• Skitarius: Warhammer 40,000

  • Adeptus Mechanicus, Book 1
  • By: Rob Sanders
  • Narrated by: Toby Longworth
  • Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (693 ratings)

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Skitarius: Warhammer 40,000

By: Rob Sanders
Narrated by: Toby Longworth
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Publisher's summary

The skitarii are the soldiers of the Machine God, the tireless legions of the Adeptus Mechanicus. Holy warriors, they carry the word of the Omnissiah across the galaxy, destroying the impure machines of aliens and renegades and spearheading the Quest for Knowledge.

A discovery of ancient technology sends a skitarii legion, commanded by Alpha Primus Haldron-44 Stroika, into battle on a forge world overrun by Chaos. When a cataclysm cuts him off from his tech-priest overseers, Stroika must rally his forces and battle both corrupt machines and Chaos Space Marines if he is to achieve victory.

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Great Political Intrigue, Poor Show Piece for Adeptus Mechanicus

Right off the bat I read this book so I could familiarize myself with the Skitarii of the Adeptus Mechanicus. Instead what I got was a passable political intrigue storyline and a great focus on a Skitarii named Stroika.

The problem is every other character is bland. Stroika has a great backstory of being a normal human being with tattoos marking what augments he wanted and where. The rest of the Skitarii Princeps don’t get enough character development except for one Rust Stalker who actively looks for loopholes in his commands so he can kill more.

The narrator is as good as always(he has done a lot of Black Library’s catalogue) and does great robot voices.

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Paper thin characters

Pap are thin characters and a weak storyline are only saved by an excellent reader.

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The Rogue One of 40k books

Beep boop the robots are going to war. At a glance an Ad Mech book may seem unappealing but I've got to say this book was more emotional than some of the space marine books I've listened too over the years mainly because its very easy to forget that these are people, sure they've got some extra bits, but they're still people at the core and surprisingly emotional for cyborgs. All in all, great read.

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This book really reminds me of Rogue One in a good way as it follows a similar-ish plot line of find thing, debate the use of said thing, use thing to get other thing, die, sacrifice allows allies to win the war. While that sort of spoils things and is kind of simplified I felt that I had a better connection with the main character, a skitarii commander who cares about his men and gets redeployed with a magos who doesn't care about the risk to his men's lives. Books like this are few and far between and if you've got a spare credit or are looking for something to read pick this up.

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storyline not on par with the excellent narrator

As far as Warhammer 40k stories go, this just did'nt live up to my expectations. As always, Toby Longworths narration was top notch, but I found myself hardly listening as the first book drew to a close. Hopefully the second book in the series will be better.

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Is GW fiction any good?

Honestly, it lacked nuance and was pretty predictable. I don’t really know what people see in GW fiction. The grim darkness really limits an author’s ability to write a compelling story.

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Good book

Lots of good insight into the skitarii, interesting twists at the end. On the downside a little too much “bolt porn”, also some WH40k authors find a new word they like and use it in literally every other sentence, like “runic”, for this book it’s “phylactic”.

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sadly disappointing...

This book fell into the trap that I feel many 40K books fall into. The character development was lacking, primarily because the main character was an emotionless cyborg. While Sanders did a good job in making us understand that, there just wasn't enough done to make the main character relatable, and thus there was very little buy in on my part to listen to and care about what was happening to him. The story line could be summed up as "Skitarii went to a place, fought a lot, the end." It wasn't until the very last chapter or two of the book that I really was drawn in to see what was going to happen. Overall it wasn't horrible, but just didn't draw me in. I won't be listening to the next one.

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Definitely worth it if you praise the Omnissiah

not the most satisfying ending since it's setup for the next book. but super fun and well flavored ad mech story!

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Worst GW book I've listened to

I've got over over 40 warhammer books and this had to be the worst. The plot, the characters, the voices everything was subpar and it was challenging to stay awake. I often used this as sleeping material to listen to before going to bed. The ending wasn't good, the story meh and I'm afraid to read/listen to any other admech books if they're this horrible. Do not buy this book unless you need something to put you to sleep.

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A great look into the mechanicus

We have seen the skitarii in many engagements but we never got to know what was going on in those metal encased heads. This entry gives a great look into the minds of the mechanicus and the logic that pushes their ambitions.

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