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By the gods!
Ever since I read The Hunt for Voldorius some years ago(before I was on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ), I have loved the White Scars. And seeing the Scars at their height during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy has been a real treat. I really like the direction that Chris Wraight is taking them, the whole "grassland shaman/speed daemon" thing, as well as developing their culture so damn well. That in itself has really made me love their portrayal and has made them quickly climb to my favourite loyalist Legion. The events of Scars follows a great many plot lines for the title, as we also get to see the Space Wolves post-Prospero, and some of the Shattered Legions in their quest for vengeance.
The Space Wolves parts were well done, full of fun and violence, as is most of their reading. But they really only played a very minor part, and worked as a great parallel as how both the Space Wolves and White Scars were both savage and "barbaric", but still very different Legions.
The parts of the novel following Yesugei and the shattered legions was great fun, and I am really falling in love with his character. I definitely hope they make a model of him at some point in the future. Surprisingly, I actually really enjoyed the Shattered Legions elements in this one, as they actually DID SOMETHING other than exist. And that machine on the Word Bearers ship? Man I hope we get to see those again.
Now, the bulk of the White Scars were amazing. I really cannot stress how much I love their culture, their methods of war, and their Legion organization. The countless "Brotherhoods" added a lot to the story, though I wish we got to see more than just a few of them, as I hope they are all somewhat different like Shiban and Torghun's Brotherhoods were.
The bulk of the story showed how the White Scars were outsiders, no one knew much about them, so they were easily discounted. I mean, even the Alpha Legion didn't know much about them, and that is saying something. Their battles were great, but for once I really found that the politics were on par with the action. As the story went on, I was kept guessing on how "loyal" the Scars would turn out to be, and how much of a hold the lodges would have on them.
However the real jewels of this novel were the Primarchs. Jaghatai in particular has become such a joy for me to read about. His mysterious ways and culture are just too much fun to read about. And while I never knew much, I didn't expect him to be one of the best swordsman of the Imperium for some reason. By Slaanesh that was a treat!
Magnus' shade was also extremely well done, though I feel that an after-echo shouldn't have swayed the Khagan's views as much as they did.
Mortarion however was perfect. Man, he was scary. Like, really scary to read about. I really hope Wraight does the Death Guard story, or at least has some more opportunity to work with the Death Lord in the future!