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Apostle

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Apostle

By: David Annandale
Narrated by: Tom Alexander
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A Warhammer 40,000 Audiobook

Cerastes, Dark Apostle of the Word Bearers, is bowed but not broken. He returns to finish what he started – converting a holy Imperial world to the worship of Chaos.

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David Annandale brings back Cerastes, star of his short story Sacred Hate, and this time he's filled with righteous vengeance. But has he taken on more than he can handle as he contends with the hated Adepta Sororitas of the Order of the Thorn?

THE STORY
Legitur is a world devoted to the sacred writings of the Imperial Creed. Endlessly producing mountains of scripture, it considers itself an exemplar of piety. But there are deep secrets here – undreamt of by the ruling Ecclesiarchy, hidden amongst the shadows of the towering paper hives – and one being who was born of these secrets.

Cerastes, Dark Apostle of the Word Bearers, has returned to the world he once called home. Though his host has been crushed by the fearsome Palatine Aesura and her Sororitas of the Order of the Thorn, Cerastes’ dark ambition is undaunted. He will have his revenge. He will resurrect the Eightfold Bane. And he will convert the world he despises to the worship of Chaos. Legitur is about to receive the Word, and it will burn with the fires of revolution.

Written by David Annandale. Narrated by Tom Alexander. Runtime 9 hours and 53 minutes approx.

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it was good but las luster ending hopefull next book forges something forward to build word bearers more

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I was hooked from beginning to end. Another worthy addition to the growing list of great Word Bearers stories.

Perfect for Word Bearers Fans!

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Sundae analogy, kinda expected a bit more depth of argument on the internal theology considering our antagonists, seemed a bit "nu uh!", "Yeah huh!" type of back and forth. For an indoctrinated population with 'ignorance is bliss' as a tag line to come undone by 'if God real why bad thing happen?' it doesn't scream 'master of debates'.

Everything except the banana

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Was so interesting to see how the word bearers actually do take over a world really enjoyed it and hope they add more to this definitely I must check out

Love it

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Very cool to see how a world can be taken over slowly by cultists and only a few Chaos marines. Ending was a bit rushed, but still loved it overall

Great look into the worst legion

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