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Saturnine

Written by: Dan Abnett
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, Emma Gregory
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As the traitors tighten their grip on Terra, Rogal Dorn must marshal the Imperial hosts to weather the storm. But not all of the defenders will survive the onslaught....

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Dan Abnett returns to the Horus Heresy! Experience one of the crucial stages of the Siege, as Rogal Dorn and Horus match wits in a game of Regicide where the board is the Throneworld itself, and one wrong move could lead to utter devastation....

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The Traitor Host of Horus Lupercal tightens its iron grip on the Palace of Terra, and one by one the walls and bastions begin to crumple and collapse. Rogal Dorn, Praetorian of Terra, redoubles his efforts to keep the relentless enemy at bay, but his forces are vastly outnumbered and hopelessly outgunned. Dorn simply cannot defend everything. Any chance of survival now requires sacrifice, but what battles dare he lose so that others can be won? Is there one tactical stroke, one crucial combat, that could turn the tide forever and win the war outright? 

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Best Horus Heresy novel so far!

Blows every other 40k and heresy book out of the water! I'll be listening to this again. Might get a hard copy too.

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Imperial Masturbation

The forces of chaos are bumbling fools with seemingly no tactical acumen. They do not make for compelling villains the way this has been written. Engagements are painfully predictable. A single SM champion will be able to successfully battle back a daemon Primarch, while 50 Chaos Champions can barely scratch a loyalist one. You don't even need to listen to know the outcomes of battles. Chaos only ever succeeds by weight of numbers. It's a childish and uncompelling story of good always triumphing over supposed evil no matter the odds. To have your heros be worth while characters you have to allow them to fail occasionally. Villains who constantly make hilariously stupid and head scratching decisions only to advance a weak plot. If all you want is Imperial masturbation, this is for you. If you want a compelling story that acknowledges the complexity of both sides, skip this and the other Siege of Terra books. This furthers the damage done to the lore under the current hierarchy of GW, with their massive retcons and their writing of the lore thats closely elated to minitature profitability.

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grand scale, visceral action scenes.

The narrator is great and the story is excellent. one of the best heresy novels out there. Definitely worth every penny.

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Johnathan Keeble

He's my favorite 40k voice but the one take scenes he does in this novel (10s of minutes, multiple accents, one take). One of my favorites in the Fall of Terra.

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By far my favourite book in the Heresy so far

The actual story with it's cast of recurring demi-gods and trans-humans be damned. The highlight of this book in my opinion is the "stories" of all of the regular "base format Humans" and one absolutely beautifully written Null. Emma Gregory's delivery of her character is beautiful, heart aching and one of the most touching examples of how a great narrator can put an entire soul behind a character. Jonathan Keeble is impeccable as always, many of the voices he employs in the interactions between the common footslogger in this story are superb. Even the almost bored tone he adopts sometimes as the narrator reciting a character's regiment help you feel present in a way that many of the other stories so far may have fallen short on. I also found that the the more philosophical ideas in this one were presented in a way that felt very relatable, lacking the usual boring dogmatic voice and delivered in a way that made me care far more deeply 58 books deep than I had previously thought possible. Some of the books in the heresy are "endured" to get to where we want to be (cough* cough* every book not containing the Wolves *cough *cough). This one, I will return to when the I have completed the heresy and moved on to other things...likely more than once.

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Excellent 40k Novel

Certainly one of the strongest SoT books. Solid voice acting, as usual. The book itself is very much in line with HH and SoT style, and certainly has some memorable moments and lines. Highly recommended for any fan of Warhammer 40k's Imperial factions, and really any fan of Warhammer 40k in general. Just a word of caution - if you are new to the franchise you will want to start with the Horus Heresy series, which is many novels long and varied in quality. Despite the mountain of listening to get to these moments, they truly shine.

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Dan Abnett does it again

Amazing book. Worth it. Magical interwoven storyline with wonderful characters. To be honest…I think Dan should write every Horus Heresy book.

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MUST READ Well listes to it

this is a great book. and as usual Emma gregory and Jonathan keeble are doing a fantastic work

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The Best of The Fall

Read this when you're done with the first four Heresy books, when you're done with Eisenstein and Fulgrim. This has been my favourite of all of them. This is 40k and one book means more with every book you read. Dorn, the Khan, Tankred, Aximund AND Abbadon in one story.

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What a ride!

HANDS Down I recommend this book. Always a pleasure reading the works of Dan Abnett!

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