Review: The Strong Among Us

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The Strong Among Us by Steve Lyons
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

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One should not tempt the loyal servants of the Emperor by putting a wool over their eyes.
One should definitely not show the devoted warriors of the Death Korps of Krieg on the cover and then tell a story about filthy, heretic non-believers. *agitated gas mask noises*

Imagine my surprise, when instead of the deeds of the lauded descendants of Colonel Jurten's 83rd regiment, I'm made to read of the heresy, of a former citizen of the Emperor's glorious imperium, who gives in to weakness and makes his bed with the vile nest of cultists who worship the blasphemous eight pointed star.

And for what? A paltry concern as pain, suffering, fear of death? One's life is to be sacrificed a hundred times over in glory of the father of all mankind, The eternal Emperor, enshrined upon his Golden throne in Terra; He's whose psychic light illuminates the Astronomicon, and he who to this day battles the vile anathemas of chaos, all to wrestle from their thrall, the very soul of humanity. 
For shame!

It is a matter of grave apostasy that this account ends, not with the faithless vanquished, and the Imperium's forces bringing the light of the Emperor once again to blighted holds. But with the erstwhile silent traitor turning to full heretic and waging war against the righteous armies of mankind. 
For shame!

This is a matter which needs to be brought to the attention of the Adepta Ministorum, and more aptly to the Ordo Hereticus. An Exterminatus is not out of question, if it means cleansing away the warp infestation that has plagued the very soul of this planet's inhabitants.

Other than that, all in all, a 'meh' read.
Glory be to the Imperium. Cadia Stands. The Emperor Protects.

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