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The Swords of Calth

The Chronicles of Uriel Ventris: Warhammer 40,000, Book 7

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The Swords of Calth

By: Graham McNeill
Narrated by: Bruce MacKinnon
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A Uriel Ventris novel.

Uriel Ventris returns! Newly ascended to the ranks of the Primaris Space Marines, Ventris leads the Ultramarines Fourth Company - the famed Swords of Calth - to war against the ancient necrons. Old enemies arise, as Ventris' past and present collide in brutal battle.

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One of Black Library's longest-running series continues - and the hero's been given a new lease of life as a Primaris Space Marine. Discover how Ventris adapts to his new life even as his past comes back to haunt him.

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Uriel Ventris, newly ascended to the ranks of the Primaris, leads warriors of the Fourth Company from the Indomitus Crusade of Roboute Guilliman to a world on the frontiers of Ultramar. Once a battleground against the orks, Sycorax is now under furious assault from an enemy of ancient times - the necrons. The Ultramarines have faced these baleful xenos before, but Uriel senses the hand of a foe from his past at work on Sycorax, a tally unfinished and a debt to the Imperium finally come due.

Trapped deep in a devastated city, Uriel leads the Swords of Calth into battle, and must adapt to his new incarnation as one of the Primaris - a challenge that will test his soul as much as it will test him as a warrior.

Written by Graham McNeill. Narrated by Bruce MacKinnon.

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But I can’t recommend the narrator, there was some unpleasant comments made last year about Mark Elstobs narration of avenging son and in particular how he read Roboute, I personally enjoyed that book and have listen to this Nightbringer so had hoped the narrator would improve when reading ultramarines and their Primarch sadly it sounds like a bunch of petulant teenagers who have found a dictionary which really distracted from the story itself

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I've been waiting for another Ventris book and I am not disappointed! gripping and you feel for the characters. Well worth it!

Fan of Ventris? Read it!

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The story is a pretty generic story of conflict with space marines with little impact beyond the world it is situated on but the narrator's performance is really fantastic

A middling story but a powerhouse performance

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was not the best story was pretty dull and necrons written as horde like poor quality imperial troops to die en mass barely scratching paint also seems that the writer has C'tan and warp beings mixed up and the fact necrons tech is not so dumb as to miss a titan teleporting into its cities a C'tan cannot be called a pussy and be killed lol they also do not control the necrons life they are slave tools or destruction a dying C'tan is like losing a titan war machine not the leader of an entire planet lol

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Loved the story, with many highs and lows, plenty of drama.

Having listened to all the Uriel Ventris stories, Bruce McKinnon does a good job is bringing it to life... but not great. I would have liked to have seen more colour in his performance as Uriel himself.

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