Black Legion

Black Legion: Warhammer 40,000, Book 2

By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins

Publisher's summary

Ezekyle Abaddon and his warlords strive to bind the newborn Black Legion together under threat of destruction. Now Khayon, as Abaddon's most-trusted assassin, is tasked with ending the threat of Thagus Daravek, the self-proclaimed Lord of Hosts - a rival to the Ezekyle's final fate.

Fighting the vile whispers of the Dark Gods within his mind, Abaddon turns a fevered gaze back to the Imperium, where his destiny awaits. Yet the Emperor's Champion and his Black Templars stand guard at the gates of Hell, and Sigismund has waited centuries to face Abaddon in battle.

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Crafted and Performed Perfectly

As a narrator myself I keep a few role models. Jonathan Keeble is one of them. His invective, passion and instinctive grasp of the characters in this story - especially the protagonist Khayon - when coupled with Aaron's masterful storycrafting and insight into the characters and their very reasons to exist, will draw you in wholly and completely. I can't listen to anyone read this story aloud other than through Keeble's narration. To me, he *is* Iskandar Khayon, and that is the hallmark of an excellent performer.

Simply Awesome

All Warhammer fans will enjoy this story, fans of all series Hours Hersey 30k or 40k thus story truly rocks..

Great book

Loved it. Can't wait for the next in the series. Audible needs more Black Library books.

Fantastic Story

If you could sum up Black Legion: Warhammer 40,000 in three words, what would they be?

Chaos is Cool

What was one of the most memorable moments of Black Legion: Warhammer 40,000?

When they first come upon someone from the Imperium after a thousand years in the warp and realize that the Emperor is now worshiped as a God. They start laughing when they realize that the Word Bearers won after all.

What does Jonathan Keeble bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

We does a wonderful job with his voicework

good book

great story I can't wait to get ahold of book three when I'm able too

Great book!

Just as the first installment in the tale of the black legion, this book really moved me, shaping the 40k universe with every minuit of listening. Great novel brought to flourishing life by Keeble's acting skill, fully recommended, but read the first one first, the talon of horus

Awesome story but....

Don't get me wrong it was a great book and story and Mr. Keeble with another great performance. The thing is I listened to this book right after the first one and although the proformance was superb, he voiced the same characters differently and also said there names completely different than he did in the first book. For me this was pretty distracting. it's like making a sequel to the first movie but completely recasting with new actors. But still well worth a listen and hopefully they do a third book.

Excellent way to set the story of the Black Legion in the modern setting

It’s good, ADB is strong in this book, doing what he does best. One of my favorite series.

aaron dembski bowden at it again

If you like his other writings then you’ll love this one! Character development, and the way he weaves his stories are just great! Really capture your imagination!

Excellent follow-up to Talon of Horus

Aaron Dembski-Bowden manages to bridge the tension between the first entry in this series and the eventuality of modern 40k by filling in the gaps where we need to and supplying some fantastic imagery to classic 40k events that a old-school fan knows have to come to pass. What ADB does best, though, is managing to retain tension throughout, and even when he utilizes tangents to build that tension, the layered and dense world-building he manages to pack into just a page or two is nothing short of masterful.