Skitarius: Warhammer 40,000

Adeptus Mechanicus, Book 1

By: Rob Sanders

Narrated by: Toby Longworth

The skitarii are the soldiers of the Machine God, the tireless legions of the Adeptus Mechanicus. Holy warriors, they carry the word of the Omnissiah across the galaxy, destroying the impure machines of aliens and renegades and spearheading the Quest for Knowledge.

A discovery of ancient technology sends a skitarii legion, commanded by Alpha Primus Haldron-44 Stroika, into battle on a forge world overrun by Chaos. When a cataclysm cuts him off from his tech-priest overseers, Stroika must rally his forces and battle both corrupt machines and Chaos Space Marines if he is to achieve victory.

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storyline not on par with the excellent narrator

As far as Warhammer 40k stories go, this just did'nt live up to my expectations. As always, Toby Longworths narration was top notch, but I found myself hardly listening as the first book drew to a close. Hopefully the second book in the series will be better.

Ad Mech!

It’s a good book. Not a lot of lore as I hoped, but overall it’s a good book

A truly epic story!

An absolutely epic story! If you like Ad Mech, do yourself a favor and give this a listen.

Hail the Machine God

What a read. Fantastic voice work. Amazing story. Tragic and inspiring all the same. Truly an epic depiction of the horrors of 40k, as well as an insightful look into the inner workings of the Mechanicus.

Skitarii!

A bit pompous. lots and lots of superlative, excessive descriptions of just about everything. it felt as the story stopped and stumbled, waiting for the absurd amounts of repetitions about "sinister warpspawn mega blood death bullets" and the likes to pass.
Would like to hear more about the main character instead of endless repetitions of his "palm-locked arc pistols" sliding back and forth.
Great story overall though. Praise the Omnissiah