See, I never read Vulkan Lives, so the entire plot with Curze and Vulkan was new to me, and I found it pretty awesome at the time. Then I went back to read reviews for Vulkan Lives and discovered that Vulkan died from a fork, and was pretty glad I skipped that. I definitely don't like Unremembered Empire nearly as much as Know No Fear, which I put up there with Abnett's Necropolis as some of my favorite action sci-fi novels... period, but I actually enjoyed Unremembered Empire, especially the bond between the Iron Warrior Forgemaster and the Imperial Fist sergeant. I loved that part... but I can see why most people found it to be a bit drab. I just want to finally get to Terra.