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Hand of Abaddon

Dawn of Fire: Warhammer 40,000, Book 8

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Hand of Abaddon

By: Nick Kyme
Narrated by: John Banks
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Book 8 in the Dawn of Fire Series

As the Indomitus Crusade rages on, Inquisitor Rostov discovers vital intelligence that could reveal the plan of the notorious Hand of Abaddon, and hastily gathers together those loyal to his cause.

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The dark schemes of the Hand of Abaddon near fruition. Can the already stretched forces of the Imperium manage to hunt down and prevent this new threat?

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Defending the Anaxian Line, Ultramarines Lieutenant Ferren Areios uncovers a dread vision that has ties to the mission of an old ally. Meanwhile, Magda Kesh campaigns alongside the 84th Mordian. Though she refutes her fate as something more than a mere soldier, is she truly touched by the Emperor?

Despite a fractious alliance, the Hand’s scheme is reaching culmination. Amidst the infighting, Tharador Yheng yearns to be free of her master Tenebrus’ shadow and claim her destiny. But another acolyte has embarked on his own path, the Red Corsair Graeyl Herek. Both vie for the favour of the Dark Gods, and the means to harness an ancient evil that could reshape the war between the Imperium and Chaos.

Written by Nick Kyme. Narrated by John Banks. Runtime 13 hours and 4 minutes approx.

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Nick Kyme classic

This is a novel clearly intended to move pieces across the board and catch up with many of the seemingly random characters we have meet so far.

This reminds me of Nick Kyme's work in the Heresy Series. Nobody's farvorite but keeping the story moving.

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Dull

The book seems to be entirely about moving characters into their designated places for a finale, but it does so functionally and without almost any flair. Every single Imperial character is the same sort of steadfast, resolute and noble soul, even those who previously displayed some flaws or depth. Individual voices are lost, with multiple characters using the same purple prose and terminology. A particular character who undergoes a significant development comes out the other side much the same as they were before, with the whole affair feeling very ordinary when it should be anything but.

Only the Red Corsairs warband were interesting to follow, and that's partially because they break from the stereotypical backstabbing of the Chaos aligned. Even then the conclusion of that narrative thread is unsatisfying, feeling anticlimactic rather than the gut-punch it was intended to be. Even John Bank's usually solid narration feels a bit flat here. Servicable, rather than good. There's a lot of scenes that might have landed better if it didn't sound like he was just trying to get through the text.

It's a real disappointment after the Iron Kingdom, where the author portrayed the Imperial forces as fractious and divided by flawed leadership, and Sea of Souls, which was also about moving a piece of the metaplot into place but used the opportunity to tell an excellent self contained story.

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Better than reviews mention

Well it was to me anyway, I’m not a fan of the the DoF series, a wasted opportunity methinks but this and sea of souls are above the average in this series, I’m team Herrick all the way

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Just not that good really

Nothing much happening, there is enough characters and scope in this series to be an epic second HH style story. But it’s not sadly

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Good character development.

Good character development and reintroduction of past characters, but weak ending, hopefully not the last in the series.

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