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  • Warhammer 40,000
  • By: Robert Rath
  • Narrated by: Mark Elstob
  • Length: 19 hrs and 42 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (29 ratings)

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The Fall of Cadia

By: Robert Rath
Narrated by: Mark Elstob
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Publisher's Summary

An Astra Militarum Audiobook

Cadia. This proud world stood defiant for centuries – a bulwark against the forces of Chaos residing in the Eye of Terror. All of this would change when it was targeted for destruction by Abaddon the Despoiler as part of his Thirteenth Black Crusade.

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The Fall of Cadia is a touchstone moment of the Warhammer 40,000 timeline. This incredible battle led to the opening of the Great Rift and ushered in a grim new era in which even greater threats assailed the Imperium.

THE STORY

Cadia licks its wounds in the wake of the Thirteenth Black Crusade. The heretic forces retreat on all fronts. The day is won. But Lord Castellan Creed cannot rest easy. Something tells him the assault was a mere prelude to something greater, something more final. He is right. Out of the Eye of Terror comes Abaddon the Despoiler, at the head of a warhost unmatched in scale since the dread days of the Horus Heresy.

In the face of the looming apocalypse, Creed must weld the champions of Cadia into a bulwark capable of withstanding Abaddon’s fury. And in orbit, the Despoiler himself finds his own alliance teetering on a knife edge…

This is a tale told at epic scale, from the tables of high command to the slaughter of the pylon fields, and with a huge cast of characters from self-styled demigods to the rank-and-file foot soldiers of the Imperium.

This is the story of Abaddon’s greatest conquest. This is Cadia’s last stand.

Written by Robert Rath. Narrated by Mark Elstob. Running time 19 hrs and 44 mins approx.

©2023 Games Workshop Limited (P)2023 Games Workshop Limited

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Good Retelling, Terrible VA performance

VA makes everyone sound like whining babies the whole time. While I enjoy the story it makes it hard to enjoy when everyone sounds like they are more at home in a wallace and gromit movie.

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Not just a good 40k book, but just a good book

An amazing read, would be a good book even as a standalone novel. It's a real shame the voice actor chose to use the voices he did, but it's not so bad that you can't get used to it eventually

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Great story

Great and engaging story with plenty of depth and tangents. Unfortunately the Voice acting takes away from the story. The voice acting is not unbearable but does distract from an otherwise excellent story.

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Great read!

Was an awesome book but the voice actor sometimes failed to portray the correct emotions and took away from the listening

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solid romp

good story, nice to see what happens everywhere. the narration grinded me a bit the voices of the characters just felt wrong and took a bit to get used to. but overall good listen

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THIS IS NOT A FOX HOLE. IT IS A GRAVE. tears

Cadia stands united.very well written, I could feel the energy of the guardsmen on the ground, abbadon and creed. captured the expirence so well. heart wrenching and well imagined. (bonus epic roast of abbadon "if horus is such a failure, why do ya dress like him ey?"

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Was good having characters like trazyn and caul, and the fight scenes they made.

Was good having characters like trazyn and caul, and the fight scenes they made.

Also having 1 evil inquisitor get popped at the end lol.

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great read. Unfortunate narration.

much like other reviews, i loved the book, but was put off half the time due to the unfitting narrator. half the voices sounds like they're from a toddler.

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The narration?!

Great story, think it will make a good read, which is how I'll finish it one day.
General story narration is good, but the choices for characters are the worst I have heard for Any 40k audiobook, who signed off on...this.

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VA is so badI'll have to refund.

Story seems good but the voice actor is so bad it's distracting. will refund for now

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