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The Lost and the Damned
by Guy Haley
Book two in Black Library’s Siege of Terra mini-series concluding the Horus Heresy, Guy Haley’s The Lost and the Damned picks up where The Solar War left off as Horus Lupercal launches his assault on Terra itself. Where The Solar War covered events spanning the whole of the Sol system this is much more concentrated on Terra and its immediate orbit. There’s still lots going on, from the perspective of primarchs, legionaries and mortals on both sides of the conflict, but it’s a more focused story this time around. The physical siege has begun, and Haley incorporates elements of traditional siege warfare from conscripts manning the outer walls to the traitors constructing vast siege towers (not to mention some fun air combat scenes), while much of the narrative is driven by the question of why the siege progressed the way it did, at the beginning at least.
While primarchs and legionaries plan their strategies (often pushing back against orders or expectations) and wait to be unleashed, conscript Katsuhiro – dragged away from his normal life and utterly out of his depth – provides a consistent, human viewpoint on the brutal realities of defending the outer wall; the siege in microcosm. There are teasing revelations and snippets of foreshadowing throughout, and in answering some of the questions about the siege Haley in turn poses some tantalising suggestions as to what might come next. Overall Haley has done a fantastic job of maintaining the tone and illustrating the complexity and ferocity of these first stages on Terra, while moving the narrative on, setting the scene for the siege to ramp up in intensity, and simply telling a compelling story.
Read the full review at https://www.trackofwords.com/2019/10/12/the-lost-and-the-damned-guy-haley/
While primarchs and legionaries plan their strategies (often pushing back against orders or expectations) and wait to be unleashed, conscript Katsuhiro – dragged away from his normal life and utterly out of his depth – provides a consistent, human viewpoint on the brutal realities of defending the outer wall; the siege in microcosm. There are teasing revelations and snippets of foreshadowing throughout, and in answering some of the questions about the siege Haley in turn poses some tantalising suggestions as to what might come next. Overall Haley has done a fantastic job of maintaining the tone and illustrating the complexity and ferocity of these first stages on Terra, while moving the narrative on, setting the scene for the siege to ramp up in intensity, and simply telling a compelling story.
Read the full review at https://www.trackofwords.com/2019/10/12/the-lost-and-the-damned-guy-haley/