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Cover of The Damnation of Pythos by David Annandale

The Damnation of Pythos

Setting
Horus Heresy
Type
Novel
First published
18 Nov 2014
Length
416 pp · ~7h 38m read
Rating
3.252,239 ratingsRating distribution: 1-star: 153 · 2-star: 379 · 3-star: 781 · 4-star: 597 · 5-star: 329. See the reviews on Goodreads (opens in a new tab)155 reviews on Goodreads  (opens in a new tab)
Audiobook
4.331,142 ratingsPerformance4.8Story4.212h 40m·Jonathan KeebleReviews on Audible  (opens in a new tab)
ISBN-13
9781849707527
Featuring
Iron HandsRaven GuardSalamandersIsstvan

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Synopsis

In the aftermath of the Dropsite Massacre at Isstvan V, a battered and bloodied force of Iron Hands, Raven Guard and Salamanders regroups on a seemingly insignificant death world. Fending off attacks from all manner of monstrous creatures, the fractious allies find hope in the form of human refugees fleeing from the growing war, and cast adrift upon the tides of the warp. But even as the Space Marines carve out a sanctuary for them in the jungles of Pythos, a darkness gathers that threatens to consume them all.