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  • Galaxy in Flames

  • The Horus Heresy, Book 3
  • By: Ben Counter
  • Narrated by: Toby Longworth
  • Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (5,303 ratings)

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Galaxy in Flames

By: Ben Counter
Narrated by: Toby Longworth
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Summary

Having recovered from his grievous injuries, Warmaster Horus leads the triumphant Imperial forces against the rebel world of Isstvan III.

Though the rebels are swiftly crushed, Horus' treachery is finally revealed when the planet is razed by virus bombs and Space Marines turn on their battle brothers in the most bitter struggle imaginable.

©2006 Games Workshop Limited (P)2014 Games Workshop Limited

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loving it

lovinf iT buying all this serials Brooks and good reader 2 just great book overall

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fantastic book 3 in series

I actually read the books for book 1 and 2, the audiobook for part 3 completely lived up to expectations. great story, great voice performance

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very good

I enjoyed this book and look forward to the next one. worth a credit. Enjoy.

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Serves as a good ending to the opening trilogy

The strength of Galaxy in Flames is it's culmination of the events being set in motion in Horus Rising and False Gods. The first three books serve as a great introduction to the cause and characters of the Heresy itself. You could stop here as a 40k fan as you know what happens.

However I feel this book is by far the weakest of the three. The author is not on par with Abnett or McNeill in my opinion. I found his writing style very plain and lacking impact. I also felt that the narrator was more inconsistent in this novel when compared to the first two. I felt the voices of some characters had changed a little. So this was a little worse than previous novels too.

To conclude I would say this novel starts weak but finishes strong. The second half is very good, and worth getting through the first for. I don't have an issue with slow burn at all, I just felt the writing here was not as engaging.

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Excellent.

Big fan of this series, Mr Longworth is Excellent he really brings the story to life.

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A great conclusion to books 1 & 2

The narrator's performance has improved from book 1 as he has gotten into the characters.

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Thoroughly enjoyed this one.

Really loved this book. Could easily sit and listen to it again and iam probably going to. Really sets the scene for the coming campaign don't want to say anymore as to spoil the plot

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hooked

couldn't stop listening , hanging on every chapter
straight onto book 4. Toby Longworth is amazing at story telling

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one of the best black library audios

brilliant, truly one of the best black library audios. sets the scene for the entire Horus heresy.

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Toby Longworth is superb.

The story is extremely entertaining, but it is Toby Longworth who is the real star here.

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