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  • The End and the Death: Volume I

  • The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra, Book 8
  • Written by: Dan Abnett
  • Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
  • Length: 18 hrs and 33 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (95 ratings)

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The End and the Death: Volume I

Written by: Dan Abnett
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
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Siege of Terra Book 8, Part 1

The arch-traitor Horus Lupercal's forces have bombarded Terra and the Imperial Palace lies in ruins. With the Emperor's dream in tatters, he seeks only to rob Chaos of its ultimate victory...

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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 STORY

There is no way out.

The walls have fallen, the gates are breached, and the defenders are slain. It is the end and the death. After seven brutal years of civil war, the Warmaster stands on the verge of victory. Horus Lupercal, once beloved son, has come to murder his father. The Emperor, a shining beacon of hope to many, an unscrupulous tyrant to others, must die. The lives of uncountable numbers have been extinguished and even primarchs, once thought immortal, have been laid low. The Emperor's dream lies in tatters, but there remains a sliver of hope.

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.

There is no way out.

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Samus approved

Excellent story from start to finish. Dan Abnett knows how to write a thrilling beginning of the end.

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So many cliff hangers!

Dan Abnett is a phenomenal GW writer. He has brought life, and fleshed out the nearly mythical story of the long fabled Siege Of Terra and Horus Heresy, which I'm sure most of us never truly expected to see fully written and completely told.
He's left volume 1 on so many cliff hangers that we can only hope volume 2 isn't years away yet. R.R Martin could learn a thing or two.

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Abnett really made use of his 40k thesaurus!

Well, it's going to be really hard to wait for part 2. If you're reading this book, then congratulations, we've come a long way. If you haven't come a long way to read this book, then you probably shouldn't be reading it.

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Excellent

All around excellent. Only complaint is that I have to wait for the second half. 🙂

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18 hours of setup, but what an 18 hour setup it is

You can see it all starting to come together. Threads you thought dropped coming back into play and things being neatly tied off as the whole mess starts to come to a head. You see pivotal bits of Heresy era from the final hours finally fleshed out and played out in front of you. There are twists and turns and it all starts to ratchet up as the big climax of the Horus Heresy approaches...

...and cliffhanger. That's not a spoiler. It's in the title. This is only Volume 1. It was going to cut off somewhere. The physical copy is as thick as a phone book in a properly large city. You know it's going to cut off somewhere, but you want it to keep going. In that respect, it's well-written and performed to the hilt as we've come to expect from this series.

To crib from another bit of sci-fi, this series is like the Qui Gon and Obi-Wan vs Darth Maul duel from Star Wars Episode 1, and this book is like the last long straight platform toward that weird circular room with Chekov's bottomless pit. We are Obi-Wan, chasing the story all the way down that OSHA nightmare of a walkway. Right as we think we can get to the finale, with the climax in sight, the weird energy barriers gently slide into place and it all grinds to a halt. And now we have to wait for the damn things to cycle open again in order to see it all finally play out.

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Stunning

Fantastic listen. An amazing novel and testament to Abnett’s outstanding skill…keep a dictionary handy.

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Great story

Some great revelations and great surprises awaits in this story full of details I can’t wait to listen to the second part

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Can't wait for the next book!

This is a great way to set up for Volume II. I had a hard time putting this down and will re listen to this again.

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Dan and Jonathan deliver yet again!

Dan Abnett and Jonathan Keeble once again ,through historic penmanship and talented voice, bring the Imperium of the 30th millenium to life in vivid, visceral detail!
this book had me yearning for the next sentence, and i never wanted it to end.
The Siege of Terra is coming to a close, and what an exciting and terrible close it is shaping up to be!!

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Great addition to the Siege of Terra saga.

I am not sure what to say except. My whole perspective of the Horus Heresy is changed. The stories are all riveting, the whole series up to this point has been an emotional rollercoaster and this book doesn't disappoint either. For fans of the Warhammer 40k universe if you only ever read one book series in this world. Horus Heresy is the one to read or listen to.

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