Belisarius Cawl: Archmagos

Warhammer 40,000

By: Guy Haley

Narrated by: John Banks

A Warhammer 40,000 Audiobook

Belisarius Cawl is the greatest mind of his age, and he has a plan to open up the Attilan Gap to allow safe passage through the Great Rift. In order to complete his work, he travels to a necron tomb world. In the process, he attracts the attention of something even more dangerous than ancient xenos…

LISTEN TO IT BECAUSE
Belisarius Cawl continues to be one of the most important figures in the 41st Millennium as he attempts to solve the greatest problem facing the Imperium – allowing safe passage through the Cicatrix Maledictum. He squares off against ancient necrons and the forces of Chaos in his audacious attempt to do the impossible.

THE STORY
For years, Belisarius Cawl has nurtured an audacious plan to stabilise the Attilan Gap sufficiently that the Imperium might open a stable route into Imperium Nihilus. With the primarch Roboute Guilliman having crossed the Great Rift, and now isolated on the far side, time is running out.

Before Cawl can perfect his latest great work, he requires one last element: control codes preserved on an ancient necron world trapped on the event horizon of a black hole. Realising that even he cannot do this alone, Cawl recruits help from across the Adeptus Mechanicus. Yet as victory nears, malign intelligences have taken note of the archmagos, and Cawl is about to discover it is unwise indeed to provoke the interest of Vashtorr the Arkifane…

Written by Guy Haley. Narrated by John Banks. Runtime 10 hours and 52 minutes approx.

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Peak AdMech

Amazing insights into the Mechanicus, Necrons, and Dark Mech/Vashtorr/that side of Chaos

Guy Haley is the definitive writer for Bellisarius Cawl

praise the Omnissiah

i wasn't a fan of Cawl before reading this now I love Cawl and his crew. perfect for painting some skitarii to.

Amazing

Love cawl, primus and Felix. The necron women was hilarious. Vashtor was also awesome to listen too. Overall awesome book. Can’t wait for the next

Amazing Story

Really loved the chronomancy stuff with the Necrons. Amazing performance as always! Another great entry into the Cawl series!

Hella Bellasarius, Very Vashtorr

What went well? John Banks is always a treat, Cawl be committing tech heresy in the name of the Omnissiah, Alpha Primus being a bad ass, and Vashtorr flexing.
What went poorly? Cawl using contemporary, to our time, slang as a means to make him quirky and out of touch. The bolter porn sections tried to describe a complex battlefield spatially, and it just doesn't work.
What was ugly? There were a lot of re-recorded segments, relative to other BL audio books. And they stand out.