The Beheading: Warhammer 40,000

The Beast Arises, Book 12

By: Guy Haley

Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong

Across the length and breadth of the galaxy, humankind celebrates its salvation and relishes the prospect of a return to peace. But the war against the orks has driven the political bedrock of the Imperium, exposing its rotten core.

One man, one powerful man, decides he has the solution and launches a campaign of destruction so terrible that thousands of years later his actions will still be viewed with horror.

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an epilogue spread into an entire book.

If it stood alone, the 12 books of the beast arises would be quite a vision of a dark and imaginative future. Book 12 can not stand alone. its an epilogue of the preceding 11 and brings closure to many threads, often in a very poetic way. There's minimal action and even less fun. Its like the hobbits adventure at the end of Lord of the Rings. By itself, its a decent distraction little better than a comic book. Yet when you cast it with its 11 kin, the beast arises stands above warhammer 40k, shoulders over the Horus Heresy and is probably one of the best sci-fantasy adventures written this century.

Loved it

I loved it!!! I recommend it to others that enjoy the Warhammer 40k Series!
Wonderful

It’s solid 3.75

It’s closer of a kind just be glad it’s over and that Beast Krule or should I say Esad Wire gets what he deserves

A finale worthy of the emperor.

My favorite chapter of the beast arises. Fans of the lore must read this one.

Almost Epic

I really enjoyed the conclusion to this series, but this entry suffered from the same issue I feel the whole series was trapped in - they're all too short. For a sweeping, galaxy-wide conflict, what's actually presented feels more than slightly truncated. This isn't to say that the book wasn't great - it was. Just needed to be more of it. Narration was amazing, as always.