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The Master of Mankind
- The Horus Heresy, Book 41
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
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Summary
While Horus' rebellion burns across the galaxy, a very different kind of war rages beneath the Imperial Palace.
The 'Ten Thousand' Custodian Guard, along with the Sisters of Silence and the Mechanicum forces of Fabricator General Kane, fight to control the nexus points of the ancient eldar webway that lie closest to Terra, infested by daemonic entities after Magnus the Red's intrusion. But with traitor legionaries and corrupted Battle Titans now counted among the forces of Chaos, the noose around the Throneworld is tightening, and none but the Emperor Himself can hope to prevail.
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- Atte
- 22-07-19
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Im commander Shepard and this is my favourite book on the citadel.
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- Craigie
- 14-01-18
Superb Insight into the Custodies & The Emperor!
Riveting and insightful. Here we learn of the exact nature of the catastrophe that Magnus the Red wrought upon the work the Emperor was attempting to carry out on a human webway.
Told from several viewpoints, a Custodian Guard, an augmented Blood Angel whom could no longer fight as his bionics are glitchy and more including a tech priest from mars who was responsible for the creation of one of warhammer 4000's most iconic vehicles, the mighty Land Raider ( bet you thought it was called that because it could raid over land! ? Not the case at all.
Master of Mankind is amongst my top five in the Horus Heresy series.
Jonathan Keeble performamce is as always at the top of his game.
Highly entertaining from start to finish.
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- MR C EARL
- 18-07-18
A good book for fans interested in 30/40k
If you are a fan of the setting I would heartily recommend this book, the story and information contained within is a gold mine for those interested in what was happening on terra during the horus heresy. The characters/story are interesting enough and the narration is of the high standard I would expect from Black Library.
One of the few gripes I have is that most of the fights in the book are the typical hordes and hordes of folk on both side just fighting apocalyptic battles that are present in most black library novels. For those that like bland-ish heroic romps of violence with little real feeling of being in a battle and not just a massive vague brawl then I don't think this will bother you, I didn't until recently but the more black library books I read the more I notice this is a reoccurring theme.
Overall, a good listen that will appeal to fans of the setting but one that newbies to black library or those who like their battles to be a bit more gritty should avoid.
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- Sam
- 19-06-20
Sub Par
I usualy love ADB's work, but this was a weak story thats only real purpose was to artificialy weaken the Custodes and the Silent Sisters. 5/10
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- Chris Dann
- 12-09-19
A Paradigm-Shifting View of the Heresy
ADB does it again. I now look on the 30K (and, as a result, 40K) setting with new eyes. I've come away from the Master of Mankind with new eyes on who the Emperor is, what he is like, what his motivations are and how he acts amongst the various people he encounters. I see the Horus Heresy more in context of the story of Mankind as a species and the devestating effect it has on said story. We learn more about the Emperor's webway project and what that would have meant for the species. We see his feelings on the primarchs, both before and after the betrayal. Put simply, I cannot look at Warhamer 40K in the same well again, well done ADB.
Jonathan Keeble, as ever, does an amazing performance. His range of voices is impressive, and especially his Emperor voice. The feeling of each character comes through in his reading. His voice is now the voice of any Black Library book in my opinion.
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- Gabriel Saether
- 10-11-17
The Emperor of all mankind! gets some screen time.
finally we get some insight in to the man that forged the imperium, and his custodians. a must listen for any fans, Don't recommend starting here. One of the best in the series.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-09-20
Magnificent
Another great book by a great author, displaying the strength of the custodes and sisters of silance as well as giving insight into a war they couldn't hope to win.
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- Chris Gerrard
- 26-08-20
ADB does it again.
Great book. Answers many of the questions that surround the overall narrative. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
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- Semi Pro Tech Guru
- 12-07-19
Coming back again and again
So I don't usually write reviews but I need to do this one
I've listened to most of the Heresy series, and the Black Legion series by ADB.
Whenever I am waiting for a new Horus Heresy book to come out, this is the book I return to and listen again and again. It still evokes the same enjoyment and emotion.
If you listen to one Warhammer book, or one Horus Hersey book, make it this one.
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- Travs
- 26-10-20
awesome...
So the book took me by surprise and greatly opened up the hidden war in the horus heresy. Really good
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