The First Wall

Siege of Terra: The Horus Heresy, Book 3

By: Gav Thorpe

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins

Publisher's summary

Siege of Terra Book 3.

The outer defences have fallen, and the walls of the Imperial Palace await the Traitors. Perturabo is determined to tear down the mighty edifices his brother and bitter rival Rogal Dorn has built - but first he must take the Lion's Gate Spaceport, so that his heaviest weapons can land.

Listen to it because:

It's time for Rogal Dorn's defences get their real test - the attention of Perturabo and the Iron Warriors. The irresistible force meets the immovable object - and carnage ensues.

The story:

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' 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?

Written by Gav Thorpe

Running time 12 hours 49 minutes. Narrated by Jonathan Keeble.

©2020 Games Workshop Limited (P)2020 Games Workshop Limited

A fantastic addition

Oh my, if you have an imagination then you will love this book. Amazing performance and portrayal of the characters.

3rd book in Series

The writing is great when moving the story of the siege forward. Unfortunately, a large part of the book was spent on a character that added very little overall. I know they are trying to develop a base human perspective to the story which often focuses on gods and super humans. This character was a miss for me and detracted from my enjoyment of other sections. Looking forward to book four.

The First Wall

I enjoyed this book, but I have a small issue. The author tries to show us the Terran defenders' side, which is understandable. But after following over 50 books in this series, I think we should stick with the main characters instead of introducing more new ones with extra stories, like a love plot that feels out of place this far into the series.

Best So Far

Enjoyed this one so much. All the side stories of the normal people that make up Terra makes the world so rich. Some times when it is just all Uber space marines it's gets a little dry. Can't wait for the next one.

I need book 4 now!

There are some slow bits here and there, I struggled with the love scene, it felt out of place. And because it felt out of place I did not have the emotional attachment that I probably should have had, but I thought the end of that arc of the story in the book went well and left me with a dropped jaw! That's my only reason for 4 stars though.

Keeble as always delivers, everything else came off fantastic, and it ended with the return of one of my favorite characters! Book 4 please! :)

awesome

the voice acting was awesome and the story build up was great. had a lot of characters finally coming together

very enjoyable perspective

loved it and as always great narration really does make you excited for the next release

Awesome

This book really is what I’m my opinion so far kicks the whole thing off. This was a great book. Can’t wait to listen to the rest.

"The first wall, one of many"

Jonathan Keeble delivers yet another amazing performance qnd brings all characters to life with passion. I loved this book.

great

outdid them selves on this one, well done. a truly great story and very well read