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The End and the Death: Volume I

The End and the Death: Volume I

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  • Author：Dan Abnett
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Summary

Siege of Terra Book 8

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。

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Reviews

Richard ，

Well， here it is: The beginning of the end。 The End and the Death。The End and the Death is an interesting read overall in that it tackles the seemingly endless final day （Quite literally as the warp unwraps time itself on Terra。） of the Siege while moving all of the important pieces into place to make sure they are where they need to be when the fateful moments come to pass。 Much like Abnett's Saturnine， the individual moments are where this book shines。 While there are a few， small subplots tha Well， here it is: The beginning of the end。 The End and the Death。The End and the Death is an interesting read overall in that it tackles the seemingly endless final day （Quite literally as the warp unwraps time itself on Terra。） of the Siege while moving all of the important pieces into place to make sure they are where they need to be when the fateful moments come to pass。 Much like Abnett's Saturnine， the individual moments are where this book shines。 While there are a few， small subplots that felt a tad stretched （Keeler's felt really dragged out。。。） all of the stories are interesting on their own even if they only serve to provide a snapshot of what is happening on that final day。 Others still are hugely important and having the Emperor himself alongside the Primarchs， Valdor， and the Sigilite share scenes is fantastic。 Also， for once， the Perpetual stuff is pretty cool！ I was quite invested in that part of the plot where I struggled with it in previous books and I'm actually looking forward to seeing where it goes。That said， for as much as I enjoyed pretty much every aspect of this book from a story perspective， I do think the decision to have such short chapters undercut the momentum of the book in several places。 I think thematically that works given the focus on time in the story， but that still doesn't take the bite out of reading a really cool chapter following， say， Corswain only to jump to a totally different scene in the middle of something quite important to talk about crucified Titans and beheaded tanks just to set the scene。 Are both scenes amazing？ Yes！ Is it jarring。 Still， yes， unfortunately。 Despite that issue， it is a credit to how engaging Abnett has made all of these plots that I could always find a way to be drawn back in when I felt the tonal whiplash from the stories jumping around。So， how does it do as the first part of the finale？ Well， if the second volume is anywhere near as long as this I'm sure there's still a great deal to cover， but it does feel the story is right on the edge of the precipice before the final fights。 Despite clearly being only a first part， I also think it ends in a place that makes the whole experience of reading the book fulfilling while leaving everything set to be finished in volume 2。Overall， what a book。 Looking back at my Saturnine review， I'm glad I mostly stuck with things to see it through to the end and I'm glad Abnett's the one writing it out。 I can't wait to see what is in store in Volume 2。 。。。more

Patrick Stuart ，

A book as sprawling labyrinthine and deranged as the Imperial Palace itself。 I enjoyed reading most of this， I will probably never think about it again and I am glad that it is over。Abnett essentially doubles down on all the peak-Abnett stuff that no-one but him really likes。John Fucking Grammaticus - absolutely central role， thank god because we all want to know what happens with that guy。Thank God the Basilio Fo sub-plot is still going， that vitally interesting character。Well it is what it is， A book as sprawling labyrinthine and deranged as the Imperial Palace itself。 I enjoyed reading most of this， I will probably never think about it again and I am glad that it is over。Abnett essentially doubles down on all the peak-Abnett stuff that no-one but him really likes。John Fucking Grammaticus - absolutely central role， thank god because we all want to know what happens with that guy。Thank God the Basilio Fo sub-plot is still going， that vitally interesting character。Well it is what it is， lots of wonderful details， extremely purple prose， several extended sections where Abnett is very insistent on showing his English degree and a whole mess of strands-ov-fate bullshit， collapsing-dimensions last minute character transport and Quite Dumb acts of _subtle manipulation_。This did not need to be two books but at least every part of the model range was mentioned so thats good。 PEACE。Its nearly over！ Soon we will be FREEEEE！ 。。。more

M O ，

Incredible。 This doesn't just tie up every loose end and get the pieces in to their final places， but introduces an entirely new and brilliantly executed concept that takes the stakes to maximum。 Cannot wait for the last one now。 Incredible。 This doesn't just tie up every loose end and get the pieces in to their final places， but introduces an entirely new and brilliantly executed concept that takes the stakes to maximum。 Cannot wait for the last one now。 。。。more

Matthew Tyrrell-Byrne ，

（4。5！） Another suitably epic entry into the series， wonderfully written by the master。 I was surprised at certain events happening so soon in this book; literally thought one thing would be the closing line and （minor spoiler） it happened on something like page 335。 Massive fan of the break up chapters which glance over snippets of the horror of the galactic civil wars culmination （several chapters titled “Fragments”）。Emotive writing driving the escalation of the Siege and very well done。My main （4。5！） Another suitably epic entry into the series， wonderfully written by the master。 I was surprised at certain events happening so soon in this book; literally thought one thing would be the closing line and （minor spoiler） it happened on something like page 335。 Massive fan of the break up chapters which glance over snippets of the horror of the galactic civil wars culmination （several chapters titled “Fragments”）。Emotive writing driving the escalation of the Siege and very well done。My main drawback is the （my opinion） overuse of seemingly invented words， a few and it’s “yay go scifi” but after dozens on one descriptive page it was just a headache…and one particular phrase which while fitting it seems jarring seeing as it’s never been used in the other 65 books！ 。。。more

ALI ABBASI ，

Absolutely loved it。 Tore through it in one sitting。 So many mysteries from the past decades of fragmented lore resolved here， and also connections made to the current spate of books in the most updated tales from the setting。 Some have said this reads like a movie and certainly some set pieces in the story just play out in your imagination like you're watching them on screen。 Dedicated fans of the Horus Heresy series will also love some key references made to moments stretching way back to the Absolutely loved it。 Tore through it in one sitting。 So many mysteries from the past decades of fragmented lore resolved here， and also connections made to the current spate of books in the most updated tales from the setting。 Some have said this reads like a movie and certainly some set pieces in the story just play out in your imagination like you're watching them on screen。 Dedicated fans of the Horus Heresy series will also love some key references made to moments stretching way back to the beginning of the saga。 The sheer number of named characters might be intimidating but focus on the known story beats if you've been following the Siege of Terra series will take you through。 There is near-constant war playing out but even so I didn't get the usual bolter-fatigue that many Astartes tales cause。Things might play out exactly as expected from the past 30 years of stories， or some key changes might radically alter perspectives still。 Cannot wait for the sequel。 。。。more

Skywatcher Adept ，

A monumental work from Abnett。Encapsulating the full scope of the Siege like no other book before。 From a lonely squad of the Shattered Iron Tenth to Horus and the Emperor finally making their move - in person。 With a cavalcade of words attempting to describe the paranormal and the insane: "ordo ab chao"， "allotheistic figments"， "Antecessum Purgatus"， "septicaemic influence"， "psychomantic outfalls"， "anagogic annihilators"， "nephelosphere"， "oniero-looms spew friction-smoke"， "Chanson of Mamen A monumental work from Abnett。Encapsulating the full scope of the Siege like no other book before。 From a lonely squad of the Shattered Iron Tenth to Horus and the Emperor finally making their move - in person。 With a cavalcade of words attempting to describe the paranormal and the insane: "ordo ab chao"， "allotheistic figments"， "Antecessum Purgatus"， "septicaemic influence"， "psychomantic outfalls"， "anagogic annihilators"， "nephelosphere"， "oniero-looms spew friction-smoke"， "Chanson of Mamenezy"， "prognostipractors"， "Rhug’guari’ihululan"， "Indifference engine"， "the unmoving Uigebealach"， "Anabasis" etc。 etc。The worst thing about the book is now we have to wait for Vol。 2 with bated breaths。 。。。more

Zach ，

Brilliant。 It reads like a movie script。 It’s the first book in the series where there isn’t a slow chapter。 Every character plot line interests me。 It doesn’t have the depth of Echoes but I can’t blame it when it’s covering so much。 I loved it。 I can’t wait for the resolution even though I’ll be crushed when this has all come to an end and the death。

Rogal Dorn ，

This is spoiler free， some details but no spoilersWell this one is hard to rate。 To say that there are huge expectations for this book is understatement。Abnett does well enough， but endnig something so wast so massive as is Horus Heresy is not easy task。Still book is great and if you liked the ones before you will enjoy it。 Characters are awsome， story is very solid。 I have to point out the superior writing technics Abnett uses。 He proves himself again and again as god tier author。 There is one This is spoiler free， some details but no spoilersWell this one is hard to rate。 To say that there are huge expectations for this book is understatement。Abnett does well enough， but endnig something so wast so massive as is Horus Heresy is not easy task。Still book is great and if you liked the ones before you will enjoy it。 Characters are awsome， story is very solid。 I have to point out the superior writing technics Abnett uses。 He proves himself again and again as god tier author。 There is one scene， I dare to say rival Edgar Alan Poe。 It continues with a trand of breathtaking world building。It is not all great of course。 Book have big problem with phasing。 I need to elaborate a bit。 Book have 4 large parts made of chapters。 It starts great and gets faster and better untile second half of third part。 Then it hits breaks。 Story slows down as if Dan realized that there must be seconde book。 At this point it goes from scenes of desperate last stand into scenes of discussions about who is above who in Imperial hierarchy， from Vengeful Spirit to library 。Also there is just too much stuff， some characters appear just to not show up later for no reason。Some character （who is for no reason missing seconde book in row） never even shows up。It can get overwhelming sometimes。Maybe this book would benefit from being split even more。 Two large books and one smaller （Knight of grey， Fury of Magnus style book） to relief main story a bit。What would however definetly improve the book is bit of shuffling and cutting of scenes， putting them to the volume II， putting some of them closer。 Moving the ending。That is all I can say without spoilers。 It is still absolute bomb of the book and I belive that the sconde part will be masterpiece。 The issues with the book are just frustraring。 It is like a cheeseburger。 The ingredients are of the highest quality， the meat is exacly as you wanted it， sure the order of the ingredients is bit off， cheese is not on the meat but on the tomato， bacon is not in just on the plate， still if you take bite it tastes great if you dont bite into pickle， pickle breaks the tastes synergy untile next bite without it。This is my firs rewiew sorry for buchered english I did my best as not native speaker， feedback welcomed， I have lot to say about other books 。。。more

Tepintzin ，

Raise your expectations。

Ollie Lau ，

Yes， I finished this book in one day。 Partially because I was on a long flight， and mostly because it was great。Cannot wait for Volume II。 A satisfying beginning if an ending to a series that deserves it。

JR Roach ，

A ludicrously baroque delight。

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