Of Honour and Iron

Space Marine Conquests: Warhammer 40,000, Book 4

By: Ian St Martin

Narrated by: Bruce Mackinnon

A Space Marine Conquests audiobook.

As Roboute Guilliman’s Indomitus Crusade drives across the galaxy, Ultramarines Chaplain Helios is tasked with a mission of vital importance to the reborn primarch.

Listen to It Because

New insights into the Primaris Space Marines abound, as well a look at Primarch Guilliman as he leads his great crusade to reclaim the Imperium

The Story

The age of the Dark Imperium has begun, and the human race is poised on the brink of ruin. In their darkest hour, the Emperor’s servants have achieved the impossible: the resurrection of the Primarch Roboute Guilliman. Now Lord Commander of the Imperium of Man, Guilliman marshals his forces in a desperate effort to drive back the predations of Chaos: the Indomitus Crusade. Dispatched ahead of the bulk of Guilliman’s war fleets, Chaplain Helios of the Ultramarines is entrusted by the risen primarch with a mission of vital importance. Will he achieve a crucial victory for Guilliman in time, or will a millennia-old obsession spell his doom? And just what manner of weapons will be needed to wage the war to save mankind?

Written by Ian St Martin. Narrated by Bruce Mackinnon.

©2020 Games Workshop Limited (P)2020 Games Workshop Limited

I go hard for 40k

I’m on book 156 of my 40k voyage. Some are good. Some are decent. But I just love it.

narrator ears commas, doesn't pace.

annoying narrator, great enunciation, not soul or pacing. very annoying. it was at times hard to follow because of thus

I’m the name of the Emperor’s Risen Son

Ian does a great job. Great story also. Definitely recommend probably on of my fastest listens I couldn’t put it down.

good but with some gaps

This story is not the best of the Space Marine Conquests series, but it IS a solidly enjoyable story.

Beware of minor spoilers, but not big ones.

First, one of the main topics dealt with in this story is the integration of Primaris Marines into the chapters.

great topic

It is made to bring perspective to the new age of the Dark Imperium, this the author does well.

The antagonists are the 4th Legion, which works well. The primary antagonist is almost a self-parody however. He is SO over the top that he is a detriment to the story.

Second, fight sequences need to make sense. If a guy is doing 3 things in the time that his opponent only does 1 thing, then there needs to be SOME REASON. Being the author, he needs to provide that reason or the sequence becomes unable to be believed.

Third, clips go in hair or hold bags closed. MAGAZINES hold rounds for a firearm. ONLY morons that don't even FAKE to know what they are talking about call them "clips". Please, spend 5 minutes on YouTube watching a gun channel. . . ANY gun channel.

Fourth, how did the Iron Warriors outrun them to the storage sight? They didn't know where they were going, they left later, they had more people and a dreadnought to load up, and somehow the 4th Legion gets there first?

Characters that were said to be out of ammunition were mysteriously shooting again. Pages later, they would be resupplied explicitly, but story internal validity was weak.

This is not the only time in the story this sort of thing happens. It seems as though the book was written then mercilessly edited down for length.

It is like significant exposition or character interaction was just cut out.

Mediocre, not BL's usual quality.

This is not a good book. The most I think you will find it is decent (3 stars). I am a big fan of the Iron Warriors and I want to read all their lore, even the lesser stories. There's too much action, too much to keep in your mind's eye. There's not enough character, just flat ones stereotypical of their original Legion. Even the narrator seems like he's trying to speed his way through it. He reads so fast at times that I considered slowing down playback, but he's also inarticulate during these passages. Thankfully that's only 25% or so of the book, often during static description. I think everyone involved did their best, they probably didn't have enough time, not enough compensation and were the second or third string staff without as much experience as others.

If you've read Ben Counter's Battle For the Abyss, you'll understand the type of novel this is. I would compare thos book to that one, the B-Movies of Warhammer.

great, but confusing

the narrator was incredible. you could feel the emotion that he infected into the appropriate areas. loved the description of the fights and the development of the Primaris Marines.
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the story however, it's hard enough keeping up with the names used in the 40K world. but then you keep jumping to different battlefields and different times in different worlds? very easy to get lost in what's happening now and what's happening then and to who.
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listening through a second time, does help make sense of things, clear up some confusion.

this one have me whiplash.

this one is the first one I probably would recommend unless your a hardcore fan. it was hard to keep up with the constant back and forth to different groups the entire book. the nerator is the one that still makes the book enjoyable though so I still recommend it if you like the nerator

just flat

just never got interested in the story. The characters and story just never grabbed my attention. That seems to be the problem with the new primaris marines. They just seem soulless

Boring bad voice actor.

Why have femme British voice actors telling Space marine stories? I’ll have to buy this on paper