Horus Rising
The Horus Heresy Saga, Book 1
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Horus Rising
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Narrated by:
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Jonathan Keeble
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By:
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Dan Abnett
Audiobook 1 in the Horus Heresy Saga
After centuries of expansion and conquest, the human Imperium is at its height. His dream for humanity accomplished, the Emperor hands over the reins of power to his Warmaster, Horus, and heads back to Terra.
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It all begins here. Witness Horus the hero, humanity's greatest champion and the Emperor's favoured son, before it all goes horribly, tragically wrong…
THE STORY
It is the 31st Millennium. Under the benevolent leadership of the Immortal Emperor, the Imperium has stretched out across the galaxy. It is a golden age of discovery and conquest. But now, on the eve of victory, the Emperor leaves the front lines, entrusting the great crusade to his favourite son, Horus.
Promoted to Warmaster, can the idealistic Horus carry out the Emperor's grand plan, or will this promotion sow the seeds of heresy amongst his brothers? Horus Rising is the first chapter in the epic tale of the Horus Heresy, a galactic civil war that threatened to bring about the extinction of humanity.
Written by Dan Abnett. Narrated by Jonathan Keeble. Runtime 12 hours 22 minutes approx.
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This was ny first time hearing Jonathan Keeble as a reader and it blew me away. He does phenomenal voice work across this book which really helped make each of them more distinct and memorable for me. This was helpful as there are quite a few already in book one. He in particular captures the varied gravely voices of astartes well. I was engaged with his reading the whole way through.
The book itself is also very well written. I didnt know what quality to expect as I'd only read the odd black library book here and there, but I can confirm the series starts strong. you dont need to be well versed in 30k or 40k lore to enjoy it, but having some limited knowledge definitely enchanced my experience.
Overall listening to Jonathan Keeble read this fantastic novel by Dan Abnett was a strong start to my Horus Heresy journey. I wait to sink my teeth into the next one.
Strong start to the essential reads!
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GW Fd up not having him involved in the bequin trilogy, which I’m refusing to buy because of.
But, I could listen to Keeble narrate the 1 X table and still be enthralled.
If GW have half a brain, they’ll throw him a metric Ftonne of money and have him narrate a stack of other novels. First Heretic, Decent of Angels and Angel Exterminatus to name a few.
Better yet, get Keeble and Longworth to do a book together.
Top Notch
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jonathan keeble performance is great
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