Craig's Reviews > Valdor: Birth of the Imperium

“Valdor Birth of the Imperium” by Chris Wraight is exactly what you think it would be. We get a story about Valdor and his “exploits” against the Thunder Warriors, we see the birth of the imperium most notable the first emergence of the Astartes and get to see what happened in the years before the Great Crusade really began.

This was just a quite fun read and if you know a bit of the lore before going in you will get a lot out of it. My two favorite things were learning about the creation of the Astartes and how they got their name. Big E loves a bit of irony. I also just enjoy that because of the events in this book we learn how the war games came about. Just an enjoyable read. The beginning is a little slow, but the ending is very good.