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  • Roboute Guilliman: Lord of Ultramar

  • Primarchs: The Horus Heresy, Book 1
  • Written by: David Annandale
  • Narrated by: Toby Longworth
  • Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (39 ratings)

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Roboute Guilliman: Lord of Ultramar

Written by: David Annandale
Narrated by: Toby Longworth
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Publisher's Summary

Long before the coming of the Imperium, the realm of Ultramar was ruled by Roboute Guilliman, the last Battle King of Macragge. Even after learning of his true heritage as a primarch son of the Emperor of Mankind, he strove to expand his domain as efficiently and benevolently as possible, with the XIII Legion Ultramarines as his alone to command.

Now, facing a rival empire on the ork-held world of Thoas, Guilliman must choose his weapons carefully - otherwise his dream of a brighter future could be lost forever.

©2016 Games Workshop Limited (P)2016 Games Workshop Limited

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Confusing story, with unsatisfying conclusion

I think the plot is supposed to shed light on a case where Guilliman, full of confidence and idealism, encounters disaster as a result of his own misplaced conviction in the righteousness of his actions? The story uses the device of trying to get you to believe and sympathize with the characters, who in the end learn a lesson, are initially in the right. However through out the story it continuously feels like you are being presented with evidence that they ARE in the right. The characters who they "learn" from in the end continuously make bad decisions, or employ weak and self serving justifications for thier actions, which ultimately leads to the disaster. I think the ending is meant as a compromise ending where everyone learns something, but it is disjointed and abrupt. It lacks a sense of coherence in that everyone arrives at thier final character revelations at the climax of the book because the plot required them to. Even then the revelations seem weak and not grounded in the events of the story. In my opinion this is the weakest of the primach books so far; it offers a weak plot and does not highlight flaws or nuisances of the 13th Primach like the other books do. Even as "bolter porn" it feels unsatisfying due to how much time is spent on setting everything up as a clash of ideals, ethics and morality.

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wonderful

not as much action as I'd like still a great start to the series continue

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  • 2020-07-29

Decent.

Though short, I enjoyed most of it. The ending was lackluster however. There was a lot of buildup for a very standard ending.

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