It only feels appropriate for Abnett to write the final book in the Horus Heresy, and there’s an awful lot to enjoy here, but it’s hard to make a final judgement on the series finale when this whole book – all 660 pages of it in hardback – only gets us part of the way there. Black Library hasn’t yet revealed how many more volumes there will be, and even having read the first one it’s tricky to call whether there’s going to be one or two more to come. Based on this I’m pretty confident that Abnett’s going to stick the landing, but I really wish BL would get on with it and at least let us know when volume 2 is due out! Until they do, I’ve got a lot to think about in terms of what’s happened so far – I don’t feel like there have been any major surprises, but it’s all been compelling stuff and I’ve a feeling there might be some surprises still to come.