Nemesis by James Swallow
(Black Library, 2010, PB, £7.99)
This superb book (the thirteenth in the series) is to the Horus Heresy what John Le Carré is to spy fiction. While most of the previous books have been in your-face-war, the author’s second book in the series (after the gripping fourth book in the HH series, Flight Of The Eisenstein) takes a much more cloak-and-dagger approach. James Swallow’s story unites the various assassin groups of the Imperium for one purpose, the death of the traitor, Warmaster Horus. All is not as it seems though, as Horus has his own particular assassination in mind…
As with all the Horus Heresy novels it is the journey that counts and this twisting tale of covert operatives and demonic killers is utterly engaging and a work of intricate brilliance.
Dale Johnson, BTC Manager, Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
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