The outer defences have fallen, and the fight for the Imperial Palace has gone from a siege to a full-blown battle for the Lion's Gate space port. Gav Thorpe's The First Wall drops the reader straight into some of the most brutal, close-quarters fighting the whole Siege of Terra has to offer.
What it's about
As the traitor legions push past the outer defences, the defenders of the Lion's Gate space port are forced into grinding, room-by-room combat to hold one of the Palace's key approaches. It's a tighter, more claustrophobic instalment than the wider Siege narrative — and a reminder of just how much the Imperium is being asked to spend to hold Terra.
Best for
- Readers following the Siege of Terra in order
- Fans of desperate, small-scale last-stand fighting within a bigger war
- Horus Heresy collectors filling out the saga
Close-quarters carnage as the noose tightens on Terra — a key chapter as the Palace's defenders are pushed to breaking point.
Book 3 of the Siege of Terra. New to the series? Start with Book 1: The Solar War, or browse more in our Black Library collection.
