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The Buried Dagger by James Swallow

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asoutter's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Over a decade of reading for me, and it's done! A final chapter of a 54 book series.

The Buried dagger is a phenomenal page turner that really picks up the latter half, that you don't want to put down. Watching the descent of Mortarion into Nurgle, is paralleled with the growth of Loken and Garro as Knights.

Would have loved more death guard but an interesting insight into Malcador as well.

lozymandias's review

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adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No

3.25

itcamefromthepage's review

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

"The Final Battle need not be one of swords and fire it must only be a war of will. The inexorable entropy of all things ranged against the bitter rage of life. Forever screaming into the darkness."

Wow this book was excellent and a PERFECT choice to transition between the series.

Mortarion has one of thee most interesting Primarch backgrounds, learning his history makes his actions make a lot more sense.

Swallow sets the stage so well for the final conflict to come.

geminiustech's review

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5.0

A fitting end to the series , well thought out strong character development so many lose ends tied up and any more opened , the siege has begun !

thepattyshack's review against another edition

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5.0

Jesus, where to begin with the last official entry of the Heresy series?

Probably best with the on the nose sentence from Malkador!
"The pages has turned, the siege of terror begins"
Me: hahaha fuck off that's funny.

The side by side stories worked emmaculatly together.
A wonderful round circle for so many and continuation of others, keeping me guessing at what I think I know will happen, or showing me how things happen.
The ability to humanise a character that for the entire 54 books has seemed very one note, how did you not expect this guy to be evil, is beautiful story telling and tragic with how it went and where it went.

I wish I was a better writer to be able to express how this book was able to be a full stop on the series while also a dot dot dot.

Now, do I take a break, or just start the siege right away?