The Lords Of Silence: Warhammer 40,000

It's joyful to read and once you start it ... it's almost impossible to put it down. It focus on a chaos (Nurgle) aligned astartes warband called The Lords of Silence and provides the most innovative, joyful (yeah, 3rd time using this word but its a fluid and magic book to read), creative and awesome characterization of Nurgle hereticus astartes and each character is fantastic on itself - the astartes, the litle lords, their interactions with humans & other astartes factions (loyalists & herectics). This is a must have book for all Warhammer 40,000 fans. Vorx is a veteran of Horus Heresy and his story is sad & joyful (4rd time I know but it is the magic word for the book). The beginning, whole book and ending is Awesome beyond Awesome. Perfect execution. My review is 10/10

I love Warhammer 40K lore but always wondered why there wasn't that much on Papa Nurgle and his sicky bois. Admittedly he is the least sexy of the Chaos gods. Khorne's rip & tear mantra is always popular, Tzeentch has the cool sorcery thing going for him, and Slaanesh is the physical embodiment of sexy.So when I saw this book about Plague marines I scooped it up. Chris Wraight does a great job of bringing them to life. He really builds on what it's like to be constantly remolded by Nurgle. Plague marines are lumbering, limping, wheezing retches but due to Nurgle's gifts, they're the tankiest of the Chaos Marines.The story is a little disjointed until you figure out that the book is moving between two different timelines. It doesn't really make that clear but I pieced it together eventually.All in all, this was a good read and definitely worth the money.

This book doesn't bring any ground breaking revelations or mighty story arcs but it does give a well written and thought out look into the Death Guard and their corruption at the hands of the Plague God. Its a well written story that delivers exactly what it promised. A look inside a corrupt warband and their almost day to day lives. Great read for anyone looking for 40k or general sci-fi.

This was my first Death Guard book, and I loved it. It is a slow burn, and some parts drag on a little, but it is absolutely worth continuing to read. The writer going extremely Indepth on what it is like to be in the Death Guard which was amazing. Highly recommend 10/10

Honestly some great characters that actually give you a very interesting window into the heads of 10000 year old traitor Marines.

Finally, a good Chaos PoV novel. Vorx is a great antihero, a calculating skilled officer in the army of the damned. It was a ton of fun to read.

Within the Black Library there are really some novels spewed out by nameless authors that I have to put down after a few chapters or really charge through JUST so I can get the story. This is not the case with this work by Chris Wraight. I couldn't put this book down and read it in just three days and I have read it maybe 4 times since then. The way that Mr. Wraight dives into the lore of the factions of Nurgle and the world of pestilence they cheerfully, nihilistically live in was absolutely inspiring and helped me create my Warhammer 40k plastics army with even more creativity. There is a mastery to the way he wraps and twists the plot line many other authors in this genre could benefit from following suit on.Pick it up and please the heretic in you, or let the loyalist in you be horrified at the delights wrought within this tome.

Up there with the best of the best. A delightfully disgusting tale from the POV of a Death Guard warband. Vorx is fascinating, captivating. Really, just a lovely book, perfect beach read.

Honestly after reading through the plague wars I was slightly hesitant to read something about the death guard by another author but this was honestly better than the plague wars, can't recommend it enough.

But a bit difficult if the W40K lore is still “new and fresh”. The characters are interesting and a lot happens!

Great story, great twist and it truly written from the perspective of the Death Guard. Good way to see their ways and expand your knowledge on them.

So with the destruction of Cadia and the new phase of this fictional universe, we follow a Death Guard-warband as they roam into the Imperium that has just fractured a little bit more. Chris Wraight explored them and showed there is more to just spread rot and plagues among the galaxy. He incooperated even the silliest daemons with outmost reverence. My only complaint is that he chose to write this in present tense, otherwise it is really good!

3.75 out 5.It's good stuff. Not excellent but better than a lot of novels about the Chaos Space Marines out there.It's so hard to do engaging evil and very obvious when done badly.GW is stuck in a difficult spot with a PG/15 rated consumer base at the lower end. So real evil is a no no. This book is allowed a certain bit of nastiness and avoids Disney esque descriptions of nurgley stuff.Imho Nurgle is a tricky one to do well. If the immaterium is raw emotion made real, then how does rot come into it. Khorne and Slaanesh are obvious ones. Tzeentch and Nurgle seemed a bit of a fudge. The seven deadly sins from the bible seem a good place to mine and Khorne and Slaanesh flow well from that. Evil/Emotions/The Warp. Sloth. Hmmmm. Not really a great buzzword for your deity. Sloth leads to rot leads to nurgle. I get that. But how would that base emotion create any ripple in the warp capable of generating a wet fart even?Still, this is a good book, enjoyable. Not as dark as I was hoping.