The Last Son of Dorn by David GuymerMy rating: 8 of 10 stars
Pages : 256
Year : 2016
Genre : Warhammer 40K
Series : Beast Arises 10/12
The 10th book of the series and only two missing. Oh My what a ride. First of all, desclaimer, In the beginning I was not enjoying. It was convoluted story and jumping around confusingly. It seems they were capturing some Ork Psychers but it felt very confusing...
There was interesting political maneuverers between the high lords and Koorland plus among the Space Marines. It was very interesting to see also the clash between space marines (although, in this novel everyone accepted Koorland as the Lord Commander of all forces).
The last part of the novel is the second invasion of Ullanor since the beginning of the war and this time they have a plan. Koorland, Deathwatch Killer Teams, Sisters of Silence, Ogryn, Commissar, Assassins and a Mechanicum force battle in the main throne room to kill the Beast and what a epic battle it was...
Spoilers Ahead;
With the beast dead, the happiness is very short as they found out that this Beast is just one of 6. If billions troops, ships, hundreds or thousands of space marines died to defeat one how can they defeat more 5? Koorland is killed by the second Beast and now It despair time...
The ending was depressing as it can be.. It was strange to see Laurentis a bit sad (he is part of the cult mechanicum and usually not that emotional ) Bohemond of the Black Templars weeping and all hope was lost - But now enters Thane. I bet he will be the most important character in the next books.
My thoughts... I think this was a nice addition to the 9 other, as previous sometimes I think this was rushed and so can be confusing. This second siege of Ullanor could have been a 416 pages altogether. I am going to give 8/10 and the vast majority of these points is for the drama within the last 50 pages
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