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  • False Gods

  • The Horus Heresy, Book 2
  • By: Graham McNeill
  • Narrated by: Toby Longworth
  • Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (10,339 ratings)

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False Gods

By: Graham McNeill
Narrated by: Toby Longworth
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The Great Crusade that has taken humanity into the stars continues. The Emperor of Mankind has handed the reins of command to his favoured son, the Warmaster Horus. Yet all is not well in the armies of the Imperium.

Horus is still battling against the jealousy and resentment of his brother primarchs, and when he is injured in combat on the planet Davin, he must also battle his inner daemon. With all the temptations that Chaos has to offer, can the weakened Horus resist?

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amazing story, perfectly renditioned. overall a very enjoyable story to listen to when you want to relax.

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I'm a millwright that spends breaks listening to these books. I wanted to sound real for you

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Disappointing follow-up to Horus Rising

You pretty much have to read this because Horus Heresy, right? But that’s just the thing: False Gods pales by comparison to Horus Rising but, being the middle of the Heresy… it doesn’t matter.

What makes this book good: rich, detailed characters, dialog, and interactions; well-described landscapes with enough detail to imagine but not so much to bore the reader; and interpersonal dynamics which are mostly credible.

What sucks: way too rushed at the end. That Horus would turn on his father is understandable considering his near-death experience. What defies belief is how anyone one else, including the AdMech, would go from mass genocide of entire planets and cultures “for the Emperor!” to “Kill the Emperor and all (including Astartes) who follow him!” without batting an eye.

An expert delivery may have made it somewhat plausible, but Graham McNeill is clearly not there. At least in this book. All that said, you still have to read it. Because Horus Heresy.

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great book

if you are a fan of 40k this book is a must read. excellent character devlopment and very sad near the end

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Great follow up

picked up well where the first book left off, perfect continuation. can't wait for the next book

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A brilliant reading, as the first one.

A delight to listen to, if the writing was in my opinion weaker this time. Nevertheless, a very enjoyable audiobook.

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Great story

I did not like how from Horus Rising, to this book Horus changes from being so humble to headstrong over a matter of days. I think this is mostly just this author's view of Horus, as it is present from chapter 1.

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good listen

good story, I would like to know a lot more and I wish it was longer as there are a lot of questions left open for more or less the reader to choose.

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Required listening

McNeill and Longworth have excelled themselves. Words do no justice to their efforts in making the Heresy come alive.

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Strange turn of character

The direction GM takes Horus makes very little sense after reading Horus Rising. He goes from a calm collected strategist on a quest for leaves to a warmongering madman who disregards all of his trusted council and turns to chaos on a whim abandoning whatever few admirable traits he had left by the end of the book.

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