Mephiston: Blood of Sanguinius

Mephiston: Warhammer 40,000, Book 1

By: Darius Hinks

Narrated by: Richard Reed

A Blood Angels audiobook.

A religious civil war brings the Blood Angels, commanded by Chief Librarian Mephiston, to a shrine world where they find a mystery that might help Mephiston understand how he survived the Black Rage - and perhaps cure the Blood Angels of their affliction.

Listen to it because:

Delve into the curse of the Blood Angels and how Mephiston survived it, while also exploring notions of faith and the influence of the Emperor on the Imperium of the 41st Millennium.

The story:

The shrine world of Divinatus Prime has become lost to the light of the Astronomican, and no ship can piece its veil. Only the Lord of Death himself, Blood Angels Chief Librarian Mephiston, has any hope of discerning the fate of this once pious world. After enacting a powerful blood ritual, Mephiston and an honour guard of his fellow Blood Angels reach the stricken shrine world to find it seized by religious civil war. Each faction fights for dominance of a potent artefact, the Blade Petrific, said to be wrought by the Emperor Himself. Yet there is more at work here than a mere ideological schism, for Mephiston believes Divinatus Prime could offer answers to how he became the Lord of Death, he who resisted the Black Rage, and possibly even a way to end the curse of ‘the Flaw’ in all Blood Angels.

Written by Darius Hinks.

Narrated by Richard Reed.

©2019 Games Workshop Limited (P)2019 Games Workshop Limited

not great

good 40k story but thought the story was a bit thin , seemed to drag a bit in the middle but not bad

Good, but...

Good story overall. I was a bit disappointed with mephiston"s character development as he's a 1 dimensional Mary Sue. If his attitudes and were better characterized I could have enjoyed it more, instead he came across like batman. Always 2 steps ahead of every other character with no decerable reason for why. His flaw is slowly killing him, but it isn't doing anything permanent to the story, its just something to make him seem even more complicated when he isnt. I felt more could have been done with him.

All Hail The Blood Angels

What a great listen and a amazing new to look at the blood angels Wow.

I Love Mephiston!

A great story and well read. This is why The Black Library is so good!

Excellent story

Great for 40K and especially Blood Angels fans. One of the greatest heroes of the Blood Angels in his own story. Excellently actors