The characters are all interesting and most of them see a nice amount of development, the main character especially. Maybe it’s a little cliche, but it’s also maybe the most heartfelt story arc of any BL character, which is a little ironic considering Necrons don’t have souls or feelings. Warhammer Community: How the Twice-Dead King Series Offers Deep Insights Into the Madness of the Necron Mind (posted 15/9/21) (last accessed 3/10/21) That’s just the beginning. “Our protagonist eventually realises the Ork horde assailing him is not an invasion force but an exodus, driven ahead of an even more cataclysmic threat.” For my first review this is perhaps a bit short but I feel like delving to deep into it would be a waste of the story. I found particular enjoyment out of the side characters and among these the deathmark Lysikor was an absolute joy, I do hope to see more of him/it in any future installments. It’s rare you are presented with what is essentially a robotic race who have their own immensely venerable culture, history, hierarchy and nobility. These are no automata created by humans and then gone rogue. The POV of this book was especially fascinating, so distinct from the countless human POVs we are used to in other SFF books. It was a somewhat unique reading experience to follow such an individual as Oltyx, yet still with enough elements to be able to root for him. He – like other necrons – might be utterly disgusted and appalled by anything biological (so much so that the word fl*sh is censored), and he would certainly destroy you or I if he came across us, yet despite the inhuman, soulless alienness, his overall motivations and character development is clear and familiar, and the grounding emotional and empathetic touches (that seem to increase as the story continues, a gradual “humanising”, so by the end you might be wondering if these creatures haven’t lost their souls at all) are welcomely placed.

But the ending sparks some questions, it's seems to heavily imply that Olytyx and Valgûl, the Fallen Lord are similar / the same person. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys Necron lore/books, or anyone wanting a perspective that isn’t from the imperium. I hadn’t listens to any Necron audiobooks until I listened to the infinite and the Devine, and then this which I both thoroughly enjoyed. 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.

The Twice-Dead King is a full-on epic for the Necrons,” Nate begins. “It plunges readers deep into the inner life of this gloriously tragic faction. It’s a tale of gothic, dynastic feuding with roots aeons deep and warfare on a genuinely titanic scale.” 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.

Necrontyr culture, both pre- and post-transference is explored in wonderful detail, and it is illuminating to see what aspects were retained once they’d been granted cursed immortality. Like the Imperium of Man, and indeed the various Eldar factions, the Necrons in 40K are a doomed society in decline, raging against the dying of the light and trying to keep hold of their rapidly fading grandeur, and this novels highlights how, like these ‘peers’, it’s largely their own hubris that puts them in this position. The Necrons in this book dub anything living as part of the ‘Unclean’, which stems from a revulsion of the physical form as much as anything else, though the contempt that they view the lesser races in is palpable. Hidebound by inevitable and necessary(?) hierarchies as much as the Imperium is, Necron society as depicted in this book is a rich playground for storytelling. Tonally different to Crowley’s previous Necron work, as well as Rath’s Necron novel, Ruin has a lightness running throughout it that belies the profound sadness it sometimes has; it’s easy reading but isn’t afraid to get heavy on the pseudo-science or actual emotional heft.Taking the formidable Xenos and spinning them into a passionate story of coming into one's power and responsibility while maintaining their absolute ruthlessness was incredible. I was genuinely surprised with how good it was. don't get me wrong, it is not that I expected it to be bad, but Nate Crowley elevated the setting, characters to that illustrious four star level of quality. As I have mentioned before when commenting on the necrons as characters, it is easy to write them badly. As either malfunctioning AI or as individuals who just happened to inhabit metallic bodies controlled

lo que me gusta de Warhammer es lo impredecible de la trama, y en ese particular esta entrega no decepciona. La historia tiene unos giros impresionantes. Pero me sorprendió también encontrar ciertos mensajes ocultos en la lectura relativos al resentimiento, el ostracismo, y la soledad. Así que será una buena lectura para el que sólo quiere acción o para el que le gusta encontrar un poco de reflexión en lo que lee. Ruin" was a very enjoyable read. While, as a fan of 40K lore, I am relatively familiar with the Necrons. But, I can not claim a deep knowledge (as I have for the Imperium) and this book was a superb look into the thoughts and methods of the Necrons. Our servers are getting hit pretty hard right now. To continue shopping, enter the characters as they are shown Originally, this story was intended as a single book, with two distinct halves to its plot. But a larger tale soon became apparent.

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The story is about a necron dynasty falling into entropy, and is from the perspective of outcast Necron Lord Oltyx. Si 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.

Then the necrons, on hidden tomb worlds scattered through the galaxy, could awake (earlier than intended, if disturbed . . .), ready to restore their ancient dynasties – and rid the galaxy of all that hated upstart life that had flourished in their absence. Intriguing new author Nate Crowley presents one of the most complex and fascinating Warhammer 40,000 novels I had the pleasure of reading, The Twice-Dead King: Ruin, an epic and thrilling novel that explores one of the most intriguing races in the canon, the Necrons. 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! Nate Crowley is an excellent writer, and I really like his work overall. He's taken the basic concept "killer robot space skeletons ruled by an immortal pharoah based on a franchise meant to sell figurines" through a serious journey with a lot more character/pathos than you would expect for the basic outline of the setting. Having re-entered the scene, the Necrons are blessed with spectacular powers of techno-wizardy and can manipulate time, partition their minds into specialised roles, and can avoid permadeath by transmitting their minds (programming) into new bodies.If you think this book might be a slightly greater challenge to read than the average SFF book, I’d agree. Expect to see many mentions of things like memetic and executive buffers, interstitial appendices, evocatory mediums, khets and decans, heka and pattern ataxia, crypteks and canopteks, core-fluxes, dysphorakh (I love the meaning of this one when it’s explored in-text), engrammancers, kynazhs and phaerons and nemesors and nomarchs (all high-ranking positions) . . . I think the book could perhaps have benefitted from a glossary. There were a bunch of words I had to look up – and most of these weren’t specifically 40k words at all, but just words and terms I wasn’t familiar with, often combined with words inspired by Ancient Egyptian language and culture. Reign is an epic and exciting sequel to the first The Twic