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Death Rider

Warhammer 40,000

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Death Rider

By: Rhuairidh James
Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
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A Death Korps of Krieg Audiobook

A Commissar assigned to the Death Korps of Krieg must use all his guile and persuasion to prevent them from marching to their own death as they battle the t'au empire for control of an Imperial planet that's become a lost cause. Can he save these grim warriors from themselves?

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It's another chance to see what makes the Death Korps of Krieg so utterly terrifying – their chilling lack of self-regard. How do you motivate an army to value their own life when they have a death wish that can't be denied? When facing an army with superior technology, the Death Korps' usual tactics could spell their doom.

THE STORY

The battle for Rezlan VI is over, but for Commissar Valian Hesh of the Death Korps of Krieg, the war has just begun.

After an Imperial battleship condemns the ravaged world to an agonising death, the t’au and the Imperium of Man are locked in a bitter stalemate. Hesh has only one chance to escape this madness – preventing the 472nd Siege Regiment of Krieg from attempting a suicidal final assault on enemy lines. But as the t’au tighten their grasp on the planet and fire and poison leach into its atmosphere, the commissar’s time is running short. With few allies save for Jens, his cryptic prefectus militant, he must risk everything to save his soldiers.

Can Hesh bring the 472nd to heel, or will he lose himself in the process?

Written by Rhuairidh James. Narrated by Andrew Wincott. Runtime 10 hours and 6 minutes approx.

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This is a fantastic book. Main character isnt the typical unthinking killing machine but the book tells the tale of a conflicted man in the brutal 40K setting on a mission as a world dies around him.

I agree with others the pacing of the story means you have to really listen because it moves so fast, 10 seconds of zoning out will completely throw you off.


I liked this book and would certainly recommend it especially as it shows some additional character to the mythical Kreig

Death Korps? Dying world? Name a better duo

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It’s more about the commissar than the Krieg but it’s still a good listen, superbly narrated

Better than reviews suggest

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this feels like the authors first book,the story is all over the place, events are disconnected and if you zone out for 2 seconds you'll loose your place, Andrew wincott did his best and read it well but I won't be returning to this title, also doesn't feel as true to the Krieg as any other krieg book

weird story, held together my andrew

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First off for those of you looking for a kreig novel. This isn't actually a kreig novel. It says it is but story wise it's the least kreig novel of all the kreig novels we've had so far.
As for the story as a whole it's odd. it feels like you constantly have to be playing close attention because if you lose focus for a second you have no clue what's going on. But that's kind of just it, not much does seem to happen really.
Honestly I'm disappointed and likely won't be listening to this one again anytime soon as it's just not what it was advertised to be.
if you want an interesting militarum book to listen to while painting this is a valid option but really you could find better.

Kreig novel in name alone

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I blazed through the book in a week or so. Only some of the twists and turns towards the end felt odd so I had to re-read them once or twice to get a grasp of how and why things went as they did. Good one-off story. I will definitely reread this one at some point in the near future. Storytelling felt like some of the older Warhammer novels where not even the main characters are safe. A good return to the roots of the setting. Many of the newer novellas of the setting often let key characters survive despite insane odds and they never run out of luck. If you are into wildly unpredicable outcomes for characters and a bit of more Krieg lore, then this is your book.

Unusual ending - really good though!

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