--- title: "The Last Son of Prospero (Heralds of the Siege)" subtitle: "Book 52 of the Horus Heresy" author: Seth Kenlon date: 2024-11-14 08:00 publish_date: 2024-11-14 08:00 hero_classes: text-light title-h1h2 overlay-dark-gradient hero-large parallax hero_image: warhammer_space-marine-troops-by-games-workshop-1600x800.webp show_sidebar: true show_breadcrumbs: true show_pagination: true taxonomy: category: culture tag: [settings, scifi, warhammer] --- I'm re-reading the Horus Heresy, and this is my review of **Heralds of the Siege** , book 52 in the series. **Heralds of the Siege** is an anthology, consisting of several short stories, and I'm going to review each one. **The Last Son of Prospero** is the ninth short story in the book, written by Chris Wraight. ## The last son of Prospero The story is really simple. Revuel Arvida is dying, having guided Jaghatai Khan and a bunch of White Scars through a devastating warp storm called the ruinstorm. Malcador the Sigillite is enlisted to revive him, but seems to be struggling to succeed. Most of the story is a sort of vision quest Arvida must undertake to recover. There's not really a surprise twist or even a plot. The events just sort of happen, Jaghatai Khan yells at Malcador a lot, there's a bunch of sagely advice and weird and disorienting visions, and then the story's over. ## Interesting There's a spectrum of how much a story in this anthology serves as "historical documentation" and how much a story can be enjoyed as a short story with next to no prior knowledge of Warhammer. This story is mostly historical documentation. It's interesting historical documentation, and I enjoyed reading it, but if you're looking for a gripping story this probably isn't it. If you're just eager to read more about the Thousand Sons and maybe the origins of the Blood Ravens, then this absolutely a must.

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