The Ascension of Balthasar
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Narrated by:
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Sean Barett
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Tim Bentinck
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Jonathan Keeble
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Saul Reichlin
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Jane Whymark
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By:
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C Z Dunn
About this listen
When the world of Stern's Remembrance comes under attack by the forces of Chaos, Dark Angels Master Zadakiel leads a squad of Terminator armour-clad Deathwing to purge the traitors and their dark master.
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Worst 40K novel listened/read of the 200+I've read
- By Douglas B Vandall on 03-21-18
By: Chris Wraight
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Darkness in the Blood
- Blood Angels: Warhammer 40,000
- By: Guy Haley
- Narrated by: Richard Reed
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,452
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,247
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,247
The galaxy is in flames. Chaos is in the ascendant across the stars. The Great Rift has split the holdings of the Imperium in twain, isolating entire sectors from the light of Holy Terra. But all hope is not lost. The Primarch Roboute Guilliman has returned from deathless sleep and appointed Commander Dante, lord of the Blood Angels, as Regent and Warden of the newly dubbed Imperium Nihilus. In the Baal system, the shattered holding of the Chapter is being rebuilt, and Dante plans the greatest campaign of his long life, to retake half an empire.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I'm at Chapter 2
- By Pat Sloat on 12-27-20
By: Guy Haley
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Bloodspire
- Space Marine Battles: Warhammer 40,000
- By: C Z Dunn
- Narrated by: Sean Barret, Rupert Degas, Chris Fairbank
- Length: 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story4 out of 5 stars 21
On the world of Axonar, a squad of Blood Angels Scouts scale the dizzying heights of a mighty hive city as their battle-brothers fight far below. Their objective: to open the way for a daring aerial assault that will crack open the city and ensure victory.
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2 out of 5 stars
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a ground assault against a hive city (which doesn't work or make sense)
- By Anonymous User on 02-06-24
By: C Z Dunn
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Vulkan's Shield
- Warhammer 40,000
- By: Nick Kyme
- Narrated by: Gareth Gareth, Martyn Martyn, Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34
Above a war torn battlefield on a distant world, Ko'tan Kadai and his Salamanders are on a mission of mercy. As the city burns, the Fireborn rescue a band of beleaguered civilians and learn what it means to be Vulkan's Shield.
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3 out of 5 stars
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It gives you a general idea of the salamanders chapter
- By Maxwell J Oss on 09-03-18
By: Nick Kyme
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Angels of Darkness and Blood
- Warhammer 40,000
- By: James Swallow, C.Z. Dunn, Ben Counter, and others
- Narrated by: Toby Longworth, Sean Barrett, David Timson, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 103
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 87
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 86
Packed with slaughter and swordplay, these audio dramas, written by Black Library authors including Gav Thorpe, James Swallow, Ben Counter and more, offer fresh insight into two of the Imperium's most beloved fighting forces.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Stories Dragged Along
- By HYUN JU KIM on 01-03-22
By: James Swallow, and others
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Indomitus
- Warhammer 40,000
- By: Gav Thorpe
- Narrated by: Robin Bowerman
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,057
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 911
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Story4 out of 5 stars 912
Attached to Crusade Fleet Quintus - dubbed the Cursed Fleet by many - the Ultramarines of the Ithraca’s Vengeance are drawn to a stricken world. With millions enslaved, a malign necron technology siphons the souls of the innocent and heralds the Silent Kingdom’s expansion. The Ultramarines face an impossible decision: mount a desperate last stand to destroy the Pariah Nexus, or break away and damn the entire sector to bring word of this ancient foe’s resurgence to the only being capable of halting it - the Lord Primarch Roboute Guilliman.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Brother
- By Gabriel de Villafane on 07-29-20
By: Gav Thorpe
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Red Tithe
- Carcharodons, Book 1
- By: Robbie MacNiven
- Narrated by: Shogo Miyakita
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 710
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 645
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 645
On the prison world of Zartak, darkness has fallen on arbitrators and inmates alike. The Night Lords have come, bringing with them the shadow of fear and pain. But these monsters are not the only ones with an interest in Zartak. From the void, running on silent, another fleet emerges. These Space Marine warriors are grey-clad and white-faced, and their eyes are as black as the Outer Dark – the savage Carcharodon Astra.
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2 out of 5 stars
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kinda emotionless narrator..i liked him in scars novels but here not much..left me cold entire time
- By Matus cech on 06-26-24
By: Robbie MacNiven
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Spear of the Emperor
- Warhammer 40,000
- By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden
- Narrated by: Kelly Hotten
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,863
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,673
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,665
The scattered worlds of the Elara's Veil nebula were once protected by the oath of unity sworn by three mighty Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes. The Star Scorpions were undone by flaws in their genetic coding. The Celestial Lions were ravaged by the Inquisition for sins they did not commit. Now, after hundreds of years, only the Emperor's Spears still keep their vigil. They are barbarian watchmen against the Outer Dark, bloodied but unbroken in their long duty.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Horrendous narration.
- By Heath J Thompson on 06-15-19
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Brutal Kunnin'
- Warhammer 40,000
- By: Mike Brooks
- Narrated by: Tom Allenby
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,950
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,496
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,489
Ufthak Blackhawk and the green tide descend upon Hephaesto - an Adeptus Mechanicus forge world bristling with loot - only to find it already under siege by the notorious Freebooter Kaptin Badrukk. When his warboss, Da Biggest Big Mek, orders temporary co-operation, Ufthak seeks to make a name for himself by crushing some of the Imperium’s most advanced defenders and claiming the greatest prize.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Zoggin Good Scrap with de Boyz!
- By L. L. on 09-17-20
By: Mike Brooks
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Ciaphas Cain: The Anthology
- Ciaphas Cain: Warhammer 40,000
- By: Sandy Mitchell
- Narrated by: Stephen Perring, Penelope Rawlins, Emma Gregory, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 639
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 522
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Story5 out of 5 stars 521
This audiobook brings together 13 uproarious short stories and one novella, focused on Ciaphas Cain, Hero of the Imperium. His stories are celebrated as heroic propaganda pieces, but he’s simply trying to stay alive in a hostile galaxy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Essential for Cain Fans. Read After the 1st Book!
- By James Y Glass on 10-08-23
By: Sandy Mitchell
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Treachery and Betrayal
- The Horus Heresy
- By: Aaron Desmki-Bowden, Anthony Reynolds, Gav Thorpe, and others
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett, Chris Fairbank, David Timson, and others
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 76
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 76
The Horus Heresy was the darkest moment in the history of mankind, as brother turned upon brother and threatened to tear the galaxy apart. This bundle of audiobooks delivers an action-packed, yet intimate look at the heroes and villains of the era. In this collection of audiobooks, Black Library stalwarts take on big names and story beats pertaining to some of the landmark events of the Horus Heresy - the greatest conflict the galaxy has ever known.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic listen!
- By Nick patrick on 01-09-22
By: Aaron Desmki-Bowden, and others
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Knights of Macragge
- Warhammer 40,000
- By: Nick Kyme
- Narrated by: Richard Reed
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 646
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 574
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 573
The primarch Roboute Guilliman of the Ultramarines has returned in the galaxy’s hour of need, and all muster to his Indomitus Crusade to hold back the darkness. Amongst these heroes is Cato Sicarius, Master of the Watch and vaunted captain of Second Company. Disaster befalls Sicarius and his brave warriors as their ship, the Emperor’s Will, is lost to the hellish warp, its entire crew believed slain. But Sicarius endures, though he and his men are fighting for their very survival against the denizens of the Great Rift - the daemons and renegades of Chaos.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Narrator is great, book is not
- By Stephanie on 09-01-19
By: Nick Kyme
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Soul Hunter
- Warhammer 40,000
- By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4,279
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,547
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3,541
The Night Lords were once among the most potent forces of the Imperium, Space Marines who used fear itself as their weapon. Now, cast adrift from the Emperor's light and hunted as heretics after their monstrous betrayal, the Night Lords clad themselves in symbols of death and fight the Long War, bringing pain and terror to all who worship the corpse-god of Terra. A summons from Warmaster Abaddon sends these rebels on a dangerous journey that leads inexorably to a conflict with the Emperor's chosen warriors, the Blood Angels.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Damn it
- By Grae Sheely on 11-22-19
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Deathwatch: The Last Guardian
- Warhammer 40,000
- By: C Z Dunn
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong, John Banks, Tim Bentinck, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 151
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 131
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 129
As part of an elite Deathwatch kill team, Brother Balthasar of the Dark Angels joins a special Inquisitorial mission to the eldar craftworld of Kher-Ys. Long ago ravaged by the daemonic forces of Slaanesh, the craftworld may still harbour the unlikeliest of allies for the Space Marines and the key to a greater victory for the Chapter.
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2 out of 5 stars
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This is for Dark Angel fans, not Deathwatch
- By Amazon Customer on 09-15-18
By: C Z Dunn
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Blood and Lies
- Agent of the Throne: Warhammer 40,000, Book 1
- By: John French
- Narrated by: Colleen Prendergast, Steve Conlin, Cliff Chapman, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 302
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 261
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 261
For Ianthe, war is all too familiar. A former soldier in the Astra Militarum, she now serves Inquisitor Covenant as an agent of the Throne. Her first mission sees her investigating a cult called the Children of Eternity. Falling foul of the local Enforcers, Ianthe soon learns that war in the shadows is seldom straightforward and that the local, angry law-keepers are the least of her troubles.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good little short story
- By WELSBERN on 04-06-21
By: John French
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Our Martyred Lady
- Warhammer 40,000
- By: Gav Thorpe
- Narrated by: Cliff Chapman, Steve Conlin, Andrew Fettes, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 533
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 432
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 432
During the turbulent Reign of Blood, a great schism in the Imperial Ecclesiarchy threatened all of Terra and promised a darkness to rival the terrors of Old Night. Fell times have come again to the Imperium, and a War of Faith appears inevitable. Standing in the way of catastrophe is Celestine, the Living Saint and one of the greatest heroes of the age. Only she can reunite the warring factions of the Ecclesiarchy and prevent a second Reign of Blood.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Imagine a hormonal teenager as an Inquisitor
- By Christopher Alexander on 06-09-19
By: Gav Thorpe
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Celestine: The Living Saint
- Warhammer 40,000
- By: Andy Clark
- Narrated by: Emma Gregory
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 946
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 813
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 810
With her mighty wings spread wide and Ardent Blade aflame, Saint Celestine is the living embodiment of the God-Emperor’s wrath. Her halo blazes like a star upon the smog-wreathed, blood-soaked battlefields of the 41st Millennium; its holy light leading the faithful to victory time and time again. As heretics and daemons tear at her flesh, she calls down fires of retribution from on high to smite the wicked and unrighteous. If she is to fall in battle, none should mourn as she is Celestine, the Living Saint, and death is her duty.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It was moving.
- By Anonymous User on 08-04-19
By: Andy Clark
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- Paolo Sevilla
- 05-06-23
Satisfying, if predictable listen.
Great voice acting and sound design. Classic WH40k story with all the tropes and purple writing. Fun if predictable.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Corey
- 01-28-24
great little shory
I thoroughly enjoyed this little short. it was gripping and brutal. although I kind of predicted how it would go, that's not a bad thing, just means that it is very fitting of the dark angels, and the twisted cultists they do often face. that being said it still surprised me a few times and the awesome performance made it really stand out.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Jonathan Hernandez
- 05-14-21
Great audio drama intro to the Unforgiven
This is an audio drama, voice actors for the various characters. Very well done. Don't care for the title as it's more about his predecessor than him and doesn't even end with his ascending, just the story behind why he is filled with rage. still an excellent story and well told. The actors did a great job. it also introduces the Dark Angels in a way that is understandable but not over explanatory for new people
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Nikole S.
- 06-07-19
So So short. Should be labeled a Short Story
Good narration and story, but terribly short. If you enjoy the lore and can afford it id recommend
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