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The Primarchs

The Horus Heresy, Book 20

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The Primarchs

By: Graham McNeill, Gav Thorpe, Nick Kyme, Rob Sanders
Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong, Sean Barrett, Jonathan Keeble, David Timson
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Created in the Emperor's own image, the primarchs had long thought themselves to be princes of the universe and masters of their own destiny - they led the Space Marine Legions in glorious conquest of the galaxy, and no enemy of the Imperium could stand against them. However, even amongst this legendary brotherhood, the seeds of dissent had been sown long before the treacherous Warmaster Horus declared his grand heresy.

Find out the deepest mysteries of the primarchs. Who is in control of Fulgrim's body - him, or a daemon? What happens when the Alpha Legion fights against itself? Just what secrets is the Lion keeping? And what could the tragic Ferrus Manus have done to prevent himself from becoming a head shorter?

©2012 Games Workshop Limited (P)2012 Games Workshop Limited Science Fiction Fiction

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A lot of this felt like filler material, doesn't really advance the story of the heresy or the characters particularly. the dark angels story was the best but too short and without any realy conclusion. The voice acting was decent overall.

Not the best

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it seems strange that the first two books aren't the other way around as events in the second are mentioned in the first. good storey overall and well performed too. well worth a credit with such a long run tine and several stories to enjoy in one purchase.

strange order of books

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Really good insight into the Primarchs and the story about the Lion is worth the admission alone!

Great Listen!

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Sadly, the worst HH book so far.
The first story about Fulgrim was perfectly fine, with an interesting concept and good narration. But this sadly deteriorated into page after page of torture porn. not what I want from a Warhammer book.

The second story about Ferrus Manus was boring the characters urelatable. GW have clearly no idea how to make the Iron Hands interesting so have relegated their stories to bad authors in bad books

The third story about the Lion was ok, a slow start with an Interesting twist.

The fourth.. awful. I love the alpha legion and seeing the characterization that Abnett provided to the legion be destroyed by such poor writing and monotonous narration made me sad. Worst Warhammer tale I've read.

I'm short, give it a miss.

Worth a miss

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I liked it. Its not the best crafted, but its certainly well worth the listen.

A surprisingly enjoyable book

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A good insight into some of the Primarchs but I found a bit slow. Time jumps/not in chronological order, so bit confusing at times.

Mixed compilation

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Becoming a bigger fan of the lion the more I read about him and I have also learnt that I dislike the alpha legion the more I read!

Good shorts stories

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I cant say anything. Just listen ok, trust me. Hahahaha. Alpharius Omegon never fails to give me shivers.

Must read because of Alpha Legion story in the end

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Fulbright and The Lion were very good, the rest were filler I am afraid. Just not up to standard.

Hit and miss

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I really enjoy the Horus Heresy stories especially the ones regarding the Primarch's so this was a great listen! Although it must be said, none of these stories actually do much to further the series so if you're looking for that, you can definitely skip this one :)

A decent set of stories

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