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The Armour of Contempt

Gaunt's Ghosts: Warhammer 40,000, Book 10

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The Armour of Contempt

By: Dan Abnett
Narrated by: Toby Longworth
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Book 10 in the Gaunt's Ghosts series.

Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt returns with the Tanith First to a world that he promised to save, only to find that years of war and the ever-present taint of Chaos may have damaged it beyond redemption.

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It's a triumphant return to Gereon. Gaunt promised to liberate the planet from the forces of Chaos, and now he's back to keep his word. But as is ever the way for the Tanith, tragedy will be mingled with triumph as the war on Gereon grinds on...

The story:

Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt spent a year fighting as part of the underground resistance on the enemy-held world of Gereon. When he left, he promised that he would bring the forces of the Imperium to liberate Gereon's citizens from their oppressors. Now he has returned, a crusade army at his back, but he finds a world devastated by war and a people irrevocably damaged by the taint of Chaos. Now Gaunt must fight to save Gereon not only from the enemy, but from the Imperium itself.

©2023 Games Workshop Limited (P)2023 Games Workshop Limited Military Science Fiction Fiction War Emotionally Gripping Ghost Haunted Crusade
Emotional Storytelling • Harrowing War Depiction • Incredible Voice Acting • Compelling Character Arcs
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It's a great addition to an already awesome series! There's something in here for every 40K fan: big cataclysmic battles, small intimate fights, and different imperial machinations going with and against each other. Zero complaints with author or reader!

Fantastic read!

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This was brilliant. It truly shows the meat grinder mentality of the normal Guard Grunts. Meat to be thrown against a metal wall until it breaks. Puts it in perspective really.

Well made

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Audible can’t release the next book fast enough. Can’t wait for the next book and adventure!

Onto the next great one!

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This whole series never fails to impress the multi book storylines also get better too.

Another great one

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While Gaunt's Ghosts is the most recommended series of WH40k media, many seem to read the first two or three and call it good. A lot of people are missing out when it comes to these later novels, as Abnett has really hit his stride by this point. The ease at which he writes these characters and the conviction that Toby Longworth voices them with shine through and transform the material from just another episode of a pulp war story to a harrowing, emotional exploration of duty, family, honor and all that good stuff. Possibly my favorite of these so far, next to Sabbat Martyr. And gotta say, love when Longworth gets many different accents to do as compared with something like Eisenhorn where he's doing comparatively fewer voices. It's great to immediately know who's talking because of a familiar lilt and cadence.

These really do just get better and better

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Another great addition to the Ghost series, as always the ups and downs we come to expect .

Can’t get enough of this series!

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I would give it 1 star because of reasons you will find out reading it and how heart wrenching it is. but it's still such a good book. seeing a return of the dynamic we once enjoyed and a completely new perspective was awesome. A triumphant return to such an important setting that is integral to the Ghosts we know today is awesome. Even the heart break. awesome.

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Toby Longsworth and Dan Abnett are heros of the black library. All Hail their return and may we pray for them to return again soon.

I would give it 1 star because of reasons...

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This book contains one of the most intense, grimdark, hopeless battle sequences I’ve ever listened to. You’ll know it when you get there.

FETHING hell. This series just does not stop outdoing itself. Book after book.

This one has it all. Including some painfull losses to the Tannith First and Only that really hit hard.

A great read.

“Sure as Sure.”

FETHING GRIMDARK MADNESS!

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great story with a send off that made me cry for one of the characters....... again. love the writing but damn Dan abbot please I can't take anymore send-off like this.

did it again

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It was well worth the wait. The split view was kind of disorienting but Longworths performance keeps you engaged. I can't wait for the next one

Gereon resists

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