The End And The Death: Volume I (The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra Book 8)

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Unfortunately, the Oll Persson subplot is decaying in quality, mainly due to John Grammaticus' pestiferous presence. A few thoughts of a spoliery nature: Samus is ridiculous, but I didn't mind the final scene with it and Loken and I am glad to be done with it (for now), I'm glad Dorn is free of the wall that held him, and while I saw the Emperor being the Dark King coming a mile away I wasn't anticipating him casting off the power to become the Emperor once more. Of course, he sends a little bit of himself out into space, which I feel like could have some really interesting implications, so is this really the same Master of Mankind? This revelation has been hailed as the greatest “actually” of the Horus Heresy. Previous king of Well Actually, Chris Wraight, stated; “All I did was try to re-write the entirety of Mortarians fall over the course of one conversation with a random demon, the idea of saying a major character deliberately made himself retarded as part of a super-plan, well its incredible.” Malcador begs the Emperor to talk to him multiple times but gets no response, the Throne is overwhelming the Emperor with pain but he is doing a thousand things at once on the throne, inspiring individual soldiers on Terra, soothing civilians, directing the webway. Finally he reaches out to heal the Khan's soul and Malcador knows he has returned. The Khan is still injured and will take months potentially to heal but the Emperor is conscious again I think a list of unresolved plot threads would be very beneficial so we can have a meaningful discussion on where we expect book 8 to lead. If we can get a comprehensive list together then I will update the original post to include them.

There’s no substitute for experiencing the Siege of Terra series yourself because it’s a tale of such epic proportions, but before we reveal the final chapter in this story, let’s briefly catch up on the story so far. Dan: If you’d told me at the start it was going to take 17 years and 60-plus novels, I’d have laughed in your face and doubted I would still be there at the end. But now we’ve reached the final moments, that seems entirely reasonable and barely enough. I’m really proud of the work we’ve done. And the Horus Heresy has occupied part of my headspace for all that time, so I’m going to miss it when it’s over. If you can imagine thinking, “I always knew we’d do it” and “I can’t believe we’ve done it” at the same time, you’ll be close to my current mental state. V1 was a tome of prose where Dan Abnett got to use his English degree. V2 just simply has too many characters you do not give a crap about. The Empire remains, but in a diminished and stagnant state. The Emperor and loyal primarchs are forced to fight fires (for example, the abominable intelligence, or Chaos incursions) With the war at this critical juncture, Sanguinius, primarch of the loyalist Blood Angels, braves the horrors of the Warmaster’s flagship, The Vengeful Spirit, with a single purpose in mind – to slay his brother Horus, decapitate the Heresy once and for all, and stop the forces of Chaos from taking Terra.It's the beginning of the ultimate conclusion to the Horus Heresy, and hope still remains for the Loyalists! The Emperor plans a gambit that could snatch victory from the jaws of defeat – but at what cost? The entire series of the Siege has been overwhelmingly disappointing with few highlights but I've read enough of it to want to see it to the end or so I thought. Dan Abnett is the author behind this incredible final story . It contains some of the most crucial moments in the Horus Heresy – foundational to Warhammer 40,000 as we know it. This is simply unmissable. The End and the Death also continues the Horus Heresy series in not have too much action from the point of view of the Primarchs or the Emperor. It is not possible to have nothing from them, but the reader is firmly given the impression that the Siege of Terra is being won (and lost) by the unnumbered masses; and not by the Primarchs. It's a great way to make the book easier to 'get into' and emphasise with the protagonists. With the release of Siege of Terra: Echoes of Eternity this weekend, the Warmaster’s forces push forward on Terra, and the epic conflict takes one step closer to its ultimate end. The final moments are now at hand.

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.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. The Emperor and Oll Persson once conquered the Tower of Babel when Oll was his Warmaster because it was dedicated to learning Enuncia. Oll thought they were going to destroy the Tower but the Emperor thought Enuncia could be useful. Oll stabbed him. While it is true the ground war continues we've read our way through that over 7 books even if you are new to 40K and don't know the lore and are experiencing this for the first time without knowing the details of the end the first 7 books got us to the point that the ground war is lost that the situation is pointless and its purely down to attrition.

Aaron Dembski-Bowden stated; “All I did was try to re-write one half of a conversation I thought was dumb, once again Abnett has gone far and beyond what the rest of us can imagine.“ While exploring the Imperial library Loken finds a door that didn't exist previously and it takes him to the Vengeful Spirit. The book ends with him entering the ship Roboute Guilliman: Lord of Ultramar • Leman Russ: The Great Wolf • Magnus the Red: Master of Prospero • Perturabo: The Hammer of Olympia • Lorgar: Bearer of the Word • Fulgrim: The Palatine Phoenix • Ferrus Manus: Gorgon of Medusa • Grandfather's Gift • Perturabo: Stone and Iron • Malcador: First Lord of the Imperium • Konrad Curze: A Lesson in Darkness • Jaghatai Khan: Warhawk of Chogoris • Vulkan: Lord of Drakes • Sons of the Emperor • Corax: Lord of Shadows • Angron: Slave of Nuceria • Scions of the Emperor • Konrad Curze: The Night Haunter • Ghost of Nuceria • The Passing of Angels • The Abyssal Edge • Mercy of the Dragon • Lion El'Jonson: Lord of the First • Illyrium • The Revelation of the Word • Morningstar • Will of the Legion • Embers of Extinction • Alpharius: Head of the Hydra • Blood of the Emperor • Loyal Sons • Mortarion: The Pale King • Rogal Dorn: The Emperor's Crusader • Sanguinius: The Great Angel • Heirs of The Emperor 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. This has nothing to do with the review but it’s my favourite relevant art. Horus and the Emperor, Adrian Smith. Credit: GW.A perfectly fine novel that could have used some significant editing and the surgical removal of several of the sub plots that primarily serve to ensure everyone’s favourite characters are mentioned at least once. There’s definitely a really strong Warhammer novel in there somewhere, and if the viewpoint characters had been restricted to Loken, Corswain, Sindermann, Malcador, Horus, Sanguinius and Oll we might have found it. Instead the tour round minor characters detracted severely from the pace of the novel. “Oh, here we go, Fafnir Ran is killing things again” was not the enduring takeaway I expected after Johnathan Keble (who puts in the usual hard yards as the audiobook narrator) spoke his last. These scenes would be better left to a short story compilation than trying to squeeze them into a mainline novel. Someone needs to make a list of all the plot threads that currently are lined up for this book, top of my head its basilo flo, loken, keeler, perpetuals, any meaning to the erebus/arda thing. Tho probably forgetting some/lots. I honestly did not expect the most artistically impressive book I read this year to be a 40k one, yet here we are. Now, Dan Abnett has been kind of the father of the language of the Imperium for decades at this point, going all the way to the Eisenhorn novels where he introduced a lot of the strange-but-familiar terms that have come to define the Imperial side of the setting since then. This weekend, the eighth – The End and the Death: Volume I by Dan Abnett – will be upon us, closing out the series in a multi-part spectacular. It’s one of the most important narrative events in Warhammer history, and to make sure you’re all caught up before the awe-inspiring climax, we’ve put together a guide to the major moments.

Battle between Sanguinius and Horus is not just physical battle but psychological - what can be more moral breaking but destruction of one Primarch that is personification of deities of past. Sheer brutality of the duel is breathtaking. And everything seems to be done with goal of goading the Emperor to cross the threshold and cause more harm than good. And the boys of Caliban, the Dark Angels going all weak at the knee's because of a little Typhus magic? They went at it like little girls,.until they were rescued by one enigmatic anti hero...no spoilers. Thank the emperor he was there eh? Difficult to accept their almost total capitulation and nah, I don't buy it. Never in all the ages of Terra has a lions son, or even a custodes felt so weak or fought so poor. The war for the future of the Imperium has reached a critical juncture. With Terra besieged, and the defenders scattered and broken, the Warmaster’s victory seems to be in sight. Sanguinius, Primarch of the Blood Angels, steps foot on The Vengeful Spirit with only one goal: to kill his corrupted brother and end the war once and for all.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. Abnett does well enough, but endnig something so wast so massive as is Horus Heresy is not easy task. The chaos of the siege doesn’t help the second half of the book. Everyone’s had an approach to the immense scale of these final hours in one way or another – the Solar War added literal space to numbers, Saturnine slammed through hundreds of overlapping viewpoints at a rapid pace, Echoes nailed the conflict to a single, burning point. The End and the Death attempts to do it all, and for all of the skill on show in writing different voices and perspectives, it’s where the novel creaks and breaks. We’re told rather than shown the preposterous scale of the conflict. It feels less apocalyptic and terrifying than the masterwork that was Saturnine because it loses the key focal point to show the desperation we’re told is present. Chapters of “Fragments” – single paragraph or even single line vignettes – are supposed to show us the full extent of the siege, and sometimes do this to great effect. Others, unfortunately read like some of the early attempts to establish the Stormcast Eternals as viable protagonists, all nounverbers at the placenames against the adjective verbnouners. There’s just too much context. We know the world is on fire, but seeing every single flame detracts from the inferno.