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Heralds of the Siege
- The Horus Heresy, Book 52
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, Matthew Hunt
- Series: The Horus Heresy, Book 52
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy
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Summary
A galaxy burns and brother turns on brother as the conflict brought about by a beloved son’s betrayal reaches its fateful end. The Warmaster Horus has triumphed. His massive fleet at last nears Terra and the patriarchal Throne of his hated father. Many have fallen to bring this moment about; their tales are the ashes upon which the Heresy was born and prospered. Others have played their own small parts, drops in an ocean of war and blood.
None of it matters.
Terra looks to the skies as it raises its defences. Armies muster, heroes raise their swords, citizens cower. The war is coming. And nothing can stop it.
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- 451
- 24-11-18
Excellent selection of stories
Heresy anthologies have lately been a hit-and-miss affair packed with more filler than anything else. Heralds of the Siege marks a welcome return to form, and many rewards for those who've stayed the course. The stories are no longer filling in time to get from point to point, and really, truly finding new character beats and nuances in long-established figures.
Even the venerable Jonathan Keeble is upping his considerable game: his portrayal of Leman Russ borders on Brian Blessed levels of unhinged awareness and truly polishes off an already excellent story. This one - Magisterium - finally gives Constantin Valdor a real voice, and brings a much greater understanding of the Custodes beyond just plain arrogance.
As with all anthologies there's one or two duds; Matthew Hunt in particular hasn't quite grasped the 30k lexicanum but it's early days and those jarring pronunciations should be soon hammered outyl. As with the last few Heresy novels the pace seems to be renewed, with authors such as Thorpe, Wraight and French once again stepping up to the mark where only Abnett or McNeill would previously tread. Worth buying indeed.
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- Rik T.
- 26-02-21
Top notch
Thoroughly enjoyable collection to listen to while batch painting poxwalkers and trying not to spill shades.
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- David E
- 02-04-22
Possibly the best of the compilations
Probably my favorite of the heresy compilations, almost all interesting in their own way, unusual in these types of book so far.
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- Michael
- 04-08-21
A solid collection, teeing-up the Siege of Terra
A collection of strong tales 'setting the board' for the climax of the series
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- Olli
- 23-07-21
Great listening!
Great set of Stories! some better than others though. Worth the credit and worth your time.
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- Ben R.
- 29-07-20
Worth a listen
I really enjoyed the stories, Johnathan K’s performance was great (as always), Matthew Hunt was not so good (hence the 3 star performance rating) luckily he only narrates 1 story.
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- paul sparks
- 30-01-20
One of the best anthologies
Really good tales leading up in the siege of terra and it was great to hear revelation play Malcador, the narration apart from the one story was exceedingly good
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- Dr T Pearson
- 06-10-19
Great collection of short stories
Most flesh out the end of other stories. e.g. Exocytosis takes place right after Angels of Caliban.
The performance was outstanding. I particularly loved the thunder legion part with Matthew Hunt.
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- Matt
- 22-04-19
The build up to the seige begins
Really good stories fantastically read. One of the stories a little bit weak and another I'd heard before but adds tension and insight into the final stage of the heresy
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- Anonymous User
- 21-01-19
a bit boring
some atories are awsome, like the last one, others....well not so much. jonathan keeble greate like always
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- Lewis Luna
- 30-12-19
good
Loved some of the stories here, overall tho im not a fan of the collection of short stories format
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- Alpharius77
- 09-06-19
Great Book!
This one goes quick! "The Board is Set" was AMAZING!
Jonathan Keeble is hands down one of the best narrators for GW and the Black Library, matched only by Gareth Armstrong in my opinion. This one will not disappoint you. This one creates the sense in the listener that a great and Epic story is coming to a close. What ever will we do when the Horus Heresy series ends? 🤔
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- John M. Borrini
- 15-01-19
Amazing short stories
I really Enjoyed almost every aspect of these stories. great writing as always, great characters and the narration is superb. Any faults i.e mistakes in narration or writing is overshadowed by the story itself. if you are a fan of the 41st millennium this is a great book ah's i'd you are a fan of the 31st millennium this is even better for you. I highly recommend this novel to any Warhammer Fan.
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- Tony Gamino
- 19-02-19
Riveting epics entreched with fathomless depth
Another well crafted masterpiece. Belongs in an opera house. Kudos to those who helped in this project. Would love to hear this group do an adaptation of the Word Bearers Omnibus by Anthony Reynolds. Death to the Corpse Emperor!!! Glory to the True Gods!!!
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-05-22
Inconsequential
Somewhat entertaining but entirely inconsequential. Neat stories with mostly good performances. I'm trying to make my way through the story and progress, so this was frustrating for me. My favorite story about the thunder legion had the worst narration.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-05-22
great read
must read for people into the pre heresy warhammer universe. umm more words because audible
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- Richard
- 10-08-21
Nice compilation
I usually dislike such compilations of short stories, but I have to admit, that I really enjoyed this one. It nicely closed some gaps and while some were weaker then others, generally very nice compilation with lot of substanance in it.
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- Anonymous User
- 17-06-21
Some good ones here.
Probably the best collection of stories in the series. A necessary last book before siege.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-06-21
We’re getting closer!
I have always enjoyed the short stories in one solid book. Allows for more information and different options. Great book.
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- Anonymous User
- 23-09-20
what an ending
that was an amazing book and such a powerful ending. I love how the characters cross over books and how the time-line is being filled in piece meal