Silent Hunters

Warhammer 40,000

By: Edoardo Albert

Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong

A Carcharodons audiobook.

With a millennia-long hunt close to its end, Carcharodons Chaplain Manu must redouble his efforts as he ventures into the nightmare city of Commorragh.

Listen to it because: this is your chance to learn more about the secretive savages of the Carcharodons Astra as they tangle with some of the most terrifying predators in the galaxy...almost as terrifying as themselves.

The story: in the darkness beyond the galaxy, there are monsters. Some swim closer to the light, drawn by the beacon that is the Astronomican, while others stalk the Void, predators in the dark. The Carcharodons have hunted for millennia, but now they are drawn into a new blackness...the Dark City of the drukhari itself. Commorragh.

For a thousand years, Chaplain Tangata Manu has searched for a relic lost under his watch - an ancient thing, once charged into the keeping of the Forgotten One himself. But at the brink of seeing his hunt fulfilled and the relic returned, it is stolen from under him. Now, if Tangata would see his honour restored, he must lead his hunt against some of the vilest predators the galaxy has ever seen, before they can turn the artefact to their own purposes....

Written by Edoardo Albert. Narrated by Gareth Armstrong.

©2021 Games Workshop Limited (P)2021 Games Workshop Limited

I gave this one a shot.

never read anything on the space sharks nor the Drukhari so I was excited to get that insight. it was a decent story. I wasn't a big fan of the human aspects of it, felt too heartwarming for 40k in my opinion. the 'torture' scene had me laughing out loud when it happened, again not something I associate with Warhammer at all. overall gareth armstrong was good in performing the dialogue, but it felt awkward in some situations -- can't help but wonder if it was just how the author worded it, tho. (previously I enjoyed his narrations of Dante and Devastation of Baal)

I guess to boil it down: pretty okay, was a fun read. definitely a very low stakes story and focusing on its characters. it didn't feel like warhammer to me, but that is subjective.

Mediocre and Contrived

It felt out of genre and unlike Space marines. The suggestions about the so called void seemed childish and shallowly gothic. A mediocre showing for a space marine novel.

In my top 10

I have listened to over 100 warhammer 40k audio books and this is in my top 10. I hope to hear more from this author.

Wish I didn't use my last credit on this

I'm tired of 40k stories amounting to nothing. (Spoiler warning) They lose the orb, get it back & "lose it" again. Also Taika's written weird, he's in the "Red Tithe" books & comes off as intelligent as well as calculating. But in this book, until the end, he comes off as pointlessly vindictive. The scenes of the novel are interesting but the rest of it feels like a grind to get though.

Engaging

I was drawn in for the entire ride, the drukhari are described interestingly. The beginning part was super fun.