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  • Perturabo: The Hammer of Olympia

  • Primarchs: The Horus Heresy, Book 4
  • By: Guy Haley
  • Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
  • Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (553 ratings)
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Summary

Born to a life of political conflict, Perturabo was always considered a child prodigy among the people of Olympia - indeed, his philosophical and scientific works were beyond compare. But then, after his rediscovery by the Emperor and decades of thankless military campaigning on the Great Crusade, the primarch begins to resent his Legion's place in the Imperium.

When word reaches him of turmoil on his adoptive home world, he orders the Iron Warriors to abandon their campaign against the alien hrud and crush this emerging rebellion by any means necessary....

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Thoroughly enjoyable dive in to Perturabo

I enjoyed this Primarch book thoroughly, I only wish it would have been a few hours longer. Around a third of the book is on Perturabo's background on Olympia, before he was found by the Emperor. Another third is of he's slide to darkness and the last is on the legion and Antioch. The background part was the most enjoyable and unlike some of the other books in the series, this one describes how the primarch meets the Emperor. If you're at all interested in Perturabo and the Iron Warriors, I would recommend this book. Overall I think the story was decent, even though somewhat predictable and the writing was good.

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Needs more Dantioch

Perturabo runs exactly as you'd expect. A promising enough beginning gives way to the standard tale of a disillusioned Primarch and sets up the premise for his eventual role in the wider Heresy.

Part of the problem is the format - the Primarchs books are substantially shorter than the full length novels and in the case of Perturabo it's entirely for the worse. The early years on Olympia and his own campaign of Unification are fascinating so it's all the more disappointing that our time with the Primarch is cut short to address the (entirely unnecessary) motivation for his betrayal. The final speech by his adopted sister crystallises what took Haley a third of the book and again, it's to the detriment of the novel.

That said, Perturabo marks a very welcome return for Barabas Dantioch. The Warsmith's story is woven in with the Primarch's and its the latter who suffers. Dantioch is fascinating and his brief appearance here makes me long for more of the crafty ancient. Compared to his gene-son Perturabo comes off as little more than a cypher and while not as useless a creation as Angron, he's certainly no Lorgar. Perfectly read by Jonathan Keeble, Perturabo is by no means a must but worth it very much for Dantioch alone.

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could not finish this

I did not find the story enough to keep me listening
Not the characters, the plot - the performance was very good - ive come to expect that however! Spoiled I suppose

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My first audible book and im a big fan. NOT A BOT

Im starting an Iron warriors 40k army and wanted to learn more about them. I was blowed away by the book. Maybe becuase it's my first book but it gives great insight to understanding why Perturabo is the way he is and his legion. I think Guy Haley wrote the book in a very interesting way, Where chapter 1 tells you the beginning of Perturabo's life and chapter 2 is a very important event that took place some years later but really formed the legion and Perturabo the way they are now and the more you listen. The more you can piece the 2 stories/events together so it becomes coherent story.
I would say it's a great book. Not a whole lot of action but it's more about connecting with the charaters. Great narrater. He did a great job. All in all. I dont regret buying the book and i know i will listen to it again.
Sorry for the bad english and have a great day.

Much love from Denmark

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Iron Within, Iron Without

An absolutely fantastic narration, and a truthful telling of Guy's classic book, would recommend to any true fans of the Emperor's architect.

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Iron ego

A really interesting tale of perturabo starting his ascent to being a Primarch and at the same time laying the ground for his eventual fall to chaos, it’s all about the ego, he may be iron within but that ego is paper thin

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Nice addition to the universe

An enjoyable short and sweet tale that meshes in nicely with the canon and the Horus Heresy stuff in particular. The primarch back stories fascinate me. recommended!

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The story of the rust inside the Lord of Iron.

As someo exwho has always admired the Iron Warriors and their Primarch, this was required reading for me. This book explores the dark side of Perturabo andchisxLegion and how the seeds of their rebellion were sown.

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brilliant one of the best primarch stories

as above,
great insight in to the mind of perturabo
well written, narrated and easy to follow.. story flows very well.

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Great story

Fantastic story, slow to start but the really fleshes put the character of Perturabo and makes him so interesting and deep!

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