There is a lot more to discuss about the story, which is no wonder since the Primarchs and their progeny still face the same existential and moral dilemmas as the common humankind, only on a much greater scale.

By the way, the prologue and epilogue could be perfectly read as two short stories in their own right, since they demonstrate the very beginning and the very end of the 12th Legion’s transformation brought about by its Primarch. And as that's going on, youve got the World Eaters split in those that desire the nails to be like their father, and those who fear what the nails will do to the legion. His disobedience in killing his mentor as instructed by the High Riders had caused the rage inducing Butchers Nail (think lobotomy) to be install within him, to result in the Angron we know. yeah when you say it out loud and out of context of the warhammer 40k universe it really sounds insane anyone, let alone tens of thousands, would agree with something like that.Angron being angrymight be a grade school level of characterisation, right down to his name, but it is consistent. There was a period of relative lucidity between his acceptance of his role in the legion, and the Horus Heresy.

Not only do we get insight in the legions past, we also get several important moments in Angrons past. Getting up close to the 12th Primarch is intimidating though he does have that presence and I was frozen with fear on what he would do next on multiple occassions. From here on out we follow two different stories: The one in the present, where different factions within the world eaters argue over the butcher nails and wether or not to accept them.Martin brings us the details of what happened next, and the World Eaters' adoption of the Butcher's Nails. Angron isn’t exactly beloved by the World Eaters but, amongst a legion of supermen, he’s the supermanliest of them all.