Widely held up as a high point of the entire Horus Heresy, Dan Abnett's Saturnine throws Rogal Dorn into the most desperate gamble of the whole siege. If you only read one Siege of Terra novel, plenty of longtime fans would point you straight here.
What it's about
With the Palace's defences buckling, Rogal Dorn stakes everything on a single, audacious stroke to blunt the traitor advance — a plan that could save Terra or finish it off outright. Abnett balances the huge scale of the siege with sharp, personal stakes for the characters caught up in it, and delivers one of the tensest, best-paced entries in the whole series.
Best for
- Readers who want the Heresy at its most tense and best-written
- Fans of Rogal Dorn and the Imperial Fists
- Anyone continuing the Siege of Terra from Book 3
Tense, brutal and brilliantly paced — a must-read instalment, and a strong argument for why the Siege of Terra earns its reputation as the Heresy's finale.
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