So, I finally got around to finishing the Ultramarines Omnibus. Overall, I like the characters and found it fairly engaging, although I wish Warriors of Ultramar had spent more time dealing with how Space Marines deal with what they gave up by becoming space marines, but I can understand why that might hurt the narrative flow some. Black Sun, Dead Sky (Might be the other way arround) was a lot of fun, although I think my favorite characters were the Unfleshed; There's just something strangely sad and yet heroic about all they've gone through, and it still hasn't dashed their faith in the Emperor.

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I really thought Ardaric Vaanes was going to come back for a heroic redemption. I wonder if McNiell deliberately channeled Han Solo's line in A New Hope there to mislead readers.