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Day of Ascension
- Warhammer 40,000
- Narrated by: Harry Myers
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
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Summary
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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- A. Brugge
- 28-01-23
Short and sweet
I was not bored. The characters did not annoy me. The book did not spend 3 hours describing the details of every nail, screw or weapon. These are all positives, but sometimes lacking in the 40k books.
There is enough build up of characters and the setting, and the book flows at a good pace. The story is interesting, and the narration is great. The premise did not at first appeal that much to me, but the good writing and quick pace drew me in.
If it was longer, it would have ended up dragging and bloated. I did not wish it to be longer, but it made me want to read more books by the author, and for him to write more 40k books. In that, at least, the book was successful. And it was a new and interesting way of telling a story in this setting. Much more worth the credit than some 16 hour long, bloated mess where nothing happens, and everything is described. in. painful. detail.
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- Anonymous User
- 27-06-23
Great BL Story
Credit to the author and the narrator for an entertaining and unique story! I really enjoyed the insight into how a cult is perceived from within and how it can bring about its revolution. Not for the first time I find admech are great antagonists for the way they compare and contrast with the protagonist faction, a forgeworld additionally being the perfect setting for a cult uprising. I've seen some reviews wishing the book was longer, and while this wouldn't hurt I personally found the length to be more than sufficient to tell a great story.
Well worth a credit, 5/5!
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- Iain McNeil
- 30-06-22
Who are the least human?
Absolutely superb writing. I found myself rooting for the world devouring monsters. Grim dark at it's very best.
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- Eric R.
- 07-12-22
Solid and short
A good story that is well read. I like to listen to these while I paint miniatures.
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- Andrea Signorini
- 25-01-23
one of the best 40k novel I've listened
I really liked this novel, grimdark, there are no "good guys", there is only ...war, just kidding :D... there are only slightly variation of "bad guys". Moreover a lot of times in a w40k novel there is a lot of shooting and dakkas, maybe too much; instead in this novel I find the right amount of action. I hope the author will keep working on other w40k novels.
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- Call me Bob
- 12-06-23
Nice and different point of view
This was very interesting and definitely GrimDark.
I did enjoy it and also recommend.
Great narrator.
Not much else to say.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-02-22
Speechless
What a perfect novel... simply flawless. And the ambience it paints is perfect for the GSC.
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- paul sparks
- 06-02-22
Fanatics always fanatics
There is nothing in the grim dark future that isn’t fuelled by fanaticism and this excellent book shows us the perspective of the genestealer cults and their absolute desire to become bio-organic matter for the Hive aka lunch the mild twist at the end was fairly obvious but that didn’t detract and I thoroughly enjoyed this book, great narration and I hope to hear from this gentleman
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- A young man
- 20-11-22
Great voice work, okay story
I really enjoyed the voice acting, he really made each character come to life in their own voice.
The story is on the better side of the black book library, but still a bit slow and meandering at times. With that said, it is very good at showing aspects of the 40k universe seldom writen about.
Ypu can read this with very little knowledge of the 40k universe. Probably good to know some general Mecanicum stuff. Just since thats the backdrop world.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-01-24
Tyranid POV amazing
Nids are the "good guys" ? original and awesome i hope we get more of this interesting concept
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