Silent Hunters

Warhammer 40,000

By: Edoardo Albert

Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong

A Carcharodons audiobook.

With a millennia-long hunt close to its end, Carcharodons Chaplain Manu must redouble his efforts as he ventures into the nightmare city of Commorragh.

Listen to it because: this is your chance to learn more about the secretive savages of the Carcharodons Astra as they tangle with some of the most terrifying predators in the galaxy...almost as terrifying as themselves.

The story: in the darkness beyond the galaxy, there are monsters. Some swim closer to the light, drawn by the beacon that is the Astronomican, while others stalk the Void, predators in the dark. The Carcharodons have hunted for millennia, but now they are drawn into a new blackness...the Dark City of the drukhari itself. Commorragh.

For a thousand years, Chaplain Tangata Manu has searched for a relic lost under his watch - an ancient thing, once charged into the keeping of the Forgotten One himself. But at the brink of seeing his hunt fulfilled and the relic returned, it is stolen from under him. Now, if Tangata would see his honour restored, he must lead his hunt against some of the vilest predators the galaxy has ever seen, before they can turn the artefact to their own purposes....

Written by Edoardo Albert. Narrated by Gareth Armstrong.

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

Great performance; story lacking

This story feels like the opening and ending were decided first, along with key characters and events, and the rest was added as filler to connect it all in a very tired way. I finished other carcharodon audio books first and the characters in this felt very flat comparatively. The performance was great and made up for some of it. Overall recommended, but my high hopes weren't met exactly.

In my top 10

I have listened to over 100 warhammer 40k audio books and this is in my top 10. I hope to hear more from this author.

Engaging

I was drawn in for the entire ride, the drukhari are described interestingly. The beginning part was super fun.

Outstanding don’t judge by the cover

I think so far this is my favorite worhammer 40,000 book. interesting look into one of the more obscure chapters of space memories also the dark Eldor

Slow Start strong finish

While this may feel like it starts slow, it's reallt just a slow burn until the book is a full fire. Great use of characters, particularly Xenos ones in an Imperial novel.

You want to open this "door"

Amazing all around

This book was absolutely incredible, the pacing was perfect and every detail was very well thought out and intentionally used. Perfect use and amount of comedic relief while maintaining its true grim dark roots. It was an amazing look into the charcaradons and the setting of 40K as whole from a fresh perspective. Truly one of the best space marine books I’ve ever had the pleasure to experience.

My Fave Warhammer Book Thus Far

I really enjoyed the fact that the Astartes in this one go through some character growth. It was also very interesting to see the culture of rhe Drukhari!

the best space shark story!

this book starts a little slow but by the 4th chapter u cannot stop listening. this was almost as good as Helsreach! its worth a credit, by the void father!

Great story.

Coming from the other chararadon books the change in voice actors and how they voice important characters is a little jarring. But it’s a great book for anyone interested in the space sharks or the dark eldar.

Surprisingly good!

This is the 1st book by this author I've listened to.

The subjects of the story I am familiar with an ever read several books about.

Albert's work in this book was very good. There was subtlety, suspense, action, and metaphysical interest that is normally not common in a space marine novell.

I have rated the story 5 out of 5, so understand that I think very highly of the story. That being said common I will remark on a few points.

The book took a while to get going. My normal rule is 100 pages, then I drop it if I don't maintain interest.I was challenged a bit in the beginning.

Very similar names can cause a bit of confusion until you get used to them. This is a particular disadvantage to audio books.I hope that the author keeps this in mind in the future, even though fixing this problem would likely detract from the thematic quality of the sorts of names used by this chapter.

This last one is a smalle point.In the final battle of the arena, psychic powers are not like bullets, you do not have to hit specific bull's eyes.I wish the author would have managed that combat a little bit differently.

5/5

As far as the narration is concerned, I do not believe there is a better narrator then Gareth Armstrong in black libraries stable of narrators.

5/5