>>96823831
You are almost literally me, I don't like Abnett either and I haven't read any of the siege books.

>>96822875
Back on Terra, Archamus goes to meet Dorn.
Rations are only given to those who express fealty to the Imperial Truth.
The Dark Angels take over the pacification of Terra while the Space Wolves take over space duties around the sol system and the blockading of Mars.
This allows the Ultramarines to consolidate their forces for taking Luna.

Dorn sends out his remaining marines in ships to places around sol where the traitors were strong to look for signs of chaos.
He also has a meeting with Kyril Sindermann and they come to an agreement where Dorn will give him funds and a secure location to study chaos and how best to combat it.

Archamus goes off on the search for chaos.

Hassan pays a visit to the golden throne as he wants to retrieve Malcador's body, along the way he encounters a custodian with black robes and another with almost fully black armour.
He is stopped from getting too close by Amon, from a distance Hassan can see that the Emperor's face is stuck in a frozen scream.
It turns out someone else already claimed Malcador's body.

Everyone prepares for the Luna invasion, marines, mechanicum, excertus and the army.
Prayton meets and invites Atok and his fellow Salamanders to join him in the first wave.
Prayton notices that Atok has an inactive force sword taken from a cultist they found (julatta got it from the thousand son).

No primarchs participate in the invasion, they give a few reasons but mostly it seems none of them want any other to get glory and prestige. They also want to be the ones calling the shots and if they leave Terra then their brothers influence grows.
Rumours begin to spread of what happened in Ultramar during the heresy.
They all fear more treachery.