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Tallarn

The Horus Heresy, Book 45

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Tallarn

By: John French
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, Peter Wickham
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As the Warmaster's campaign of galactic domination continues, his generals seek out fresh battlefields to conquer. After leaving the Crone World of Iydris behind, Perturabo strikes for Tallarn. A bitter, vengeful primarch, the lord of the Iron Warriors unleashes a deadly bombardment against the world, killing millions but entrenching the survivors.

A brutal, all-consuming armoured conflict ensues, the greatest of the war and one that grinds down all combatants over more than a year of relentless battles. But Perturabo's reasons for the attack are about more than unleashing punitive destruction against the Imperium - he has an entirely darker purpose in mind.

©2016 Games Workshop Limited (P)2017 Games Workshop Limited Adventure Military Science Fiction Space Opera Fiction

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Cracking group of stories, how ever it only starts to get really interesting at IronClad.

another great Heresy Book

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Very strong story although slow to build, almost put me off as I trued to place it in the greater context of the HH.

Wasn't keen on some of the narration but in totality a strong read once you're deeper in it.

Surprising

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I'll make this short and sweet. the narrator is quite boring and the story being slow paced is a terrible combination.
The story is basically why are the iron warriors here? old weapon. Unfortunately that sums up the entire story in just 8 words.
This could of been a great chance to expand on the iron warriors and their primarch but instead it's more of the same.
I like iron warriors, even collect some so I'm bias towards them and even I dont like this book.

I like the iron warriors but I do not like this

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Just from start to finish a total treadhead's dream. superb book, well performed and just totally enjoyable!

One of the very best in the series

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Tallarn is a decent enough book, collecting the Tallarn novel and short stories in one volume. Of these Executioner is the best though it ends abruptly and the series never really recovers. Like Damnation of Pythos it's a serviceable book but doesn't do much at all to forward the Heresy story, and can be safely ignored if you want to save your credits for the meatier novels.

Admittedly its not an offensive novel - Battle for the Abyss and Outcast Dead remain the series low points - but it doesn't introduce any interesting characters or even lore. There's precious little story and it's credit to John French he sustains interest in such a slight meal. After the events of Angel Exterminatus this would have been a fantastic opportunity to study Perturabo and give him the same depth of character as Lorgar or Fulgrim.

Instead its almost a standalone - with no new revelation about the Primarch, a guest appearance by the Alpha Legion and some other equally forgettable events. It's a shame, as Perturabo is one of the more fascinating of the Traitor Nine and Tallarn could easily have been a breakout novel for him (Angel Exterminatus belonged to Sharrowkyn).

The gold standard for Iron Warriors remains Rob Sanders 'Iron Within' and this is what you should be spending your credit on. Tallarn is only recommended for completists

Iron within. Boredom without

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