The Purging of Kadillus

Knights of Caliban: Warhammer 40,000, Book 1

By: Gav Thorpe

Narrated by: Andrew Wincott

A Space Marine Battles Audiobook

Faced with an ork invasion of one of their recruiting worlds, Piscina IV, the Dark Angels initially believe the threat to be minimal, but a renewed xenos offensive takes the Chapter by surprise..

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Captain Belial and the Dark Angels fight to free a key planet from the grip of the orks in this classic Warhammer 40,000 story told anew – including the infamous tale of Scout-Sergeant Namaan’s final battle.

THE STORY

Faced with an ork invasion of Piscina IV, the 3rd Company of the Dark Angels believes the threat to be minimal. As enemy numbers continue to increase, their commander, Captain Belial, insists that his Company are strong enough to resist. But Scout-Sergeant Naaman knows just how dangerous this foe can be, and when a renewed offensive takes the Dark Angels by surprise, the orks swarm towards Kadillus Harbour.

Belial, Naaman and their fellow Astartes must fight a desperate siege at Kadillus, knowing that if they do not hold out until Imperial reinforcements arrive, the planet will be lost. Little do the Dark Angels realise the technological power available to the xenos, and the true scale of the threat they face.

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Valiant sons of The Lion

I loved the interactions between the Dark Angels and the guardsmen as well as the introduction of several awesome characters some of which I regret that we won’t be seeing again.

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The general narration is ok, but the highly stylized manner in which the dialog between the dark angels is preformed really detracts from the experience for me. I much prefer the more pragmatic and grimdark portrayal of space marines by someone like Toby Longworth over the highly embellished and almost caricature-like portrayal.

A Blood Angel vs Ork story that includes Belial and Gaz

This is a 1 and done story about a company of space marines versus an unexpected ork invasion.

Belial, Commander of 3rd company of the Dark Angels, is in his early days as a company captain here. He's new in his role and unsure of the decisions he makes. Over the course of the novel you see him grow as a leader.

This is a 'bolter porn' novel with great character development throughout. The perspective given in each chapter range from a scout marine all the way to company Commander and everything in between. I liked that.

I thought the audio performance here was 'ok'. all the imperial characters sound similar except for sometimes being deep and sometimes not. I loved the narrator's ork performances. They are funny and add flavor that is otherwise lacking in the performance. solid 3 for ne.

Definitely recommend if you're a Dark Angel fan and looking for a peak into their chapter.

Action packed

Not understanding the bad reviews this one was awesome constant action great story telling honestly left me wanting more

best 40k and dark angels book I've read in a while. like horus rising but for present time.

I listened to this and then the new dark angel book about lazarus and the difference.... is sad. this book is amazing and it's everything I miss about grinders, the character connection and perfect roles, and just perfect following of this campaign down to the squad level is actually beautiful. if your a dark angels fan and you havnt heard this then I'm genuinely jealous.