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A Thousand Sons

The Horus Heresy, Book 12

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A Thousand Sons

By: Graham McNeill
Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
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A Horus Heresy Novel

Censured at the Council of Nikea for his flagrant use of sorcery, Magnus the Red and his Legion retreat to their homeworld to continue their use of the arcane arts in secret.

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One of the most tragic tales of the entire Horus Heresy unfolds as the Thousand Sons are brought low by their relentless quest for knowledge. Magnus is sure that he knows better than the Emperor – but isn't that what caused Horus to fall as well?

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Censured at the Council of Nikea for his flagrant use of sorcery, Magnus the Red and his Thousand Sons Legion retreat to their homeworld of Prospero to continue their use of the arcane arts in secret. When the ill-fated primarch foresees the treachery of Warmaster Horus and warns the Emperor with the very powers he was forbidden to use, the Master of Mankind dispatches fellow primarch Leman Russ to attack Prospero itself. But Magnus has seen more than the betrayal of Horus – and the witnessed revelations will change the fate of his fallen Legion, and its primarch, forever.

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A great book detailing why the thousand sons find themselves in the situation they do, makes you really root for them. No complaints!

Warp sorcery of the highest order!

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Best book so far in the series. Really enjoyed it from start to finish. Great look into the thousand sons

Amazing

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Great book very strong story just it's a shame that it is let down by the narrator

Fantastic book

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I loved the way it showed Magnuses arrogance towards the power of the warp, and how the book progresses you also see Magnus ignore the laws put in place after the council of nikea. Gareth Armstrong is Also very good and portraying different characters through the use of his voice so overall definitely a 5 star book and definitely a priority read if you like the Horus heresy series.

Gareth Armstrong is amazing!

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This book starts a bit slow (as apparently a lot of the HH books do), but it grows dramatically and it reaches some points that are between the most moving of the whole series up to now. The last 2 or 3 chapters are simply fantastic and a great starting point for the legion story in the future.

The main problem of this audiobook (as many wrote in their review) is the narrator. I want to be precise, it's not the narrator performance the problem, he does a good job both in narrating and voicing the character. The problem lies in the choice of the narrator: he is simply not adapt to the grimdark world of Warhammer. His accent, his tone, his whole voice is absolutely inappropriate to the environment, and the beginning of the book (which is not the best part as I said before) with his voice simply goes through your ears without leaving anything. I can hear he tries and again does a decent job throughout the story, but the main fault goes to whoever decided to hire him for this audiobook.

In conclusion, the slowness and the choice of narrator make for a difficult beginning, but if you push yours through this, the book is really worth it.

Great story, bad narrator choice

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