The Silent King

Dawn of Fire: Warhammer 40,000, Book 9

By: Guy Haley

Narrated by: John Banks

Audiobook 9 in the Dawn of Fire Series

The first phase of the Indomitus Crusade is drawing to a close. Vast swathes of Imperium Sanctus are back under tentative Imperial control. Still the primarch Roboute Guilliman faces wars on every front. His desire to cross the Great Rift to save Imperium Nihilus remains strong, even as news of renewed assaults on Ultramar draw his attention home.

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The Dawn of Fire series reaches its epic conclusion! How will Roboute Guilliman deal with an ancient xenos threat? Was the Indomitus Crusade doomed from the very start, and can an already split Imperium survive?

THE STORY
The Avenging Son must delay his return home and head to the galactic south, taking a large part of the crusade with him, for the menace of the necrons is gathering strength. Battlefleet Kallides, despatched into the dangerous null space of the Pariah Nexus some years before, is feared lost. A greater unity is being forged between the necron dynasties, and with it come whispers of a power from the ancient past returned to rule them all… Whispers of the Silent King.

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A great if out of place book.

This was an amazing book, probably the best out of the Dawn of Fire series. I burned through it very quickly. That being said, I think this would have been a much better stand alone book. As much as I enjoyed it, why the heck did I go through so many books building a storyline for the strength and danger of Chaos just to end it with Necrons? Still fantastic, just strange.

guilliman and cawl

I feel like nothing much happened but the parts with Guilliman and Cawl we entertaining.

God tier

it was amazing. I loved every moment every second of it can’t wait for more

All gas no breaks

Robot gorilla man is the one and only boss, stinky boy mortarion wishes he had this much aura

Great story

A lot of holes it felt in some of the stories and side plots. I would like to see another book in the series but I guess that will have to wait.