Shadowbreaker

Warhammer 40,000

By: Steve Parker

Narrated by: Andrew Wincott

Length: 16 hrs and 37 mins

Publisher's summary

A Deathwatch novel.

Talon Squad return to action, hunting for a missing inquisitor on a world that has been claimed by the T'au Empire - but has their quarry been taken or defected to the Greater Good?

Listen to it because: It's the long-awaited sequel to Deathwatch and is packed with the high-octane alien-hunting action you've come to expect from Steve Parker.

The story: The Deathwatch are the elite of the elite - small teams of Space Marines handpicked for special missions that require the utmost courage and cunning. Now recovered from the injuries sustained on his previous mission, Codicier Karras must lead Talon Squad in the hunt for a missing inquisitor. Their only clue is the name of an Imperial planet that has been taken over by the T’au. Is the missing inquisitor alive or dead? Worse still, has she gone rogue, jeopardising one of the Inquisition’s most secret projects?

Karras must lead his team against a whole planet of hostile T’au and survive the deadly internal politics of the Inquisition to succeed in his mission, code named Shadowbreaker.

Action, intrigue and excitement are seamlessly woven together by the master of high-octane science fiction, Steve Parker.

Written by Steve Parker. Audiobook running time 16 hours and 37 minutes. Narrated by Andrew Wincott.

©2019 Games Workshop Limited (P)2019 Games Workshop Limited

Very interesting story

This book has it all, Inquisition, xenos, plots within plots, etc. and very entertaining. it was a great read.

Epic

I loved it, many have commented about the slow start but, I enjoyed the immersion into the setting. I wish the other books in the series were available on audible because after this book I am hooked!

very slow begging but AMAZING SECOND HALF

truthfully I fell asleep for a little bit of the begging but not much. and kept going on. when they finally introduced the Kill team it felt like the true start of the Audio book. and from there it was an absolute joy

Great Story

Love every minute. Slow at first, but really gets going and very enjoyable once the plot and setting are defined.

Hard read at times, but is a good story (I guess?)

This is hard to write cause I don't know what to say. I don't want to bash the story, as it is a rather interesting one at times, but this is definitely meant for you as the reader to know the previous events with these characters. At times, the exposition is boring, or all together at times meaningless, to the events in question.

The characters are rather entertaining, yet a few feel very copy and paste. Some I wished were more flushed out while others I wish were never present as their place in the story does little to nothing with it.

Overall, if you have read the previous ones, and enjoy this group, you'll more than likely enjoy this read. If you have no experience with this setting, or even 40k in general, I'd suggest something else. Honestly, it is really up to you.

peak 40k action

A combination of everything that nakes 40k unique and fun: tactical combat, a twisted story, variety of allies and enemies, and an unrelenting story of grim war in the stars. absolutely loved it. slight gripe at 2 spots the narrator repeats aline in the exact same way a little strange but the only error I noticed over the long runtime.

It's true the story is slow starting but

Yes the book is slow starting but it's laying the foundation of a great story base and really helps you get invested in every interesting unique character in the story. The diversity of enemies and problems the Deathwatch have to overcome in this book is fantastic yet different then the "all out war" you get in some many other books. Lovely

Amazing read! We need more novels with talon squad

Absolutely one of my favorite WH40K books! I want to see more full length novels about Deathwatches talon squad! Great narration, great characters, great story development!

Tale of the DW hampered by inquisition politics

Story starts off insanely slow. Lots of internal politics setting the stage for the main story. So much of it is left ambiguous by the end of the book it leaves one to think - what was the point? Action very well done for both forces. What one would expect from a modern 40k novel: blood, gore, character deaths, etc. Good narration and pacing. But unless this is going to be a trilogy or have a sequel - its just too much darn world building.

Great story but with a slow start

Do not skip out on this book. The first like 20ish chapters are slow yes, but granted it is necessary story and character development. Once you get past that you have an amazing action packed story that keeps your interest for the rest of the book. I would have given it 5 stars if the beginning was not slow to pick up.