Tallarn (45) (The Horus Heresy) Paperback – February 6, 2018

A great collection of stories that make you feel like you're actually on Tallarn. Highly it this to any Heresy reader.

This book has a tendency to shift all over the place story wise. It does stick to the main protagonists however. It gives a very good account of fighting on a planet that has experienced exterminatus. It also details regular humans in armored vehicles against space Marines. The look inside the life of an imperial assassin during an operation was very good.Overall this was a very good read though some may find it hard to deal with the back-and-forth all over the place aspect of the storytelling.

A really strong collection of 3 grim stories of war on a dead world. Especially enjoy the activities of an Imperial assassin, as well as the WW1 style tanks.

Awesome book. Highly detailed read. One of the few books in the Heresy thus far that gives an in-depth look at forces outside of the Astartes. Enormous battles fought between Titans and numerous tanks. Keep the wiki handy if you're unfamiliar with many of the different tank variations (Fellblade, Shadow Sword, Baneblade, Stormlord, etc).

The single most engrossing Horus Heresy book I have read (and I have read many). Not only do we finally get a look at one of the single most iconic battles of the HH, but French does a phenomenal job of showcasing the determination and dread weighing on both the Iron Warriors and the Imperial Army soldiers, as they battle across the most bleak and ruined landscape in the 31st Millennium. A fitting homage to the futility and morbid allure of total war. And tanks. A planet full of tanks is as good as it gets!

Grimdark ending, makes me feel sad for all the details of the Imperiums fall, the deaths of great heroes that will never be remembered by the Imperium they served

Good book

Ok so it's not a bad book, it just never managed to hook me, so it took me a while to get through this one. I enjoyed the ending though, to be fair.

Great

If you are wondering whether to bother with this one, definitely do, its one of the best in the series. The multiple viewpoints works really well. The setting is immensely grim dark. There’s a great who dunnit style unfolding as to why the war on Tallarn isbeing fought.

I am reading the HH series in order after the last 5 books it was beginning to grind. Really grind. I was therefore reading reviews of Tallarn with some trepidation. But what a surprise! Tallarn is 2 short stories, one novella and one novel all about the Iron Warriors planet-killing bombardment and then mechanised assault of the planet Tallarn, and the mainly human defenders who emerge from underground shelters in their own tanks to fight back. Its refreshing to read human characters in the HH series and they are well fleshed out people and you care what happens to them defending their home-world against impossible odds.The tank battles are never boring and you know what is going on in the heat of battle. There is also smattering of a treachery and betrayal thrown in, with some of the locals allying with different sides of the Heresy.The prose is simple and easy to read quickly, and the dialogue flows naturally: None of the clunky dialogue and tongue-twisting phraseology when Primarchs or Space Marines are trying to talk to each other, and its much better for it. A nice interlude before we get back to Primarchs, Space Marines and demons.

Great story and timelines

A fan of the whole 40K Horus heresy story line I have found this a excellent chapter. It gives you a real idea of the scale of Imperial warfare and the human cost of the war.