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  • The Outcast Dead

  • The Horus Heresy, Book 17
  • By: Graham McNeill
  • Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
  • Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,290 ratings)

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The Outcast Dead

By: Graham McNeill
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
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Summary

The galaxy is burning. The Emperor's loyal primarchs prepare to do battle with Warmaster Horus and his turncoat Legions on the black sand of Isstvan.

Such dark times herald new and yet more terrible things still to come, and when Astropath Kai Zulane unwittingly learns a secret that threatens to tip the balance of the war, he is forced to flee for his life. Alongside a mysterious band of renegades, he plunges into the deadly underworld of Terra itself, hunted like a criminal by those he once trusted. In the face of betrayal, Kai must decide where his own loyalties lie and whether some truths should be buried forever.

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Cringey Asian accents...

Excellent narrator...except when trying to do Asian accents, and then it descends into cringe. Absolutely everything else though was amazing.

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excellent

enjoyed goater storyline, negative was the whole future stuff i dont like, good fight scenes

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Amazing work, brilliant writing and narration.

Amazing work, brilliant writing and narration.One of the best in the whole Horus Heresy Series.

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A thrilling ride

I enjoy the books about real people, and this is one of the better ones.v

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Great horus heresy story

really enjoyable story well told keeps going at a good clip so it doesn't get to bogged down went in expecting nothing and really enjoyed it rare glimpse into astropaths

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A decent story taken to exceptionalism by the performance

The story is mediocre and as far as I can tell doesn’t have too much to add to the main storyline however it goes into an unprecedented amount of detail about the astropathica and gives that mysterious part of the Imperium’s infrastructure some character.

This book also gives a great look at life on Terra right at the peak of the Imperium’s might which is as you’d imagine, sufficiently Grimdark.

All in all, a good story with some interesting characters with dimension and people you really want to succeed even if the “big reveal” that is built up is something that we already know.

The real quality of this story is the Narration of Jonathan Keeble. From the off his voice brings this book to life in a way no one else has quite managed in the Heresy Books so far. I’d recommend the listen just for him.

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strong plot easy to follow characters

really good plot and easy to follow whose who right from the start.

I really like some of the accents and my only gripe is the custodies are under powered for what they are. We have seen a custodies kill 4 astartes in the time it takes the 5th to kill him. in this book they seem to be no better then astartes

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Great Book

Doesn’t have the usual enormous battles or crazy fights but a really solid book. Fantastic performance as usual and a great story. Not my favourite book of the series but certainly well worth listening to.

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Great background lore.

Not essential for the Heresy, but it's full of great details about the hidden world at the start of the Heresy.

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A joy to listen to

Epic book, thought it would be a little on the boring side from the synopsis but oh boy was I wrong. Amazing characters and even a rare (up until this point) dialogue form the emperor himself makes this an amazing read/listen

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