Fabius Bile: Primogenitor

Warhammer 40,000

By: Josh Reynolds

Narrated by: John Banks

Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's Summary

He is known by many names - Clonelord, Manflayer, Primogenitor. He is the epitome of deceit and perversion, and feared by man and monster alike. Once the Chief Apothecary of the Emperor's Children, the madman known as Fabius Bile possesses a knowledge of genetic manipulation second to none.

Now a renegade among renegades, he is loathed by those he once called brother, and even the most degraded of Chaos Space Marines fear his name. Exiled for his dark experiments, Bile has retreated deep into the Eye of Terror, leaving a trail of twisted abominations in his wake. But when a former student brings word of the ultimate prize for the taking, Bile is unable to resist being drawn once more into the cauldron of war. For in seizing this prize, Fabius Bile might yet discover the one secret his has been unable to unlock...the secret which will prevent his inevitable doom.

©2016 Games Workshop Limited (P)2016 Games Workshop Limited

Unbelievable novel

When I first delved into warhammer, I hated Fabius Bile. But a friend of mine talked me into reading this novel, and I must say, I have found a new respext and love for the primogenitor. Within the first few hours, this book quickly made its way to the top of my favorites list. It is beautifully written, and the performance is simply amazing. A must read for anyone who lokes Warhammer 40k and its lore!

Good background info!

engaging story - lots of good supporting characters and motivations. Shows how Chaos gets ready for conflict.

Wow

The funny thing is I hated the lore behind Fabius Bile since I was a kid, but because of this series, he's, without a doubt, one of my favorite characters. It's successful because Josh Reynolds writes all the Chaos characters in a very layered and sophisticated way. The stories have a great balance of action and character development. I really love the series and await more.

Absolute gold

Absolute gold Toke me three sessions very Enjoyable. still need five more word two one...

Intrigue and action

Excellent narration and story. Really expands on society within the eye of terror. Great for any 40k fan.

A great tale told.

Well narrated. a excellent story. deffinatly ready to begin part 2. Felt like Fabuys could have gad a tad more focus from the writer if anything. otherwise a freat book.

Best chaos story I've read since the night lords!

I had real doubts going in but this is actually the best chaos story I've read since the night Lords Trilogy after reading this I believe I will actually pick up the model!

shift in opinion!

so this book is probably like the 80th Warhammer book I've listened to and I really, really hated fabius bile. from all the way back in the fulgrim novel I just hated him, but not even halfway through this book I found myself kind of changing my opinion on him. this book is a really awesome insight into him as a sole entity, and i think he might be becoming one of my favorite characters in Warhammer.

Outstanding story and a real enhancement to W40K

Endlessly inventive and a real world building experience. a compelling read and later a compelling listen on audiobook. The narration is simply superb and really adds to the experience. possibly my favorite W-40K experience after the Eisenhorn arc or, dare I say this out loud, equal to?

So good.

Loved every minute of the story.
Narration, top notch quality!
incredibly immersive though out it all.
Thank you!

Black library

Finally Warhammer 40k comes to audible. This is going to get expensive for me. Sweet as.

Maybe I've been spoiled by the Horus Heresy Novels

Maybe I've been spoiled by the Horus Heresy novels but I found this version of Fabius Bile to be pretty bland. Only one character in this novel was of any interest to me and that was an Iron Warrior who had literally one line of dialogue.

The Slaanesh characters all came across as parodies of their Heresy counterparts. The body horror wasn't really that scary, more like someone had watched Hell Raiser and decided to mash it into 40K. The book had one World Eater character in it and he could just have been any other type of Marine, he wasn't written like a World Eater and wasn't voiced as one.

The main character (other then Bile) is called Oleander Koh and he is very annoying. I think the author was trying to make him the eyes and voice of the audience but he just came across as a nobody who was trying to manipulate characters that were so much more powerful then him.

The voice actor had a too deep voice for my tastes when it came to Slaanesh characters, he did his best but their were several occasions when he didn't swap voices fast enough and the accents (which were very similiar to each other) blended into each other.

I'll never listen to this again and am glad I can get my credit back. Sorry - a hard pass for me.

Vividly Grotesque and Intriguing

Excellent voice acting and narrating. Enthralling story with beautifully vivid imagery. A enjoyable 40k novel delving into the infamous 3rd legion and Fabius Bile.

Excellent

I really loved this trilogy. I think Josh Reynolds is a fantastic writer, especially when he does the darker stuff but that’s just personal preference. John Banks is great as the narrator too. There’s many good characters to get to know and I really liked the location within the Warhammer 40k universe where this is set. It’s a bit like Hellraiser and The Neverending Story combined in that it’s very grim dark but it’s also a very imaginative and creative part of the Warhammer 40k. This trilogy really got my imagination firing and how I felt about some of characters by the end was a little perplexing because of the mixture of good and bad in their characters and personally I liked that. I thought the story telling was fast moving and very interesting and a big thing that I really appreciated was that the characters weren’t stupid, at least, not the ones who weren’t meant to be. I sometimes get a little annoyed with the good guys in some Warhammer stuff for being very “for honor brother” ... “for honor”. Actually, now I think about it, many Warhammer 40k books do my head in a little bit but not these, I thought these were great and I think I maybe a Fabius Bile fan for life because of Josh Reynolds.

Fabulous bile

I got this on a whim, but thoroughly enjoyed it! Bile is a really compelling character. It's really worth a listen!

The best 40k Audiobook and story so far

Was brilliant! Was interesting to see things from a non-imperial view point for a change and happy the chaso marines were shown not to be crazy rambling nutters but very clever and similar to there loyalist counterparts. starting the second in the series straight away!

Brilliant read.

I loved it. The book itself is well written and the characters were brought to life by John Banks who did good with the narration

Good story, Decent reading

Occasional mispronounciation of words but otherwise good pace and solid story. Could chalk it down to local idiolect

Hear me out

Can be bit confusing if you're not already familiar with the Warhammer 40K universe.

class one of the best 40k characters.

one of the best characters in 40k brought to life in this audiobook series. reccomend.