A refreshing and surprising great book

I'd never listened to or read a book by this author before and was saddened that this DA book wasn't being written by one of the bigger authors used by GW but I'm glad I gave this book and author a chance and hope you do too. I pray to the emperor that this becomes a series surrounding this character who I've grown to admire though this book.

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Brutal conflict for the 5th Company.

Entertaining, gritty and grim.

A tough day at the office for the 5th. Suffers due to release schedule as this is set before the Lion has returned.

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surprisingly very good title to read/listen. very nicely written detective story from several points of view.

will for sure listen again even before some of my current favourites. definetly recommend. refreshing story with very good characters and great detective feel to the book

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A solid entry for Dark Angel fans

I hadn't read anything about Lazarus before this but since the range refresh I really wanted to try this and really enjoyed it. It gave me a much more rounded impression to the DA characters than previous books, especially the terrible Horus Heresy DA books! I like that the command squad had different personalities and strangely for Space Marines.. they actually seemed relatively human, showing compassion and respect (I'm sure they would exterminatus'd the planet in a heartbeat if necessary mind you!) which I thought was a great choice in the writing/ storytelling.

My only criticism was the main bad guy once he started explaining everything, he might have been twirling his moldey moustache while he did it! Otherwise I really enjoyed the book and I would very much like to see this made into a series with the command squad etc becoming recurring, more fleshed out characters. Fingers crossed!!

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Good Story & Great Narration

Although this is set before the lions return it is a good story that makes space marines more just 'brother' and a great voice actor

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Brotherhood

what an incredible book the master of the 5th baring his struggle and pain stand with him brothers and shows such humanity and understanding not to obnoxious to think a human could not possibly help. it's a must listen!

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One of the best 40K books I’ve listened to

I am so glad I’d ignored the early reviews which were so negative.

The story is one of the more compelling narratives, aided by its relatively local scale to one planet and having nothing to do with the wider plot. It allowed for character focus and some good intrigue

The mortal characters were fleshed out, the marines more relatable then usual and the pacing more on point than I’m used to

Strongly recommend

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Not a bad book but not needed

With the return of the lion there was no need for a book predating that event, it was read superbly by John Banks

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Truly one of the worst 40K audio books.

As a massive Dark Angels fan I was super excited about this book. Unfortunately, the story is boring and predictable, but what makes it truly horrendous is the narrator who for some weird reason decided to add a truly cringe tone to everything every Space Marine said. They just sounded dum and really annoying.

It’s the first 40K audiobook in ages that I didn’t enjoy.

If you’re a big fan of the Dark Angels read the book, but AVOID this audiobook.

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Just boring

Slow and no excitement.
Was so bored and let down by both story and a bore of a narrator.

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