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The Master of Mankind

By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
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While Horus' rebellion burns across the galaxy, a very different kind of war rages beneath the Imperial Palace.

The 'Ten Thousand' Custodian Guard, along with the Sisters of Silence and the Mechanicum forces of Fabricator General Kane, fight to control the nexus points of the ancient eldar webway that lie closest to Terra, infested by daemonic entities after Magnus the Red's intrusion. But with traitor legionaries and corrupted Battle Titans now counted among the forces of Chaos, the noose around the Throneworld is tightening, and none but the Emperor Himself can hope to prevail.

©2016 Games Workshop Limited (P)2016 Games Workshop Limited

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Makes the Emperor Sympathetic

I liked how the Emperor is portrayed here. He’s a man who has an aura of authority. But still a man. And even though people see him as all powerful he still has limits. Not his own, but those imposed by how psychic power and everyone else work.

It’s great insight into his personal feelings with the Primarchs and how everything is pushing him to one goal. And how getting to that goal requires relying on unreliable tools such as the Primarchs and mankind itself.

The narrator is great and provides a good mouthpiece to all the characters.

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One of the few "must-reads" in the Horus Heresy

The Master of Mankind recontextualizes the entire Horus Heresy Saga. It chroncles the secret war waged in the Webway by the Emperor's personal bodyguard, a war with higher stakes than anyone could have imagined. ADB takes this monumental writing challenge and makes it fast paced and visceral, with numerous excellent characters to humanize the conflict between demigods and demons. His handling of the Emperor is perfect, giving the reader leeway to decide if he is a visionary or a hypocrite. Read if you want to understand the tragedy of the Emperor's failed vision... and experience the moment that condemned it to ruin.

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For the Emperor!

amazing amazing amazing amazing amazing amazing amazing amazing amazing amazing amazing amazing amazing amazing

"I don't know." that was rad

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A Must Read

How wonderful ADB envisions the fate of the world that had such humble beginnings, as a game played with plastic toys.

Masterfully written and perfectly narrated, this book feels like a pinnacle of what the Horus Heresy series has to offer to their ever-loyal fans.

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Man... this was outstanding

Easily one of the best 40k books I've listened to so far! Outstanding! so much Emperor and Custody content. Tragedy, sacrifice, illumination, hope, loss, apathy, and demons. I wish it had a part II.

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simply the best

listened and read this book several times.
Aaron Dembski-Bowden is the best. matched with Jonathan Keeble... there is no better story

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RA ENDYMION AND THE EMPEROR Dialogue is quite fun

A Great Battle in the Webway, A hard fought battle for the imperium's dream, desperate and very gloriously detailed

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The Emperor of Man

I enjoyed how this novel had the most “screen time” of the Emperor out of any of the novels that I have read in the past and how it expanded my understanding of the Emperor.

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The Master of Mankind

This book portrays the Emperor as he is, a man trying to find the way to save humanity.

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what insight!

what incredible insight into the Emperor and custodes! a must read, do not skip this

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