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The Beast Arises #5-8
The Beast Arises: Volume 2
The second volume, containing books five to eight, in the epic The Beast Arises series, as the Imperium struggles to survive against the growing galactic threat of the orks.
The Imperium’s situation has never been more grim – an ork attack moon hangs over Terra, and ork armadas ravage human space. It seems nothing can stop the greenskins – neither brute force, science, nor faith. When the Adeptus Mechanicus reveal they have discovered the orks’ point of origin, the Space Marines gather their forces for a massive assault on their enemy’s home world. But what the Imperial forces need is a figurehead, a hero from legend to lead them – a primarch. Can one these figures from legend be found, let alone persuaded to aid them?"}" style=" 10pt; Arial; rgb(0, 0, 0); center;">‘The Beast Arises’ is an epic Warhammer 40,000 series from Black Library. Spanning twelve volumes, the story covers a galaxy-wide conflict between humanity and a massive ork invasion. The Imperium’s situation has never been more grim – an ork attack moon hangs over Terra, and ork armadas ravage human space. It seems nothing can stop the greenskins – neither brute force, science, nor faith. When the Adeptus Mechanicus reveal they have discovered the orks’ point of origin, the Space Marines gather their forces for a massive assault on their enemy’s home world. But what the Imperial forces need is a figurehead, a hero from legend to lead them – a primarch. Can one these figures from legend be found, let alone persuaded to aid them?
The Imperium’s situation has never been more grim – an ork attack moon hangs over Terra, and ork armadas ravage human space. It seems nothing can stop the greenskins – neither brute force, science, nor faith. When the Adeptus Mechanicus reveal they have discovered the orks’ point of origin, the Space Marines gather their forces for a massive assault on their enemy’s home world. But what the Imperial forces need is a figurehead, a hero from legend to lead them – a primarch. Can one these figures from legend be found, let alone persuaded to aid them?"}" style=" 10pt; Arial; rgb(0, 0, 0); center;">‘The Beast Arises’ is an epic Warhammer 40,000 series from Black Library. Spanning twelve volumes, the story covers a galaxy-wide conflict between humanity and a massive ork invasion. The Imperium’s situation has never been more grim – an ork attack moon hangs over Terra, and ork armadas ravage human space. It seems nothing can stop the greenskins – neither brute force, science, nor faith. When the Adeptus Mechanicus reveal they have discovered the orks’ point of origin, the Space Marines gather their forces for a massive assault on their enemy’s home world. But what the Imperial forces need is a figurehead, a hero from legend to lead them – a primarch. Can one these figures from legend be found, let alone persuaded to aid them?
- GenresScience Fiction40k
960 pages, Paperback
First published November 24, 2018
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About the author
Guy Haley
288 books718 followersGuy Haley is the author of over 50 novels and novellas. His original fiction includes Crash, Champion of Mars, and the Richards and Klein, Dreaming Cities, and the Gates of the World series (as K M McKinley). However, he is best known as a prolific contributor to Games Workshop's Black Library imprint.
When not writing, he'll be out doing something dangerous in the wild, learning languages or gaming.
When not writing, he'll be out doing something dangerous in the wild, learning languages or gaming.
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September 7, 2024
A very obvious middle chapter in an epic saga.
Following a stellar cliff hanger. The opening book tells a confusing but quite intense tale of an epic battle.
And that sort of becomes the theme.
A LOT of bolter porn in this book, as the careful political machinations and tour of imperial factions and the fractured webs of alliances they formed quickly takes a back seat to some standard space marines obsession.
And while some arcs do develop into fascinating tales ( the loyalist and heretic former friends turned enemies storyline was an excellent thematic diversion)
And some very inventive technical achievements by the orks.
This felt like too much in the way of battles and not enough of the intrigue.
Also a slightly weaker cadre of authors with one author who seemingly only communicated in nouns.
Still some of those battles were great some interesting twists and turns
And its the middle section.
Let's see how act 3 plays out
Following a stellar cliff hanger. The opening book tells a confusing but quite intense tale of an epic battle.
And that sort of becomes the theme.
A LOT of bolter porn in this book, as the careful political machinations and tour of imperial factions and the fractured webs of alliances they formed quickly takes a back seat to some standard space marines obsession.
And while some arcs do develop into fascinating tales ( the loyalist and heretic former friends turned enemies storyline was an excellent thematic diversion)
And some very inventive technical achievements by the orks.
This felt like too much in the way of battles and not enough of the intrigue.
Also a slightly weaker cadre of authors with one author who seemingly only communicated in nouns.
Still some of those battles were great some interesting twists and turns
And its the middle section.
Let's see how act 3 plays out
April 16, 2020
Fun: The Romp Continues
October 14, 2020
The Beast Arises is a good book for those who enjoy the Warhammer 40k Setting. It gives an outlook on the conflict between the Beast and the Imperium.
It was well written and in all enjoyable.
It was well written and in all enjoyable.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews