.
It would have been a cool short, if it had about 5 times the length... at least
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