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  • Skitarius: Warhammer 40,000

  • Adeptus Mechanicus, Book 1
  • By: Rob Sanders
  • Narrated by: Toby Longworth
  • Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (385 ratings)

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Skitarius: Warhammer 40,000

By: Rob Sanders
Narrated by: Toby Longworth
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Summary

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.

©2015 Games Workshop Limited (P)2015 Games Workshop Limited

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a good look at the faction

it was enjoyable but not mind blowing, It gives the listener a good idea of the working and war fighting of the disciples of the omnissiah.

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Started Strong, But Became Bland

I was really enjoying the rare look at the Skitari and Mechanicus operations, their details and politicking and thought I was in for a real treat, especially with the conceit being an interesting use of tech and lore. But once the main mission and action started it became rather a dirge of uninspired or interesting describe 'bolter porn' (or the appropriate Skitari Ordinance).

Longworth is always a great Warhammer narrator.

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robust story

a good audio book and would recommend to anyone in the hobby. thought the ending had a little too much escalation

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great if you like this stuff!

enjoyed this book,hard to follow the names and technical sounding bits but great story and read well.
maybe a bit of an eager first audio book but now ive had a go im definately going to be "reading" more titles on here besides my paper back reads.

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Mediocre story and bad voice acting

One could argue that the lack of emotion would be fitting in a mechanicus audiobook but even tho i find it fitting storywise it’s very boring to listen to in my own opinion.
Storyline is very meh and i did not find this book too good. But then again that’s just my own opinion, hope you enjoy it if you decide to listen :)

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A Gem

excellent narration and story if you like admech or want to know more about them.

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Sensational

A great listen very well read a great plot twist another fantastic 40k book

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epic ending!

great story and well read and the ending will want you hanging and begging for more!

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brilliant audio book.

So glad that the black library has come here. look forward to future bombs coming out.

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better than the first book in the series!

this is a strong release from black libary, when they do it well. they do it well! well worth the credits. this book I found better than the 1st book in the series (sequels are usually worse).

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