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Fifteen Hours

Warhammer 40,000

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Fifteen Hours

By: Mitchel Scanlon
Narrated by: Tom Allenby
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An Astra Militarum Novel

A young soldier of the Astra Militarum is thrust onto a battlefield where the average life expectancy is just fifteen hours – facing brutal orks, artillery bombardment, and the horrors of no man's land.

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It's a sharp, incisive look at the first hours of war for a new Guardsman, and all the terrors that accompany it…

The story

Arvin Larn is terrified. On the battlefields of the far future, only an insane man wouldn't be. Seventeen years old and still new to the Imperial Guard, he is thrust straight into his first war, and must face horrors that his sheltered upbringing could never prepare him for. The trenches of the 41st millennium are filled with worse things than rats and trenchrot. For one, the world they fight for is being contested by the monstrous alien orks. The greenskins live for battle and fight without fear, so it's no wonder that the average life-span of an Imperial Guardsman on this forsaken world is only fifteen hours.

©2023 Games Workshop Limited (P)2023 Games Workshop Limited Military Science Fiction Fiction War Scary
Engaging Storyline • Grimdark Atmosphere • Distinct Character Voices • Realistic War Portrayal • Spellbinding Performance
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I really loved the hour to hour life of a guardsman this book provides. My only complaint is just as I got properly interested ans invested the book ended. It's a slow start with a strong finish. Check it out!

A few hours in the life

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Loved the story and the characters and I especially liked how the narrator did voices for each character

Loved it

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Great cast of characters and intimate story with great comedic edge and surprisingly deep and heartfelt character development. Performed expertly, but be prepared for some gut punches

A Catch-22 Style Story In The Far, Far Future

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Great narration of a story that really captures the senseless brutality of war in the 40th millennium.

A Grimdark Classic

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loved it, one of the finest guard books out there, were I to recommend 1 book to represent the guard? That is to say they only want to read one? this would be a perfect example.

I didn't give max on the performance because there is a overlap of audio but it lasts less that 30 seconds and is rapidly fixed, its still there though, so that may be a tad frustrating.

generally a great book with a strong story and a wonderful cornerstone of the Lore.

Before Gaunts Ghosts was a thing we had this

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Excellent, and great narration. Captures the setting from a ground level. It has a WWI war story feel wrapped into the grim dark setting.

Excellent. Captures the setting at ground level.

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This book did a phenomenal job with the grim dark. It’s a great story with a oddly wholesome finish.

A great story

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I enjoyed the characters and story. The narrator left a little to be desired but not awful.

Great listen.

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loved the story! the ending was sad but expected. would recommend as a book to enter the world.

great story!

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The narrative puts the listener in the shoes of a novice guardsman, and their first 15 hours on an incredibly hostile planet overrun by bloodthirsty Xenos.

A harrowing tale that highlights the relentless horror of life in the Imperial Guard

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