Dropsite Massacre

The Horus Heresy

By: John French

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

A Horus Heresy Novel

Horus has revealed his dark plans, but nobody is prepared for just how far he will go. The force sent to end the Warmaster's rebellion doesn't realise they are heading towards a slaughter unlike anything the galaxy has seen.

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It's the deepest exploration so far of one of the most horrific battles of the Horus Heresy. You may know what happened during the Dropsite Massacre, but you don't know it all. It's far worse than you thought as the treachery is revealed.

THE STORY

Horus has rebelled against the Emperor by purging his and his brother's Legions, but what was supposed to be a secret act of murder has been revealed. In the Emperor's name, Rogal Dorn and Malcador the Sigillite dispatch the largest force of legionaries and primarchs ever assembled to end Horus' rebellion before it can begin.

But the loyalists, on their way to enact vengeance, do not know the depth of the betrayal they face. They will not be the perpetrators of a massacre, but its victims. The last hope of returning to the Great Crusade and the unity of the Imperium will die in the dust of Isstvan V, and those who survive will live in a new age of darkness.

Written by John French. Narrated by Jonathan Keeble. Runtime 11 hours and 27 minutes approx.

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Quite good

You already know what happened. You’ve known it for years if not decades. So it’s quite a feat when your attention is held while the tail you know is laid out in detail.

And the details are quite good. The surprises, after all, are in the details.

LORE!

the amount of characters you get in this book is amazing! absolutely heart pounding the whole way through.

Excellent

The book is well written very few parts that should not be there. Most of all the voice is perfect Jonathan Keeble should do every book for 40K

best book in recent years

this is horus at his best, actually this is the traitor legions at their bests. this is one of the best books in all of warhammer. I really hope John french gets to write the next primarc return because he does primarcs right

J. French delivered the best HH book ever!

This is in my opinion the best Horus Heresy book up to date. It is packed with superb action really depicting the scale of Istvaan V Massacre, fleshing out major pivot point in Warhammer universe and supported by lovelly depictions of characers both known through the lore and standard Astartes POV - written on a superb level. Not to mention that books sheds some light on the HH lore, espeically for one legion. ;)