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  • Ahriman: Exile

  • Ahriman: Warhammer 40,000, Book 1
  • By: John French
  • Narrated by: Mark Elstob
  • Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (408 ratings)
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By: John French
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Summary

Book one in the Ahriman series.

Cast out of his Legion, the sorcerer Ahriman, who condemned the Thousand Sons to an eternity of damnation, plots his return to power and the destruction of his foes.

Listen to it because: experience the beginning of an epic, time-twisting saga of revenge, betrayal and attempted atonement. John French takes the Ahriman you know and love from the Horus Heresy in new and interesting directions, making him both deeply sympathetic and thoroughly evil.

The story: all is dust.... Spurned by his former brothers and his father, Magnus the Red, Ahriman is a wanderer, a sorcerer of Tzeentch whose actions condemned an entire Legion to an eternity of damnation. Once a vaunted servant of the Thousand Sons, he is now an outcast, a renegade who resides in the Eye of Terror. Ever scheming, he plots his return to power and the destruction of his enemies, an architect of fate and master of the warp.

Written by John French. Narrated by Mark Elstob.

©2020 John French (P)2020 Games Workshop Limited

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  • 16-08-20

AH-RI-MAN ! AH-RI-MAN ! How good was this!

Never been a fan of the Thousand Sons but this was quality from start to finish. Never been a fan of leaving reviews but for this I make an exception. Ahriman's elevated himself to a place much higher in my imaginative estimation, so high in fact that only one stands above him in my eyes, Fabius Bile, aka pater mutatis,manflayer,primogenitor and clonelord.
All said and done though, this was good, really good, better than all the previous Thousand Sons books and lore. Strongly suggest listening to this, you will not be disappointed. I may even listen to it a second time,right now.

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Not that great

It's a bit rubbish to be honest, the story is boring and the performance is even worse, Marks Elstob voice just doesn't sound right for this type of title, I was really looking forward to the audio book, but it just didn't work for me and will not be rushing back for a second listen to soon, it a 3 out 5 book at best.

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A Gem

This book is awesome!
Not only does it give a rare look into what life is like for those who have fallen to chaos (it’s not fun) but it also follows one of the most interesting anti-heroes in the 40k universe. There is a good mix of action, sorcery and betrayal. If you loved the thousand sons novels and wondered what happened next, look no further. This book is so, so good.

A note about the narrator:
Audiobooks can live or die on the strength of their narrators.

I’ve listened to almost all the 30k/40k audio books now and I have to say that Mark Elstob ranks up there with veterans like Toby Longworth and Johnathan Keeble. I really enjoyed his character voices - he’s got the chaos sorcerers and the fallen space marines to a T. I am looking forward to his reading of the rest of this series!!

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I hate this man's voice.

from the annoying what seems to be throat tapping "mechanical" voice, to the lip clapping sound swallowing demon voice. I'm not saying that you won't like his voice I'm just saying that this man's voice made this book unbearable for me to listen to. I love the lore of the Warhammer 40k universe but I can't stand this Inquisitor level torture.

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Great introduction to Ahriman

Shows Ahriman as more than a two dimensional character, explaining his contradictions and his desires.

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oooh Friend! 👍

Overall, a great introduction to Ahriman. Showing his weakness and ultimately, his strength.

The story narration was very good, but some character voices were so bad that I nearly gave up on it. Like Jay from the Inbetweeners.

Stick it out, I'm glad I didn't as the story itself was good.

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Ahriman

Story was ok and pretty interesting to see the inner conflict ahriman faced after turning his brothers into dust golems at the start though he seems a bit out of character going into stage 5 depression but overall i liked to book mainly because im a thousand sons fan. I would recommend getting it if you are as well if not the eshinhorn series is great and so is gaunts ghosts.

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Terrible voices

Honestly the story is brilliant.
The voice acting is sub par for the main characters and borderline absurd for others making it difficult to want to pay attention and not skip parts.

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slow to start, but good

bit slow to start but it's a good in the end, if your a sons fan defo worth the listen

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Awful performance from Mark Elstob.

i have read and loved this book and was really excited to listen to them at work. but i dont think this kind of story suits Mark Elstob. his voice and acting just ruined the characters for me.

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