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The Warmaster

By: Dan Abnett
Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
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Summary

After the success of their desperate mission to Salvation's Reach, Colonel Commissar Gaunt and the Tanith First race to the strategically vital forge world of Urdesh, besieged by the brutal armies of Anarch Sek. However, there may be more at stake than just a planet. The Imperial forces have made an attempt to divide and conquer their enemy, but with Warmaster Macaroth himself commanding the Urdesh campaign, it is possible that the Archenemy assault has a different purpose to decapitate the Imperial command structure with a single blow. Has the Warmaster allowed himself to become an unwitting target? And can Gaunt's Ghosts possibly defend him against the assembled killers and war machines of Chaos?

©2017 Games Workshop Limited (P)2017 Games Workshop Limited

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More losses for the ghosts

It's been awhile since I last read a gaunts ghosts novel but was very enjoyable. Dan Abnett doesn't pull the punches but without jeapody there is no excitement. Narration was good.

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a homerun

Loved it, one of Abnetts best Gaunt stories to date. nice to get a glimpse at the Imperial Guard high command.

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Reliable.content but patchy delivery

it's more Gaunt's ghosts - if you liked the previous ones you'll probably like this too. I did. There's not a lot more to say this far into the series. If you haven't read/heard the earlier entries start there.

The narrator does a great job when narrating, a solid job when voicing Gaunt or the main ghosts, and should (unfortunately) never be asked to do voices for women and children ever again for the love of the throne. The otherwise good reading lapses into pantomime.

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fantastic

great story and keeps in tune with the previous gaunt ghosts novels well recommended book

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Stilted reading, great story

A stop start performance but once you get used to it it's easy to enjoy a story that throws the Ghosts straight back into the thick of the action and raising the stakes for the régiment. A great return to form.


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Amazing as always

great stuff as always. Action and characters you love and hate. And love to hate.
big surprises and some real shifts that keep the ongoing series feeling fresh.
please don't make us wait so long for the next one.
I'm getting old. I might die soon. I want to read the end of the story

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Great story….tough narration

I’ll start and say I didn’t mind the change or narration for the previous book it was odd but I got my head around it. But this one is trickier! I really struggled with the narration. Gaunt sounds wrong, Ludd like a child, Verghast nothing like the other books, and the remaining Ghosts, or the female characters well….

Great scene setting story though….onto the next one!

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Better than reviews suggest

I read some other reviews that portray this book as a filler of sorts, personally I really enjoyed it and even though the narration initially put me off I soon warmed to the way it was told

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one of the best Warhammer 40k books out there very well done but the ending seem a bit quick but it is a 14 hours long any longer most people would get bored so it can't be helped and the ending is open for there to be a 2nd book

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stunning

brilliant book. Just wish they had used the narrator from the previous. have ordered the special edition of the hardcopy.

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