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- The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra, Book 6
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Publisher's Summary
Siege of Terra, Book 6
With the Lion's Gate space port taken by the enemy, Jaghatai Khan of the White Scars prepares a brazen gambit, but one of his former brothers rises to take up arms against him.
Listen to it because: the heroic and dynamic White Scars hurtle headlong into combat with the unyielding Death Guard. As brother battles brother, the fate of Terra itself hangs in the balance.
The story: the Inner Walls are breached.
Traitor vanguards tear towards the heart of the Palace, sensing victory. Desperate gambits are attempted: an unwilling saint is released into the ruins, as well as an enthusiastic sinner. A black sword rises, forged from spite, ready to create a legend. But amid the slaughter, Jaghatai Khan, Warhawk of Chogoris, prepares to launch the most audacious strike of the conflict. His goal is nothing less than the liberation of the Lion's Gate space port. Cut off from any help, he stakes everything on one desperate counter-offensive, launched against an old enemy who has been made far greater than he ever was before. As the White Scars ride out against the newly crowned lords of life and death, they know that defeat for them dooms not only the Legion, but Terra itself.
Written by Chris Wraight. Narrated by Jonathan Keeble.
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- Lucas Jessick
- 10-25-21
For the Khan!
If you dislike high speed ultraviolence, go suck a greasy nut you filthy Adeptys Mechanicus player.
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- snozek
- 10-14-21
The best Siege of Terra book yet.
Compared to the Horus Heresy, the Siege of Terra series has been a moderate disappointment up to this point.
Apart from Graham McNeill's excellent work, the other authors have delivered less than sterling submissions. The novels have been plagued with overstuffed storylines that were terribly disappointing in development and detail.
The whole thing seemed like rushed product, poorly finished, and not well edited.
This novel is a departure from this unfortunate norm.
We know who we are dealing with in this book. Established characters act in character. The plot advances with meaningful events and character development.
Mortarion, Morag, Typhus, Dorn, Sigismund, the Khan, and even Malcador are developed more in this excellent book.
Another positive difference is how new or unknown characters are support characters, without an undue amount of story relying on them.
This novel also graces us by not clubbing the reader with ham-fisted social justice narratives. It is possible to write a good female character without kneeling at a political altar.
One thing however, don't keep using similar names for new characters; Cassius vs Casca was an irritation for anybody that was a fan of Julius Caesar.
Keeble did a solid job as narrator, although his White Scar warcries are difficult to take seriously and his voice for Grammaticus is absolutely ear grating, and I'm an American!
All in all, Wraight and McNeill are the only authors to put in a good Siege of Terra novel so far, and Dan Abnett is my favorite in their stable.
This is a solid book, I recommend it.
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- Iloveheavy
- 12-02-21
Unbelievable
I really think this is the best SOT book. Chris really brought the strain that Dorn is under to us in a way that no other BL author has as well as exactly how powerful these demon Primarchs are.
The environment is well written and he has a knack for the Scars(imho)
The huge battle that takes place(between brothers)is easily some of the best fight sequences I’ve read.
I never write reviews.
Well.
Hardly ever.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and Jon Keeble read it flawlessly. He really is a treasure. The life he brings to these books is a thing to behold.
Take this for what it’s worth. Get yours and decide for yourself.
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- James O.
- 11-08-21
bland
the story somehow makes characters bland and uninspiring. the major fight sequence is disappointing.
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- Wesley Baugh
- 10-15-21
High quality
We all know the overall story; however, so many linking story lines that we grown to care about are really the strength of this series.
U can feel the despair of the characters as they are stotred down to their core. Born again as new with faith, hope, and duty
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- Utilisateur anonyme
- 06-23-22
Wow
Best Siege Of Terra novel yet…FOR THE EMPEROR, FOR THE KHARGAN, FOR THE KHAN!!!
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- Ivan Drieter D. Eusebio
- 06-12-22
Excellently and consistently exciting
No dull moment, always paced quickly forward, a great testament to the white scar legion. I immediately restarted it after completing it the first time.
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- Fred Williams
- 06-07-22
perfection
i tip my hat to you good sir exquisitely written and even better perform ance.
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- Trey Wheeler
- 05-24-22
awesome read and listen
by far one of the best books ive had the chance to enjoy listening to, chris wraight's writing delivered to the fullest by Johnathan Keeble once again.
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- Utilisateur anonyme
- 05-13-22
another great addition
another great addition to a great series. the voice actor was amazing as always.
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- Lertimo
- 10-03-21
Well-written filler
The Siege of Terra series is beginning to feel like Peter Jackson's Hobbit movies - enough plot for one decent book stretched out to fill several instalments. Some of the previous parts have fared better than others; The Solar War had the advantage of covering a precise stage of the siege in space, meaning it had a beginning, a middle and an end. The Lost and The Damned from Guy Haley benefited from being the start of the siege proper and gave us the defenders' set-up for the first time. Gav Thorpe's The First Wall was about, um - a wall, and was often about that interesting. Saturnine found the undoubted talents of Dan Abnett more or less on autopilot. Mortis, was - well, actually about the best John French novel I've read if I skipped all the parts about Titans (it's just my opinion, but most Black Library publications centred around the tedious 'God-Machines' are dire).
Cue Chris Wraight for Part Six. He's been on an impressive roll recently; the Watchers of The Throne series and Valdor were entertaining. His Varangantua crime novel, Bloodlines, was superb. So, what does he bring to the SoT?
The highly familiar: Jumping around between various ongoing strands, quite a lot of space expended on the inner struggles of the more unimpressive traitors such as Mortarian, or the World Eaters' Khan, to make them appear more compelling and threatening (seriously, in a real war, wouldn't the World Eaters just get obliterated in their first charge?). Long passages introducing mortal Imperial Army characters, so we understand that they are tired, demoralised and overawed by the general um, bigness of Space Marines - and then they die (digression: maybe it's just me, but there's something very unconvincing about 'transhuman dread'. The whole concept feels like it was made up by single, 40-something nerds who still live with their mothers). The slightly confusing sub-plot following Oll, John Grammaticus and co limps onward, still nobody asking, 'Where are we going and what are we going to do when get there?" I'm also starting to get slightly fatigued by Jonathan Keeble's habit of shouting during the combat scenes.
The Different: Surprisingly little focus on Primarchs/Emps/Horus/Malcador, a plus point. Chris Wraight seems to have deliberately avoided this in favour of telling the story from the viewpoint of more relatable characters. As it's Wraight, of course, we get a lot of White Scars and Death Guard action (unfortunately highlighting Keeble's one accent that he gives every 'oriental' character). Very little of Katsuhiro, which is a relief. I don't dislike him, but his arc feels exhausted. He's been useful to allow us to see the siege through the eyes of a terrified civilian-turned-conscript, but I think we get it now (yeah, yeah, War is Hell). Fun stuff: Sigismund finally goes ape%^*t, Keeler the saint let loose in the ruins, foreshadowing religious aspects of the 'modern' Imperium just as the seeds of the Inquisition were sown in previous books. Basilio Fo returns with a larger part than before. He's a welcome addition to the cast who adds a bit of mischief to proceedings. Oh yes, and of course, we get the Khan versus Mortarian rematch.
As it is, though, we end with all the definitive events of the siege still to come. Warhawk is polished and often highly entertaining. In summary though, it's cleverly-written filler, with Wraight spinning things out, treading water and tantalising us with the promise of events which ultimately get left for another volume. Peter Jackson only squeezed three movies out of The Hobbit. There's still two more SoT books to go.
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- Frosty0769
- 10-04-21
Superb
A great addition to the series that gets to the point without all the usual 8 hours of dithering about.
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- TJ
- 10-19-21
Not fluf, this one's a hit in my books...
Amoung the forever saga/cash cow of the HH, with all its many hits (Horus Rising, Legion etc) and misses (did someone say Slamanders?!), this one was great. I missed it immediately on completion (which sounds pathetic, but true) and I may even listen to it again which would be unheard of for me. Measured against the other siege series books it is certainly on a par with Saturnine which is right up there as one of, if not my favourite of the entire HH.
My immediate concern was this would be another fluf fest to endure to get to that final scene on the Vengeful Spirit we've all being waiting for (and potentially dreading?). Fear not, while in the grand scheme of things there is little significant "progress" -spolier!- there are many fantastic scenes. There's plenty of Primarch but it's not overwhelming and leaves ample time for the adventurers of less significant characters. We even say goodbye to a few but their exit did not disapoint.
And obviously another great performance by JK. Having listened to a few 40k books in the interim between this and Mortis I'd forgotten how good Keeble's narration is. Someone better wrap that man up in cotton wool until this things all done and dusted.
My only criticism... what is all this perpetual rubbish GW? Don't mess the whole series up at the last hurdle with those boring goats!
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- 5
- 11-01-21
Gripping!!
Couldn't stop listening, Keeble brings it to life so vividly, lifting you up and putting you down like a leaf on the wind.
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- Sean
- 10-18-21
Excellent
Excellent narration, superb story with great knowledge of all the story of the overall Heresy.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-17-21
Favorite
This one is probably my favorite of all of the siege of terra books so far, really great stuff
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- Ross Hastie
- 11-07-21
Amazing
Just a brilliant book!! The Khan is the Man and the white Scars are fantastic!!
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- SPEAR
- 11-04-21
Brilliant
So happy it was good , after Morris was a bit of a let down this book returned me to Egypt I have read nearly 60 of these novels and has been a part of my life for 20 years
I'm almost sad it's nearly over .
But nothing lasts forever.
Not even the light of he who sits on the throne , still a lot to go though and I can't wait
A fantastic book well written and answering a few more questions personally needed closure on ,
Sigismund is now the proto badass he is known to become over the next 10,000 years
Awesome congratulations to all the original writers I've been with you every step of the way . P.S Jonathan Keeble IS the voice of grim dark , long may he continue. 10/10
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- Andrew
- 10-27-21
Out. Of. The. Park
In some ways, a more intimate installment of the series, which is an interesting change from the monumental, apocalyptic, battles of the previous book.
Chris Wraight takes us into the minds of those on both sides, revealing sometimes surprising complexities and nuances of character.
Genuinely, laughed out loud in a couple of places, not because of humour so much as delight at a surprising turn or an unexpected outcome.
Jonathan Keeble is, as always, excellent, bringing life and subtly to the characters and ramping up the drama fantastically. Also, I don't think I'll ever read the word 'boom' in quite the same way every again! 😁
All in all, a fantastic listen and an awesome production. Can't wait for the next episode!
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- kamil anszczak
- 10-24-21
kharns weapon
overall great read and I really enjoyed it! much better then 'mortis' in my opinion.
only complain i have is that kharns weapon was a chain axe not power axe. ;P
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- Darryl Miller
- 10-20-21
Ties up loose threads nicely
Again Jonathan Keeble knocks it out of the park, you don't need to be told who is speaking as all the key characters are very distinct ;)
This answers two of the areas I was wondering about in regards to the Kharn:
1. Why he was not in the final confrontation
2. How does a mortal Prinmarch defeat at Chaos infuse one
Not too sure about the John Dramaticus storyline. I understand why he is getting some coverage but it seems too dragged out, will see how it pans out.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-13-22
The Siege Continues
Excellent audiobook for the next instalment in the series. The blighted plague brought by the XIV legion spreads. Advancing slowly yet methodically, along with the warriors themselves. Opposing them is the Khan and White Scars, eager and determined to meet them in battle at the Lions Space Port. An epic show down. Keeble, as always, does a splendid job narrating.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-11-21
hell yeah!!! white scars!!! Lords of the Storm!!!!
The warhawk and his boys have always been my jam, since before they had even the metal biker torsos;) . all the 5th legion books are great but this was a perfect next installment of the siege. well done mr wraight.. again!!! loved the 14th legion stuff too:) very grandfather nurgle! you wont be dissapointed with this one! the casualties...
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- thefinn
- 10-28-21
I love this series.
Another great book, and amazing performance. I rarely give 5 star reviews across the board, but this series is really surprisingly well written and performed. Great stuff.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-20-21
Ordu Gammana Jaghatai!!!
So good, such a good final to the trilogy of heresy era White Scars books, Chris Wraight has done it again!
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- Anonymous User
- 10-16-21
awesome!
great listen and gave me what I wanted out of a white scars focussed siege of Terra novel.. good character development and captured how much of a toll and the side effects the siege has taken on astartes, primarchs and custodes.
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- Kindle Customer
- 10-12-21
outstanding writing by Chris Wraight.
one of the best written fight sequences on paper. best novel in the series