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Born of Flame
- The Horus Heresy, Book 50
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, Saul Reichlin
- Series: The Horus Heresy, Book 50
- Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction
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5 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars
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On the 13th 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 for in the lives of billions.
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The war for the fate of mankind blazes on. Though the outer defences have fallen, the walls of the Palace itself remain inviolate as Rogal Dorn, the Praetorian of Terra himself, uses every known stratagem and ploy to keep Horus' vast armies at bay. In Perturabo, the Traitor siegebreaker, Dorn faces an adversary worthy of his skill. A terrible, grinding attrition ensues. The crucial battle for the Lion's Gate spaceport is at the heart of this conflict. With it in their possession, the Traitors can land their most devastating weapons on Terran soil. Dorn knows it must not fall.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Half good, half boring.
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After seven years of bitter war, the end has come at last for the conflict known infamously as the Horus Heresy. Terra now lies within the Warmaster’s sights, the Throneworld and the seat of his father’s rule. Horus’ desire is nothing less than the death of the Emperor of Mankind and the utter subjugation of the Imperium. He has become the ascendant vessel of Chaos and amassed a terrible army with which to enact his will and vengeance. But the way to the Throne will be hard as the primarch Rogal Dorn, the Praetorian and protector of Terra, marshals the defences.
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3 out of 5 stars
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After Isstvan, after Deliverance, the Raven Guard still endure. Their primarch Corvus Corax has rallied countless warriors to his banner, striking back at the forces of the Warmaster on every front - from the degenerate hereteks of the Mechanicum to the cruel legionaries of the Sons of Horus, none shall escape his wrath. But although Corax has managed to stall the physical corruption of his own Space Marines, what of their spirit? And what sinister end must await those who dwell forever in the darkness?
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5 out of 5 stars
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corax
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Publisher's Summary
Born of the fiery world of Nocturne, the Salamanders believe in self-sacrifice and the sanctity of human life.
Their father, Vulkan, was raised on this world, a blacksmith's son from humble origins who became a primarch of the Emperor of Mankind and forged his sons into a Legion. Their saga is one of heroism, betrayal, tragedy and rebirth. They have returned from the edge of extinction more than once, forever embattled, never bowed, the Legion and their primarch the epitome of defiance in the face of adversity. Unto the anvil, born of flame.
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- Lucas Jessick
- 12-14-18
Some recycled material
I’m not a fan of recycling old stories. While I can understand that it was done in order to set the tone for the final piece, I feel like it was a missed opportunity to explore new perspectives within that older material.
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- Jason Heady
- 11-17-20
Tales of the Salamanders Legion
A collection of novellas of the Salamanders and the Shattered Legions. Some stories intersect with novels and stories from early in the Heresy era. Overall, an enjoyable collection and one that I had been looking forward to completing for some time. It was worth the wait to me.
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- Incaratus
- 09-05-19
disliked one of the narrators
I noticed that I started to get annoyed with Saul Reichlin's voice. Vastly prefer Keeble
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- megan Sparks
- 10-18-18
excellence
best salamanders story yet, really dwells deep into the story line. I highly recommend listening to this story.
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-26-21
It's good but felt like it was backfill
Fun stories, but overall it was filling in gaps. Moves the story ahead for some Salamanders and some Shattered Legions we saw in previous novels. Worth a listen, but don't expect to resume where Vulkan left off!
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- Cerus
- 01-24-19
Vulkan Lives! Vulkan Lives! Vulkan Lives!
Get used to hearing this once pretty cool mantra. As it gets thrown into almost every conversation and overused excessively, eventually making you want to grit your teeth every time it is uttered.
I didn't exactly enjoy this book, it is an amalgamation of short-ish stories, about 5 in total. I'm not sure whether to attribute it to bad writing or bad delivery, but they start off weak and only get marginally better by the end. The first couple were pretty hard listening and more than once I had to force myself to go back to it. As they are written in an overly descriptive manner, constantly stating the obvious and are particularly dull. The change of reader certainly improved things and I do think the writing improved as well as it went on but overall the book remained dull and uninspiring.
There was a couple of good scenes and the occasional interesting dilemma but their full potential was never really fully explored.
If your a die hard Salamanders fan you may enjoy this, though ultimately I felt it didn't add anything to the overall Heresy narrative.
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- User1989
- 10-24-19
Vulkan Liiiiives...
if I hear that one more time I swear I will go insane. Seriously, this was the hardest HH to get through not because it was badly written but because it was just boring. Nick Kyme seems to be getting worse and he writes the Salamanders so one-dimensional... blacksmithing terms, check! fire imagery, check! semi-religious delusion, double check! I can't wait to get back to reading about an interesting Legion, which at this point is almost everyone else.