Wrath of Iron

Space Marine Battles

By: Chris Wraight

Narrated by: Andrew Wincott

A Space Marine Battles Audiobook

As foul daemonic hordes swarm into the sub-sector, the Space Marines of the Iron Hands Chapter bring furious retribution to the Slaanesh-worshipping citizens of Contqual.

LISTEN TO IT BECAUSE

The Iron Hands face one of their oldest foes as the forces of Chaos infest a hive world. With surprising links back to the Horus Heresy and the death of Ferrus Manus, this is a defining tale for the sons of the Gorgon.

THE STORY

After months spent in the service of the Chaos god Slaanesh, the ruling classes of the Contqual sub-sector have finally brought true damnation upon their people – innumerable hordes of foul and lascivious daemons swarm from a tear in the fabric of reality to embrace their mortal pawns and drive them on to ever more depraved acts of worship. It falls to the merciless Space Marines of the Iron Hands Chapter to cleanse these worlds of the warp's unholy taint, and it is upon the surface of Shardenus that the fate of a billion lost souls will be decided.

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Meh

The book was truly boring. They hint at EC in the book but they are just so generic They randomly put in a footnote that the bad guy could have been a famous Captain of the Emperors children but leave out everything else. The story develops characters that never actually do anything except for complain and hide. The biggest enemy in the book is self doubt.

Quality grimdark

Old school grimdark 40k where the galaxy is nightmarish and there are no "good guys."

decent.

overall it was alright. I guess the author got lazy at the end though and decided to hand wave away any conflict between the admech and iron hands. That part was weird. Narrator was pretty good.

Space Marines aren't Good Guys

This is one of my favorite Space Marine books. Its oozing in Grimdark and a Brutal reminder that Space Marines are monsters that humans created to fight the other monsters of the galaxy.

This is also the book that got me interested in the Iron Hands. it was refreshing to see Space Marines as Soldiers. Warfare is a job. there was no chivalry, no heroics, no saviours, no glory seeking, no sneaking around, no thrill of the fight, and no boy scouts. They're just brutally effective soldiers with a job to do.

The voice actor is amazing and should be used in more Warhammer books.

The story was pretty good. I think this will be a book I listen to as many times as I have The Devastation of Baal.