The Iron Kingdom

Dawn of Fire: Warhammer 40,000, Book 5

By: Nick Kyme

Narrated by: John Banks

Dawn of Fire Book 5

A depleted Battle Group Praxis returns the slain heir of Kamidar to the Knight world's ruling family – and its embittered ruler, the Iron Queen Orlah.

Listen to it because

Nick Kyme continues the story of the Indomitus Crusade, as a vicious feud breaks out on the Knight world of Kamidar – and the agents of Abaddon are only too happy to stoke the flames.

The story

A war-weary Battle Group Praxis arrives at the Knight world of Kamidar, ruled by the Iron Queen Orlah, to return the queen's slain daughter and heir, who died in Guilliman's name. In truth, the Imperium's mission here is twofold: to strip Kamidar of its resources in order to resupply the flagging armada, and to prepare the Ironhold Protectorate to become part of the defensive Anaxian Line, a crucial bulwark for the Indomitus Crusade.

Yet Kamidar's Knights have survived for many years without the Imperium's aid, and what should have been a simple reunion between allies soon becomes a vicious feud. As division turns loyal souls against one another, the agents of Abaddon move in the shadows, seeking to manipulate this growing rift to their own ends. Can the Imperium restrain itself from laying an old ally asunder, or will the Hand of Abaddon arise triumphant, halting the Avenging Son's reclamation in its path?

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We Serve the Imperium!

Overall I thought this was a good listen, but honestly anything involving Black Templars is good to me. Characters were decent and engaging although at times they became nonconsequential. going back to the Black templars i wish they could've focused a bit more on that. John Banks i feel does a great job at narrating. you should give it a listen while you paint or model.

Hopefully a set up for future installments…

John Banks gives a wonderful performance, as always. But yeah, like others have said, this is really a filler novel. Almost like a first half of a novel that hopefully will lead to a bigger payoff at a later date.

Decent

As others have said kind of a filler book. Some gems hidden in there though

just mediocre

My least favorite dawn of fire book so far. The main plot wasn't even believable. Events were resolved poorly. I look forward to this series but was disappointed in this one.

Hard to follow

The stories were great but the transitions between them were so subtle it made the book hard to follow along. It also felt like there were too many character story lines as well