Volpone Glory

Warhammer 40,000

De: Nick Kyme

Narrado por: Andrew Wincott

A Sabbat Worlds novel.

We will make our own history, and all other accounts be damned.

Listen to it because...Volpone Glory covers the exploits of the soldiers of the 50th Volpone of the Royal Volpone Regiment. Their ranks are filled with proud and arrogant soldiers who come from the noble families of Volpone, earning them the name 'Bluebloods' among the Astra Militarum. Nick Kyme breathes life and humility into the members of this otherwise supercilious regiment as they battle against impossible odds.

The story: as war rages across the Sabbat Worlds, the Volpone Bluebloods are sent to Gnostes at the head of a massive Imperial host. Tasked with the liberation of the Agria island chain from the entrenched Blood Pact, the haughty soldiers of the Volpone find their mettle sorely tested in a brutal meat grinder. After a punishing setback threatens to derail the campaign, an unlikely champion rises through the ranks and victory once again seems possible. But the propaganda of war is a fickle beast, and the Archenemy are cultivating a plot the Imperium can scarcely fathom. Through glory and honour, the Volpone are desperate to prevail, but can they endure the rigours of the bloodiest campaign in their vaunted history and come out the other side intact?

Written by Nick Kyme, narrated by Andrew Wincott.

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

You hate them and you love them

This is my first review of a book that I’ve listened too and I have about 100 titles or so just in the Warhammer 40k section. This has been by far my favorite and I’m not even an Imp guy aside from the Ghosts. Despite other reviews I found it easy to follow, continuously engaging and surprising and the narrator was great. I would highly recommend this title. The Volpone are easy to root for and easier to hate.

Great book, but there is a one glaring question

Where is Infernus, Nick. It said that Circle of Fire will be continued in the Infernus.

As for the book itself it was interesting to see events from the Volpones POV. Maybe we will have thouse Sabbat Crusade anthology books in audioform.

Character arcs, intersecting: a cut above the norm

What a great book! by the end it was a gripping page turner I didn't want to end. The characters, how they were built up and how they interacted throughout the middle and end was awesome. Great character arcs and interactions between them. honestly, we don't get that kind of quality, or at least I haven't seen it very much, writing in Warhammer 40k novels. I'm hoping for more just like this!

I think this is personal taste, but I like the voice actors voice - much gravitas very talent - yet it was a bit slow? I put the book on 1.35X speed and made sure my bass boost headphones setting was off because he already has plenty, and it was perfect.

well done Nick and Andrew!

Aristocrats in war

The book is good at showing how the guard higher-ups dream of nothing more than grandeur while spewing words about honor and duty to the lower ranks. However this time we get to see even the lower ranks are treating the people they're meant to be working with worse than dirt and as expendable bodies.

Most of the books I've read where the guard are involved I feel for at least a few main characters and can sympathize or feel something for them even if they aren't a good character. However in this story I only ended up liking maybe two characters and both were barely ever in the story. It's hard to root for or feel any sort of liking to a character when they don't show a single bit of personality other than treating everyone around them as trash. The only character who broke outta that for me was ones who liked to kill people for no apparent reason and nobody really seemed to care and another who finally toward the end got suspicious.

Overall some of the story is hard to understand such as a spaceships cannon being used on the planet but it's described as a laser or something and artillery in another scene. The characters are all just forgettable as besides a few I barely remembered who was who and what their roles were. The ending felt rushed as like yay we won a battle and now the planets safe even though the enemy fell back and could be regrouping.

Sorry I know it's not much of a review but I had a good few issues. There were some decent moments along the way but they were so few and far that I can't even remember em now after having just finished the book.

I loved it

Having been a long time fan of the Guant's Ghosts series it was really refreshing to get some insight into their biggest rivals

Best 40k book so far

I’ve listened to all of the heresy novels, all the terra novels, war of the beast ect… this is by far my favorite book so far.

Really Good

The story was really good if not a tad bit predictable. The narrator took some getting used to but the narration grew on me.

Great, Want More

Gaunt’s Ghosts is my favorite series of all time, and I was concerned going into this that it wouldn’t match up. I was surprised how quickly I became engrossed in it. The culture of the Volpone feels believable and the characters were different enough to stand out. I’ve read a few reviews talking about politics and wokeness but I didn’t feel that way at all. A female officer mentions misogyny like 3 times and it’s pretty understandable in those moments.

All in all give it a listen. I went in with 5/10 expectations and came out excited for more.

more concerned with virtue signaling then story

story was pretty good until the virtue signaling started getting thrown in hap hazardly. really wish politics would be left out of a fictional universe.

A fun listen!

I'm writing this review mainly in reference to a couple others on here, since I'd hate for people to give it a miss because of them.

First, regarding the narration: I thought it was very well done! Wincott, IMO, was a great choice to portray the Volpone, though I can understand his tone is not to everyone's taste. He seems to capture the ingrained half-sneer with which they regard the rest of the universe, even when they don't realize it.

Second, I seriously have no idea where some listeners got "SJW" from. Even for a 40k novel, there's nothing particularly progressive—let alone radical—about it. My only guesses are as follows: (1) the words "misogynist" and "privilege" are used, but referring to... a man who basically says women belong at home and *literal hereditary nobility,* respectively; (2) some characters think maybe serfs should actually have basic rights? maybe; and (3) a gay couple is implied to exist.

Honestly, this was just a fun, standalone 40k story that lets you see more of some Guard regiments we don't often get to read about. Oh, and there are rough-riders on motorcycles. 'Nuff said.