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The Silent King

Dawn of Fire: Warhammer 40,000, Book 9

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The Silent King

By: Guy Haley
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Audiobook 9 in the Dawn of Fire Series

The first phase of the Indomitus Crusade is drawing to a close. Vast swathes of Imperium Sanctus are back under tentative Imperial control. Still the primarch Roboute Guilliman faces wars on every front. His desire to cross the Great Rift to save Imperium Nihilus remains strong, even as news of renewed assaults on Ultramar draw his attention home.

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The Dawn of Fire series reaches its epic conclusion! How will Roboute Guilliman deal with an ancient xenos threat? Was the Indomitus Crusade doomed from the very start, and can an already split Imperium survive?

THE STORY
The Avenging Son must delay his return home and head to the galactic south, taking a large part of the crusade with him, for the menace of the necrons is gathering strength. Battlefleet Kallides, despatched into the dangerous null space of the Pariah Nexus some years before, is feared lost. A greater unity is being forged between the necron dynasties, and with it come whispers of a power from the ancient past returned to rule them all… Whispers of the Silent King.

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One of the worst 40k books in awhile. I understand the black library likes to drag story out over many years, to torture there fanbase, but there is no excuse for this. Boring story, uninteresting characters, slow moving.
No spoilers of course, but this is a waste of 15 hours

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the final book of this series falls flat to me. nothing came out of this really that stood out. nothing happens that advances the narrative past what we know. no reveals, G man still has no inclination that the Lion lives. the silent king is barley in the novel and when a fight seems to be on the rise between G man and the silent king that moment is instantly ripped away from you. I wish I saved my credit for another audiobook. wasn't worth it

a whole lotta nothing

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I was looking forward to more plot points being explored; however, instead we get a prequel of sorts to plenty of novels already out.

The timeline seems confusing with it taking place prior to The Great Work and before Dark Imperium.

A few details were interesting but not enough to elevate the experience.

Confusing narrative

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