Bloodlines

Warhammer Crime

By: Chris Wraight

Narrated by: Charles Armstrong

A Warhammer Crime novel.

An investigation into a missing member of a wealthy family leads Probator Agusto Zidarov into a web of lies and danger amidst the criminal cartels of Varangantua. As the net closes in, Zidarov falls further into darkness from which he may never return....

Listen to it because: take a step into the murky underworld of the 41st Millennium through the eyes of a lawman in a gargantuan city whose investigation leads him into darkness and danger.

The story: in the immense city of Varangantua, life is cheap, but mistakes are expensive. When Probator Agusto Zidarov of the city’s enforcers is charged with locating the missing scion of a wealthy family, he knows full well that the chances of finding him alive are slight. The people demanding answers, though, are powerful and ruthless, and he is soon immersed in a world of criminal cartels and corporate warfare where even an enforcer’s survival is far from guaranteed. As he follows the evidence deeper into the city’s dark underbelly, he discovers secrets that have been kept hidden by powerful hands. As the net closes in on both him and his quarry, he is forced to confront just what measures some people are willing to take in order to stay alive....

Written by Chris Wraight. Narrated by Charles Armstrong.

©2020 Games Workshop Limited (P)2020 Games Workshop Limited

A Hard Boiled Detective Novel!!!

Set in the Warhammer universe. You won't be disappointed listening to this novel. The story and narration is excellent.

The Perfect Voice for Warhammer Noir

Right off the bat, I cannot emphasize how perfectly Charles Armstrong absolutely nailed the reading of this story. His narration, character voices, inflections, and pitch perfect timing made me forget this wasn’t Chinatown, Touch of Evil, or L.A. Confidential.

Huge props to Chris Wraight for grounding 40K in the grimy, polluted, cramped, and rain washed hab blocks of Varangantua. This may be a perfect entry point for people into the massive Warhammer galaxy, with just enough references and winks to the main factions and events to pique further interest in exploring what Black Library and Games Workshop have to offer

excellent

dark gritty very human, great performance and exciting view into underserved parts of lore

A tense Sci-Fi Film Noir

Vivid descriptions keep a tense atmosphere throughout the whole book. There's only a handful of references to the greater 40K universe and the references aren't critical to the plot so anyone can pick this up and enjoy the story. Would recommend to 40K fans and non-40K fans alike!

Gritty crime with a main character who isn’t a turbo edgelord

Great example of noir detective stories set in 40k which makes for such a great noir setting. The main character has reasonable depth as do the other characters involved. I didn’t see the end coming from a mile off. The main character, while troubled and jaded, is at least a -trying his best husband and father-, and isn’t just a cartoon of edgey mcedgeyface buddycop like the lead of Grim Repast.
Recommended, fun read.

Starts out slow, but really picks up at 50% point

What is it like to be a police detective in the 40k version? Pretty damn shit!
Quit interesting to see the world from the view of the lowly citizen, instead of the high and might inqisitorial agents, underhive ganger, or though the terrors of a war.

The first few chapters it seems like any other dystopia, which had me a bit dissapointed, but at around the half way point more and more 40k ideas started inserting themselvs, and in some intriquing ways too
So i ended up really liking the while thing, and would recommend it to anyone who could be interested
P. S. Its so damn nice to see that characters talk about the Imperial Guard again instead of the ridiculous Astra Militarum which GW tried to rebrand them as

pretty good all round, narrator wasn't the best

This was a pretty good book all round, the story was interesting. The main thing that I didn't like, not to say it was bad but I didn't think it was good, was the narrator. I can't quite put words to it but it felt & sounded like this was his first audiobook he narrated.

A great change of pace

I’ve dabbled a lot in the 40k franchise, but this book was something different for a change. If you want a different view in the 40k universe, this book may be for you.

grimey noir set in 40k

the pacing is very slow for the first 8 or so chapters but it ends up being just right to set up for the chapters to follow. The main character has so many flaws and you cheer for him regardless, overall very please with this book.

Love in the 41st millennium

This book adds something that I didn't realize I wanted from 40k. It adds the real basic human element to the universe. Not the human element of Guardsmen, or the Inquisition, not even the trans-human element of the Astartes. Those can be found in abundance in other well written novels.

This story takes the reader on a believable journey, one showing what life for those of average ability and means could be like in the 40k universe on one of the million worlds of the Imperium. I didn't realize that I wanted to read about that, until I finished this novel.

It's by no means a perfect book, the narrator could differentiate characters better, and the story could use a little more 40k terminology. But if you find yourself wanting to read/listen to a novel that deals with generally more relatable concepts and characters, while still being 40k, you could do much worse than this novel.

I recommend it!