In the last few months I have been trying out the Horus Heresy novels. Now, I was not previously familiar with Warhammer outside of basic details, because I am not interested in the tabletop gaming/hobby aspect of it. As such I naturally dismissed the series as tie-in stuff, not worth a look. This appears not to be the case. It is a very interesting universe that they set up, and some of the stories in it are excellent and to my mind as good as the best military sci-fi out there. It has some fan