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Flight of the Eisenstein (The Horus Heresy)

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It came to pass that Garro was in command of the Eisenstein when Captain Saul Tarvitz of the Emperor's Children Legion made his attempt to reach the surface of Istvaan III and warn the Loyalist Astartes there of Horus' impending betrayal. Garro made the crucial decision to allow his honour-brother to reach the surface of Isstvan III and also learned of Horus and his own Primarch Mortarion's plan to rebel against the Emperor, which horrified Garro beyond words.

All with the goal of warning those loyal to the Emperor. Yet having evaded the tragedy of Istvaan III doesn't make Garro and his crew free from all dangers, as they become trapped in the warp as they make their way. In the centuries since the end of the Horus Heresy, the Eisenstein has garnered a mysterious reputation and its current status -- whether it was truly destroyed or not by the Imperial Fists' fleet -- remains unclear. Set slightly before the events of Galaxy in Flames, The Flight of the Eisenstein introduces the reader to more of the Death Guard and puts Captain Nathaniel Garro in the driving seat for most the novel. After receiving a desperate message from a comrade whilst aboard the Eisenstein, Garro witnesses the terrible actions committed by Horus and flees with his men to warn the Emperor of the Warmaster’s treachery. Determined to flee the Isstvan System for Terra so as to warn the Emperor of Horus' terrible betrayal, the Eisenstein was badly damaged by the massive Death Guard Battleship Terminus Est that was under the command of the Death Guard's First Captain Calas Typhon and barely made the jump into the Warp. The Eisenstein was an entirely unremarkable vessel of the Armada Imperialis seconded to the service of the fleet of the Death Guard Legion, an older pattern of Imperial warship in the frigate tonnage grade, just over two kilometres in length from bow to stern. It bore some resemblance to the newer Sword-class Frigate, but only inasmuch as most Imperial voidships shared a similar design philosophy.Flight of the Eisenstein is a heavy and powerful read, but it also exactly what I needed to read after the events of Galaxy in Flames (I'm still feeling broken-hearted over that one, and I knew what was going to happen!). Having witnessed the terrible massacre of Imperial forces on Isstvan III, Death Guard Captain Garro seizes a ship and sets a course for Terra to warn the Emperor of Horus's treachery. But when the fleeing Eisenstein is damaged by enemy fire, it becomes stranded in the warp — the realm of the Dark Powers. Can Garro and his men survive the depredations of Chaos and get his warning to the Emperor before Horus's plans reach fruition? Kendel was summoned along with Garro and Captain Iacton Qruze of the Sons of Horus by Malcador the Sigillite to form the beginnings of an organisation which would utilise "men and women of inquisitive nature, hunters who might seek the witch, the traitor, the mutant, the xenos". [1d] The time required for Garro to get used to the cybernetic replacement for his leg meant that he could not be declared fit for combat duty on Isstvan III, where he would surely have been among the Loyalist Astartes caught in Horus' treacherous virus-bombings.

After arriving in the Sol System, Captain Garro, his fellow seventy Loyalist Death Guard Astartes, Euphrati Keeler, and Iacton Qruze were all placed in the Somnus Citadel, a fortress on Luna that belonged to the Sisters of Silence while the Emperor determined whether they were truthful or were further pawns of the Chaos Gods. Even upon reaching Luna, and with the news of the betrayal delivered, Garro's trials were still not over, as one of his Astartes, Solun Decius, had become infected with Nurgle's Rot on board the Eisenstein. I Horus Rising • II False Gods • III Galaxy in Flames • IV The Flight of the Eisenstein • V Fulgrim • VI Descent of Angels • VII Legion • VIII Battle for the Abyss • IX Mechanicum • X Tales of Heresy • XI Fallen Angels • XII A Thousand Sons • XIII Nemesis • XIV The First Heretic • XV Prospero Burns • XVI Age of Darkness • XVII The Outcast Dead • XVIII Deliverance Lost • XIX Know No Fear • XX The Primarchs • XXI Fear to Tread • XXII Shadows of Treachery • XXIII Angel Exterminatus • XXIV Betrayer • XXV Mark of Calth • XXVI Vulkan Lives • XXVII The Unremembered Empire • XXVIII Scars • XXIX Vengeful Spirit • XXX The Damnation of Pythos • XXXI Legacies of Betrayal • XXXII Deathfire • XXXIII War Without End • XXXIV Pharos • XXXV Eye of Terra • XXXVI The Path of Heaven • XXXVII The Silent War • XXXVIII Angels of Caliban • XXXIX Praetorian of Dorn • XL Corax • XLI The Master of Mankind • XLII Garro • XLIII Shattered Legions • XLIV The Crimson King • XLV Tallarn • XLVI Ruinstorm • XLVII Old Earth • XLVIII The Burden of Loyalty • XLIX Wolfsbane • L Born of Flame • LI Slaves to Darkness • LII Heralds of the Siege • LIII Titandeath • LIV The Buried Dagger Before their purge in the first battle of the Horus Heresy, there were still many Space Marines in the Traitor Legions who were loyal to the Emperor, rather than to the Warmaster Horus or their individual primarchs. Among them were a small cadre of 70 Death Guard Astartes who were led by Battle-Captain Nathaniel Garro of the Death Guard's 7th Great Company. That said, there are parts of this novel where the conflicts seem to get solved a little too easily. Normally I would complain about it, except that later on these easy wins make the battle with Nurgle's folk seem like that much more of a battle, harder, vicious, you get the picture. It helps to illustrate just how touch the corrupt space marines will become as they continue down their path of corruption. it reads fast, you will see a Primach konfronted with gruesome truth and learn a few things about imperial space ships.Flight of the Eisenstein is the fourth novel in one of the biggest events in Warhammer History; The Horus Heresy. Well, it's the fourth novel if you're following the recommended reading list on Goodreads. Really, I know and understand that there are a dozen different ways in which this event could be read. The ending is calm and leaves nearly no strings open. (if you are like me who thinks that most Warhammer book endings are terrible you will be quite surprised how good it is) Afterwards, Garro, Qruze and the Sister of Silence Amendera Kendel were approached by Malcador the Sigillite, the Regent of Terra, and told that the Emperor needed them to form a new Imperial organisation, beyond the boundaries of the existing Imperial bureaucracy, which would utilise "men and women of inquisitive nature, hunters who might seek the witch, the traitor, the mutant, the xenos." The fourth book in The Horus Heresy is the first to be set outside of the initial Trilogy and tells the story basically leading up to the Flight of the Eisenstein from the battle on Isstvann III, as a group of loyalists from the Death Guard and the Sons of Horus flee the wrath of the Warmaster’s new Crusade in an attempt to alert the Emperor. Like Galaxy in Flames beforehand, Flight of the Eisenstein is a tale against impossible odds. However, the book itself benefits from having a smaller dramatis personae from Counter’s first novel in the series, or at least once the action reaches the Eisenstein. First, we’re given a portion of the book to focus on the Death Guard Legion and who better to have our eyes and ears than Nathaniel Garro, the Loken-esque figure of Flight of the Eisenstein and now the lead character in his own series of Audio Dramas. As a result, there are places where Garro can sometimes come across as a bit too similar to Loken in character, and it’s as if Swallow saw what characters people liked about the first three books and decided to incorporate some of them into his own.

With the release of the novel The Flight of the Eisenstein, this original story has been changed so that all the Space Marines aboard the Eisenstein are Death Guard except for Iacton Qruze; Macer Varren does not appear, while Saul Tarvitz escapes to Isstvan III's surface to warn the Loyalists of the coming bombardment rather than escaping aboard the Eisenstein. Not long after, the Eisenstein took aboard other victims of the betrayal who had fled the Warmaster Horus' own flagship, the Gloriana-class Battleship Vengeful Spirit, including Captain Iacton Qruze of the Sons of Horus' 3rd Company and the Remembrancer-turned- saint Euphrati Keeler, whose conversations with Garro in the times after the betrayal strengthened his belief in devotion to the Emperor and ignited the flame of his growing faith in the Emperor's divinity.

There is no mention of any Loyalists being killed. Captain Varren says that he has 15 warriors of the World Eaters at his command, Captain Garro says 12, an unnamed character says 10 from the Luna Wolves, and another unnamed character says 20 from the Thousand Sons. Tarvitz says that there are 9 Emperor's Children beyond himself. In total, this represented 70 Space Marines. They agree that Varren will take the frigate Eisenstein because it is able to Warp jump, and Tarvitz mentions that it was falling behind because of mechanical problems. The others would slow their own ships and then take control of them. Four of these vessels would then defend the Eisenstein and clear a path for it to flee into the Warp. The World Eaters under Varren would then take the message of Horus' betrayal to the Emperor. I The Solar War • II The Lost and the Damned • III The First Wall • Sons of the Selenar • IV Saturnine • Fury of Magnus • V Mortis • VI Warhawk • VII Echoes of Eternity • Garro: Knight of Grey • VIII The End and the Death ( Volume I • Volume II • Volume III) Those of you who read the first three of the serie will read it just to follow the story line and you won't be disappointed.

Finally unless you like OTT Chaos gross combat there really isn't much to the story beyond what was already covered in Galaxy in Flames, there was a moment of tension when Garro finds that others will not accept his report of traitorous activity, but this is resolved in a way that makes one question "why not start with the video evidence?" The Eisenstein's shipmaster explained that the vessel's name meant "iron-stone" in an ancient language of Old Earth and that it had actually been named after two famous men of the Age of Terra. One had been similar in profession to a Remembrancer, and the other had been a scientist. His writing includes the Marc Dane action thrillers, the Sundowners steampunk Westerns and fiction from the worlds of Star Trek, Marvel, Tom Clancy, Warhammer 40000, Doctor Who, 24, Deus Ex, Stargate, 2000AD and many more. That being said, it was still a harrowing trip, and read. It really showcased the determination he and the rest of the Eisenstein felt, and just how much they had to go through just to stand a chance of reaching their goals.The command crew of the Eisenstein at the time of its flight to Terra included the following individuals:

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