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Shadowbreaker
- Warhammer 40,000
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
- Length: 16 hrs and 37 mins
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Summary
A Deathwatch novel.
Talon Squad return to action, hunting for a missing inquisitor on a world that has been claimed by the T'au Empire - but has their quarry been taken or defected to the Greater Good?
Listen to it because: It's the long-awaited sequel to Deathwatch and is packed with the high-octane alien-hunting action you've come to expect from Steve Parker.
The story: The Deathwatch are the elite of the elite - small teams of Space Marines handpicked for special missions that require the utmost courage and cunning. Now recovered from the injuries sustained on his previous mission, Codicier Karras must lead Talon Squad in the hunt for a missing inquisitor. Their only clue is the name of an Imperial planet that has been taken over by the T’au. Is the missing inquisitor alive or dead? Worse still, has she gone rogue, jeopardising one of the Inquisition’s most secret projects?
Karras must lead his team against a whole planet of hostile T’au and survive the deadly internal politics of the Inquisition to succeed in his mission, code named Shadowbreaker.
Action, intrigue and excitement are seamlessly woven together by the master of high-octane science fiction, Steve Parker.
Written by Steve Parker. Audiobook running time 16 hours and 37 minutes. Narrated by Andrew Wincott.
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- Sean Robinson
- 07-01-20
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The first few chapters were abit boring but once the space marines show up it got way better. Would recommend to anyone who likes deathwatch 😃👍
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- Mr. D. B. Smethurst
- 16-07-19
Enjoyable read
It was great to once again hear about the tales of squad Talon and their fight against Xenos enemies.
The story is fairly quick paced and has a number of natural phases. I especially liked the development of the lead characters.
My only gripe is the handing of control of the force to a human commander...having complete control over the space marines. This somehow diminished the aura of the space marines and was an error in the story telling.
However, that aside the story is engaging and comes with a fair share of bolter-porn which will keep die hard 40K fans happy.
Without spoiling the ending it leads things open to another installment and shows the insidious nature of the Chaos Gods!!
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- Slaine_james
- 05-03-24
Intertwining great story
Superb interaction and flow between races and agendas. Evermore complex and left on a number of cliff hangers. Great book
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- thomas robert reed
- 31-03-21
very good
really enjoyed it, took a bit of time to get going but I'm always impressed how good the story tellers are at portraying the different characters
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- Dave
- 20-07-19
great book
another great book in the deathwatch series I look forward to hearing the next one
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- Michael Probitts
- 15-12-19
Great read if you love Deathwatch & the Ordo Xenos
Great read if you love Deathwatch & the Ordo Xenos, thoroughly enjoyed the book and can't wait for more
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- Mr. Kyle Hutcheson
- 14-09-19
Epic
Once again Black Library excel themselves. The Deathwatch have always been my favourite chapter since their creation all those years ago, a kind of SAS/Mossad/Seal Team of the 40K universe sent into a theatre to do the dirty jobs. The voice acting in this audio book is great though I really think the whole thing would've benifited greatly if it had been an audio drama with multiple voice actors rather than one person doing them all. His interpretation of characters and accents can grate sometimes during heavy action scenes where multiple characters are shouting commands or exposition. He has to make them noticeably difference so has English and Scottish, male and female and human and alien and sometimes it REALLY doesn't work-multiple actors would've made it "work".
Saying that, though, the story is amazing and after a slow start REALLY ramps up, and the events that are being hinted at to come in the 40K are actually terrifying. Unless GW fluffs it as they have before. Which I worry they might...because they have before...
Is this the end of the 40K universe, kind of like a Warhammer/AoS reset? God, I hope not....
Anyway, enjoy this-I REALLY did.... 😊
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- Anonymous User
- 18-04-21
Excellent
A little slow to get going, but a great story line, really enjoy the insight in to the Deathwatch.
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- Robert Sewell
- 12-08-24
Old School Space Marine Story
A good story which adds elements of the inquisition into a space marine story. It's old school because space marines are nearly invincible with nearly nothing other than another space marine able to defeat them. There is never really a concern any of the main characters could be killed.
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- Chris Dann
- 19-07-19
Special Ops, Aliens and Insurgency in 40K
In a setting so often dedicated to the epic scale of warfare on the blasted battle fields of the far future, Shadowbreaker is a welcome change of pace. We step away from the front line and see what life is like on a formerly Imperial planet now under the control of the T'au. With intrigue and subterfuge dictating the pace of the novel there is a level of tension throughout that keeps you wondering what will happen next. With the protagonists of the novel being Deathwatch, the action is close up and intimate, forever stacked against the odds. Each member of Kill Team Talon feels unique, occasionally tending towards a level of caricature that seems a bit too far for indoctrinated killing machines, but overall the dynamic between the characters is well thought out.
The performance is certainly demanding. With such an array of characters, not all of them human either, Andrew Wincott does a great job of distinguishing each and at no point are you left wondering which character is speaking. That being said I wasn't overly fond of the way I'm which he performed the Xenos characters. Maybe it's just the way I imagined them speaking doesn't line up with the way in which he has them speak.
Definitely worth the listening time, and open to the potential of further development of the story.
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