Warhammer: The Horus Heresy | Siege of Terra | Book 2: The Lost and the Damned (Guy Haley)

On the thirteenth day of Secundus, the bombardment of Terra began...

With the solar defences overcome through the devastating strength of the Traitor armada and the power of the warp, Horus launches his assault on the Throneworld in earnest.
After withstanding a ferocious barrage of ordnance, an immense ground war commences outside the Palace with every inch gained paid in the lives of billions. The front lines are beyond horrific and the very are is reduced to poison and blood. Bodies are thrown into the meat grounder but the outer redoubts cannot possibly hold for long, even with the loyal primachs to reinforce them. For Horus has his own generals to call upon... Between the plague weapons of Mortarion and the fury of Anagron, the defenders face a losing battle.r