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Cthonia's Reckoning

The Horus Heresy

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Cthonia's Reckoning

By: John French, Michael F. Haspil, Gary Kloster, Nicholas Wolf, Noah van Nguyen, Gav Thorpe, Chris Forrester
Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
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A Horus Heresy Anthology

In the final years of the Horus Heresy, all eyes were on the Siege of Terra. But out in the vast darkness of space, war raged over a thousand other worlds—including the home world of the Sons of Horus, Cthonia.

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Witness the bitter, spiteful struggle between the Imperial Fists and the Sons of Horus over the Warmaster's home planet of Cthonia, in seven stories from a variety of authors.

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After seven long years of conflict, the Horus Heresy nears its end. But now, as the Warmaster Horus marches on Terra to rip his father from the Throne, the seat of the arch-traitor’s power lies empty. Cthonia, a world once dominated by brutal murder-gangs, is occupied by the Emperor’s praetorians—the indomitable Imperial Fists. For the Sons of Horus, this outrage demands a reckoning. From the towering heights of Traitor’s Gate, stronghold of the VII Legion, to the unending warrens in the planet’s crust, the two sides slaughter one another without remorse. It is a war of spite, and only the most ruthless will rise to claim Cthonia.

CONTENTS

  • Sons of Cthonia by John French
  • To the Last by Michael F Haspil
  • The Gangs Beneath by Gary Kloster
  • The Flesh Harvest by Nicholas Wolf
  • Traitor's Faith by Noah Van Nguyen
  • For Hate's Sake by Gav Thorpe
  • Postulant by Chris Forrester

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went into this not expecting much, but ended up loving it. High recommended to all Warhammer fans

a surprising good book

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Overall i found the stories kind of dull, its just a bunch of different characters that we dont get enough time with to become invested in. not enough variety either in the setting or themes

kind of dull

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Overall not bad but I didn't really get much of a sense of what was actually going on over the entire conflict and the outcome of the battle. To The Last was an exceptional void battle though and I'd buy the book just for that.

Interesting shorts but didn't add much overall

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Just not long enough. It is never enough. Throughly enjoyed all the short stories and I mean short. So keep them coming. More always more. It is never done

Very good

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An anthology of short stories around the siege of Cthonia, the second entry is the standout as it explores space battles and tactics which are rarely explored in 40k stories.

However, the other stories are all little more than bolter-porn. suitably written but not as gripping as other stories set in the Horus Heresy

A middling anthology with one standout story

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