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With all that said, the book deserves better than the three-star retirement home of mediocrity. Right here is the transformation of the 30k Imperium into the 40k Imperium, more than any other point in the Heresy series. The institutions that will define the setting we’ve known for decades are being made in the pressure cooker of the endless final day of the siege. The inquisition, ecclesiarchy, the malign fuel for golden throne and the birth of the cult of sacrifice are all in here in fascinating hints and suggestions. Which is just how Warhammer lore should be. There is a particularly noteworthy scene from Malcador’s point of view where he sits upon the Throne and we see the truly awful and eternal fate that awaits the man in gold. Considering Echo's ended with the shields down, we better see the Emperor and crew heading up real early into the first book.
Most of these Siege of Terra books have been filled with pointless bloat. This is not an exception. Ollianius Pius knows Enuncia and has the toughness to sustain its power more than a few seconds. That is how Olly weakens Horus enough for Neoth to finish him off The first half of the book is genuinely amazing, a mood piece, seeing 60+ books of main characters all reduced to essentially Dark souls NPC's in a world that has well and truly fallen apart. Still book is great and if you liked the ones before you will enjoy it. Characters are awsome, story is very solid. I have to point out the superior writing technics Abnett uses. He proves himself again and again as god tier author. There is one scene, I dare to say rival Edgar Alan Poe.Book have big problem with phasing. I need to elaborate a bit. Book have 4 large parts made of chapters.
What incredible writing. What an incredible narration. Abnett and Keeble have always delivered and that doesnt change hear. The custodians in the foreground are about the same size as the ones on top of the throne, while the emperor looks like a titanDiscussion thread for the first instalment of the two-part finale of the Siege of Terra series. The Garro novella will be released in January. Always start with a compliment; Jonathan Keeble is excellent, and I enjoy his performance every time. His characters and tone are consistent and recognisable, and the quality of his recording is clear and precise. Good job! Dan Abnett: I honestly feel quite dazed and confused. When we set out, we knew it would be a major project, and that it would probably appeal to a lot of people. But we had no idea just how significant it would become, or how big it would get in every sense of the word. It’s been very – let’s say – demanding. The established story of the Heresy that we were using was very detailed in places, with sections of the mythology set in stone in ways that every reader knew. But there were also big gaps and, because that mythology had evolved over the years, many contradictions. Now, we just have to see how Volume 2 shapes up -- if it's another ~500pp tome, that might actually be a problem: it really feels like everyone is pretty much where they have to be, so hopefully Abnett won't draw it out too much.
The walls have fallen, the gates are breached, and the defenders are slain. It is the end and the death. After seven brutal years of civil war, the Warmaster stands on the verge of victory. Horus Lupercal, once beloved son, has come to murder his father. The Emperor, a shining beacon of hope to many, an unscrupulous tyrant to others, must die. The lives of uncountable numbers have been extinguished and even primarchs, once thought immortal, have been laid low. The Emperor’s dream lies in tatters, but there remains a sliver of hope. Now, at the final hour of the final day, the Emperor rises. With him come his Angel, his Praetorian, and his Captain, all determined to enact terrible vengeance. Yet the hope is slim, for the Warmaster sees all and knows all, and the ultimate victory of Chaos is at hand. What would however definetly improve the book is bit of shuffling and cutting of scenes, putting them to the volume II, putting some of them closer. Moving the ending.Continue or begin having hallucinations (seeing or speaking to people who aren't present or who have died) It starts great and gets faster and better untile second half of third part. Then it hits breaks. Story slows down as if Dan realized that there must be seconde book. It had to be published in sections simply because we simply mechanically can’t print books that big! Well it is what it is, lots of wonderful details, extremely purple prose, several extended sections where Abnett is very insistent on showing his English degree and a whole mess of strands-ov-fate bullshit, collapsing-dimensions last minute character transport and Quite Dumb acts of _subtle manipulation_.
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