Angel Exterminatus

The Horus Heresy, Book 23

By: Graham McNeill

Narrated by: David Timson

Length: 18 hrs and 11 mins

Publisher's Summary

Perturabo - master of siegecraft and the executioner of Olympia. Long has he lived in the shadow of his more favoured primarch brothers, frustrated by the mundane and ignominious duties which regularly fall to his Legion.

When Fulgrim offers him the chance to lead an expedition in search of ancient and destructive xenos weaponry, the Iron Warriors and the Emperor's Children unite and venture deep into the heart of the great star maelstrom that haunts Perturabo's dreams.

Pursued by vengeful survivors from Isstvan V and the revenants of a dead eldar world, they must work quickly if they are to unleash the devastating power of the Angel Exterminatus.

©2012 Games Workshop Limited (P)2012 Games Workshop Limited

A deep spiral into the madness of Fulgrim.

This book is fantastic start to finish. If you want to read a book that gives the spotlight to the Iron Warriors and Perturabo, read Angel Exterminatus. Starting with an epic slaughter of a battle between the Iron Warriors and Imperial Fists, introducing Fulgrim in his bizarre flagrancy and slowly showing his descent into Daemon Primarchood, the book takes many twists and turns that are not only enjoyable to read but make you appreciate the absolute cold and bitter bad*sses that the Iron Warriors and Perturabo are. Perturabo went from being a Primarch I knew nothing about to one that I absolutely adore, a tactical mastermind and renaissance man that simply wanted to construct awe inspiring and beautiful structures for the Emperor but forced to tackle the most mentally and physically demanding grindfests that the Imperium could send him too. He is a dreamer turned broken soldier that is willing to do whatever it takes to win. Amazing book, one of my favorites. Easily.

Really surprised

I was really surprised by how much I enjoyed this. Perturabo is great and now my second favorite traitor primarch, behind Magnus.

Really good book for the lore lovers

For people who love lore its really fascinating to hear the iron warriors side and their reason for going with the warmaster

Awesome

One of the best of the series so far. Perturabo was a relative mystery to me, and he now seems like one of the more interesting Primarchs, especially among the Traitors. He is a complex character in an elegant plot, and the addition of regular (and excellent) action sequences make for some tense reading. Angel Exterminatus is longer than many (maybe most) of the H.H., and it flew by for me, not in small part to David Timson's great narration.

one of the good ones

pertarabo may be a traitor primark. but you get to like him in this one.

McNeil continues reign as my favorite 40k author

great book, enjoyed it cover to cover. back and forth perspective between the factions is a fun way to go and it was great to see Chaos taking it's steps toward damnation

A unexpectedly fun listen

I'm always surprised by how much I enjoy these. At first I was like "a book about Fulgrim and Perturabo" what is going to be good about that...

*starts listening to the book

Oh... this is such a good story...

The Character interactions are what make this book. You really get to know Perturabo's history and thoughts in this book.

Great work!

It’s a great story that grow and grows. Add it to the list of great heresy titles

Perturabo and the Iron Warriors take the spotlight

Overall, the story was very good and I felt it was one of the best in the Horus Heresy series to this point. It is primarily a novel about the Traitor Primarchs Perturabo and Fulgrim as well as parts of their legions. Perturabo is a star in the book and his character was easy for me to empathize with in the novel. If not for a small twist of fate, he could have been one of the most loyal and well-respected Primarchs. Of the nine Traitor Legion Primarchs, this story has scenes depicting him as one of the more reasonable and more sane.

The story is mostly about Fulgrim and Perturabo embarking on a quest to local an ancient super-weapon, the Angel Exterminatus. While they have the resources of two full Legions and their support elements, the Eldar and a force of Loyalists are involved in the chase for the weapon. Amid the potential treachery between aliens, Loyalists and Traitors, even brothers might not be trusted.

Peter Turbo deserved better and this is it!

Pert has always suffered from poor writing and this book really makes him out to be more. It's a great story from start to finish and also sets up several of the more important or, well, popular story lines.

Best one so far

by far the best HH book in my personal opinion. Fantastic storytelling, great narration and what a joy to read

Incredible

If you have ever wanted to learn more about the Iron Warriors then this is your book! I thought nothing of them before starting this but listening about them had me really interested in them and their Primarch. Truly captivating

Fun Game

when ever the word "iron" is said have a drink, gives a whole new meaning to grimdark the next morning.

Worth the listen.

Very underrated book, very similar in style to the 1st books of the Heresy with a focus on Primarchs thoughts as well as how their legions view them. highly recommend.

perfection

David Timson captures the phoenician perfectly, must read for fans of the emperors children or the iron warriors.

Masterpiece

I have read this book before but the audiobook does it so much more justice.
The narrator keeps you enticed and wanting more.
Fantastic audiobook

what a story

from start to finish, a really good story, and the narration is on point. don't skip over this book, it's worth the time.

Finished this book so fast! Amazing!

You are going to love this book. It had the energy of the first books.

Underrated HH story

Deeply enjoyable and well written story. Unfortunately like many HH books it's a slow starter as lots of characters need to be introduced and fleshed out, but the second and third acts are strong. David Timson does a great job with the narration, every major character is distinctly and appropriately voiced and he makes only a few gaffs throughout the duration of the book. Recording and audio editing quality is also of a high standard throughout. I found Perturabo highly sympathetic, unlike most primarchs! I also loved the iron hands survivor contingent sections, it's one of if not the best contretemps in the Horus Heresy.

Stick with the boring first few hours, it's a valuable addition to the Warhammer universe!

An enjoyable look into 3 legions and mostly the underrated primarch Perturabo

This book has good performances and overall story. It’s a long book but it really delivers, especially when it comes to the personalities. Kroeger is a warrior that often has no tact and really contrasts the other iron warriors. Falk and Forrix are well explored and fleshed out. Kaesseron, Lucius, Fabius give great expressive depth to the very virtues of the corrupted emperor’s children.

This book is some really good work and you can easily listen to it again later to pick up on the little details.