Helsreach

Space Marine Battles: Warhammer 40,000

De: Aaron Dembski-Bowden

Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble

When the world of Armageddon is attacked by orks, the Black Templars Space Marine Chapter are amongst those sent to liberate it. Chaplain Grimaldus and a band of Black Templars are charged with the defence of Hive Helsreach from the xenos invaders in one of the many battle zones.

But as the orks' numbers grow and the Space Marines' numbers dwindle, Grimaldus faces a desperate last stand in an Imperial temple. Determined to sell their lives dearly, will the Black Templars hold on long enough to be reinforced, or will their sacrifice ultimately be in vain?

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First Foray into Warhammer 40k

This book was suggested to me by a friend when I asked which Audible Warhammer book I should begin with.
It did not disappoint. I was vaguely familiar with Warhammer 40k before beginning this story (I had primarily seen pictures of Space Marines etc.) and I was quickly drawn into the Universe with little trouble imagining the different characters, species, and machinery. The backdrop of this Universe is one of War on such an immense scale that it is difficult to understand, however this story takes the big picture and slowly focuses in from a planetary system scale to a single planet, to a continent on said planet and finally focusing on the defense of a single city. In doing that, the reader receives the feeling of both the grand scale of a star systems at war all the way down to individuals in hand to hand combat trying to survive and claim victory over seemingly insurmountable odds. While listening, I as the reader was unsure as to which characters were going to survive and indeed if ANY would survive. The character development was nuanced but well done and with enough humor to release the tension when needed.
The voice acting was well done and added to the war type atmosphere that was ever present throughout the story.
All being said this was a great introduction to Warhammer 40k and I plan on listening to more in the future.

Amazing!

Best book I have read in my time reading Warhammer 40k novels. Great characters and even better setting. If the story is bleak, it is hard not to feel the same.

Just buy it

By The Emperor! One of the best 40K audio books on here. Jonathan Keeble brings it to life wonderfully!

Excellent 40k Story

One of the best stand-alone 40k stories there are on the market! Shows a good overview of Space Marines/Titans and Imperial Guard.

Best 40k book

It was awesome. Jonathan Keeble narrates ABD's extremely well written Helsreach exceptionally. It left me laughing at times and sad and emotional at others. Fantastic!