It is the second time that a longish list in the writer’s section is seen, first it was in Shadows of Treachery were many authors combined their brains. Now Guy Haley, David Annandale, Rob Sanders, Dan Abnett, Aaron Dembski-Bowden and Graham McNeill join hands for this one. Every book of this series has been a classic; this series has even changed the concept of love because here the love means not the love of a couple but the love of land and people. The warriors fight the invaders for only one purpose i.e to safeguard the land on which they live.
One thing that has proved devastating for the warriors more than the slaughtering in the war is treachery from the inside. Calth the battleground for this book is attacked in a deceptive way and thus the people of the land a caught in the whirl of war unaware. They are left with only one choice and that is to fight the accursed enemy otherwise they would be buried under the foundation of their land forever. It’s once again not the enemy but treachery from the near one that has caused much damage to the planet.
The Ultramarines too are of no use because of the sudden power play, Captain Ventanus knows that if they agree on hiding underground they would be saved but it would take centuries to rebuild what they will lose. Belisarius Cawl: The Great Work had this tone in writing and the way the story is told also has the same classical pattern. Gareth Armstrong, David Timson and Jonathan Keeble are together for the narration, they have narrated the previous parts in solo version mostly but as a team they also have done a fine job.
