Belisarius Cawl: The Great Work

Warhammer 40,000

By: Guy Haley

Narrated by: John Banks

Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins

Publisher's summary

An Adeptus Mechanicus novel.

In the wake of the Great Rift, Belisarius Cawl turns his attention to the abandoned world of Sotha. Once home to the Scythes of the Emperor, it also hides a long-buried secret...and an ancient evil.

Listen to it because:

Cawl is one of the most fascinating characters in the Dark Imperium, and Guy Haley gets right into his memory circuits as he seeks ancient secrets that will blow your mind.

The story:

Belisarius Cawl, Archmagos Dominus of the Adeptus Mechanicus, is the most brilliant mind alive. For 10,000 years he has furthered the cause of mankind, working under the aegis of the Emperor and Lord Commander Roboute Guilliman to prevent the inexorable march of the alien and the traitor. Many call him heretic, but all must recognise the magnitude of his achievements, for who else but he was entrusted to create a new generation of Space Marines?

Who else but the great Belisarius Cawl could even accomplish such a task? Now, in the wake of the Great Rift and the Indomitus Crusade, his ambitions bring him to the long-dead world of Sotha, once home to the Scythes of the Emperor, now a barren wasteland devoured by the vile Tyranids. Accompanied by Tetrarch Felix and his elite warriors, it is here that Cawl believes the lynchpin of his mysterious Great Work lies. But uncovering it is a near impossible task, one in which the Archmagos must overcome an ancient evil that threatens to extinguish the last hope of humanity.

Written by Guy Haley. Total running time 11 hours and 11 minutes. Performed by John Banks.

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

B A N G ! ! !

I swear if I hear narrator say BANG one more time.... I thought it was a one chapter theme but this is the third I think or fourth.... UGH!!!

worth the time

well read and as always comes together nicely in the end.

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Great Backstory

This was an excellent telling of the backstory of Belisarius Cawl. It really gave perspective on his personality and that of the Adeptus Mechanicus.

Worth it

I very much enjoyed it. a great look inside of Belisarius Cawl, would recommend it

Interesting and greatly narrated story

I have been playing the Warhammer 40k board game for 2 years, this was my first delve deeper into the lore behind the Warhammer universe. I enjoyed the story very much, it is very well written, captivating and also greatly narrated. I highly recommend it.

Top 5 40k book for me.

Great Book! Going back and forth 10000 years at a time was hard to follow tho as an adio book.

Belisarius Cawl is even cooler that I thought!

I feel like I learned so much about him yet still know nothing! There is so much depth to him a a character and rightfully so! Great story telling and I loved how his past was presented. Worked very well with the narrative of why they were on the planet. I enjoyed the ride!

Outstanding!

I got a little lost in the weeds and I'll have to listen to it again. It pulls some Tarantino time jumps and so if you don't pay attention or if like me you pause the story every 10 minutes it'll be hard to keep up. It was still very good and I'll enjoy listening to it again.

first foray into audiobooks, and a 40k novel

First off, the performance and voices were amazingly done abd really helped to give each character a personality and to help differentiate them.

if you have no knowledge of 40k lore, I cannot recommend this a starting point. you will be lost often and will miss out on a lot of the nuance.

Belisarius Cawl is truly a bada$$ character and I didn't think too much of him before this book.

The bit of jumping around and side stories may also be confusing.

Tho none of this can I hold against this AB.

Very very good

An absolute pleasure to read. Story and characters were engaging and the atmosphere was phenomenal.