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Cover of The First Wall by Gav Thorpe

The First Wall

Setting
Horus Heresy
Type
Novel
First published
3 Mar 2020
Length
460 pp · ~8h 26m read
Rating
3.763,185 ratingsRating distribution: 1-star: 49 · 2-star: 222 · 3-star: 948 · 4-star: 1,202 · 5-star: 764. See the reviews on Goodreads (opens in a new tab)198 reviews on Goodreads  (opens in a new tab)
Audiobook
4.662,806 ratingsPerformance4.89Story4.5712h 44m·Jonathan KeebleReviews on Audible  (opens in a new tab)
ISBN-13
9781789990409
Featuring
Imperial FistsIron WarriorsTerra

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Synopsis

Book 3 in the Global best selling Horus Heresy Siege of Terra series The war for the fate of mankind blazes on. Though the outer defences have fallen, the walls of the Palace itself remain inviolate as Rogal Dorn, the Praetorian of Terra himself, uses every known stratagem and ploy to keep Horus's vast armies at bay. In Perturabo, the Traitor siegebreaker, Dorn faces an adversary worthy of his skill. A terrible, grinding attrition ensues. The crucial battle for the Lion's Gate spaceport is at the heart of this conflict. With it in their possession, the Traitors can land their most devastating weapons on Terran soil. Dorn knows it must not fall. But with enemies attacking from within as well as without and the stirrings of the neverborn drawn to the slaughter, can the Imperial defenders possibly prevail?