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  • Dark Imperium: Warhammer 40,000, Book 1
  • By: Guy Haley
  • Narrated by: John Banks
  • Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (228 ratings)

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Dark Imperium

By: Guy Haley
Narrated by: John Banks
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Publisher's Summary

Audiobook 1 of the Dark Imperium trilogy.

The first phase of the Indomitus Crusade is over, and the conquering primarch, Roboute Guilliman, sets his sights on home. The hordes of his traitorous brother, Mortarion, march on Ultramar, and only Guilliman can hope to thwart their schemes with his Primaris Space Marine armies.

Listen to It Because

Experience the beginning of the Plague Wars, as the Imperium's lord regent fights to reclaim his home from the Death Guard and their daemonic allies.

The Story

Fell times have come to the galaxy. Cadia has fallen, destroyed by the onslaught of Chaos. A Great Rift in the warp has opened, and from its depths spew daemons and the horrors of Old Night.

But all hope is not lost… A hero, long absent, has returned, and with him comes the wrath of the Ultramarines reborn. Roboute Guilliman has arisen to lead the Imperium out of darkness on a crusade the likes of which has not been seen since the fabled days of the Emperor.

But never before have the forces of Ruin amassed in such numbers, and nowhere is safe from despoliation. From the dreaded Scourge Stars come the hordes of the Plaguefather, Lord Nurgle, and their pustulent eye is fixed on Macragge. As the Indomitus Crusade rages on, Guilliman races to Ultramar and a confrontation with the Death Guard.

Written by Guy Haley. Narrated by John Banks.

©2021 Games Workshop Limited (P)2021 Games Workshop Limited

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Boring bolter porn

Couldn't be bothered to finish. Incredibly dull, no real plot. This really was not worth the time.

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good first Warhammer good

great voicing and great book. my first of Warhammer novels. story does go from place too place a bit much but covers many lives in the imperium.

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Good but a bit of an infomercial for primaris marines.

Good story and lots of detail on events after Rob Guilloman comes back from terra. Chapters focussed on the primaris marines get a bit Mary Sue ish about how totally kewl primaris marines are and how woosh-crikey their new gear is …
Would recommend.

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Great for getting to sleep fast.

As far as lore and universal understanding goes this book is about as useful as a wet fart in public. In regards to the quality of writing, well… I’ve certainly read far better, but I’m struggling to think or worse…
Performance was less than ideal, so many of these characters sounded the same that I got lost. I sadly cannot suggest this book to anyone, and that’s coming from a person with special place in Their heart for girlymans boyz. Skip this book, or get it if you need help falling asleep.

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Fantastic

Great work done by the narrator and story line is great after almost 40 years of games workshop I’m happy to still read

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Enjoyable

I liked this very much and am looking forward to the next book in the series.

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much needed jump back into the scale of Heresy war

after finishing the heresy and waiting for the siege of terra books, I missed the galactic legion vs chaos scale of war. this title delivered that in a jump in package

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Dark Imperium

I found this book very good.
Gives good background into the past of the Imperium.
Great performance.
Worth the listen and looking forward to book 2 in the series.

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Imperial Regent of Mediocrity

TLDR; average story, average action, pacing off, possible characters dismissed and not expanded on.

Some of this gets a bit nerdy and goes into 40k lore. I'm a big fan of the 40k-verse and I thought I'd give this a go as I wasn't able to listen or read the original edition of the book. I was also keen because there is precious little in the way of stories regarding the Death Guard.

Anyway the story is average and the pacing seemed a little off and the plot seemed to jump around a bit. The action sequences were ok, but were also mostly an obvious advert for the previous editions miniature box starter set for the associated game.

some of the better sequences don't include the main characters, and it's a shame some other characters aren't utilised or fleshed out in further detail. The Guardsman and his fall is one such example, but also the key character of Calgar who seems to just be dismissed despite being a mainstay of the ultramarines 40k lore for the last 20 to 30 years before the end of 7th edition and the start of 8th edition.

This is definitely one of the weakest 40k novels Ive read in a while.

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