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The Beast Arises #9-12
The Beast Arises: Volume 3
A Warhammer 40,000 omnibus
The War of the Beast comes to a brutal and surprising conclusion in the final omnibus edition of Black Library's premium event series. The biggest battle since the Siege of Terra and revelations galore await – plus the surprising fate of the High Lords of Terra…
READ IT BECAUSE
It brings
THE STORY
to a truly astonishing end, with all the massive battles and incredible secrets you'd hope for – and an epilogue that will leave you breathless.
THE STORY
The Imperium's initial attempts to attack the orks and kill their leader have ended in failure and tragedy, but there can be no surrender: the fate of humanity hangs in the balance. New, more flexible fighting teams of Adeptus Astartes have been assembled and allies from the Imperium's past have also pledged their support. With new troops, revised tactics and the full backing of the Adeptus Mechanicus, the Space Marines head to the orks' home world one final time. This time there will be no retreat. They must succeed in their mission… or die in the attempt.
CONTENTS
Watchers in Death by David Annandale
The Last Son of Dorn by David Guymer
Shadow of Ullanor by Rob Sanders
The Beheading by Guy Haley
- GenresScience Fiction
742 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 22, 2018
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About the author
David Guymer
173 books176 followersDavid Guymer is a freelance author, PhD in molecular microbiology (which still comes in more handy than you might think), and tabletop warlord based in the Yorkshire East Riding. He has written for Black Library, Marvel, Aconyte Books, Asmodee, Mantic Games, Cubicle 7, Creative Assembly, and Mongoose Publishing.
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September 21, 2024
A throughly underwhelming end to a saga that began with such promise.
Volume one was a fantastic portrait of an empire beisiged. From a previously known enemy showing unseen, and terrifying advances.
To the more insidious threat of corruption dismantling the mechanisms by which the empire could save its self
A fantastic start
The 2nd volume while having high points devolved into bolter porn and space marine worship.
This volume got even worse.
Its first book is about 3 instances of the same tale
They form the death watch. The deathwatch is clearly the coolest thing ever you guys, they engage in a pretty generic adventure where 5 dudes with names out perform whole companies.
Then the do it again. Only it's opening and ending chapters carry weight.
The 2nd book is the imperium deciding to have another crack at the beast with a new tactic... and failing.
The 3rd book? Well it's the 2nd book again but with a worse idea, and somehow more success.
Utterly pointless splitting these in two.
The final book starts strong. With a return to the politics and tonnes of high stakes.
Then literally we time skip all the foreshadowed and interesting plot points laid out are skipped over. Out main protagonist has had the hinted heel turn, entirely off camera.
But it's OK
The space marines get to save the day.
The super advanced orks who in book one were able to bring the imperium to it's knees get beaten and mulch in every chapter.
The fascinating beast character who was developing into a fascinating villian. Turns into a half baked boss who gets beaten by a lucky stab and a tactic, HE HAD ALREADY STOPPED IN THE PRIOR, FAILED , POINTLESS INVASION.
Honestly. I don't know what happened in the editorial office. But this frankly was a bit of a shambles.
honestly .... unless you've a desperate need for more space marine circle jerking , sack this off.
And if you want more of that I suspect there are more enjoyable examples.
Volume one was a fantastic portrait of an empire beisiged. From a previously known enemy showing unseen, and terrifying advances.
To the more insidious threat of corruption dismantling the mechanisms by which the empire could save its self
A fantastic start
The 2nd volume while having high points devolved into bolter porn and space marine worship.
This volume got even worse.
Its first book is about 3 instances of the same tale
They form the death watch. The deathwatch is clearly the coolest thing ever you guys, they engage in a pretty generic adventure where 5 dudes with names out perform whole companies.
Then the do it again. Only it's opening and ending chapters carry weight.
The 2nd book is the imperium deciding to have another crack at the beast with a new tactic... and failing.
The 3rd book? Well it's the 2nd book again but with a worse idea, and somehow more success.
Utterly pointless splitting these in two.
The final book starts strong. With a return to the politics and tonnes of high stakes.
Then literally we time skip all the foreshadowed and interesting plot points laid out are skipped over. Out main protagonist has had the hinted heel turn, entirely off camera.
But it's OK
The space marines get to save the day.
The super advanced orks who in book one were able to bring the imperium to it's knees get beaten and mulch in every chapter.
The fascinating beast character who was developing into a fascinating villian. Turns into a half baked boss who gets beaten by a lucky stab and a tactic, HE HAD ALREADY STOPPED IN THE PRIOR, FAILED , POINTLESS INVASION.
Honestly. I don't know what happened in the editorial office. But this frankly was a bit of a shambles.
honestly .... unless you've a desperate need for more space marine circle jerking , sack this off.
And if you want more of that I suspect there are more enjoyable examples.
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December 20, 2019A satisfying conclusion.
April 20, 2020
Fun: The Last Romp.
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