Final Deployment

Warhammer 40,000 Series

By: R S Wilt

Narrated by: Andrew Wincott

An Astra Militarum Audiobook

Physically and psychologically conditioned from childhood under the most horrific conditions imaginable, the Tempestus Scions are the Imperium's deadliest human soldiers – fearsome killers expected to follow their orders ruthlessly and without question.

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Tempestor Traxel, star of the short story, Eradicant, returns to face off against an army of traitors and his own damaged consciousness. Can he overcome the toll that a lifetime of war has taken on his mind and fulfil his duty to the God-Emperor?

THE STORY

Led by the merciless Tempestor Traxel, the Scions of First Eradicant squad drop directly into the fires of a global civil war. Joined by a commissar who personifies the suffering of his past and facing a foe from the darkest days of the Imperium, Traxel's fracturing psyche places the entire world at risk.

On Rilis, Traxel will face the foe that broke him. This time, there is no price he will not pay.

Written by R. S. Wilt. Narrated by Andrew Wincott. Runtime 11 hours and 24 minutes approx.

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Dude needs to do some inquisition stories.

A looooootttttttttt of combat, so if that’s not your speed don’t get the book, but that being said the only thing that was bad about that, was that I wish we had gotten to spend more time with the actual characters. Whenever the characters were actually being themselves I absolutely loved them, I just wanted more time with them, very good problem to have. The author is a completely new writer for 40k, hes only done a few short stories. He’s a retired us military officer,and it shows, I hope to god he’s gonna be a main stay writer for 40k.

Great to see characters act logically

It was great to see characters on both sides of the fight act like intelligent people who despite thier flaws try to find a way to win. To offen in warhammer books character motivations are attributed to zealotry or madness.

What happens when you have a US Army Vet write an Guard book

You get one of the best Imperal Guard books in ages. It's true grim dark with no character safe and beautifully detailed action scenes. If you where ever in the military you pick up on all the little references in the book that makes it feel more like a real war. If you love IG you need to read this book, if you love sci fi military you need to read this book. This is definitely the IG book of the year and maybe 40K book of the year.

Big fan of R.S. Wilt so far

I love the story and the characters. This ties into R.S. Wilt's previous short story "The Guns of Enth" which was about my chosen chapter: The Howling Griffons.
The reader, Andrew Wincott is definitely talented, my only complaint is that he defaults to a voiced whisper a little too often.

while combat scenes are good, anything in the middle is a slog

Combat scenes have great visuals, but I feel like anything connecting them was written by AI given prompts to maximize the pseudo religious 40k stuff to a max.

had to return it. didn't like it.