In the ashes of the city the entire XVII Legion gathered to be reprimanded by the Emperor, Roboute Guilliman and Malcador the Sigillite. It was utterly destroyed by the Ultramarines Legion six decades after being brought into compliance, as an example to both Lorgar and the Word Bearers demonstrating that their worship of the Emperor and the spread of such doctrine could not be tolerated. It was brought into compliance by the Word Bearers Legion 103 years prior to the events of Isstvan V. Posted in Black Library, Books, Reviews and tagged Ben Counter, Horus Heresy, Ultramarines, Word Bearers on 16th November 2021 by Michael.Monarchia, also known as the Perfect City was the capital city of the planet Khur. This article is the result, in which I’m going to discuss my thoughts on the book and make the argument that despite some notable flaws, it’s a book which really doesn’t deserve the reputation it’s acquired. However, its poor reputation has nagged at me for a while (you know me, I prefer to look for positives rather than negatives), and an ongoing discussion with a friend about the themes, connections and outliers in the Heresy prompted me to revisit this most reviled of Heresy novels. I’ve largely steered clear of conversations discussing this particular book, as until recently I had only the loosest of recollections regarding what happened and how much I enjoyed it. Ben Counter’s 2008 novel Battle for the Abyss, the eighth book in Black Library’s vast Horus Heresy series, is widely – albeit certainly not exclusively – considered as one of the weakest novels in the series.

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