Day of Ascension
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Harry Myers
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A Genestealer Cults Novel
The people of forge world Morod have found a new hope against despair and toil. The long-awaited angels are close, and the cult must prepare for their coming.
Listen to it because: acclaimed science-fiction author Adrian Tchaikovsky's first full-length work for Black Library takes the form of Day of Ascension, in which the populace of the forge world of Morod grow weary of the backbreaking work and injustice of their lives. But how far will they go to achieve change?
The story: on the forge world of Morod, the machines never stop and the work never ends. The population toils in the mines and factoria to protect humanity from the monsters in the void, while the Adeptus Mechanicus enjoy lives of palatial comfort.
Genetor Gammat Triskellian seeks to end this stagnant corruption. When he learns of a twisted congregation operating within the shadows, one that believes that the tech-priests are keeping people from their true salvation - a long-prophesied union with angels - he sees in them an opportunity to bring down Morod's masters and reclaim the world in the name of progress.
But sometimes, the only hope for real change lies in the coming of monsters.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-02-22
a great new Angle of THE CULT
Just finished Day of Ascension by Adrian Tchaikovsky. It's a bit of a coup to get an established Sci fi author to write a Black Library book and it would be very cool if he did more or they managed to poach someone else at some point. While this book is on the short side it crams in a lot of content. When I play the game I play Admech or Genestealer Cults, so seeing my two factions put head to head is great! Both have appeared in a lot of books before now but this is very different. It's not much of a spoiler to say that the GSC are basically the heroes of this story, and not simply the brainwashed hybrid brood often depicted. Basically, life for the working class on the forge world of Morod is so nasty, so brutish and so short, that staging a revolution and then being eaten by a hive fleet is honestly preferable, dressed up in the right language, this the most... human and relatable the GSC has ever been on the page, you will root for them.
The Adeptus mechanicus are more as you would expect, but no less enjoyable to read about, the author really captures the stagnation and inertia of their doctrines. Both represented in their religious activities and the byzantine politicking they get up to.
Having read Tchaikovsky's full length books I'd really like something longer than this in the 41st millennium, but that's really my only complaint. Excellent book!
excellent narration, great array of voices, I enjoyed the Fabricator General in particular.
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- MRHWROGERJONES
- 05-03-22
everything I wanted from a GSC story!
Great juxtaposition between the all consuming demands of the mechanicum and the tryanid swarm.
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- tim
- 26-08-23
fascinating deep dive
held off and bought this when it was on sale but shouldn't have bothered well worth the normal price and a steal on the sale. Wasn't sure what to expect but genestealer cults always interested me so I thought I'd take a chance.
Really interesting take, and love how the author breathed life into the cult and made their belief believable.
really good performance also, without that the story really would have fallen flat. my favourite short story previously by black library was an eisenhorn/ravenor one but this was truly excellent and might now be my favourite highly recommend!
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- Michael
- 04-05-24
I'd even recommend this to non-40k fans
it's short, it's punchy, the characters are good, the narrative has twists and turns. I had a great time with this one.
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- Luke
- 02-07-22
amazing voice work
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- Alex Ingram
- 26-08-23
A truly heretical work
Major props to the narrator on this one, he was fantastic.
A thrilling sorry about Mechanicus hubris and greed, whilst being an insightful window into the life and cause of the gene stealers
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- Max Dobeck
- 22-07-23
Great adeptus mechanics & genestealer book
Taps into somewhat cliche themes of oppression and rebellion but such an amazing picture of an adeptus mechanics world. Then in the opposite side of the fence you have the oppressed.
You get why any world in the empire would rebel and how vulnerable they are to tyranids. And why the heretics must be fervously flushed out.
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- Lee Harper
- 28-11-23
Good inclusion of admech and cultist units
I thought it was a solid concept. the way the narrator does cultist voices is a lil grating though.
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- David
- 24-12-23
Cool story, no filler
Genestealers are a cool concept. so nice to read a 40k book with a compelling story without pages of over the top descriptive writing and filler.
hopefully the author does more!
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- Anonymous User
- 03-07-24
wonderful voice acting
a really great (although too short - give me more!) story about the Genestealers.
I'm pleased with how they managed to portray them, and how their fanatiscism was seen through the eyes of our female lead.
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