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Hive

Warhammer 40,000

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Hive

By: Dan Abnett
Narrated by: Toby Longworth
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Summary

A Warhammer 40,000 Audiobook

A double-barrelled set of novels from Dan Abnett, exploring the Adeptus Arbites attempts to enforce Imperial law on a sprawling hive planet amid scandals, cults, and much worse.

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Head down into the depths of a hive world, where a corrupted planetary governor has sent the populace into a perilous spiral they may not recover from. Will the population revolt? Can the Adeptus Arbites save this benighted world?

THE STORY

Welcome to Sacramentus. Austerity and toil will teach the true measure of the Hive's failing. No one is blameless. The planetary governor has fallen, deposed in scandal and treachery. The Adeptus Arbites roam the smog-choked vertics and zontals, rooting out traitors, enforcing the Imperial law without mercy.

As a new governor, an outsider, is crowned, the Hive teeters between order and anarchy. Whispers of rebellion echo from the heights of the Waistland to the depths of the Neg. Rival gangs seize both opportunity and territory, and forbidden cults grow ever bolder. But unbeknownst to all, a more terrifying threat awaits in the darkness.

May your light last, pilgrim. If the Emperor protects, perhaps we shall make it out alive.

Written by Dan Abnett. Narrated by Toby Longworth. Runtime 24 hours and 26 minutes approx.

©2026 Games Workshop Limited (P)2026 Games Workshop Limited Military Science Fiction
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Amazing plot, some of Abnett's best surprises to date. Even though it has a 24 hour or so run time, I wish it went for longer! Toby Longworth does an incredible job voicing many characters.

A+

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takes a little to get started and become accustomed to the language used but magically flows once you do. Narrator is mint as always!

Fantastic long saga

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Love me some long form Abnett & Longworth!
Story has some great twists, admirable characters from many different and at times opposing walks of life, and I loved the “gutterspeak” language peppered in to create linguistic diversity à la Belters.

Still, despite all the amazing storylines the ending feels abrupt. But, for those characters implied to survive their various toils, it’d be marvellous to see them again in a future novel. What am I saying - it’s just as marvellous to ponder what they might be doing post-novel anyway. 5 stars.

Plenty be (the duration)

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Dan Abnett does not miss. Amazing. It's bleak, even by 40k standards but I was riveted the whole time.

Amazing in totality.

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Some wonderful moments and brilliant vignettes as to be expected in an Abnett novel. Unfortunately the story is unnecessarily fragmented and the resolution is unsatisfying in the end. Superb voice acting as usual from Toby Longworth

Voice acting excellent story fragmented and unsatisfying

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