Grotsnik Da Mad Dok

Carcharodons: Warhammer 40,000

By: Denny Flowers

Narrated by: Harry Myers

A Warhammer 40,000 Audiobook

Grotsnik comes to the aid of Beastboss Bakum on Hive Prome, and it soon becomes apparent that the Mad Dok is feverishly working on something that could change the fate of ork-kind forever.

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How wild does a painboy have to be to earn the nickname "Mad Dok"? Find out as you follow Grotsnik – with eager scalpel in hand – as he plans his latest galaxy-changing creation. What could it be?

THE STORY

Da Mad Dok Grotsnik, creator of Ghazghkull Thraka, is a painboy beyond legend. What – and who – he harbours in his formidable brain is a mystery to every ork but himself, and an army of orderlies provides him with a constant supply of flesh with which to tinker.

When Grotsnik comes to the aid of Beastboss Bakmun, whose rampage on Hive Prome teeters on the brink of going out not with a Waaagh! but with a whimper, Bakmun can't believe his luck.

Following a series of increasingly unlikely accidents, however, it soon becomes apparent that the Mad Dok is working on something in the depths of his colossal Painwagon. Something big. Something that could change the fate of ork-kind forever, surpassing Grotsnik’s own forging of the Prophet of the Waaagh!…

Written by Denny Flowers. Narrated by Harry Myers. Runtime 6 hours and 56 minutes approx.

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A Zoggin' Brutal, Kunning Romp

There are a lot of very smart Orks in this books, not all of them actual Oddboyz (i.e. Meks, Doks). It is a wildly interesting look into the psyche of a Beast Snagga nob with a rare touch of as much patience and observation as there is savagery (and surprisingly caring--in Orky form--of his runts). I hope we get a continuation of what Grotsnik sets up in this novel! I love that it finally made (at least one) Beast Snagga feel like a truly frightening person, and not just a modernized Snakebite barbarian on a Squighog who doesn't want to join the Snakebites; good balance of aggression with quiet, and very real, intelligence. Grotsnik also finally gets some more characterization and attention after Ghazghkull's novel, and it is a wonder. How he's written has the best parts of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, but more fun because he's an Ork with far more "surjikal" madness and joy in what he does. Arguably he's written just as intelligently (and even more technical, which I appreciate) than Josh Reynold's Fabius Bile! If Fabius is a virtuoso polymath, Grotsnik is very literally an insane innate (and continually "improving") genius.
One regret is that the "betrayals" in the narrative can be seen a mile away, but getting there with such a strongly written cast of characters is worth the credit and your time (and for the sheer, brilliant promise of what continuation the ending implies). Hopefully a longer novel will continue this one in the future! Black Library is hitting it out of the park with xenos novels!

An Ork book that was more grim than funny.

It's shorter than most Warhammer books, but definitely still worth a credit. Just a warning, it will be over before you know it.

Breath of Orky Fresh Air.

After the giant turd that was the Fulgrim book and the middle of the road Charcaradon book, I never expected that a Ork book would be the one with a amazing plot and a good amount of twists. Cannot wait for more books on these characters and the VA is always amazing at voicing Orks. Must read if you do wanna learn more about the extreme side of Orks.

A good green time.

Short but fun look into Grotsnik with the best orky narrator. Nobody else should be allowed to narrate orks or greenskins of any kind.

Get to know the Orks

I really enjoyed this one. It's real cool to have the perspective of the orks and I liked how the author played mysterious with the antagonist through the majority of the book . this one's hard to put down but if I had a complaint it would be that it could be a bit longer of a story. looking forward to more from these characters and this author. 🤘🏻