Tallarn Executioner

[miller_gooner]

Has anyone read this novella?  If so are they prepared to spoil it for me, are there any juicy reveals?

 

I'm guessing that with it being the biggest tank battle since the Battle of Prokhorovka (Kursk) there's gotta be some good stuff going down - namely Iron Warriors!

 

[SteelPaladin]

Mine should be on the way, but I have not received it yet.

 

Has anyone gotten theirs yet? I have no idea when I should be expecting it.

[Brother Captain Lucian]

Mine is apparently still awaiting packaging..

 

 

7 days after we got the mail saying they were shipping..

 

Better write to them.

[miller_gooner]

Ah damn, someone posted a few days ago that theirs was on the way so i thought peoples would've arrived by now.

I'm counting on you guys

[hopkins]

Mine is apparently still awaiting packaging..

 

 

7 days after we got the mail saying they were shipping..

 

Better write to them.

 

 

they're working their way through the orders

a few more days waiting doesn't hurt

[Emperor's Furor]

Not received mine yet, still says it's awaiting packing.

[SteelPaladin]

 

Just arrived via UPS. Hope I get some time to read it tonight, but I doubt it.

[Iron-Daemon Forge]

I just got my copy half an hour ago & will start reading Tallarn later tonight.

IP

[gogmagog]

Mine arrived today! Yay

[Emperor's Furor]

Got mine today and read it, wasn't bad but it's clearly the start of something, it's left wide open at the end. I hope it won't be the first of a special trilogy which cost £30 each, otherwise I don't know if I'll bother, despite trying to collect all the special novellas.

[The boater]

Any cool pics?

 

-The boater

[Emperor's Furor]

There's a time line of the conflict in the middle a long with a little bio on one of the tanks and also the organisation of the tanks after the iron warriors turned up.

[Noserenda]

Yeah the Centre bit wasnt too great this time but the Story itself was pretty great this time around :D Im a fan of literally every element in the book though so i may not be unbiased...

[SteelPaladin]

I thoroughly enjoyed it. The first tank battle in was intense. The fog, the uncertainty, awesome scene. The inclusion of a certain third party will probably upset a few people, but I thought it was handled well. Now they just have to hurry up and release the next part!

[Vile Siren]

Any spoilers yet?

[Hyaenidae]

Spoil us. PLEASE.

[SteelPaladin]

Ok, its late, and I'm really tired, so apologies in advance if this doesn't make any sense haha.

 

 

One of the main characters is a kinda sorta Alpha Legion operative.
The main AL operative came to Tallarn long before the Iron Warriors, and the main character had been working with him to plot to overthrow the governor and side with Horus. He seemed to not care about the ideologies of either side, he just wanted to save Tallarn from sliding into decay.

 

The Iron Warriors showed up and threw a wrench in those plans though, virus bombing the heck out if it. Those that survive do so in huge underground bunker complexes filled with tons of tanks and spare parts. They begin to fight back, using ambushes and hit and run tactics to destroy as many IW tanks as they can. Eventually reinforcements arrive from the void, and a massive operation is staged to defend the Sapphire City complex. During the battle, the main character has to decide which side he is really fighting for...

 

The book ends with what I guess are the Cabal talking about their schemes...
"What of the other matter?"
"It proceeds."
"Is it certain that Horus will send an emissary?"
"He already has."

 

[Augustus]

Dun dun duuuuuuuunnnnnnn!!!!

Thanks a lot :D

[depthcharge12]

Ok, its late, and I'm really tired, so apologies in advance if this doesn't make any sense haha.

 

 

One of the main characters is a kinda sorta Alpha Legion operative.

The main AL operative came to Tallarn long before the Iron Warriors, and the main character had been working with him to plot to overthrow the governor and side with Horus. He seemed to not care about the ideologies of either side, he just wanted to save Tallarn from sliding into decay.

 

The Iron Warriors showed up and threw a wrench in those plans though, virus bombing the heck out if it. Those that survive do so in huge underground bunker complexes filled with tons of tanks and spare parts. They begin to fight back, using ambushes and hit and run tactics to destroy as many IW tanks as they can. Eventually reinforcements arrive from the void, and a massive operation is staged to defend the Sapphire City complex. During the battle, the main character has to decide which side he is really fighting for...

 

The book ends with what I guess are the Cabal talking about their schemes...

"What of the other matter?"

"It proceeds."

"Is it certain that Horus will send an emissary?"

"He already has."

 

 

 

 

Im guessing that last part might involve the Mechanicum and Kelbore Hal

[Marshal Rohr]

It's probly some Star Wars esque super weapon that will only exist for the time period it takes john grammaticus to destroy it in his fight to stop the Cabal.

 

 

Like all non-A D B 40k novels, the idea of the traitors or loyalists winning through martial might and strategy is just too unrealistic in a setting with super humans and aliens...

 

I mean hell, is it just me or is the Horus heresy turning into the expanded universe novels, in which only five or six matter and the rest are stories about weapons or plans that will win the war outright but always get destroyed in the last six chapters?

[Brother Captain Lucian]

Well, i got it a few hours ago, and pretty much just kept reading.

 

I liked it, the plot twist was good and not to obvious.

 

Only thing that I disliked, is how apparently dumb space marines are against normal human tank crews...

[godking]

Well, i got it a few hours ago, and pretty much just kept reading.

 

I liked it, the plot twist was good and not to obvious.

 

Only thing that I disliked, is how apparently dumb space marines are against normal human tank crews...

 

Makes sense most pf the advantages that space marines have are somewhat negated in mechanized warfare and it comes down to learned skill which is why Lotara Sarrin for example is able to beat an Ultra Marine captain in space warfare.

[SteelPaladin]

I did not get the feeling that the conversation at the end had anything to do with a superweapon. It seemed to me that Horus has caught on to their plans.

[Noserenda]

But there is a long established Warp gate super weapon thingee on Tallarn, the good old Cursus

Effectively to looks like the Alphas had a subtle revolt well in hand when the Iron Warriors turned up (At random) and kicked off with a virus bombing, possibly due to being in a bad mood tbh post Angel Exterminatus. They hadnt counted on Tallarn having extensive underground shelters loaded with Materiel and people ofc.

Also, given how seriously they took the surface war at first (IE not at all) Im imagine most of the intial troops were either green or complacent after 7 weeks of no sign of any Tallarns.

[Veteran Sergeant]

I mean hell, is it just me or is the Horus heresy turning into the expanded universe novels, in which only five or six matter and the rest are stories about weapons or plans that will win the war outright but always get destroyed in the last six chapters?

I dunno about the comparison to Star Wars. I gave up reading those novels in the late 90s, and they were 95% garbage back then, so I can't imagine it ever got better.

However, this series has been off the rails for a while. There hasn't been a legitimate novel-length entry in the series since Know No Fear. Unremembered Novel was especially ridiculous since it tells exactly zero relevant story, and existing only to serve up Primarch Fist-Fight Porn where there is no resolution, and a convenient excuse for everyone to walk away more or less unharmed and fight another day.

Oh, and another Alpha Legion protagonist with plans within plans? It doesn't get any much interesting than that. Oh well.