Knights of Macragge

Warhammer 40,000

By: Nick Kyme

Narrated by: Richard Reed

Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins

Publisher's summary

An Ultramarines novel.

Cast adrift on the tides of the warp, Ultramarines Captain Sicarius and his warriors come across a world plagued by a terrible foe - but if they stay to defeat this enemy, what will be the cost?

Listen to it because:

Captain Sicarius returns in a new novel from the author of Fall of Damnos! For the first time, discover what befell Sicarius when he was lost in the warp and how he survived....

The story:

The primarch Roboute Guilliman of the Ultramarines has returned in the galaxy’s hour of need, and all muster to his Indomitus Crusade to hold back the darkness. Amongst these heroes is Cato Sicarius, Master of the Watch and vaunted captain of Second Company. Disaster befalls Sicarius and his brave warriors as their ship, the Emperor’s Will, is lost to the hellish warp, its entire crew believed slain. But Sicarius endures, though he and his men are fighting for their very survival against the denizens of the Great Rift - the daemons and renegades of Chaos.

Cast adrift and war-weary, hope appears too distant to grasp until the storm breaks at last and a strange world beckons. As the captain and a band of his chosen warriors descend to the surface seeking aid, they find an isolated land seemingly from an ancient era, one plagued by a terrible enemy. Sicarius will not see this world suffer and pledges his warriors to the world’s cause, determined to save it, whatever the cost....

But what is the dark secret harboured here, and what will it mean for the Ultramarines if they uncover it? Written by Nick Kyme.

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great

I had been hoping to find out what had taken place here and this was great.

A Nice Surprise

Without spoiling, the book is very interesting in its settings, and makes for compelling and varied characters, seen from different perspectives. The story is gripping, perhaps the first half a bit more than the latter half. It suffers a bit from a lot of last-second Hail Marys.


My main complaint is about the audio levels.
Performance is good, but the volume is poorly regulated, and when the narrator yells or speaks loudly it is jarring compared to his reading voice, very unpleasant when listening to this when trying to sleep or relax.

A new favorite.

I grabbed this one because it was long and about space marines. I did not expect to get an enjoyable mix of Aliens and Event Horizon that somehow mangaed to morph in to A Macraggian Astartes in King Arthur's Court, but that is what I got, and it was wonderful.

All around great 40k story

shoutout Richard Reed. dude could narrate grass growing and I'd listen. word word word

Slow start, but a great listen!

Everything about this story was very high quality. Easy to follow and a pleasure to listen through.

Amazing story and plot with confusing action

This book did a fantastic job of showing the advancements of the primaries Marines compared to regular Astardes by displaying their strength senses and healing capabilities directly against regular space Marines. It also builds a fantastic plot of unpowered Astardes on a midevil planet.

We March For Macragge!

what a amazing story, the blue smurfs return for more war and blood shed than ever.

meh?

Too much time spent fawning over sicarius and not enough time of him doing anything worthy of the praise.

Just kind of meh. Interesting conceptually, excellent performance, shoddy writing.

For Guilliman and Ultramar

A truly fine story gives a much deeper writ to the character that is Cato Sicarius rather than him being a brash and foolish glory hound. Which, frankly, as a long time 40k fan and GW patron and lore aficionado his character needed a true deepening and expansion. Getting to see the arrogance of the Primaris clashing against the long-suffering service of the derisively named "Firstborn" was also lovely. A fine story and another win for Nick Kyme. Richard Reed does an excellent job as a Narrator. Most GW audiobooks from Black Library have a resplendent cast, this is done by one man and he gives it his all. A job well-done worth of the Ultramarines and Black Library. Worth your time if you like the Ultramarines or just 40k in general, and wish to see the reality that not all are happy with the Primaris Marines nor are the Primaris the glorious saviors the Codices and Rule Books have made them out to be.

Review

The narrators say some words really oddly. very very British pronunciations. Took away from the experience a little.