Hive

Warhammer 40,000

De: Dan Abnett

Narrado por: Toby Longworth

A Warhammer 40,000 Audiobook

A double-barrelled set of novels from Dan Abnett, exploring the Adeptus Arbites attempts to enforce Imperial law on a sprawling hive planet amid scandals, cults, and much worse.

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Head down into the depths of a hive world, where a corrupted planetary governor has sent the populace into a perilous spiral they may not recover from. Will the population revolt? Can the Adeptus Arbites save this benighted world?

THE STORY

Welcome to Sacramentus. Austerity and toil will teach the true measure of the Hive's failing. No one is blameless. The planetary governor has fallen, deposed in scandal and treachery. The Adeptus Arbites roam the smog-choked vertics and zontals, rooting out traitors, enforcing the Imperial law without mercy.

As a new governor, an outsider, is crowned, the Hive teeters between order and anarchy. Whispers of rebellion echo from the heights of the Waistland to the depths of the Neg. Rival gangs seize both opportunity and territory, and forbidden cults grow ever bolder. But unbeknownst to all, a more terrifying threat awaits in the darkness.

May your light last, pilgrim. If the Emperor protects, perhaps we shall make it out alive.

Written by Dan Abnett. Narrated by Toby Longworth. Runtime 24 hours and 26 minutes approx.

©2026 Games Workshop Limited (P)2026 Games Workshop Limited

Pretty awesome

Slow start with explaining social structures, but then it's very hard to not binge it.

Instant classic

This is pretty much the same level as helsreach, eisenhorn, the night lords or the Fabius bile trilogy in “classic” tier. Kinda strange that it’s taken this long to get a quintessential exploration of one of the biggest features of 40k, that being hive worlds. It is everything that you would hope for with this kind of book, intrigue, twists and horror. Genuinely suspenseful, horrifying, and grim dark the way it’s meant to be. Very very slow build up, a looooottt of characters and not a ton of warfare, but that’s kinda how this book should be though. Genuinely a great book for anyone whether they’re 40k fans or not. Plenty be your light souls!