LoreWD 394 · p. 38
The anthology review focuses on stories that enlarge familiar moments in the Heresy rather than simply repeat its battles. Rogal Dorn’s doubts in The Lightning Tower contrast with Konrad Curze’s violence in The Dark King, while Raven’s Flight follows Corax after the dropsite massacre. John French’s The Crimson Fist is singled out for alternating between Sigismund’s guilt on Terra and Alexis Polux’s predicament at Phall, building tension around two different responses to catastrophe.
The Horus HeresyImperial Fists
LoreWD 394 · p. 39
Jes Bickham surveys a Chaos anthology whose stories explore corruption through very different kinds of villains. Matthew Farrer’s unusual auction frames competing tales, Anthony Reynolds pits Word Bearers against Death Guard over a salvage claim, and other writers revisit Typhus, Huron and the Night Lords. John French’s Alpha Legion story supplies a counterpoint to overt slaughter through espionage, making the collection’s appeal the breadth of Chaos rather than a single Legion or patron.
Warhammer 40,000Chaos Space Marines
ShowcaseWD 394 · pp. 42–45
Forge World’s new Heresy project is introduced through Betrayal, a leather-bound history and campaign book covering Isstvan III and the forces involved. The accompanying miniature reviews examine the large Spartan transport, heavily protected Cataphractii armour and Mark IV assault and command models as ways to establish an older visual identity. A final Fantasy selection, the Preyton, extends Monstrous Arcanum’s menagerie with a corrupted fusion of predatory beasts.
The Horus HeresyWarhammer 40,000Space Marines