The End And The Death: Volume III - Dan Abnett

The End And The Death: Volume III

By Dan Abnett

  • Release Date: 2024-01-27
  • Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
4.5 Score: 4.5 (From 184 Ratings)

Description

Siege of Terra Book 8, Part 3

It all comes down to this final confrontation – the Emperor versus the Warmaster. The father versus the son. After 63 novels and a slew of short stories, omnibuses, audio dramas, and more – this is the End and the Death.

READ IT BECAUSE
The Horus Heresy series reaches its dramatic climax. After years of civil war, the Emperor and Horus clash aboard the Vengeful Spirit in an epic battle of blades, wits, and wills. See how the greatest conflict of the age plays out, and follow fan-favourite characters from across the saga as they desperately try to influence the outcome.

THE STORY
The Great Angel, Sanguinius, lies slain at his brother's hand. Terra burns as reality itself unravels, and the greatest bastion of civilisation teeters on the brink of annihilation. 

Desperate defenders gather, banding against the rabid traitor hordes. The Hollow Mountain, host to the pilgrims of Euphrati Keeler, is one of the last redoubts held by the Dark Angels while the unclean host of Typhus lays siege. Malcador the Sigillite sits ablaze on the Golden Throne, trying to buy his master more time. But time is running out...

Guilliman races across the stars to reinforce the Throneworld. Will he return to ashes, where a Warmaster of Chaos has ascended to godhood, or will the Emperor have triumphed? And at what cost?

Written by Dan Abnett

Reviews

  • Excellent Read!!!

    5
    By Original Fairfax US Player
    Very satisfying to finally read this. Thought it was well written and thought out, yet achieved the objective of the author to “retain the mystery”

  • After Terra

    4
    By drainbed
    Bittersweet. Abnett delivered. My thoughts are that there will be a sequel series dealing with Mars, and where the loyal primarchs go next.

  • Glorious

    5
    By Awesomeboss11
    An amazing ending to an amazing series.

  • A welcomed end to a legendary series

    5
    By Wubbwubbs
    There are bound to be critics as this novel is anything but perfect. It delivers the most monumental narrative in the Warhammer 40,000 mythos, and yes, it delivers. It eclipses the prior 2 parts, with a much better flowing narrative, although it is still weighed down by plot points that could’ve been reserved for novella. It isn’t a tedious read like Part 2 was, nor is it some Hugo winning masterpiece, but it is a satisfying conclusion to a series many of us have been reading for the better part of two decades. Like the heresy series as a whole it has its ups and downs but it never reaches the pits of several of the series novels, while also not eclipsing the better stories in the series. It’s a fine book, delivering on a moment that is impossible to satisfy everyone’s expectations with. Dan Abnett succeeded in delivering a monumental ending, with the weight of impossible expectations.

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