Kasper told this story to all of the Wolves. Even though it wasn’t 100% successful, as the Wolves live, it now has the Sons under its purview. It wanted the Wolves and Sons to destroy one another completely. It got Erebus to turn Horus against the Emperor.
It planted Kasper as a spy and it left clues to make the Wolves think the Sons planted him.
It was a big story, that explained how the Primordial Annihilator was behind, well, everything. Which I suppose is why Leman Russ literally buried Kasper after he told his final account of the war on Prospero. I would have been rather snappy and snarly with the Wolves, which would have either gotten me gutted or elevated to favorite outsider, depending upon who I snapped at. On the same token, when Kasper asked a question about what he should do in this situation or that situation, the Wolves would be incredibly irritated with him for not automatically knowing. Can’t let some non-Wolf see what goes on with the Wolves, after all.īut if Kasper tried to ask about anything, none of the Wolves were willing to share. But then again these stories could only be shared with other Wolves, hence why they wouldn’t let Kasper record anything or write anything down. They were happy to share stories to be sure, which is why they had skjalds like Kasper around. Whereas I completely understood why-now on so many levels why-the Space Wolves didn’t trust the Thousand Sons, I still didn’t understand why the Space Wolves felt justified in what they had done.įor a Legion that doesn’t like secrets, they sure aren’t big on explaining anything. However, as brilliantly as Dan Abnett compiled it, Prospero Burns left me with more questions and answers. I wholeheartedly admit that comparison affected my rating on Goodreads. The book structure reminded me a lot of To Kill a Mockingbird, one of my favorite books. You have no idea what is going on with them, they aren’t going to tell you, and it’s much later that suddenly everything they do makes sense. That’s pretty much the Space Wolves in a nutshell. The reader starts off having absolutely no clue what is going on, and it’s only near the end that everything slides into place. Prospero Burns is a glimpse into the life and culture on Fenris, both within the Space Wolves and without. In fact, I’d argue that it’s really not a retelling. It’s not because PB is a retelling of the pivotal battle between Magnus and Leman Russ from a different point of view. I definitely needed the first book, but not really the second to follow along with AoP. I thought I needed both in my knowledge bank for Ashes of Prospero. ATS (obviously) from the point of view of the Thousand Sons and PB from the view of the Space Wolves. I was told that A Thousand Sons by Graham McNeill and Prospero Burns by Dan Abnett were both about the same event but from the point of view of each Legion.
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