Elemental Council

Warhammer 40,000

De: Noah Van Nguyen

Narrado por: Emma Gregory

A Warhammer 40,000 Audiobook

Since the T’au Empire annexed the world of Cao Quo, its benighted human population has caused setback after setback for their new rulers, resisting the light of the Greater Good. Now, an armed rebellion has taken root, led by the ruthless but brilliant Artamax – a Space Marine of the Raptors Chapter.

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Explore the inner workings, politics, and challenges facing members of the T'au as they face a full-scale planetary insurrection from within their own empire. Can a selection of experts from across the castes come together to defeat this insurgency?

THE STORY

In a moment of crisis for the T'au Empire, the enigmatic ethereal Yor’i assembles an elite Elemental Council – a veteran Fireblade, a water caste spy, a peerless air caste pilot, and a maverick earth caste engineer – in the hope of curtailing the growing insurgency on the planet Cao Quo.

But as a full-scale planetary insurrection looms, enemies more cunning than Yor’i’s council could have imagined begin to surface from both sides, and Cao Quo soon finds itself teetering on the brink of being plunged back into a dark age of ignorance, and all-out war.

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Compelling characters struggling for a victory against the shadowy imperium

My first 40K book. Thought it was a great listen, especially for a Tau fan. I would recommend it to anyone interested in the faction!

An interesting look at Tau/human interaction.

Diplomatic battles almost as tense as the real one. a good look at the many methods Tau use for war. Perhaps not as grimdark as many 40k works but still interesting.

Finally a Great Tau Novel!

A great story with captivating insights into the Tau of Warhammer 40,000. The real treat is the characters. All of them are engaging with complex motivations and charm for days. This is NOT my usual experience with 40K novels, and I desperately hope there is more like this to come!

Not just good, it's a Greater Good.

A book for Tau fans. A warning, your enjoyment will depend on how you feel about the characters and their arcs. Thankfully those characters and their arcs are great. The only real flaw was the antagonizing forces were kept shadowed a bit too long for my taste. It all came together excellently in the end though.

A perfect Ten

Elemental Council feels like a love letter to warhammer fans as well as Tau fans specifically. The author uses the setting to address many of the myths and memes about the Tau, finding a perfect middle ground of making them true but not unreasonable, or formerly true but no longer. This is a story of living up to your own expectations, and the pressure of finding your place in a common cause. I’m very happy with how it turned out, and will be coming back to it again and again.

best Tau Book so far

haven't had such a good 40k book in a while. highly recommend it to everyone interested in the greater Good

Tactical, cunning and brilliant.

This is a fantastic novel, and is far better than I expected. Noah has proven how well he writes 40K action and intrigue. While a bit of a slow start, it quickly picks up and keeps you guessing and invested in the story. It is balanced between realism and grimdark, and has something for every kind of 40K fan, be you fanatic of the imperium of man, or sympathetic to the greater good of the Tau empire. Truly a great work of fiction, here’s hoping for more.

Excellent Story, and Minthara Narrates it for You

While I'm generally a fan of 40k, you kinda have to go in with the understanding that some of the novels are higher quality than others. This is a novel of very high quality indeed. Elemental Council is well written from top to bottom, with no shortage of genuinely interesting characters, nuanced conflict, set-piece battles and action sequences, and a philosophical through line that asks what it's like to struggle towards The Greater Good, even in a time as Grim Dark as the 41st milennia. While there were one or two minor character development moments that I questioned, they did nothing to prevent me from thoroughly enjoying this novel.

And then you consider that Emma Gregory expertly voice-acts the entire thing and you've just got a winning combination. She is a fabulously talented performer who I knew previously for voicing Minthara in Baulder's Gate 3. Gregory lends every single character depth and personality with her narration, from our multiple protagonists to the most minor of ancillary characters. The world of Kau'Kuo (I think is how it's spelled) is brought to life a hundred times over through her effort. This novel deserves to have Emma Gregory narrate it certainly, but it would not have been the same experience without her performance. She just adds even more to an already wonderful novel. I recommend this highly.

A thrilling Among Us tale with the Tau

The Tau must uncover a conspiracy meant to overthrow a planet under their control. Can they succeed for the sake of the Greater Good?

Really enjoyed this story as I like the Tau juxtaposition with the general 40k setting. Performance was well acted and I think the narrator gave it her all.

Would recommend!

Give me all your meeeeaaaatt

Although this was a long listen I enjoyed every minute of it. Narrator did wonderful. Character development was well done.