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  • The Path of Heaven

  • The Horus Heresy, Book 36
  • By: Chris Wraight
  • Narrated by: John Banks
  • Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (884 ratings)

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The Path of Heaven

By: Chris Wraight
Narrated by: John Banks
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Summary

For too long had the Vth Legion ranged out beyond the sight of the wider Imperium, remaining ignorant of the Warmaster's rebellion and the war that inevitably followed.

Only once their primarch, Jaghatai Khan, had satisfied himself that the path before them was just and true did the White Scars choose a side, taking the fight to the traitors on every front. But, four years later, the Legion's unfettered spirit has been broken by relentless attritional warfare against the Death Guard and the Emperor's Children - the Khan's Stormseers must find a clear route to Terra if they are to take part in the final, apocalyptic battle.

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

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Superb

Chris Wraight smashed this out of the park. I'm so glad he is also writing a Siege of Terra novel for the rematch 😉. John Banks has done another stellar narration and the voice acting is top notch.

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not enough

Good story just not enough death guard for my liking

can't wait to listen to the next story though

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unmissable entry in the series

wow I enjoyed listening to this so much.
There are some vague spoilers below!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is one of the first horus heresy books that hasn't left me feeling depressed in a long time
and we are treated to an awesome example of how a primarch fares against a greater daemon.
Epic fleet battles and astartes warfare. Dont skip this one.

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Great story, even better voice acting

Love the story. Another excellent chapter in the 30k story. John Banks is superb and really gives the performance 100%.

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Another smashing instalment for the White Scars

An awesome continuation to Scars. Intense action, rich depth to the characters and even some tear jerking moments.

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not much scar's in this book...my opinion

overall.. solid.... performance...damn cool.....story.... for a book who is about white scar's DON'T HAVE THEM TO MUCH...is to much bla bla bla about others....I don't regret buying it but need to be part of other books to understand what happens in this book

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great

it is a good story well told i enjoyed catching up with the character's

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Great, but doesnt add much

if youre into White scars and Death Guard,it can give some. But for the grand plot, it doesnt add much.
Great writing and tempo tho

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One of the best storylines so far

I’m not a huge Whitescars story arc fan but this one was great. Actually moves the saga along, which is more than can be said of some other books in the series.

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Fine

Overall just fine. The story is nothing special but the ridiculous accents for the white Cara’s are gone which helps a lot and the voice acting for Mortarion is incredible

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  • 05-04-18

Great Story, Distracting Narrator

I loved Scars. Path to Heaven follows up very well. The tale is a great addition to the overall arc of the HH series and I love how distinct the 5th Legion is compared to their peers.

My only real criticism is the use of accents by the narrator. The accents for the Chogoran Scars is something of a stereotypical Asian accent which is silly and annoying and makes each of the characters sound the same so their individual voices and characters get muted. the narrator also pronounces Yesugei laughably incorrectly. In an audiobook you need distinct voices for each character so you can organize who is who and who is speaking and the narrator's reliance on a silly accent makes each of the Scars sound the same, except for the one Terran born Scar, which is dissapointing.

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  • Ronnie Komstedt
  • 31-07-19

A very good book, but narrator didn't make it easy

The story was gripping, and was a great continuation of the White Scars story, but the book has a lot of shifting perspectives and while John Banks generally is a good narrator, he gave zero sign when the perspectives changed, not so much as an extra breath between lines, which made some part hard to follow

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  • Jerry
  • 04-04-23

A good addition

I had skipped this previously, but doubling back gave it a shot. It is a solid bridge piece with some insights into other background info. Shibhan Khan is always a badass.

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  • uns0cialized
  • 20-04-23

Good listen

Wasn’t bad had a good scars battle wasn’t boring but could’ve been better without the drama with shiban on to the next book

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  • Max
  • 21-01-23

amazing

find your path to Heaven And make sure to laugh the whole entire time.

My review needs to be longer so I'm just putting in some words here to lengthen out the review

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  • Anonymous User
  • 21-01-23

Not skippable

great listen, slow start with a strong ending. Tells a lot about the white scars and leads into their next part in the story

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  • Vincent Bonnet
  • 29-11-22

A great view into the Great Khan

The only negative remark I can think of to make for this audiobook pertain to the accents/voices used for some of the characters. Some are phenomenal like Mortarion, but others make no sense at all.

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  • ODA doc
  • 25-09-22

White Scars

Really nice story and exciting finish. I love the White Scars legion and Christ Wraight always does them justice

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  • Chris
  • 03-08-22

Narration Was a Let Down

Idk what was going on with Chris. I've listened to a few other books he narrated, and they were all fine. This time his performance was a big let down. MANY of the characters sound exactly the same and more than a few scenes with them all talking together.

Beyond the narration, the story was good overall. A few extremely odd descriptions of things, but I don't really get hung up over stuff like that.

If you're listening through the HH series, this book was one of the good ones. Not great, but good.

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  • Cyndi
  • 14-06-22

The Art of Laughing Lightning

Chris Wraight has made me a full convert to the White Scars. This book is also a great example of scale creep done right. The battles are bigger, the plot is more complex, the story threads more numerous and spread apart, and the characters introduced in the previous book "Scars" are placed into the pressure cooker to see what deeper characterization comes of it. This is standard operating procedure, but not everyone can stick the landing. Wraight does so skillfully with a tidy bow unifying everything at the end without grasping for a 40k deus ex machina like "it was a C'tan Shard the whole time!". There are also few examples of sucessfully fleshing-out the character of a primarch. Jaghatai is handled expertly.

Bonus Points: The story was so good I only fell asleep one time due to John Bank's narration. Seriously, though. The man has no sense of dramatic gravitas. A dramatic climax, decrescendo, an expository description of setting - it's all read in the same voice, cadence, volume, etc.

Please give more books to some of these new narrators like Joe Jameson. I love the Forge of Mars series, and a large part of that is his performance. John Banks suuuuuucks.