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Scorched Earth

by Nick Kyme

Setting
Horus Heresy
Type
Novella
First published
11 Sep 2013
Length
123 pp · ~2h 15m read
Rating
3.7363 ratingsRating distribution: 1-star: 3 · 2-star: 35 · 3-star: 111 · 4-star: 133 · 5-star: 81. See the reviews on Goodreads (opens in a new tab)24 reviews on Goodreads  (opens in a new tab)
Audiobook
4.3330 ratingsPerformance4.48Story4.153h 49m·Saul ReichlinReviews on Audible  (opens in a new tab)
ISBN-13
9781849703536
Featuring
Iron HandsRaven GuardSalamandersIsstvan
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Synopsis

Nearly a quarter of a million loyal Space Marines lost their lives on Isstvan V – the Dropsite Massacre lasted only a few hours, and yet the Iron Hands, Raven Guard and Salamanders were slaughtered by those they had once called kin. With the disappearance of their primarch weighing heavily upon their hearts, Ra'stan and Usabius of the XVIIIth Legion leave behind their fellow survivors and strike out into the Urgall Depression. Their mission: to find what, if anything, remains of mighty Vulkan...

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