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Deathworlder

Astra Militarum: Warhammer 40,000

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Deathworlder

By: Victoria Hayward
Narrated by: Gabrielle Nellis-Pain
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Summary

An Astra Militarum Audiobook

On a planet trapped in the closing jaws of the Great Devourer, Major Wulf Khan of the Catachan 903rd receives a final, desperate mission – one which will take her soldiers into the maw of the tyranid threat.

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It’s a chance to see the Catachan Jungle Fighters in action on a planet almost as deadly as their homeworld. Dive into their gripping battle for survival as they face a voracious force of invading tyranids.

THE STORY

Lazulai is a world beyond the brink, its battle against the tyranids all but lost. Once-magnificent cities lie in ruin. The seas boil. The skies crack. Horrific alien bioforms devour. In mere days the planet will be consumed.

The 903rd Catachan ‘Night Shrikes’ defend one of the last fortresses still standing. Led by Major Wulf Khan, to die fighting is all that is expected of them… until she is given one last mission: to lead a squad through the apocalypse and recover a piece of archeotech that may doom or deliver the entire Lazulai System.

Facing impossible odds and zero hope for aid, the major must hold her squad together as they pick their way through an endless xenos jungle. The enemy is merciless, relentless, endlessly adaptable and formidably resourceful... but so too is Khan.

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a great read I definitely recommend this story. the character development is perfect and follows the horrors of fighting an enemy like tyranid

Great story I really do like hearing the normal human perspective of 40k

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This one is really it, I haven't been too keen on those astra militarum books but this really hooked me. A must buy.

A great story fantasticly told

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a blast to hear. now i need a bearhug by my big catachan gf.
But seriously: great story, a bit of a weak mcguffin but awesome charackters.

Big catachan mommy<3

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I really enjoyed the story, even though it is not too deep. The characters are likeable and don't do anything out of character. But they lack depth in my opinion. You can definitely see where their motives come from, but the description/motivations could be a bit more detailed. The story is good and makes you want to know how the story will develop/end. The description of the Tyranids and their terror is really well written.
What I can definitely criticise, is that there are so many good points and then there is nothing done with it. The story is kinda a Jack of all trades. It has some stuff from 80s action movies (it catachan so its only natural), but also some "Apocalypse Now"-Elements. It felt sometimes the story wants to go deeper and then just doesn't.
The speaker top notch. Nothing more to say.

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I have to write it and I originally wanted just to remove one star, because it triggered me so hard.
The closing speech of the main character is super cringe. Just why?

Good Story

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It's made up like an 80s action movie, but not in a good way. 75% of it is endless conversations over nothing in endless repeating platitudes. The squad is supposed to be portrayed as being really bad a$$, but they come over as really incompetant and make one questionable move after the next. All while repeating how great katachans are on repeat. I had to skip the last hour because it gotten too painful. Also some things in the story just don't make sense, like setting out to their mission from a defended bastion, and the first thing they need to do after that is looking for ammo and basic gear. If I got 1$ for everytime I heard that everything on Katachan will kill you, the book would at least have been a profit ...

Painful

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