Amazing work!

If I could I would have stood up and given Chris Wraight and the narrators a standing ovation. Absolutely brilliant in all fronts. I'm starting it ver immediately and I'm sure I'll pick up tons of things I missed.

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read this before dark imperium if you can!!

great book, takes place chronilogically before dark imperium, I read them out of order but it doesn't matter too much.

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Enjoyable from start to finish

Loved this story, it has a good cross between narrative and bolter open. I would suggest this to anyone wanting to know more of how Custodes and Null Maidens think.

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Great to see Black Library on audible!

I liked the story more than I expected (didn’t know what to expect though). Chris Wraight is one of my favorite BL authors- & I think his writing helped carry the book. The characters have depth to them, but the action sequences are well written & not confusing.

I know a fair amount of the story that led up to this setting- so I can’t recommend just blindly diving in.

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stay away from the black library app

I purchased this audiobook along with another and an audio drama on the black library app... Due to unfortunate complications with the BL app, I had to make the purchases again; I'll gladly do so seeing as though I loved each one of my purchases that much!
I have listened to each one more than 10 times separately and may end up adding the "carrion throne" to my collection. 😏 I must be kidding myself I am definitely going to add it to my collection.
I have purchased this book four times now; only one was a gift!!

My collection is as follows:
"The master of mankind"
"The emperor's legion"
pretty soon hereafter the review "the carrion throne"
"The interrogation of Salvador Lermentov"

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Great Story to Immerse yourself in.

Loved it, 40k is a beloved franchise to me and this was phenomenal. The characters are felt and the story is worked through in elegance.

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fun listen.

took a few chapter to get rolling, but it really runs well as Soon as it does.

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Terra in a new age

Chris Wraight has yet to let me down. Another great book. Watchers on the Throne is a great book for those just getting into the lore of Warhammer 40k following the events of A Gathering Storm.

Watchers of the Throne focuses on Terra during the universe shaking events on cadia covered in Gathering Storm. It is told from the perspectives of 3 characters. Valerian, a Shield-Captain of the Adeptus Custodes, Teiron, the Chancellor of the Senatorum Imperialis, more commonly known as the High Lords of Terra, and Aeyla, a sister of silence witchseeker. Each chapter in the book is told from a first person perspective of one of these three. Valerian's and Aelya's chapters spend a lot of the early book building the lore of their organizations. Both the Custodes and the Sisters have stepped away from the Imperium since the Horus Heresy and its interesting to see where this has led the two organizations. Teiron's chapters focus on the politics of the High Lords. His later chapters tell the story from the point of view of an unaugmented human in a battle between Demigods and demons.

I can't praise the narration of this audiobook enough. Black Libray has some great narrators working for them, and this book goes the extra mile. Each of the POV characters has a different narrator, which really helps immerse you in the story. Aelya especially benefits from this in having actual female narrator.

Custodes/Guilliman

Chris Wraight is one of my favorite Black Library authors. I've enjoyed his take on Guilliman and the Custodes. I really connect with the characters that he writes

Great alternate view of Guilliman's return

Covers the Rift and Guilliman's return as well as great action from the Custodes and Sisters of Silence