Siege of Vraks

Warhammer 40,000

De: Steve Lyons

Narrado por: Timothy Watson

Duración: 9 h y 48 m

Resumen del Editor

A Death Korps Audiobook

Vraks is an armoury world that is vital to the struggling Imperium and its efforts to resist the wider threats to humanity. The planet is a key link in the long supply chain that keeps the beleaguered Imperial regiments stationed around the Eye of Terror and ready for war.

The stoic Death Korps of Krieg have been assigned to this desperate world's defence. The grim soldiers of this regiment are born to serve the Emperor, as below Krieg’s irradiated surface is a human factory, existing only to produce soldiers destined for the front line in the Imperium’s most toxic and gruelling warzones. These indoctrinated soldiers are unflinchingly loyal and willing to sacrifice themselves without question or regard to ultimately win victory.

And they will need all these qualities to face the horrors awaiting them on Vraks…

LISTEN TO IT BECAUSE

Understand just how the Death Korps of Krieg have earned their reputation as the Imperium’s most ruthless fighters in this gripping tale of desperate defence and defiant loyalty. Even when all seems lost, new ways to survive and fight are unearthed, as an officer named Tyborc, expecting to die, finds a new way to live.

THE STORY

Vraks has fallen.

Mustering an army from the ranks of the Death Korps of Krieg, the Astra Militarum embarks on a long and desperate siege to save the planet from the madness of an apostate preacher. It will last seventeen years, cost the lives of millions, and attract the attention of daemons and heretics alike, but the Death Korps must claw back victory, inch by bloody inch, from the hands of the enemy.

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Add a overarching timeline

I unfortunately watched a lot of content centered around Vraks and this book doesn’t do a good job at giving you the broader picture. Add something along the lines of haunts ghost. A short snippet of events currently taking place. If you just want a story about the death korp killing stuff then this is for you. If you want a story of the wider conflict then go elsewhere.

heavy mask breathing

it was overall an enjoyable listen it's a good supplement book if you already listened to any lore videos on YouTube. Pretty good job setting the mindset of the death korps which is a depressing one to any1 outside their world. One drawback are the transitions between scenes. alot of abruptly ending scenes/time skips which i get because the battle has a timeline to end in 17yrs gice by the high lords of terra. Lastly i wouldn't say there was a strong story more like a battle report. But if you liked the fall of cadia by robert rath then you'll like this book. I would still recommend this 4/5. only had 1 listen so far might adjust this when I give it another listen

Better than the first Krieg book!

If you already know about the siege on vraks you won't get much new here. That said, this is a truly interesting way of seeing 40k battle at its biggest and most ridiculous from a more personal point of view. If you love Krieg get it.
If you don't know anything about the siege on vraks but want a book about it from the Krieg point of view, get it!!

Grim and fantastic

I felt like I was being dragged through the filthy mud with the characters, and I loved it. This grim, awesome, and hopeless slog was exactly what I wanted this book to be and more.

Excellent job!

Great job on this Steve! You've done an awesome job portraying Krieg, so give us another!

Great story

The best way you can write about a seize from multiple people’s perspective in the Imperium.

i appreciate the easter egg(s)

it was ok...not his best book but worth listen...
also female kriegs??never knew they existed...

The death Korp of krieg

A good series of story that come for eyes of our favorite gas mask boys of death Korp getting to see form there prospect I enjoyed this book a lot great to see varks aging

Uninteresting

The book is generally uninteresting and unrewarding, the POVs employed throughout are (intentionally) very same-y which would be fine but we as the reader need some sort of character distinction to latch on to. It would’ve been very helpful to get descriptive overviews between time skips but we simply don’t. For the most part this is an “in the trenches” perspective of siege warfare, which is to say that nobody has a clue what is going on. Combine that with the morose or boring characters like Tenaxus and you end up with a novel that tells a story about forgettable characters who play a forgettable part in a battle. I get that this is the vibe the author was going for, but it wasn’t for me

Cadians receive shipments of KRIEG uniforms!

I don't know where to start but I'll be brief: this was not very lore friendly and took many liberties possibly in an attempt to "humanize" the Krieg Guardsmen but it just came off as a generic Cadian regiment thrown at a some giant object. From their interactions, or even "discipline" needed with Commissars and going beyond that to new recruits "going soft". Just so much was left for you to question. These guys are from a death world of their own making and are in a Cult of Sacrifice. Its what they do best. So many scenes were just strange to see. And speaking of their home world, all conditions considered, why do we now have female Kriegsmen? They are a incredibly unique case to Guardsmen. I wonder if the writer forgot all this or needed to follow check boxes?