Heralds of the Siege Paperback – Big Book, 2 April 2020

I don't know why I keep holding hope for these compilation novels, they never seem to really deliver. This is another one that was seemingly well reviewed by others, so I decided to give it a chance as I figured it would be about the beginnings of the siege of Terra. Nope, no battles on earth to speak of whatsoever, nor fights in the other systems even.I think that I'm probably running out of steam with the 'Horus Heresy' series, by the time it actually gets to the end, I will probably not care anymore after the consecutive poor books I've read over the last while.The series started out so well I thought, with only the occasional stinker, but now, it seems that it has reversed and they are largely stinkers with only the occasional gem.I guess maybe I've got my sights set too high, and assume every book can be as awesome as 'The Thousand Sons' or 'Prospero Burns' etc, alas, the vast majority of the characters in these HH novels are no where near as rounded or deep as Ahriman or Magnus, or Perturabo. I rarely feel emotionally invested in any of them anymore, sadly.

I enjoyed it.it flips around a lot.ive been following the story from horus rising and it's one of the better ones

Not collecting any audio books or shorts, this was all new to me.And uniformly, they are all very good! A great value for my money, and revealed bits to me that I did not know. Very enjoyable and easy to recommend to a Heresy fan. Great start with Myriad and close with The Board is Set. Practically crying with Malacador there.

Some of the stories have the same plot, but other than that I thought it was awesome!!! One the last stories of "Dreams of Unity" gives you glimpse of past but also leaves the reader with a melancholy.

The stories were not as riveting as other anthologies in the series. The grey knight was the best by far for me and kept the pages turning. Valerius and the last son of prospero were also very good. Some of the others would be confusing to readers unless you knew the lore but overall well worth the price of the book.