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  • The Fall of Altdorf

  • Warhammer Chronicles: The End Times, Book 2
  • By: Chris Wraight
  • Narrated by: Andrew James Spooner
  • Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (259 ratings)

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The Fall of Altdorf

By: Chris Wraight
Narrated by: Andrew James Spooner
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Summary

Book 2 of The End Times

When the Emperor is lost, it falls to Reiksmarshal Kurt Helborg to return to Altdorf, capital of the Empire, and prepare to meet the forces of the Ruinous Powers in a final battle for that ancient city.

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Not only does this novel chart the apocalyptic battle for the very heart of Sigmar's realm, but it brings back heroes and villains from across the Warhammer mythos and reunites the Empire in a most unexpected way…

THE STORY

The End Times are coming.

With the hordes of Chaos marshalling in the north, Emperor Karl Franz leads his armies in defence of his realm. But when the worst happens, Reiksmarshal Kurt Helborg must return to Altdorf, the capital of the Empire. There, he must steel himself and prepare his soldiers to defend the jewel of the Empire from the corrupted advance of the forces of Chaos.

As plague spreads and the defences weaken, all seems lost—until help arrives from a most unexpected source... if Helborg can bring himself to accept it.

Written by Chris Wraight. Narrated by Andrew James Spooner. Running time 13 hours 18 minutes (approx).

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Please do the Vampire wars series with this voice actor

Simply awesome story and telling of it !!!

Bring on the rest :D

Even got me playing more of the Warhammer Total War series

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Bleak, Daring and Slightly Overlong.


This is a fun, but definitively overlong book.

Centred around the ultimately triumphant defence of Altdorf, the last city of the Empire to hold out against Chaos, the book starts with a few chapters that advance the narrative at light speed.

When you get adjusted to this, the first half of the book flies. And it’s very enjoyable. But then it hits the second half - where an impoverished city prepares for a bleak last stand against the largest army ever recorded.

It’s slow. It’s challenging. It’s boring.

Thank god the final quarter is enjoyable, or this would have been a major dud.

As usual with Black Library, the performance quality is high.

⭐️ ⭐️.5/5

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Great performance highly recommended

Great performance highly recommended. the story is also amazing but the narration bring it to life? death? both 😅

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clear dip

While the story was fairly good, the performance had issues to me; especially when there was no clear part between passages. When the story jumped, this caused a lot "The fuck"

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Excellent

Well preformed, great story, compelling narratives. I miss the old world and look forward to its return.

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Phenomenal!!

I was enraptured from start to finish. Fantastic story, amazing narrator. Simply phenomenal!! Roll on next in the series.

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epic story

i love the story, a great following from the rise of Nagash. Can't wait for The next book. The Curse of Khaine 

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Amazing progression of Age of Sigmar

having listened to Nagash, I'm happy to hear what those characters get up to and the impact they have. crazy how powerful the Nurgle army is. Ending was satisfying.

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The End draws near

Really enjoyed this one. It could be argued that something as momentous as the fall of Altdorf deserves more build-up, but I found the fast pace and blistering action quite to my taste. The griffon on demon action in particular was awesome. Deathclaw has earned his place among the best of boys. Onward, children of the Empire!

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awesome.

amazing story, superbly read. a must for Warhmmer fans. was kept wanting to hear more. Great characters and scene setting.

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