Rogal Dorn: The Emperor's Crusader Hardcover – 11 September 2012

Faster than expected delivery.For the book - I have been a fan of the Horus Heresy series since the beginning, and the Primarch series in particular. This book stands in good company with the others. If you are a fan of Rogal Dorn and the Imperial Fists, this is an excellent read.

This lands in my top 3 of the current 16 released novels. The Alpharius and Curze novels round out the three.This did a great job of demonstrating Dorn's personality and motivation. Dorn isn't one of my favorite Primarchs, definitely bottom half, and I'm not an Imperial Fist fan so I'm not predisposed towards this novel. You get a great look at an interaction between 4 Primarchs that's not wasted. It shows clashing personalities, adds to the lore by showcasing the unique abilities of the different legions approach to tactics, and we can see some nascent character flaws. Small part but it's used to the fullest.The battles are decent, but if you're after a non-stop action novel that you get in many 40k novels this won't scratch THAT itch. You get a deeper look at Navigators that's interesting. You get some Sigismund, a fan favorite. BUT the thing you get mostly is a good in depth look at Dorn and exactly why he was tapped to defend Terra over every other Primarch.And this is what I want from a Primarch novel. The Primarch. Not necessarily anything new but maybe a deeper understanding. Highly recommend it.

I like this book because Rogal Dorn is my second favours Loyalist Primarch's and master is building, defense and siege warfare as well.

Ambientato prima dell’eresia, questo racconto segue il protagonista titolare e alcuni suoi fratello mentre affrontano un avversario misterioso.La storia scorre bene e appassiona il lettore avvezzo all’ambientazione con nuove risposte a vecchi interrogativi e riesce a risultare intrigante anche dopo molte pagine, peccato per la conclusione un po’ affrettata.Il protagonista si mostra più immaturo rispetto alla figura stoica e inamovibile che solitamente si ritaglia, pur lasciando intravedere lampi del vero Dorn. Molto apprezzabile la resa dei conflitti interiori. Alcuni personaggi secondari sono solo abbozzati mentre altri sono interessanti e sarebbe bello poterne leggere ancora.Molti dei difetti del libro sono dovuti ai limiti di pagine di questa serie, più che a problematiche autoriali o di resa della scrittura.Voto 7,5. I fan dei magli imperiali apprezzeranno.

Haven't read it yet. But as a huge 40k fan and collector. I had to have all the primarch novels.