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Saturnine (The Siege of Terra #4)
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Lion’s Gale space port fell to the enemy on the eleventh of Quintus It was a long way from where they were, hundreds of kilometres west. Everything was a long way from everything else, because the Imperial Palace was so immense. But the effects were felt everywhere, like a convulsion, like the Palace had taken a headshot.
Dan Abnett returns to the Horus Heresy and The Siege of Terra delivering a mind-blowing tale of four simultaneous battlefronts, sacrifices, victories, and death, with some of the best fights scenes in the series, heroic and brutal deaths, and more than a bad guy getting at last what he deserved since the first opening trilogy was released fourteen years ago.
‘Army lines are fracturing across the northern reaches,’ said Icaro. ‘Assault is a primary factor, traitor hosts driving up from the south. They have Astartes support.’
‘On the ground?’ asked the Great Khan.
‘On the ground, in force,’ she confirmed. ‘World Eaters, Iron Warriors, Thousand Sons, Luna Wolves-‘
They’re not called that any more,’ said the Khan.
‘My apologies, lord. But I won’t use his name,’ she replied.
This is Abnett's longest book, as massive as the scale of the conflict inside it, with lots of different kinds of fightings: epic chavalry charges, classic siege warfare, hopelessly last stand defences against overwhelming enemy forces, and much more.
‘He wants our father,’ said the Khan quietly. ‘He wants unhindered access to the Palace. He has one foothold, he wants another. It is not complex, Rogal, not any more. Eternity Wall Port must be defended and held. Lion’s Gate Port must be retaken. It is an offence they have claimed it at all.’
‘It was unavoidable,’ said Dorn.
‘I’m not blaming you, Rogal,’ said the Khan. He sighed.
Think of it as the siege of Minas Tirith by Sauron's army in the far grim future of Warhammer 40000 and you still have no idea of much epic this book is, with a warzone the size of Belgium and so many characters shining, shaming, and dying.
‘Fall back!’ Halen yelled into the vox. ‘Fall back to second now!’ A blast took him off his feet. Grit and flame swirled around him. A strong arm pulled him to his feet.
‘No, brother,’ the Angel said, looking down into Halen’s cracked visor. ‘No need. Not yet.’
Sanguinius let him go, and turned to the mangled lip of the wall. He leapt off, into the wallowing curtains of fire, wings unfurled.
Praise to Dan Abnett, the real Lord of the Dark Millennium, for fixing years and years of often conflicting lore and shaping new one inside these pages, with so many references shifting from pivotal historic events like the rise of Imperial Cult religion, the founding of Inquisition, and the birth of the myth of Ollianus Pious, saint patron of the Astra Militarum, to silly little pieces of lore as Khârn’s ‘kill-counter’ originally introduced in William King's The Wrath of Khârn classic short tale.
"My lord,’ said Rann. There was silence all around them.
‘I’ve seen it, Fafnir,’ said Sanguinius. ‘From here, to the gate, to the port, across Anterior, across Magnifican. This is everywhere and everything. Far too many stories, a million of them, all destined to be lost, for only the last line of the book matters.’
‘Then we had better make sure we’re the ones who write it,’ said Rann.
Totally enjoyed every part of it and that Leetu easter-egg, making not just canon the 1985 L2 Imperial Space Marine miniature from Games Workshop, but probably introducing a character with a certain very important role in the now not so far future (if you've read William King's The Emperor and Horus tale in Realm of Chaos: The Lost and The Damned, White Dwarf magazine #161 or somewhere else, you probably know what I'm talking about...) just made my day.
‘I believe the Emperor is a god,’ Keeler hissed across the table at Hari in mock conspiracy.
‘I know,’ said Hari.
‘An actual god.’
‘I know, mam.’
‘And that’s not a popular concept,’ she hissed, ‘especially with the Emperor.’
‘Please stop that,’ said Amon.
‘It’s as if He doesn’t want people to know, or something,’ Keeler said. She looked at the Custodian. ‘So I can’t leave, Amon?’
‘No.’
A wonderful book and a must read if you are into military science-fiction, but if you are a fan of Warhammer 40000 and the Horus Heresy saga, this is just the stuff dreams are made of.
‘Rogal has learned a flexibility. A sleight of hand.’
‘Like letting our archenemy into the Sanctum Imperialis?’
‘Yes. Letting him in, cutting his throat, and then sealing the flaw behind him. This Land fellow’s lockcrete will close the flaw once the trap is sprung, and build a tomb for whoever comes.’
‘We’re meeting their decapitation strike with one of our own?’
‘Exquisite, isn’t it?’ said Malcador, and laughed.
Excelsior.
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bookshelves: black-library, science-fiction, siege-of-terra, the-horus-heresy, warhammer-40000
Dec 04, 2020
bookshelves: black-library, science-fiction, siege-of-terra, the-horus-heresy, warhammer-40000
Lion’s Gale space port fell to the enemy on the eleventh of Quintus It was a long way from where they were, hundreds of kilometres west. Everything was a long way from everything else, because the Imperial Palace was so immense. But the effects were felt everywhere, like a convulsion, like the Palace had taken a headshot.
Dan Abnett returns to the Horus Heresy and The Siege of Terra delivering a mind-blowing tale of four simultaneous battlefronts, sacrifices, victories, and death, with some of the best fights scenes in the series, heroic and brutal deaths, and more than a bad guy getting at last what he deserved since the first opening trilogy was released fourteen years ago.
‘Army lines are fracturing across the northern reaches,’ said Icaro. ‘Assault is a primary factor, traitor hosts driving up from the south. They have Astartes support.’
‘On the ground?’ asked the Great Khan.
‘On the ground, in force,’ she confirmed. ‘World Eaters, Iron Warriors, Thousand Sons, Luna Wolves-‘
They’re not called that any more,’ said the Khan.
‘My apologies, lord. But I won’t use his name,’ she replied.
This is Abnett's longest book, as massive as the scale of the conflict inside it, with lots of different kinds of fightings: epic chavalry charges, classic siege warfare, hopelessly last stand defences against overwhelming enemy forces, and much more.
‘He wants our father,’ said the Khan quietly. ‘He wants unhindered access to the Palace. He has one foothold, he wants another. It is not complex, Rogal, not any more. Eternity Wall Port must be defended and held. Lion’s Gate Port must be retaken. It is an offence they have claimed it at all.’
‘It was unavoidable,’ said Dorn.
‘I’m not blaming you, Rogal,’ said the Khan. He sighed.
Think of it as the siege of Minas Tirith by Sauron's army in the far grim future of Warhammer 40000 and you still have no idea of much epic this book is, with a warzone the size of Belgium and so many characters shining, shaming, and dying.
‘Fall back!’ Halen yelled into the vox. ‘Fall back to second now!’ A blast took him off his feet. Grit and flame swirled around him. A strong arm pulled him to his feet.
‘No, brother,’ the Angel said, looking down into Halen’s cracked visor. ‘No need. Not yet.’
Sanguinius let him go, and turned to the mangled lip of the wall. He leapt off, into the wallowing curtains of fire, wings unfurled.
Praise to Dan Abnett, the real Lord of the Dark Millennium, for fixing years and years of often conflicting lore and shaping new one inside these pages, with so many references shifting from pivotal historic events like the rise of Imperial Cult religion, the founding of Inquisition, and the birth of the myth of Ollianus Pious, saint patron of the Astra Militarum, to silly little pieces of lore as Khârn’s ‘kill-counter’ originally introduced in William King's The Wrath of Khârn classic short tale.
"My lord,’ said Rann. There was silence all around them.
‘I’ve seen it, Fafnir,’ said Sanguinius. ‘From here, to the gate, to the port, across Anterior, across Magnifican. This is everywhere and everything. Far too many stories, a million of them, all destined to be lost, for only the last line of the book matters.’
‘Then we had better make sure we’re the ones who write it,’ said Rann.
Totally enjoyed every part of it and that Leetu easter-egg, making not just canon the 1985 L2 Imperial Space Marine miniature from Games Workshop, but probably introducing a character with a certain very important role in the now not so far future (if you've read William King's The Emperor and Horus tale in Realm of Chaos: The Lost and The Damned, White Dwarf magazine #161 or somewhere else, you probably know what I'm talking about...) just made my day.
‘I believe the Emperor is a god,’ Keeler hissed across the table at Hari in mock conspiracy.
‘I know,’ said Hari.
‘An actual god.’
‘I know, mam.’
‘And that’s not a popular concept,’ she hissed, ‘especially with the Emperor.’
‘Please stop that,’ said Amon.
‘It’s as if He doesn’t want people to know, or something,’ Keeler said. She looked at the Custodian. ‘So I can’t leave, Amon?’
‘No.’
A wonderful book and a must read if you are into military science-fiction, but if you are a fan of Warhammer 40000 and the Horus Heresy saga, this is just the stuff dreams are made of.
‘Rogal has learned a flexibility. A sleight of hand.’
‘Like letting our archenemy into the Sanctum Imperialis?’
‘Yes. Letting him in, cutting his throat, and then sealing the flaw behind him. This Land fellow’s lockcrete will close the flaw once the trap is sprung, and build a tomb for whoever comes.’
‘We’re meeting their decapitation strike with one of our own?’
‘Exquisite, isn’t it?’ said Malcador, and laughed.
Excelsior.
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September 19, 2020
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September 19, 2020
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November 24, 2020
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November 24, 2020
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November 24, 2020
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science-fiction
November 24, 2020
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siege-of-terra
November 24, 2020
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the-horus-heresy
November 24, 2020
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warhammer-40000
November 24, 2020
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4.52%
"There was history left, but it was not a history that should be recorded. It was nothing but a litany of pain, of agony, of mutilation, of miserable destruction.
No poet ever described the last, involuntary twitches of a corpse, and all historians had more decency than to linger over such things."
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No poet ever described the last, involuntary twitches of a corpse, and all historians had more decency than to linger over such things."
November 24, 2020
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6.33%
"Lion’s Gale space port fell to the enemy on the eleventh of Quintus It was a long way from where they were, hundreds of kilometres west. Everything was a long way from everything else, because the Imperial Palace was so immense. But the effects were felt everywhere, like a convulsion, like the Palace had taken a headshot."
page
35
November 24, 2020
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8.32%
"‘Army lines are fracturing across the northern reaches,’ said Icaro. ‘Assault is a primary factor, traitor hosts driving up from the south. They have Astartes support.’
‘On the ground?’ asked the Great Khan.
‘On the ground, in force,’ she confirmed. ‘World Eaters, Iron Warriors, Thousand Sons, Luna Wolves-‘
They’re not called that any more,’ said the Khan.
‘My apologies, lord. But I won’t use his name,’ she replied."
page
46
‘On the ground?’ asked the Great Khan.
‘On the ground, in force,’ she confirmed. ‘World Eaters, Iron Warriors, Thousand Sons, Luna Wolves-‘
They’re not called that any more,’ said the Khan.
‘My apologies, lord. But I won’t use his name,’ she replied."
November 24, 2020
–
8.68%
"‘He wants our father,’ said the Khan quietly. ‘He wants unhindered access to the Palace. He has one foothold, he wants another. It is not complex, Rogal, not any more. Eternity Wall Port must be defended and held. Lion’s Gate Port must be retaken. It is an offence they have claimed it at all.’
‘It was unavoidable,’ said Dorn.
‘I’m not blaming you, Rogal,’ said the Khan. He sighed."
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48
‘It was unavoidable,’ said Dorn.
‘I’m not blaming you, Rogal,’ said the Khan. He sighed."
November 25, 2020
–
12.3%
"‘Fall back!’ Halen yelled into the vox. ‘Fall back to second now!’ A blast took him off his feet. Grit and flame swirled around him. A strong arm pulled him to his feet.
‘No, brother,’ the Angel said, looking down into Halen’s cracked visor. ‘No need. Not yet.’
Sanguinius let him go, and turned to the mangled lip of the wall. He leapt off, into the wallowing curtains of fire, wings unfurled."
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68
‘No, brother,’ the Angel said, looking down into Halen’s cracked visor. ‘No need. Not yet.’
Sanguinius let him go, and turned to the mangled lip of the wall. He leapt off, into the wallowing curtains of fire, wings unfurled."
November 25, 2020
–
12.84%
"Sanguinius landed on the butchered earth, facing his kill. Backlit by the god-machine’s huge pyre, he rose, wings furled, spear sizzling by his hand, and gazed at the three Warhounds. The one he had wounded was still vomiting sparks, and smoke trailed from its holed head. It whinnied and brayed. All three had come to a halt. They cycled their weapons and washed the Blood Angels primarch with target-seeking systems."
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71
November 25, 2020
–
13.02%
"My lord,’ said Rann. There was silence all around them.
‘I’ve seen it, Fafnir,’ said Sanguinius. ‘From here, to the gate, to the port, across Anterior, across Magnifican. This is everywhere and everything. Far too many stories, a million of them, all destined to be lost, for only the last line of the book matters.’
‘Then we had better make sure we’re the ones who write it,’ said Rann."
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‘I’ve seen it, Fafnir,’ said Sanguinius. ‘From here, to the gate, to the port, across Anterior, across Magnifican. This is everywhere and everything. Far too many stories, a million of them, all destined to be lost, for only the last line of the book matters.’
‘Then we had better make sure we’re the ones who write it,’ said Rann."
November 25, 2020
–
14.83%
"‘I asked Mistress Krole to attend for the same reason I requested this unremarked location,’ said Dorn. ‘To ensure the privacy of our conversation.’
‘So now we can dispense with small talk and begin?’ asked Valdor.
An inner door opened. Malcador the Sigillite, robed and cowled, emerged from an anteroom. He took his place at the other end of the table.
‘Now we can,’ said Dorn."
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‘So now we can dispense with small talk and begin?’ asked Valdor.
An inner door opened. Malcador the Sigillite, robed and cowled, emerged from an anteroom. He took his place at the other end of the table.
‘Now we can,’ said Dorn."
November 25, 2020
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15.37%
"Rogal took down all the splendour of the Palace when he fortified it. I think he would have had the Custodians cast off their raiment and wear brute ceramite, too. Ornamentation does not serve a purpose in Rogal’s mind. But I think the ostentation may be forgiven if a demigod offers his life to protect yours, then you should gash him in gold to honour that sacrifice."
page
85
November 26, 2020
–
20.98%
"‘I believe the Emperor is a god,’ Keeler hissed across the table at Hari in mock conspiracy.
‘I know,’ said Hari.
‘An actual god.’
‘I know, mam.’
‘And that’s not a popular concept,’ she hissed, ‘especially with the Emperor.’
‘Please stop that,’ said Amon.
‘It’s as if He doesn’t want people to know, or something,’ Keeler said. She looked at the Custodian. ‘So I can’t leave, Amon?’
‘No.’"
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116
‘I know,’ said Hari.
‘An actual god.’
‘I know, mam.’
‘And that’s not a popular concept,’ she hissed, ‘especially with the Emperor.’
‘Please stop that,’ said Amon.
‘It’s as if He doesn’t want people to know, or something,’ Keeler said. She looked at the Custodian. ‘So I can’t leave, Amon?’
‘No.’"
November 26, 2020
–
22.6%
"‘We’re dead bones if this is a mistake,’ he said to the First Captain. Raldoron drew a sword, a tactical gladius. For a moment, Burr thought the Blood Angel was going to strike him down for cowardice, and realised he didn’t care.
‘We’re all dead bones in the end, Konas,’ said Raldoron.
‘Throne, that’s the truth, lord,’ said Burr.
‘Let’s delay that inevitability by trusting the Praetorian has a coordinated plan.’"
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‘We’re all dead bones in the end, Konas,’ said Raldoron.
‘Throne, that’s the truth, lord,’ said Burr.
‘Let’s delay that inevitability by trusting the Praetorian has a coordinated plan.’"
November 26, 2020
–
23.33%
"The Death Guard. Of all the Traitor Legions, the Death Guard was the one most despised by the White Scars ordu, and the feeling was mutual. The war between the XIV and the V had become a blood feud would never be cooled. Hatred was too small a word."
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129
November 26, 2020
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23.87%
"In the heart of it, the Great Khan. Almost unassailable in his might, but the greatest focus of the traitor wrath. He had dared to come among them, to enter their heart. He had wounded them savagely, broken the day’s assault, but it would cost him. His was the trophy-head they most desired, the unthinkable kill they suddenly craved. A chance, an opportunity no traitor heart had dared imagine.
They swarmed."
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132
They swarmed."
November 26, 2020
–
25.68%
"‘You little bastard.’
Perturabo stood up so violently the cargo crate crashed over on its side. Abaddon found himself a metre off the deck, his feet swinging, the Hammer of Olympia’s right hand gripping his throat.
‘No one by-blow manipulates me like this,’ hissed Perturabo.
Abaddon clenched his teeth.
‘I sincerely apologise,’ he grunted, slowly choking, ‘and take back any word I have uttered that was not true.’"
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Perturabo stood up so violently the cargo crate crashed over on its side. Abaddon found himself a metre off the deck, his feet swinging, the Hammer of Olympia’s right hand gripping his throat.
‘No one by-blow manipulates me like this,’ hissed Perturabo.
Abaddon clenched his teeth.
‘I sincerely apologise,’ he grunted, slowly choking, ‘and take back any word I have uttered that was not true.’"
November 27, 2020
–
29.29%
"‘You can tell him yourself when-‘
Niborran reached out and clasped Cadwalder’s armoured hand.
‘I have to go now, Cadwalder,’ he said. ‘Do you think I can just disembark and watch these good men go on without me, now I know what I know? Could you do that?’
‘General, I-‘
‘I won’t be spared by sentiment. War doesn’t work that way. I have to go. The port needs the best defence, no matter what its strategic fate.’"
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Niborran reached out and clasped Cadwalder’s armoured hand.
‘I have to go now, Cadwalder,’ he said. ‘Do you think I can just disembark and watch these good men go on without me, now I know what I know? Could you do that?’
‘General, I-‘
‘I won’t be spared by sentiment. War doesn’t work that way. I have to go. The port needs the best defence, no matter what its strategic fate.’"
November 27, 2020
–
32.55%
"Ahriman knew where the Pale King’s focus lay. Mortarion despised almost everything, but the war had bred in him a particular animus with the Khan and his Scar-brood, and that had festered into a complex obsession, a battle too long unfinished. It was useful to harness that, to keep the Pale King’s eyes on a singular goal and prevent him from lashing out at those around him, most of whom he reviled."
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180
November 27, 2020
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32.73%
"
Ahriman raised his left hand, his iridescent robe parting like mist. He let the motes of dust that thickened the air around them fall on his open palm the dust of Terra. The home world. From which we came, and to which we now return. And all will be dust in our triumph."
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Ahriman raised his left hand, his iridescent robe parting like mist. He let the motes of dust that thickened the air around them fall on his open palm the dust of Terra. The home world. From which we came, and to which we now return. And all will be dust in our triumph."
November 29, 2020
–
44.85%
"‘So a… a blind attack?’ asked Sindermann. ‘A stealth strike?’
To the head,’ Dorn replied.
‘For that… for that to work, you would send your best,’ said Sindermann ‘Not just elite. Specialists. Spear-tip assault, to cut through-‘
‘Now he’s getting it,’ the Sigillite murmured. ‘Now he understands.’
‘Throne of all,’ Sindermann whispered. ‘You’re laying a trap to kill the Lupercal.’"
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To the head,’ Dorn replied.
‘For that… for that to work, you would send your best,’ said Sindermann ‘Not just elite. Specialists. Spear-tip assault, to cut through-‘
‘Now he’s getting it,’ the Sigillite murmured. ‘Now he understands.’
‘Throne of all,’ Sindermann whispered. ‘You’re laying a trap to kill the Lupercal.’"
November 29, 2020
–
45.93%
"‘For you, I think, yes. A desire for field service. Not so much for Brohn. And I know what people think of my Legion. We may be Astartes, but we are barbarians. The White Scars do not enjoy the respect shown to the Imperial Fists or the Blood Angels.’
‘You seek respect, then?’ Niborran asked.
‘No, general, I seek victory. It is the simplicity of that notion that makes people think of us as uneducated tribesmen.’"
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‘You seek respect, then?’ Niborran asked.
‘No, general, I seek victory. It is the simplicity of that notion that makes people think of us as uneducated tribesmen.’"
November 30, 2020
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49.55%
"Diaz struck. He struck. Again. In the name of his Lord Dorn. Again. More. His longsword snapped. He drove the broken blade into a throat, to the hilt. He punched, empty-handed, breaking face bones. He killed a World Eater with his shredding shield, wrenching the purring chainaxe from the traitor’s hands, rotating it, making it his own. He swung. He struck."
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274
November 30, 2020
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49.91%
"They were ways to make war feel like it had some point, some value, some lasting worth. Lies made war better for those unlucky enough to survive it.
Lies gave soldiers something to think about, and talk about, and cherish, so they would never have to… never, ever have to think about the truth.
‘It’s a stupid bloody time to figure that out…’ Hari murmured to himself. He laughed, for want of anything else to do."
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Lies gave soldiers something to think about, and talk about, and cherish, so they would never have to… never, ever have to think about the truth.
‘It’s a stupid bloody time to figure that out…’ Hari murmured to himself. He laughed, for want of anything else to do."
November 30, 2020
–
52.44%
"‘I don’t believe that’s entirely his thinking, Jaghatai,’ said Valdor. ‘But his strategy is central to-‘
‘It’s peerless, Constantin,’ said the Khan. ‘Peerless. I weep at the beauty of his tactics. Rogal will orchestrate this, and win it, or we will die. I have faith in him. I will not disrupt his plans. But in the execution, they sometimes lack room for… improvisation.’"
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‘It’s peerless, Constantin,’ said the Khan. ‘Peerless. I weep at the beauty of his tactics. Rogal will orchestrate this, and win it, or we will die. I have faith in him. I will not disrupt his plans. But in the execution, they sometimes lack room for… improvisation.’"
December 1, 2020
–
54.79%
"‘You work for her?’
‘Till the day I die.’
John had noticed something. A small stamp strip, like a hallmark, etched into the legionary’s uncoloured plate just below the breast line. LE 2. What did that denote?
"
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‘Till the day I die.’
John had noticed something. A small stamp strip, like a hallmark, etched into the legionary’s uncoloured plate just below the breast line. LE 2. What did that denote?
"
December 1, 2020
–
59.49%
"John glanced at the warrior.
‘Speaking of old, that’s an antique piece.’ He gestured at Leetu’s thigh-clamped weapon. ‘Mark Two Phobos?’
Leetu shook his head. ‘M676 Union Model. Pre-Phobos. Mark Zero, you might say. Made before the accord with Mars.’
‘How old are you?’ asked John.
‘Old enough to have been issued it new.’
"
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‘Speaking of old, that’s an antique piece.’ He gestured at Leetu’s thigh-clamped weapon. ‘Mark Two Phobos?’
Leetu shook his head. ‘M676 Union Model. Pre-Phobos. Mark Zero, you might say. Made before the accord with Mars.’
‘How old are you?’ asked John.
‘Old enough to have been issued it new.’
"
December 1, 2020
–
61.3%
"‘Several of their sorcerous captains have been reported, perhaps orchestrating this atrocity from a distance. Ahriman, for one, allegedly. Of all the Legions, lost or loyal, the Fifteenth were the ones who took the concept of the Librarius to its furthest degree, and made it the axle-beam of their doctrine.’
‘We are damned, then,’ she said.
‘They are damned, Agathe,’ said Raldoron. ‘We are merely doomed.’"
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339
‘We are damned, then,’ she said.
‘They are damned, Agathe,’ said Raldoron. ‘We are merely doomed.’"
December 2, 2020
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65.1%
"He saw another wall, whole as yet. Monsalvant Gard. A rain of bombarding fire. The rising towers, spines and peaks of Eternity Wall Port.
Angron was assaulting the port. The approach to Monsalvant had become Angron’s next gladiatorial arena.
The Child of the Mountain, for all he had tried, had never left the slave pit.
"
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Angron was assaulting the port. The approach to Monsalvant had become Angron’s next gladiatorial arena.
The Child of the Mountain, for all he had tried, had never left the slave pit.
"
December 2, 2020
–
68.72%
"‘Then what strength?’
‘All,’ said Eidolon.
‘All five?’ Abaddon asked.
‘No, Ezekyle. All’
Abaddon narrowed his eyes.
‘Is that a joke?’ he asked.
‘I do love jokes, as you know,’ said Eidolon, fastidiously flicking some invisible mote of dust off his coral-pink warplate, ‘but no, it’s not. You wanted our strength. You have it. You have the Emperor’s Children. You have all the Emperor’s Children.’"
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‘All,’ said Eidolon.
‘All five?’ Abaddon asked.
‘No, Ezekyle. All’
Abaddon narrowed his eyes.
‘Is that a joke?’ he asked.
‘I do love jokes, as you know,’ said Eidolon, fastidiously flicking some invisible mote of dust off his coral-pink warplate, ‘but no, it’s not. You wanted our strength. You have it. You have the Emperor’s Children. You have all the Emperor’s Children.’"
December 2, 2020
–
69.8%
"‘Rogal has learned a flexibility. A sleight of hand.’
‘Like letting our archenemy into the Sanctum Imperialis?’
‘Yes. Letting him in, cutting his throat, and then sealing the flaw behind him. This Land fellow’s lockcrete will close the flaw once the trap is sprung, and build a tomb for whoever comes.’
‘We’re meeting their decapitation strike with one of our own?’
‘Exquisite, isn’t it?’ said Malcador, and laughed."
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386
‘Like letting our archenemy into the Sanctum Imperialis?’
‘Yes. Letting him in, cutting his throat, and then sealing the flaw behind him. This Land fellow’s lockcrete will close the flaw once the trap is sprung, and build a tomb for whoever comes.’
‘We’re meeting their decapitation strike with one of our own?’
‘Exquisite, isn’t it?’ said Malcador, and laughed."
December 2, 2020
–
71.07%
"He gazed at them steadily.
‘I am the fortress now,’ he said.
Sindermann shivered. The hairs on his neck stood up.
‘Now, each in turn,’ Dorn said to his commanders, ‘make your oaths of moment to me.’"
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‘I am the fortress now,’ he said.
Sindermann shivered. The hairs on his neck stood up.
‘Now, each in turn,’ Dorn said to his commanders, ‘make your oaths of moment to me.’"
December 2, 2020
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72.15%
"It turned to face him. Their eyes locked. They gazed at one another, across all intervals of time and distance, as though they stood face to face.
Brother to brother.
Sanguinius looked into Angron’s eyes.
Angron glared back at Sanguinius. He slowly raised his left hand, where new skin was yet to grow back over the oozing meat. He licked the blood from it.
‘My blood for the Blood God,’ he said."
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Brother to brother.
Sanguinius looked into Angron’s eyes.
Angron glared back at Sanguinius. He slowly raised his left hand, where new skin was yet to grow back over the oozing meat. He licked the blood from it.
‘My blood for the Blood God,’ he said."
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"Fulgrim rose slowly to his feet. His long white hair unwound, and ribboned out behind him in the night wind, like a pennant of shining satin.
He tipped his head back, beheld the devastation, and smiled."
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He tipped his head back, beheld the devastation, and smiled."
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"‘Madius. What is going on?’
‘Full assault, my lord. The Third Legion. Shields are ruptured. They are on the wall.’
‘Vigil, what strength?’ Dorn asked. ‘Report the Third Legion strength.’
‘Full Legion strength, my lord.’
Dorn looked at Sindermann, and then at Elg. Full Legion strength. The Emperor’s Children were rumoured to have more than a hundred thousand legionaries in their ranks."
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‘Full assault, my lord. The Third Legion. Shields are ruptured. They are on the wall.’
‘Vigil, what strength?’ Dorn asked. ‘Report the Third Legion strength.’
‘Full Legion strength, my lord.’
Dorn looked at Sindermann, and then at Elg. Full Legion strength. The Emperor’s Children were rumoured to have more than a hundred thousand legionaries in their ranks."
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Awesome, review.
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Graeme wrote: "Awesome, review."Thank you😊
I've TBR'ed it. And frankly, I'll buy today just to check it out.
Whoops, I mean go back and get #1 in the series.
Graeme wrote: "Whoops, I mean go back and get #1 in the series."Wait! Before The Siege of Terra there are 50+ books to read! The Siege is just the ending of a 15 years long saga of novels.
Start with Dan Abnett's Horus Rising instead and get False Gods and Galaxy in Flames as soon as possible because first book ends with a cliffhanger and the opening trilogy is a whole big tale.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_H...
Welcome in the grim far future where there is only war😁
Graeme wrote: "Thanks for the tip."You're welcome. Glad being helpful 👍😁
I have Horus Rising on my Kindle now. I'll check it out.
Graeme wrote: "I have Horus Rising on my Kindle now. I'll check it out."
Enjoy your read, Graham. Hope you like it👍😊
