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  • Siege of Terra: The Horus Heresy, Book 3
  • By: Gav Thorpe
  • Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
  • Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,793 ratings)
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The First Wall

By: Gav Thorpe
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
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Summary

Siege of Terra Book 3.

The outer defences have fallen, and the walls of the Imperial Palace await the Traitors. Perturabo is determined to tear down the mighty edifices his brother and bitter rival Rogal Dorn has built - but first he must take the Lion's Gate Spaceport, so that his heaviest weapons can land.

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It's time for Rogal Dorn's defences get their real test - the attention of Perturabo and the Iron Warriors. The irresistible force meets the immovable object - and carnage ensues.

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The war for the fate of mankind blazes on. Though the outer defences have fallen, the walls of the Palace itself remain inviolate as Rogal Dorn, the Praetorian of Terra himself, uses every known stratagem and ploy to keep Horus' vast armies at bay. In Perturabo, the Traitor siegebreaker, Dorn faces an adversary worthy of his skill. A terrible, grinding attrition ensues. The crucial battle for the Lion's Gate spaceport is at the heart of this conflict. With it in their possession, the Traitors can land their most devastating weapons on Terran soil. Dorn knows it must not fall. But with enemies attacking from within as well as without and the stirrings of the neverborn drawn to the slaughter, can the Imperial defenders possibly prevail? 

Written by Gav Thorpe

Running time 12 hours 49 minutes. Narrated by Jonathan Keeble.

©2020 Games Workshop Limited (P)2020 Games Workshop Limited

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overall pretty good

The only issue is that the writing is a little choppy but other its good

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A great instalment!

Unlike others I really enjoyed the story development within this novel. I believe there was a great deal of character development. It demonstrates a lot more depth to the story of the siege.

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Interesting but choppy

Overall, a fulfilling story with very impactful events. Characters evolve, the war rages on, and a lot of exciting plots aligning with each other. However...the syory constantly jumps back and forward in a timeline, and that confuses more than it ads.

This makes a lot of it feel miss informed or oddly placed.

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zardu is the best wordbearer written

this is my second listen through and was just as gripping as the first highly recommended

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Perturabo the petulant

Lots of Primarchs being haughty and aloof as is normal in these books, the side stories let it down by not actually achieving anything in particular the standard bearer and her diminishing army, Great narration as alleys by Me Keeble

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Wow

Very good ... these are epic! I cannot wait for the next books... roll on terra

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A good listen with superb narration.

A satisfying story which leaves you yearning for the next book in the siege series

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It's good but it's not 'Carling'

Gav Thorpe delivers another heartpounding story which I thoroughly enjoyed, and I'm glad the Primarchs are getting involved as it all adds to the flavour, but I think it was slightly diluted by the Abbada involvement. Shakespeare always liked to have a story within a story and this is what Abbada proved to be, so I think I was sidelined for a bit. Yet Jonathan Keeble is still at his best which makes it worth listening to all the same. Seeing that the Siege of Terror is going to be eight books, I think we can expect as few stories within stories.

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Great book

I really enjoyed this one, there are some great story points and lore in this book.
The performance is great, I highly recommend this.

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great writing and performance!

Written by Gav Thorpe, Narrated by Jonathan Keeble. What's not to like? Fantastic listen all round!

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