Mechanicum (Horus Heresy Series) Book

I might as well start signing my paychecks over to Black Library because they have been getting all of my spending money.

A much appreciated change of pace in the Heresy saga in terms of story and characters. Hardly any Astartes or space stuff, this one stays grounded on Mars and explains a little of how deep and how far ranging the Emperor's planning goes. I also enjoyed the badass female characters in this story which this series, for the most part, has been lacking. Mechanicum also spends a lot of time with the ginormous Titans and shows what those things are really capable of. This series is also amazing in utilizing the show don't tell approach. I'm sure many of these books could have been summed up in info dumps in other novels but I love how Black Library takes its time and explains every facet of what is going on, jumping all over the place, back and forth in time to paint a full and complete picture. I live for these long sprawling epics and some of my favorite series of all time (Asher's Polity novels and Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen) are huge multi-volume tales that don't skimp on substance nor do they worry about page count. Gimme 50,000 pages to a story, I'm here for that shit!