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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.

©2008 Games Workshop Limited (P)2014 Games Workshop Limited Fiction Science Fiction

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Bang average worth a listen but instantly forgettable.
Narrated did his best worst of the hours heresy collection so far.

Bang average

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while the heresy is fully underway the betrayal in this book hits really hard great book !

Hard hitting betrayal

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Not as gripping or entertaining as I have come to expect from black library publications

Not particularly gripping

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This book is just okay, has a lot of potential but the character interactions feel weong and the Astartes seem far too emotional compared to other books in the setting. It’s an interesting plot so I stuck with it too the end but don’t worry about skipping it.

Not a great, but not terrible

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Loved this book when i first read it years ago, as with most of the Horus Heresy.
I preface my review by saying that just because i didn't like something, be it a story or performance, doesn't mean it was bad, just not for me!

In my mind space marines are massive, solid soldiers so don't get why they are portrayed as 1950 spitfire pilots so often, all posh and "tally ho, what-what, sure thing skipper!"
This is exacerbated in this performance, Zadkiel rolls every 'r' as much as possible, just needs to twirl his moustache and say mwahah haaaaa, another of the Word Bearers exaggerates every 's'.... and so on throughout the cast, its ok to have some normal people in stories i think!

The performance was good just not for me!:)

Good story, VERY ott performance!

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A good solid book that has the first real introductions to several chapters of astarties but ultimately offers little to the series as a whole. if you do skip this book you won't be missing anything but a good book.

solid story but offers little to the series

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....though not as good as the previous title Legion. I enjoyed the disparate nature of the various allies thrown together when in dire need. A good listen and another excellent title in the Hersey series.

Another decent yarn....

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Another good story in the heresy series, whether you like ultramarines still good story. Interesting details about the warp.

Good story about ultramarine

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It’s a pity that the narrator chose to use character voices from the Pickwick Papers. Cheesy Vikings feature as well. Good story as you’d expect from B Counter.

Good story, cheesy narration

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it was an interesting story but the lack of emotion from the narration was killing me inside and made it feel like a drudge to listen to

lack of emotion

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