At first I was a little frustrated to jump into a flashback to the Heresy storyline, but I did feel like a good effort was made to keep the story a little fresher than the more formulaic earlier books.

• Since the publication of Descent of Angels, fans have been demanding for the story of the Dark Angels to be continued, as they are one of the most popular Space Marine Chapters. Descent of Angels is told from the point of view of planet Caliban native Zahariel El'Zurias, who begins the novel as an Aspirant of The Order (a monastic order of techno-barbarian Calibanite knights). Descent of Angels was an odd tale in the Horus Heresy series. After exploring Horus Rising and a couple of side tales, the story jumps to the origins of the Dark Angel legions. Descent of Angels is a novel by Mitchel Scanlon and the sixth book in the Horus Heresy Series. It is slightly different from the preceding novels, as it is set almost entirely in the early stages of the Great Crusade and barely touches upon the immediate events of the Horus Heresy itself.