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Battle for the Abyss

The Horus Heresy, Book 8

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Battle for the Abyss

By: Ben Counter
Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
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Now that news of Horus' treachery is in the open, a time of testing has come. Some Legions have already declared their allegiance to the Warmaster while the loyalty of others lies firmly with the Emperor. As Horus deploys his forces, loyalist Astartes learn that a massive Wordbearers fleet is heading to Ultramar, home of the Ultramarines.

Unless they can intercept the fleet and destroy the mighty battleship that has been sent to reinforce it, the Ultramarines may suffer a blow from which they will never recover.

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My life always feels better when I hear the snafu's in 40K awful time to live but great to listen to

life is better in the 20K

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Another great addition to the series and unique in the space marines that it casts together. Great book

Great book!

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Recommend to skip this one, I didn’t even finish it, there are so many good ones coming up don’t waste your credit

🙃

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it was kinda boring tbh. there were just no good characters. it's not like previous books in the series that had at least 1 or 2 interesting characters.

meh.

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This book is epic, action all way through.
The best part it involves traitor legion loyalists which have an awesome story line. Well done

Loyalists vs word bearers

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great story and shows the warp better than the previous books. I don't know why people are saying to skip it.

don't skip it

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Whilst a solid entry, many of the characters fell flat in comparison to those of the previous books, and honestly the plot is full of contrivances and characters acting irrationally given the situation

Not terrible, but missable

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It's not as bad as some reviewers say it is :)

I enjoyed it but its definitely not one of the greatest.

Not bad at all

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As always, Counter's words fly off the page with brutal 40k hyperbole. Or in this case, the narration slings you into one of the darkest, grimmest, most engaging books in the HH series.

A 40k novel that punches like a dreadnought

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Want to know why no one ever mentions this book? Well, listen to find out! The ending left an empty void in my soul and it literally has no impact on the Horus heresy as a whole. Written so well until the last chapter. If you think how I met your mothers ending was good then you will love this book.

Good Listen. Anticlimactic ending.

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