Leontus: Lord Solar

Warhammer 40,000 Characters Series

By: Rob Young

Narrated by: David Seddon

A Warhammer 40,000 Audiobook

A saviour pod screams a flaming path through the skies of Fortuna Minor, almost lost amidst the debris that rains down over the arid plains below. The Imperial fleet in orbit is in full retreat, their deployment undone by orkish cunning.

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Follow the story of a leading Imperial military strategist as he attempts to almost single-handedly turn the tide of war against a ferocious ork Waaagh!. Discover how the Astra Militarum fight when they're outnumbered and outgunned.

THE STORY

Fortuna Minor is overrun by Speed Waaagh!s, its population enslaved to build weaponised effigies of the orks’ foul gods. For the Imperial forces on the planet, every hour is a hopeless fight for survival.

But into this nightmare steps Arcadian Leontus – Lord Commander of the Segmentum Solar, peerless tactician and mastermind of countless victories. Even stripped of his armies, Leontus has no intention to merely survive this war. He intends to win it.

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great introduction to the character

the book feels like army roster snapshot in the best possible way, i always like it when great generals can make mistakes and rally from it

informative, good diversity of characters

liked seeing all the different regiments of the guard working together. the ork boss was also metal af, definitely didn't expect that.

A Decent Guard novel

A nice difference to the typical Guard book, even if the writing was a touch simplistic. Multiple small details shined through that showed that the author really knows the lore; when the Ork has his tooth knocked out and he sticks it in his pocket for later spending, big lolz

Solid Astra Militarum Story

A solid, generally predictable, Imperial Guard story. There's spunky Catachans, grim Krieg, grouchy Atillans, and the Cadians are present. You can tell it was a story meant to promote the new IG range, but it does so in an enjoyable enough manner.

A surprise for me

This book had the task of getting me to care about Lord Solar Leontus, a relatively new character in the 40k universe. It had to make me understand why this guy was the head of the Solar Segmentum's armies. Luckily it did. Leontus is a badass who is smart, cold at times but ultimately caring for the people under his command, and a great fighter. The supporting cast were great too and I found myself rooting for them to make it. By the end I was into this character. David Seddon's narration was great too, did a good job with the voices. Get this book.