Crisis of Faith

Farsight: Warhammer 40,000, Book 1

By: Phil Kelly

Narrated by: Andrew Wincott, Helen McAlpine

Length: 12 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's summary

A T'au Empire novel

Fresh from his victory on Arkunasha, the young Commander Farsight leads a crusade to reclaim colonies lost to mankind's Imperium. But stiff resistance will test him to his limits and beyond.

Listen to it because: Phil Kelly continues his look at the life of Commander Farsight with his first campaign against the full might of the Imperium and shows how the T'au Empire's technological superiority fares against Imperial grit.

The story: the t'au are a mysterious alien race, diametrically opposed to the Imperium of Man in every possible way - in their mastery of technology, methods of warfare and social structure. Yet in galactic terms they are a young race, and naïve when it comes to the manipulations of Chaos. When promising young Commander Farsight is promoted to lead a crusade across the Damocles Gulf to reclaim the T'au Empire's lost colonies from mankind, the mood is one of optimism. With their mighty fleet, and superior weapons and machines, how can their endeavour possibly fail? However, despite a parade of early successes, Commander Farsight soon faces enemies he wasn't anticipating and finds not only his courage but also his soul tested to the very limit.

Written by Phil Kelly. Narrated by Helen McAlpine and Andrew Wincott.

©2021 Games Workshop Limited (P)2021 Games Workshop Limited

eh

good performance. sorry is... not the best from GW but good enough. typical of the greater good ;)

Good for a Tua book

As an Ork guy this book was pretty good. Great performance like normal. Story was good. It has your standard combat mixed in with so Tua politics. Not great but if your a Tua guy or has a passing interest then it’s not a bad listen and leaves you wanting to follow the bread crumbs of the next book.

amazing book for warhammer lovers

a captivating read for anyone fond of warhammer stories and especially tau lore. highly recommend.

Very good Tau story.

Really good story. Well written and decently paced. Word Word Word Word good book.

Almost excellent! Not quite, but almost.

In my opinion, this book does for the Tau what Graham MacNiel’s “Uriel Ventris Saga” did for the Ultramarines: give some much-needed depth to a sometimes controversial faction, and put a fleshed-out character front and center as that faction’s representative. It can feel a bit slow at times, but the story as a whole is good, the narration is very good, and the climax is absolutely excellent. All in all, a solid 4/5!

Farsight Enclave lore.

If you're into the famous Tau commander farsight, this was a pretty great read. Even if you just want to learn more about Tau, it's great. The best parts to me had to deal with the Tau encountering warp entities for the first time. Solid Grimdark book

For the Tau’Va

Phillip Kelly penned a fun and interesting portrayal of my favorite character in the 41st Millennium. With great character writing and just a bit of Plot Armor I enjoyed the tale of Commander Farsight

As good as I hoped it would be

I have tried a couple of the Age of Sigmar writings and they’re terrible. So it was refreshing when this book was of the quality missing from the previous books I’ve tried. The story was engaging even if I was a little confused what some tools were. A lot of these books assume you know what all the little things are without explaining them to you.

An amazing 40k book divulging lore on an underappreciated xenos faction

Man, there are things that happen in this book that make you cheer for the hero and I call him that in the intense meaning of the word. Amazingly voice acted by, surprisingly, two narrators. They both add intrigue as to their purpose in the story through the strength of their performances! I really enjoyed this story and I immediately bought the sequel!

Great Narrators

The performance by the cast is the best part of the book. Everything just kind of goes fine for the tau, there is no anticipation because you know they will win in the end. Pretty good Tau lore if you’re into that.