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The Silent War
- The Horus Heresy, Book 37
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Series: The Horus Heresy, Book 37
- Length: 14 hrs and 1 min
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Publisher's Summary
While loyalist and traitor forces clash on a thousand battlefields across the galaxy, a very different kind of war is being fought in the shadows - a war of subtlety and subterfuge, unknown to many, but one that surely holds the key to victory for either side.
Rogal Dorn and his Legion prepare to defend the Solar System against the armies of Warmaster Horus, even as Malcador the Sigillite charges his many agents and spies with missions of the utmost secrecy. The future of the Imperium is being shaped by unseen hands....
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- dielow
- 05-22-18
Small stories within a galaxy at war.
While better than most of the compilation books in the HH series, it still falls short on occasion. We get to see many faces both new and old, but many of the stories feel like snapshots rather than full pictures.
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- Matthew
- 04-11-19
Sigillite’s Inquisition and Grey Knight origins
Pretty good anthology collection of The proto-Grey Knights and Inquisition origins in the 30k millennium. If you like those characters and units it’s a MUST read. I’m just not a big loyalist fan.
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- Patrick Brady
- 07-02-18
silent war
good book but short stories with no clear link to the main story line of the other books l.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-17-20
Normal grab bag of stories
Grab bag of stories, some are really good and others are less than. the good ones def make it worth the listen.
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-10-20
So many great stories
So many great stories that are tied to other aspects of the war. The ways Malcador used other means during the war.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-12-20
every story was outstanding
the depth of back story and the holes filled in the story between 30k lore and 40k were amazing
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- Robert
- 11-26-19
amazing
shows that there is far mor going on in the imperium and just how far ahead malcador is looking.
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- Per
- 07-31-19
Not worth it overall
Usually I am fond of the Horus Heresy short story collections. While they always contain some poor stories, they always make up for it with some solid and one or two brilliant pieces. This one is the first exception in a long time. Starting out with two very good stories, it dips straight into bad to mediocre stories and never recovers. Skip this one, maybe chase down Reynolds ‘The Purge’ and Wraights ‘The Sigilite’ separately - the rest of the collection is sadly a waste of time.
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- Juan Garfias
- 04-14-19
Great 40k fluff
Anything read by Jonathan Keeble is great! The stories are centered around the sigilites secret war. loved it!
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- Michael Jones Jr
- 03-04-19
phenomenal
I am always impressed with a great writing these books have and the great narration as well. It really sucks you in and let you experience a story through the character's eyes. I would have to say it's a slow burner but it will engage you quick enough.
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- steven picken
- 11-17-19
well narated but poor
honestly the worst of the heresy books i've either read or listened to, these short stories have no impact on the overall plot of the series and very little value to the setting as a whole. while some were interesting few held any substance, could have gone entirely unwritten, unpublushed, unread and unmissed.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-29-19
Felt like i just wasred my time
Another anthology! I keep Reading them In the hopes of a good story or at least plot insight. I Got neither. Only Keeble made this bearable.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-27-20
More random stories
It seems like half of the heresy series is falsely advertised because when I but a book saying its from the horus heresy series I expect something this has some sort of addition to the over all plot. However I've come across like 10+books where its just random stories from around the heresy, this book is in the late 30s so thats like a third of this series. So a third of these books are a complete waste if time. Everytime I come across a book like this from black libary it makes me think so much less of them because instead of trying to write a good story they jusr pump out lots of crappy random short ones just to sell you more book. All it does is make black libary look like money grabbing cheats, which is funny because that's exactly what games work shop are. Something to think about
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- Travs
- 07-22-20
Mini Stories
some great mini stories but prefer it when a whole novel. Puts lots of mini snippets towards the bigger picture
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- Michael
- 01-31-20
Good but drawn out
I love Jonathan Keeble as a narrator don’t get me wrong but I do find that some of the anthology novels can get rather confusing. Still a great listen however but a great listen in competition with some outstanding ones.
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- Dr T Pearson
- 07-17-19
Really good at fleshing out some characters
Some of these short stories are fantastic at bringing the listener in and connecting us to the characters. Some really interesting ideas portrayed and the exposition the sigilite gives helps understand him and the emporer whilst sign posting events to come. Not a must read for the overall listener but definitely a shame to miss out on.
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- Benjamin Martin Sadler
- 04-23-19
fills the gaps.
fills in alot of blanks and shows mor eof the characters personalities. very good read.