The Fall of Cadia

Warhammer 40,000

By: Robert Rath

Narrated by: David Seddon

An Astra Militarum Audiobook

Cadia. This proud world stood defiant for centuries – a bulwark against the forces of Chaos residing in the Eye of Terror. All of this would change when it was targeted for destruction by Abaddon the Despoiler as part of his Thirteenth Black Crusade.

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The Fall of Cadia is a touchstone moment of the Warhammer 40,000 timeline. This incredible battle led to the opening of the Great Rift and ushered in a grim new era in which even greater threats assailed the Imperium.

THE STORY

Cadia licks its wounds in the wake of the Thirteenth Black Crusade. The heretic forces retreat on all fronts. The day is won. But Lord Castellan Creed cannot rest easy. Something tells him the assault was a mere prelude to something greater, something more final. He is right. Out of the Eye of Terror comes Abaddon the Despoiler, at the head of a warhost unmatched in scale since the dread days of the Horus Heresy.

In the face of the looming apocalypse, Creed must weld the champions of Cadia into a bulwark capable of withstanding Abaddon’s fury. And in orbit, the Despoiler himself finds his own alliance teetering on a knife edge…

This is a tale told at epic scale, from the tables of high command to the slaughter of the pylon fields, and with a huge cast of characters from self-styled demigods to the rank-and-file foot soldiers of the Imperium.

This is the story of Abaddon’s greatest conquest. This is Cadia’s last stand.

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The narrator did a superb job with his performance. Every character had a unique and believable voice.

Story had a quick ending that felt slightly rushed. However it was not a major setback.

CADIA STANDS

What a journey. This book broke me. The brutality, heroism, sacrifice, devastation and dedication. A must read for 40k fans

Cadia stands

The planet broke before the Guard! For the Emperor of mankind! Death to the arch-enemy, the betrayers, and the Black Legion.

Robert Rath is the greatest author at the Black Library

I came into this book after the Infinite and the Divine. That book set a very high bar, and Robert Rath tackled a much more crucial event to 40k just as amazingly. Nothing in this book feels like filler. It’s twice as long as your average 40k book and it feels twice as epic. It’s exciting even if we already know how the Fall of Cadia happens. Abaddon is basically spot on in his portrayal from ADB’s books. The author insert at the very end is exactly what I want to see more of from Warhammer in general. Show us the parts of the real world that inspired this fiction.

Probably the only blemish on this entire work is the depiction of Cawl, which was only slightly off from what I consider his definitive version by Guy Haley. Needs a bit more joviality and showmanship, if you know what I mean.

Absolute literature. Cadia stands.

Worth Every Minute

Truly epic storytelling, you'll be out of your seat shouting Cadia Stands by the time you've finished this one. I have read LOTS of Warhammer books and this novel is just outstanding in every way - great characters, epic battles, tragedy dotted with moments of hilarity (Trazyn and Belisarius Cawl going head to head) definitely now ranking in my personal top ten favorite Warhammer stories of all time.