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Sons of the Emperor: An Anthology

The Horus Heresy Primarchs

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Sons of the Emperor: An Anthology

By: John French, Aaron Dembski-Bowden, Nick Kyme, Gav Thorpe, Guy Haley, L J Goulding, Graham McNeill, Dan Abnett
Narrated by: Christopher Tester
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About this listen

A Primarchs Anthology

The primarchs, nigh-immortal sons of the Emperor of Mankind, take the stage in a series of short stories showcasing some of their great deeds and hideous acts from across the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy.

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Whether you see them as heroes, villains, or victims of the Emperor's machinations, these tales will give you a different perspective on a host of primarchs – including Angron, Vulkan, Magnus the Red, and Horus himself.

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From their shadowed origins to the desperate battles that ensued when half of their number rebelled against their father, the sons of the Emperor – the vaunted primarchs – were among the mightiest champions of the nascent Imperium, warriors without peer, and heroes whose actions became legend. Whether you seek the angel Sanguinius, who confronted the dark nature of his bloodthirsty Legion, or mighty Vulkan, whose connection to humanity set him apart amongst his brothers, or dour Perturabo, architect, inventor and murderous warlord, or even Horus Lupercal, whose shining light was eclipsed only by the darkness that grew within his soul – this anthology covers eight of the primarchs and their greatest, darkest deeds.

CONTENTS

– The Passing of Angels by John French, featuring Sanguinius

– The Abyssal Edge by Aaron Dembski-Bowden, featuring Konrad Curze

– Mercy of the Dragon by Nick Kyme, featuring Vulkan

– Shadow of the Past by Gav Thorpe, featuring Lorgar

– The Emperor’s Architect by Guy Haley, featuring Perturabo

– Prince of Blood by L J Goulding, featuring Angron

– The Ancient Awaits by Graham McNeill, featuring Magnus the Red

– Misbegotten by Dan Abnett, featuring Horus Lupercal

Narrated by Christopher Tester. Running time 7 hours, 6 minutes (approx).

©2023 Games Workshop Limited (P)2023 Games Workshop Limited
Adventure Anthologies & Short Stories Fiction Military Science Fiction

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Another amazing anthology, and it was a pleasure to listen to The Ancient Awaits in Mr Tester’s magnificent style!

Fantastic set with fantastic reader

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Always like listening to this performer. He nails it every time. I hope to hear more from him.
The stories were good too.

Great performance

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a great collection of stories to introduce and expand upon then primarchs most were amazing but some were a little lacking. however the narrator was very engaging making it an enjoyable experience throughout.

another great dive into the primarchs

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The most complete anthology I have read so far, no filler and good insight into various characters not all however primarchs.

Perhaps the best anthology of the series

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A lot of these stories fill in the gaps between major events in the heresy, featuring some of the very best characters from the whole series. A must listen for anyone that loves 30k.

Fills in some gaps

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loved the narration. most of the stories where amazing a couple where a bit boring though

loved the narration

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Love it, each story was a great addition to the lore and well written! Need more of this Tester guy doing 40k audiobooks

Outstanding Narration and Writing

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One of my favourite voice actor is narrating. It is great! I reallx recommend the anthology too, nice stories from the Heresy era.

Voice actor Chris Tester is absolutely stellar.

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After so long, my favourite yt VA did an official Warhammer audiobook and it is AWERSOME. Perfect mimicry of characters’ voices, perfect storytelling, nothing to complain about. Can’t wait for another one!
The stories themselves are all those “fun primarch X fact” that every fan knew but didn’t know where they came from. Well, here they are, and it is a must-listen.

Finally professional.

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Christopher Tester needs to redo the HH! the first 2 books are actually amazing, but the the cliff it falls off in quality and feel is huge!

I love the Black Library, and I'll be buying books done by Christopher Tester because he's doing them.

10/5 stars

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