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  • Siege of Terra: The Horus Heresy, Book 1
  • By: John French
  • Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
  • Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (442 ratings)

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By: John French
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The Siege of Terra Book 1

After years of devastating war, Horus and his forces have arrived at Terra. But before they can set foot on the Throneworld, they must first break the defences of the Sol System. 

Powerful fleets and cunning defences bar their path - but can anything hope to halt the advance of the Traitor armada?  

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The final act of the long-running, best-selling series starts here, with a brutal and uncompromising look at the first stage of the Siege of Terra, the war to conquer the solar system. Armies will fall, heroes will rise and legends will be written....

The Story

After seven years of bitter war, the end has come at last for the conflict known infamously as the Horus Heresy. Terra now lies within the Warmaster’s sights, the Throneworld and the seat of his father’s rule. Horus’ desire is nothing less than the death of the Emperor of Mankind and the utter subjugation of the Imperium. He has become the ascendant vessel of Chaos and amassed a terrible army with which to enact his will and vengeance. 

But the way to the Throne will be hard as the primarch Rogal Dorn, the Praetorian and protector of Terra, marshals the defences. First and foremost, Horus must challenge the might of the Sol System itself and the many fleets and bulwarks arrayed there. 

To gain even a foothold on Terran soil, he must first contend the Solar War. Thus the first stage of the greatest conflict in the history of all mankind begins. 

©2019 Games Workshop Limited (P)2019 Games Workshop Limited

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boring and confusing

I loved HellsReach and The Betrayor but this was a mess to me. No idea what was going on or who I was meant to be following.

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Had to DNF

Might come back and finish at some point but honestly the books abundance of action actually makes it more boring as there isn’t must in the way of politics or intrigue

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Does what it says on the box

It’s more of the Horus Heresy, what’s not to love? It’s particularly nice to see Rogal Dorn and his Imperial Fists in the setting since they’re often absent from other Horus Heresy books being on Terra and all. I highly recommend listening to this while you’re painting or if you just want to hear about ludicrously big space battles.

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first of many

enjoyed the beginning of the horus heresy and will be looking forward to the next.

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Simply amazing

This book is by far the best book in the Horus Heresy series to date

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What you expect.

This is a warhammer novel through and through.

The narration is fantastic, possibly the one of the best throughout all the warhammer novels.

The story is quite dull, slow and it takes forever to get rolling, when it finally does you're still waiting for... something, to happen.
It's pretty much what you'd come to expect from a 40k novel, the characters are mostly humans, who don't really do much, the main protags (the big boys on the covers) are sidelined, despite being way more important and way more interesting.

If you're excited to learn what is going on during the siege of terra, then you should read this, it's the beginning, but don't expect much more than that. This is the first book in the siege of terra, nothing more, nothing less.

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Gets really good eventually

Stick with this one, it takes a few hours to get interesting but it’s worth the wait. All of it is a very necessary set up for the rest of the Siege of Terra.

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Absolutely Boss.

Keeble nails the narration as always, his ability to change his voice acting as Daemons is something to awe at.
Loved the story and happy to hear some more action from Dorn as it's been too long! Bring on the epic HH battles as Terra is around the corner!

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EPIC!!!

The writer and narrator have managed to scale an levity of action into the beginning of a Heresy period I would not thought possible...well done.

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Amazing

listen to this one multiple times. Great book loved every minute.
different one for due hard fans

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