February 2024 Read using the Horus Heresy Omnibus Project Reading Order - starting off Omnibus V Shadow of the Warmaster I Knives in the Dark (https://www.heresyomnibus.com/omnibus/v-shadow-of-the-warmaster-i-knives-in-the-dark) in style as part of my Oath of Moment to complete the Horus Heresy saga and extras. (Also, the only reason I haven't jumped to Shattersong 40K followup before this is Fabius Bile and the Iron Warriors books are both whole series, which are very much on my list for post Heresy fun, but their Legions have a lot more to do in this saga and there doesn't seem to be anything directly linked, as with Battle of the Fang for A Thousand Sons and Ashes of Prospero for Prospero Burns and the 13th Wolf)

I absolutely loved this!

Every day is an opportunity to say how wrong I've been about James Swallow prior to this reading of the Horus Heresy. At this point, I'm actually putting the Rafen Blood Angels books on my list to give another go. At the very least there's a McGyvered submarine and Fabius fabulousness in them.

Amendera Kendel, Oblivion Knight of the Silent Sisters and being pals with Nathaniel Garro, former Death Guard Battle Captain, and her attendent Aspirant, Leilani Mollitas, are sent to investigate one of the Order's Black Ships that has gone dark. What they find in this spooky ship is creepy, cool, and WHAT THE HECK, THAT'S FREAKING WILD??!!!

This is a brilliant Silent Sisters story by the professional premiere of Proto-40K Ecclesiarchy and Inquisition precursors. A genuinely spooky and atmospheric ghost-spaceship-gothic-horror tale with decidedly disturbing and bizarre weird warp stuff and perturbing psyker shenanigans. It also contains one of the strangest and most mouth agape moments I've had in the Horus Heresy and Warhammer in general. I absolutely don't want to spoil anything, so with no reference to the actual thing itself, this is like one of those moments in a Star Wars story when things get really freaking weird and awesome to the point where you can only say, 'Wait. That's a thing that is possible in this universe?!!' (Complimentary).

The writing. The tone. The characters. The freaky gothic sci-fi stuff. This absolutely feels Horus Heresy appropriate and, while at the same time being the perfect Proto-Sisters of Battle story. I truly love it when a large genre universe goes hard on one element or tells different genre stories within it!

Through using the Horus Heresy Omnibus Project (www.heresyomnibus.com) and my own choices, I have currently read 11 Horus Heresy novels, 5 novellas, 24 short stories/ audio dramas, as well as the Macragge's Honour graphic novel, 6 Primarchs novels, 3 Primarchs short stories/ audio dramas, and 2 Warhammer 40K further reading novels...this run. I can't say enough good about the way the Horus Heresy Omnibus Project suggestions. I'm loving it! Especially after originally reading to the releases and being so frustrated at having to wait so long for a narrative to continue.