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As the greatest Ork Waaagh! ever seen threatens to engulf the galaxy, the Imperial Fists make their last stand

It is the thirty-second millennium and the Imperium is at peace. The Traitor Legions of Chaos are but a distant memory and the many alien races that have long plagued mankind are held in check by the Space Marines. When a mission to exterminate one such xenos breed on the world of Ardamantua draws in more of their forces, the Imperial Fists abandon the walls of Terra for the first time in more than a thousand years. And when another, greater, foe strikes, even the heroic sons of Rogal Dorn may be powerless against it. The Beast Arises… and it is mighty.

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Dan Abnett has written over fifty novels, including Anarch, the latest instalment in the acclaimed Gaunt’s Ghosts series. He has also written the Ravenor and Eisenhorn books, the most recent of which is The Magos. For the Horus Heresy, he is the author of Horus Rising, Legion, The Unremembered Empire, Know No Fear and Prospero Burns, the last two of which were both New York Times bestsellers. He also scripted Macragge’s Honour, the first Horus Heresy graphic novel, as well as numerous audio dramas and short stories set in the Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer universes. He lives and works in Maidstone, Kent.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Games Workshop (January 12, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 248 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1784960675
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1784960674
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.14 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1.25 x 8.25 inches

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Dan Abnett is a novelsit and award-winnig comic book writer. He has written twenty-five novels for the Black Library, including the acclaimed Gaunt's Ghosts series and the Eisenhorn and Ravenor trilogies, and with Mike Lee, the Darkblade cycle. His Black Library novel Horus Rising and his Torchwood novel Border Princes (for the BBC) were both bestsellers. He lives and works in Maidstone, Kent.

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Richard J. Estep

A cracking start to a series that might *actually end*

Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2016

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Dan Abnett seems to be fast becoming GW's go-to guy for kicking off a series. He gave us the first book in the seemingly never-ending "Horus Heresy" series, now into it's forty-somethingth volume with no apparent end in sight, and now here we have him kicking off a more manageable 12-book series, "The Beast Arises." Anybody conversant with 40K fiction will be familiar with Abnett's prediliction for strong plotting and characterization mixed with space-related shooty-death-kill, and with the possible exception of Aaron Dembski-Bowden, nobody does it better.

The first book in a series can be tough. On the one hand, you have to set the stage for events that will follow, laying down some of the parameters for the forthcoming series. On the other, you have to tell your own story and make it stand apart from the others. I'm happy to say that Abnett succeeds brilliantly. This isn't a 40K book; it's set thousands of years earlier than that, though still in the same universe and post-Heresy. The action focuses on the Imperial Fists fighting to liberate a planet from a Xenos race, only to find that something entirely nastier has been lurking out there in the grim darkness and has decided to show its face. Space fleet action, ground combat, and political intrigue and Machiavellian plotting in the Halls of Terra are all part of the show here, which is remarkable considering the relatively short page length in comparison to other books put out by GW.

When the last bolt round has been fired, the reader is left wanting more; where is this all going to go, and how will it end? I shelled out for books two and three, purely on the strength of this first volume. Dan Abnett has done a creditable job in setting up the launch pad for The Beast Arises, and now it remains for the authors who succeed him to determine whether or not the series is going to fly.

Stay tuned.

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Jetpack

Slaughter is right.

Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2018

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A very enjoyable book. The Imperial Fists, the guardians of Terra, all leave to go to war for the first time in over a millenia. Clearly, they will be fine. An original Legion. A founding chapter.

Well, not so much, and it's a fun read. Love the idea of wall names.

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Candice

New Series. Bigger Orks. Gorgeous Presentation.

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2016

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The first of twelve books set after the Horus Heresy, during a time of relative peace. The political aspects of the book are a breath of fresh air, its nice to see the inner workings of the Imperium instead of just full on military battles endlessly. It helps show the human side of the whole campaign, the bureaucracy that binds it together. But it can't be all set in a court room, can it? We need bloodshed and the screams of dying xenos!
Well you will get plenty of that here. I enjoyed the characters immensely despite some people saying they were very bland, one dimensional and what have you. The banter amongst the Imperial Fists, their chosen "wall names", it was all done with aplomb (not surprising, as Abnett is a fantastic character creator)
The book doesn't so much as " just end" as leave you with a bit of a cliffhanger, and it wets your whistle and leaves you begging for more. Without doubt it sets the tone and setting for this exciting new series perfectly. Can't wait to read the second!

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Devin Bragg

Good except for the smell.

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Very good quality but it smells like a whole bottle of bergamot oil fell on it so I had to air it out. Other than that it seems that the book was never opened.

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Pretty good for the first of the new 12 part ...

Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2016

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Pretty good for the first of the new 12 part series. Dan Abnett does a great job at setting the tone for this new series that BL is relying heavily on. Hopefully the other authors will continue the series in equally good quality. If you also love the horus heresy look myself you will find this interesting as it takes place in the aftermath of the heresy and the battle of terra. Will definitely be picking up the next installment next month.

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Samwise Majere

So the story is good, but the background and characters are a disappointment.

Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2016

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The story is very good and kept me eager to turn the next page right up to the end, which unfortunately came quickly. It was very interesting to see a glimpse of this era between the Horus Heresy and the modern age of W40K, where primarchs still walk the land and there is at least some optimism left.

However, I'm only rating this a 3 because of how short it is. The book that arrived was much smaller than I expected, and had lots of empty space within it's pages. In my opinion a book of this size should cost no more than $7.00 and this series is a gross cash grab.
Perhaps due to the size of the book, not much time is spent fleshing out the characters. Perhaps that will come later, but by the end of the first book you don't know the backgrounds of any of the main characters, if it happened before this book you don't hear about it. There is almost nothing to differentiate any of the space marines from each other or from the stereotype of what a space marine is.

I will be sitting out the rest of this series until either the prices drop or a compilation volume is released.

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Michael T. Bradley

I've tried to read books of his that I just couldn't stand (rare) and ones that I absolutely loved (common), but none I've felt

Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2017

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I knew it had to happen one day: an Abnett book I'm "meh" about. I've tried to read books of his that I just couldn't stand (rare) and ones that I absolutely loved (common), but none I've felt was kind of ... workmanlike. That's this book all over. Not even the Abnettesque flourishes here and there can save the fact that this book is just a huge lead-up to ... ORKS ATTACK (not really a spoiler, since that's how the 12-part series is advertised). I found the Chromes much more interesting, and was frustrated when they were essentially discarded.

Of course it's well-written, and of course the Star Wars references were amusing (how Abnett stopped himself from putting in a "That's no moon," I'll never know), but it's still just a big "so what?" It feels like this entire series, if written like this one, is going to be about a trilogy's worth of plot put into these big-font, hardbound volumes so you can't tell that you're basically reading a padded-out novella each time. The books, unlike most 40K stuff, aren't even that pretty.

Not BAD by any stretch, but ultimately forgettable. Oh well.

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JPS

Quite good, although not his best

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 27, 2015

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As another reviewer mentioned, “I am Slaughter” is indeed the first of a new Series taking place a thousand years after the Horus Heresy, with Dan Abnett, one of the most successful authors at the Black Library, kicking off this new collection. Although I will try as much as possible to avoid or limit spoilers, the following review may nevertheless include some, if only to explain how and why I reached the conclusion that this book, while quite good and enjoyable, was not one of the author’s best.

The glimpses of the Empire post Horus Heresy, and of the somewhat decayed Council of the High Lords of Terra are among the best pieces. I particularly liked the power plays and rivalries between factions, and the character of Vangoritch, the Master of the Assassins. Also interesting are the double meaning of the book’s title and of the collection’s subtitle (“the Beast arises”), both of which I will let you discover without providing any further explanations.

However, I was a bit less carried away with the plot and could not help the impression that there were holes or inconsistencies in it. I liked the idea of an Empire whose enemies had been defeated or pushed back to the edges of its frontiers and which has accordingly grown sufficiently complacent to wonder whether Space Marines are still needed and useful. I also “bought” the idea of an infestation of Xenos called Chromes, which indeed closely resemble the “bugs” found in Starship Troopers at a planet a mere 6 weeks away from Terra. This is, however, were some of the inconsistencies creep in. The menace is deemed to be sufficiently serious to commit most – and then all – of the Imperial Fists Chapter but not serious enough to trigger the recall of any of the other Chapters to either support them or replace them in guarding the Imperial Palace. Also, and while much is made of the role of the Fists and their duty in guarding the Walls of the Palace, nothing is mentioned about their predecessors. What happened to the Custodes, the Emperor’s own bodyguard sometimes depicted as forming an additional Legion and whose duty it was to secure the Palace?

The pacing of the story-telling is quite good. As in some of his previous books, Dan Abnett has used one of his usual ploys in having the story jump back and forth between events taking place on Terra and those taking place on and around the planet infested by the bugs. This, of course, contributes to the suspense and the sense of urgency that pervades the book. This is quite well done and efficient, even if, at times, it may appear to be a bit artificial and excessive.

Another little gripe is that the reader simply is not told where the “Chromes” come from, although this is probably intentional. What is less satisfying – and perhaps another inconsistency - is to have the book opening with the Fists fighting their way into their hives only to learn latter on that the “Chromes” are flying from an even greater enemy that is even more threatening for the Empire.

I was also a bit disappointed with Abnett’s presentation of the Fists, perhaps because their characteristics as masters of siege and defensive warfare hardly come into play at all in this book. I could not help feeling that, apart from the colour of their armour and their role as guardians of the Imperial Palace, both of which are mentioned numerous times, there was little if anything in this book to distinguish them from any other Space Marines Chapter. I could not help finding the endless carving up and chopping of the Chromes into bit by the Fists as somewhat tedious and unoriginal.

However, I rather liked the multiple allusions to their glorious past as the ultimate defenders of the Imperial Palace although I could not help thinking that before embarking on a new Series, I (and many other readers) would have, once again, preferred to read about the great Siege, rather than its sequel a thousand years later. I also liked the impression that Abnett managed to give of the Fists in particular, and the Imperial Armed Forces in general: that of a Chapter and Forces which were somewhat living on their glorious and past reputation. Also good was their eagerness and need to prove their worth, and eagerness for which they will pay heavily.

As a result of all this, I felt that this one was just about worth four stars, despite (and because) of my little grips, but not five.

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G Quigley

Great start to a good series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 25, 2018

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An excellent start to this series crafted by the ever reliable Dan Abnett. Here he brings his innate skill at re-shaping the way fans look at Space Marine Chapters to the Imperial Fists and they benefit greatly from it.

It is M32, the Horus Heresy and the Traitor Legions are a thousand years in the past and are barely remembered. The Imperium is as close to being at peace as it can get. Space Marine Chapters carry out minor border wars but there is no great threat assaulting the Imperium. The Fists are waging one such xenocide on a highly unstable planet. Then the Orks arrive an masse and with superior tech & organisation than any could believe. The Imperial Fists are not in any postion to repel this theat. What follows is one of the best series in Black Library hstory. Great stuff.

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Lars

a hopeful start into a reatively unkown part of WH40k lore

Reviewed in Germany on May 14, 2017

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I took a few pages to realize the main rub i had reading this for the first time. It felt somehow off. Not as if the caracters were badly written, or as if the pacing was wrong, or anything of this sort. It felt off. As if a veteran 30/40K writer like Dan Abnett had somehow never written for Games Workshop and is now writing something for a new franchise - and then it dawned on me that this was exactly what he did.
As the novel progresses we get to see the Imperium of Man, neither during the time of the Horus Heresy nor at the dawn of the 41st millenium, but rather in the lesser known early transition phase between 30k and 40k. This opens the venue for many new insights into the history and lore of this Universe through which Abnett navigates with curious eyes and a tempered mind.
Overall a great read, looking forward to the rest of the series =)

P. A. Carrington

the stupid 'Wall' names for the Imperial Fist Companies - I ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 30, 2016

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As a long time fan of Dan Abnett, I snapped this up but must admit that I found it extremely disappointing. I can only guess that its aimed at children.

A few examples why I found this less than enticing. As another reviewer points out, the stupid 'Wall' names for the Imperial Fist Companies - I almost gave up at that point. There is also the matter of scale. Although part of this book is set on Terra, the heart of the galaxy spanning Imperium of Man, you get nothing of the grandeur or scale that this should bring with it. Compare this with Dan's Ravenor or Eisenhorn trilogies. Where is the glory and majesty of Terra ? Where are the immense battlefleets protecting the Throneworld and the continent sized plates floating above the world ? Most of the action appears to be set either in a small board room or in a cave ! Remember the description of Terra in 'The Outcast Dead' ?

I also have a hard time with the concept that Terra is only protected by the Fists and that their loss, although a terrible blow, causes such an immense crisis. What about the Custodes, the Grey Knights (based on Saturn's Moon) and the other Chapters raised by this point in time ? No-one saw this coming? No-one was able to react to a threat to the Throneworld ?

It just feels simplistic and sparse. Sorry Dan !

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Dave

Great start to an interesting series.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 7, 2022

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I love Dan's work and this looks like another great series.
Highly recommended if you want something with action and an intelligent story.

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