Imperator: Wrath of the Omnissiah

Warhammer 40,000

By: Gav Thorpe

Narrated by: John Banks

Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins

Publisher's summary

Holy warbringer of the Legio Metalica, the Imperator Titan Casus Belli has routed armies and levelled cities over 10,000 years of service in the name of the Machine God.

As war engulfs the Dark Imperium, this mechanical god of battle arrives to destroy the renegade armies and tech-priests of Nicomedua. At the head of a battlegroup of Titans, Imperial Knights and skitarii, Casus Belli must defeat tainted war engines, Traitor Legionnares and armies of cultists.

While apocalyptic battles rage across the planet, a no less deadly battle unfolds within the Titan itself, as Magos Exasus, leader of the Casus Belli’s Tech-guard, must find and defeat the enemy within before their insidious plans come to fruition.

©2017 Games Workshop Limited (P)2017 Games Workshop Limited

Excellent relatable story from inside a god-machine

Once I got into the cadence and writing style I found this to be incredibly relatable and an excellent story. Would absolutely read more.

it's a good book

I really thought the gender thing was weird at first but then, I realized it's admech and people that are half cyborg

Great listen!

Really enjoy all the aspects of the Warhammer universe and this book does an excellent job of contributing to it!

Liked it!

Was really good to have a unique view on the life within imperator titan.

Loved the intimate focus of life on a god engine

As always superb story and better choice acting really bringing the world to life. I really liked that this particular novel was more of a focus only on the space within a god machine and an epic war within at that. Absolutely recommended.

Warhammer 40K and Political Correctness

Great story, but why the need to use gender neutral pronouns. These are fictional characters in a fictional universe. What is accomplished by using “vim” other than placating a very select few individuals opinions?

Not a lot of story, stretched out of a long period

An ok story, but dry - not much action, almost zero titan battle description (unlike titan death or others) and ultimately was just something to listen to in the background

Loved the book

A lot of action and a great story. Was kinda put off by the ver and vis pronouns ,but got around it. Love the characters.

Titan battle from the eyes of smallest to largest

First I must praise the use of neopronouns, which have been shamefully and erroneously criticized in other reviews. They add a lot to the Magos Dominus’s character and the fluid use of neopronouns in narration no small feat for John Banks. Science Fiction that experiments linguistically should be commended, not attacked. The Imperator Titan is one of the most attention grabbing things in WH40K and the representation here does it justice. That this book also took it time to flesh out the civilian servants of the Titanicus makes this book an almost complete picture of a battle and fleshed out the lore for me in fascinating ways.

Sick of the constant incursion of “Social Justice.”

That being said, I set aside my abhorrence for such divisive political narratives and forced myself to acclimate to the seeming pandering. I do not know the author or his stance on such matters, so I opted to think the best of his intentions.

Right from the start... “ve, vis, ver vimself, verself” eye-roll trigger warning. It took about half ethernet book (Audible) to acclimate to the jarring change in standard English. I believe most of the discomfort stems from the over-abundance of forced compliance for “inclusion.” Had society not taken the conversation to unnecessary heights of mandatory compliance, I probably would have acclimated sooner.

Unfortunately, I wasted attention span bracing myself for more “social justice” preaching instead of just enjoying the story. Even so, I still enjoyed the story. Some people would label me a “gate-keeper,” and in a sense I am. I do not appreciate popular culture commandeered for some ridiculous crusade based on First-World problems. Was I taken aback by the listed pronouns? Yes. Did I let it affect my judgment of The Black Library as a whole? No.

With my drive to assume the best of the author, I accepted that some materialistic people require such justification of their existence, and I pity them for it. However, the story was still good. I chose to view the characters as interesting characters who happen to be non-binary and female rather than non-binary and female characters who are interesting. I never weighed a character’s gender, race, or skin color when app are coating their growth, and don’t intend to start doing so just because of some forced social paradigm shift.

This review is for the “alphas” will will invariably rage because of the blatant social commentary foisted upon the reader/listener. Calm down and exercise control over your emotions so you can enjoy the story. Try to focus on the philosophical themes cemeteries around the emotional and logical dichotomy between the material and the ideal. Try to focus on the vivid imagery and various character arcs. It is still a well-crafted story, and the non-binary pronouns almost faded into the background by about halfway through.

Try to see this book as an attempt to undo the irrational drive to force a new paradigm on society by bringing the change the way should have been brought: slowly, steady, ponderously, and inevitably like the march of an Imperator Titan.