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  • The Horus Heresy, Book 5
  • Written by: Graham McNeill
  • Narrated by: David Timson
  • Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (496 ratings)

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Fulgrim

Written by: Graham McNeill
Narrated by: David Timson
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Publisher's Summary

Under the command of the newly appointed Warmaster Horus, the Great Crusade continues. Fulgrim, Primarch of the Emperor's Children, leads his warriors into battle against a vile alien foe, unaware of the darker forces that have already set their sights upon the Imperium of Man.

Loyalties are tested and every murderous whim indulged as the Emperor's Children take their first steps down the road to true corruption - a road that will ultimately lead them to the killing fields of Isstvan V....

©2007 Games Workshop Limited (P)2013 Games Workshop Limited

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    4 out of 5 stars

Well that escalated quickly.

Gave it 4 stars. The book itself is 5 stars, but I find Fulgrim a whiney b**tch of a primarch so couldn't follow through with the full 5.

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Grim Dark for the stage.

The narration felt really unsuited to the story. The narrator speaks with the life of a Shakespearean player yet tells a story which is truly grim and dark. More than a few times my immersion was broken and I lost focus on the program, requiring me to rewind back to an earlier part of the story.
The story itself is brutal, filled with the blood and carnage of the grim Dark future.

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slow start, but the ending makes up for it.

narrator is incredible. slow build up throughout the story, but an incredibly visceral experience and an unforgettable climax of the story

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McNeil is good, the narrator less so

Still working on it and I'm seriously considering just reading it myself at this point. the narrator seems to think this is a midsummer night's dream, not a 40k novel.
Particularly the portrayal female characters is so cringeworthy I want to crawl out of my own skin. It feels like he thinks they're there to be played for laughs. This is the fifth 40k audiobook I en listen to and the worst narration by leaps and bounds.
Toby Longworth come back!

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Amazing!

This was the best book in the Heresy so far! Performance and story was enthralling. If you are looking for a dark story, with very well drawn characters this is highly recommended!

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Slow start but what a roller coaster

An amazing book following the Emperors Children.
It show what the Emperors Children were doing during the event of the 3 first books of the series. and it covers the events of Isstvan 5.
It flesh out Fulgrim completly and brings life to such a colourful character.

WARNING: for people having issues with self-harm, sexual violence and other similar act may want to read this book in steps as it could be overwhelming.

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  • jon
  • 2023-10-13

grinding.....

love the story sometimes the writer gets hung up on useless details and the story stalls.

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The narration absolutely ruined the book

I had to give up on the audiobook because the narration is so awful. don't waste your money, buy the kindle version instead. the story is great and other narrators in this series do a good job. not sure what happened here

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Fantastic

It is difficult to compare books and performances of the same story line when they are written and read by different artists. You must take them as individuals pieces.
Personally I found this to be the most enjoyable book so far not because of its action sequences or the horror aspects of people falling to darkness but because it really builds on the tragedy of what’s happening in the setting. Fulgrim and his legion having the most obvious changes earliest of all the traitors, and the other legions choosing to eschew their revolution to serve Horus is awesome and shows which primarchs truly are damned and which are simply led astray.

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    5 out of 5 stars
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Woah..

Seeing where Fulgrim started and seeing where he ended up by the conclusion left me feeling empty. This was an incredible story, narrated beautifully. A must-read for the Horus Heresy.

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