Interceptor City

Warhammer 40,000 Series

De: Dan Abnett

Narrado por: Toby Longworth

A Warhammer 40,000 Audiobook

With the Imperial forces locked in a gruelling war of attrition over the dead hive city of Vesperus, a former ace fighter pilot returns to the cockpit as the Aeronautica risks it all to secure Interceptor City for the Imperium.

LISTEN TO IT BECAUSE

Twenty years after the release of the highly acclaimed Double Eagle, Dan Abnett returns to the Aeronautica Imperialis for the long-awaited follow-up. Follow along as an ace dogfighter is forced out of her comfortable “retirement” and back into deadly aerial combat.

THE STORY

Former ace fighter pilot Bree Jagdea’s days of high-octane, white-knuckle dogfights are long behind her. Content with executing supply runs for the war effort, Jagdea considers herself retired. But when enemy forces start a relentless bombing campaign through the hive city of Vesperus, Jagdea is forced back into the Aeronautica – stationed with the infamous Circus 66 squadron, executing near-suicidal dead-drops and blistering interception runs through Vesperus’ lethal rat runs.

Plunged back into a world where the smallest of errors means instant death, can Jagdea outfly the enemy aces, secure Interceptor City for the Imperium, and return to solid ground with her sanity intact?

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What a Banger!

This is as my first Aeronautica Imperialis Novel and I couldn’t have enjoyed it more! Dan is a peerless author as always and Toby brings the book to life in ways few other BL narrators can! 10/10 recommend

High-Octane Thriller

I was a huge fan of Double Eagle, which is one of Abnett’s best novels. Not only does INTERCEPTOR CITY match it, it might actually be even better. It was a long wait for the sequel and Abnett programmed that into the book’s timeline. It’s 17 years since Jagdea has been in the air, and a lot has changed. She’s no longer a hot stick, and feels well past her prime. But this book throws her into an adventure that’s, if anything, more tense and gripping than Double Eagle. Not only does the book have great Abnett characterization, but there’s a verisimilitude in how he writes aircraft (focusing on preflight checks, etc.) that adds to the sense of threat. Add in a great performance by Toby Longworth—who should just be classed as a full company of actors at this point—and you get one 4-A listen.

They aeronautica remembers

Dan and Toby can have their way with me, they make every book the write and voice 4A.

Edge of your seat thrill ride

Excellent characters and story. Fast pace action sequences give a great thrill ride with a surprising pulse-pounding horror sequence in the middle. A must read

The Top Gun of Warhammer 40k

This is a super fun read. I loved this unique view of the aeronotica.

Dan Abnett Triumphs Again

It's hard to place exactly what makes this book so good because it really incorporates so many elements together in a neat package. The pacing keeps you listening, the fidelity to the technical details of the "vector aircraft" is believable and well thought out, of course the action sequences are extremely intense as you might expect from his previous title 'Double Eagle', overall I think the characters might be the strongest point in this. Abnett writes a whole cast of very unique and endearing characters to flesh out the "Circus 66" airbase. Several of the characters have a lot of depth and are still in my thoughts after completing the book. Overall, if you like high octane aerial battles with complex characters in an elaborately designed and fleshed out SciFi world, you'll love Interceptor City.

Nice

Well written and a good listen. Definitely a fan of the aviator perspective in 40k.

Amazing action

I love these characters and the plot! Easily this is my new favorite 40k book, maybe even favorite book in general.

4A

Dan knows what he's doing, I love the cross series continuity and the feel of his works. This story delivers, the characters are amazing and The narrators performance is too notch.

Dan Abnett on form

This is peak Warhammer 40k. It is a solid production of Black Library’s best author -disagree? I will fight you*- well read by their premier narrator. It is a fascinating character study of a squadron on the edge and burnt out has beens. It looks at how a variety of personality types manage knowing that their death or maiming isn’t a question of if but of when. Added to this is the knowledge that their chain of command has put their mission so far above their welfare that they are truly expendable. It makes for a good grimdark read.

I generally hate “pilot” heroes. Part of that’s my personal bias as a former ground pounder whose every experience with the air force has been disappointing at best and a source of rage at worse (even years later). But most of it is difficulty working up sympathy for characters who are lauded as special while they get to return to clean beds and dinning halls after brief missions fought from a comfortable seat. BUT Abnett pulls it off brilliantly. He did it.

My only criticism is that the air combat is nearly impossible to follow and goes on a bit long. I had to hit the 30second repeat button a lot.

Listen for a great war story with really gripping character development that top 10% 40k.

*other authors have written 40k books that are as good if not better, but Abnett is the most consistently good with a long track record.