Fulgrim: The Perfect Son Audiobook By Jude Reid cover art

Fulgrim: The Perfect Son

Warhammer 40,000

Preview
Try for $0.00
Prime logo Prime members: New to Audible?
Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Fulgrim: The Perfect Son

By: Jude Reid
Narrated by: Andrew James Spooner
Try for $0.00

$14.95/month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $32.71

Buy for $32.71

Confirm purchase
Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use, License, and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.
Cancel

About this listen

A Warhammer 40,000 Audiobook

For too long the Emperor’s Children have been denied their birthright. Their once-glorious Legion has been fractured into disparate warbands, condemned to ravage world after futile world in the pursuit of ambition and excess. But no longer.

LISTEN TO IT BECAUSE

Fulgrim has a simple job for his sons, but what happens when it turns out to be far more complicated than it seems? Dive into the fractious nature of the Emperor's Children when things aren't quite going their way – rife with arrogance, internecine conflict, and divergent viewpoints.

THE STORY

Lord Fulgrim – ascended Primarch of the III Legion, the Perfect Son, the Emperor-in-Waiting – has issued a challenge to his scattered warriors: vanquish the Imperial world of Crucible, and bring him the head of the Black Templar charged with its defence.

But Fulgrim’s plans go far beyond the conquest of a single planet, and what should have been a swift and bloody offensive turns into a gruelling siege. With success uncertain, a world in flames around them, and the Legion turning their weapons inwards as well as out, the would-be champions are forced to confront a bitter truth. What must they sacrifice for victory and the favour of their Primarch, and what will be left of them when the war is over?

©2025 Games Workshop Limited (P)2025 Games Workshop Limited
Science Fiction War
adbl_web_global_use_to_activate_T1_webcro805_stickypopup
All stars
Most relevant  
Performance was great the book itself is just nothing . Bunch of one and done characters who will never be mentioned again on a meaningless planet. This book should be called emperor’s children versus Black Templar and oh fulgrim is also kind of around.

I hope your ready for nothing

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

the book was really good and temaris's story from start from to finish truly embodies the irony of the emperors children. always striving to achieve a goal but once achieved it feels hollow and wish they never bothered. the only downside like Many others have pointed out is I was expecting the story to told by fulgrim POV and also tell us what's he's been up to in the last 10k years but instead he's just kinda there and comes off as a total side character.

pretty good, but isn't from fulgrim 1st person POV

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

So So good. Alright maybe it’s called Fulgrim and he’s not the MAIN character but you can feel him pulling the strings throughout the entire book and when he does appear, it will make your SKIN CRAWL. The performance is amazing and the effects they use for fulgrims voice, you really feel the dread of a Primarch. And it’s an interesting look at the emperors children and the story is super interesting. And the performance is just so good. Listen to it!!

Don’t know how this got less than 5 stars

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

It’s an okay story about the third legion fighting the Imperium. Oh and Fulgrim is back! Great performance - loved the little audio details added without being distracting.

It’s okay. A new Fulgrim book that “Features” Fulgrim.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

after finishing this book I was left in with a feeling that only very few other 40k books have left me with. A feeling that tells only comes when I have read something that truly changes my understanding of the 40k setting.
The story is about a Emperors Children versus a Black Templar on a Conquest to kill one another for the approval of there father. For Tamaris of the Emperors Children, he seeks the approval of Fulgrim and becoming his champion. For Berengar of the Black Templars he seeks to fulfill a vision given to him by the Emperor of mankind.
For those wanting a book from the point of view of Fulgrim himself, you may be disappointed that he is not the main character.
From the start of the story both main characters hardly know each other and are near polar opposites. But as the story continues and the characters evolve they find that they have become more alike then they would hope.
If you are someone who wants a Black Templar book or a Emperors Children book, you will get a story that tests your understanding of both sides.
This is an essential reading for anyone either getting into 40k books or a 40k lors veteran.

who is the perfect son

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

so, I have many things I want to say about this book but I'll keep it short. When this book came out I think a lot of EC/Fulgrim fans expected a story like Horus Heresy 5: Fulgrim, a story that is told mostly from the perspective of fulgrim. The problem here is that the story bounces between 3 groups, an EC character, The Emperor's Champion, and some guardsmen. With the title naming Fulgrim and having him in the cover, it creates this idea that he will be front and center, but instead it's more like Fulgrim is just there watching. With the "twist" at the end it gives you this feeling that the author is Fulgrim and just laughing that you thought this book was gonna be an amazing Fulgrim story we would all love. Instead, the character in the ending essentially feels like the listener, empty.

Now, this doesn't mean the story is strictly bad, in fact quite the opposite. If the book was titled "Crucible" then this would have sold less, but would have never been such a massive disappointment. The expectation of a book with this title is massive and to have it be such a mundane story is such a shame. Th ending really solidifies how the listener feels about the title itself.

The thing that sucks is the characters and their story arcs are actually really interesting and their finale makes me want a miniature of them and their own story to evolve but because of how this book is presented, it just tells me none of this will happen and it will all be tossed aside. It's unfortunate that a story like this was basically wasted for no reason other than some hype sales.

if you read this and decided to listen to the book, just know that Fulgrim is in the story and plays his role, but the book is not going to give you any satisfying story or development of any Fulgrim stuff and is often quite boring and lacks ambition. It has its moments but it's just kind of a mid book. If you have other things you want to buy and listen to, come back to this one. if you haven't read Renegade or just want some Fulgrim, go read other books because this is just a generic EC story where Fulgrim likes to poke his nose into things before vanishing for 3 chapters.

It's alright

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

I want to start by saying the book was great it was done very well and the guy reading it does an amazing job. The title states Fulgrim making you think it’s like the Lion book where this book centers on Fulgrim… it does not. He’s in it but he’s not the main character. Half the book is about an EC champion trying to gain Fulgrim’s favor and the other half is imperium based. Just wanted to let people know to not get your hopes up thinking it’s like the Lion book where it kinda explains how he comes back into the 40K story and about what his goal is because it is not. His goal is to temper is legion into a better legion. That is it.

Misleading title

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

The book is all over the place and hard to follow. The story line is a major letdown and certainly nothing interesting about Fulgrim.

Nothing really

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

I would have liked to have a little more subtext on the supporting motivations for the cultists. I get 'why' they were motivated, but felt like I was told why as opposed to shown why. it's as if none of the cultists had wives, lovers rivalries, they seemed a little flat.

the ending was a happy suprise

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Definitely more of an emperors children book than fulgrim book. Not a huge imperium glazing either like everyone has been saying. Well written and engaging, but not what everyone wanted or expected. Still very good and worth a listen. Fulgrim is in it way more than I was led to believe, he steals the show in all the scenes he’s in and the main EC and black Templar characters are engaging. Doesn’t progress the setting forward or answer questions we wanted but it’s very entertaining. Worth a listen if you get it on sale or for credit. Had a good time with it.

Not perfect, but still good

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

See more reviews