Nice look at Catachan poking fun of cadians

ok ignore the Tyranids acting weird as it was they only really way to get an exploration of the end game of an invasion.

Story was average guard affairs with good banter with the catachans, setup could have had a better explanation but works based on the starting scenario.

also interesting to see what genstealer cults do after ascension, it's pretty much as bleak as you expected in 40k

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A new favorite!!

Immediately went to my top 10 Warhammer 40K books! The representation of different people and bodies, the story itself and a real connection with the grim-dark universe. Truly a pleasure to listen to! 🩷

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Catachan Poetry

I thoroughly enjoyed this! as a hard core Cadian collector and novel reader(listener?) I loved this insight into the Catachan from the perspective of the team in this thrilling novel.

Working through the stereotypes and cementing the Catachan as truly honorable soldiers with a good respect for their other war fighters. The first gut punch for me was "Cadia Stands". They didn't stop coming.

The horror tone was perfect. It perfectly echoed the fear I felt reading the first White Dwarf I remember about Tyranids, the death of a world being eaten alive in all its micro and macro terror.

The comedic aspects we're very well done. I remember the Sly Marbo and real world analogue jokes being told in the Troop offices!

I hope we hear more from the survivors in the future!

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The end of a world

Strange love story but hearing of a worlds last week and what goes on when the nids start there final consumption very good

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Absolutely loved it.

A new fresh take on Catachan Jungle Fighters, great story telling and characters. I'm ready to start an army of them now

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What do you call a cultist without a cult?

Wow what a phenomenal book doest get much better than catachan vs Tyranids unless you add the cadians too.

An epic story which gives good detail into the final days of a Tryanid Infested planet, with cultists, nids, and lots and lots of flamers. A mission that will see you apprehensive about who will survive or not.

if you love guard and like bugs this is the book for you.

cadia stands!

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drinking game

Drinking game, you know the one; every time you hear the word Catachan take a sip of a very weak beer and you'll be drunk by chaper 2.

spoiler free

unique perspective and insight into late stage Tyranid invasion really capturing the grim darkness and futility of their situation.

I was fascinated to see how the Tyranids consume a planet beyond what we usually see with space marines battling them etc.
some really graphic and descriptive scenes to this effect, great stuff, more please.

this is an Indiana Jones action movie where the characters are constantly going from one death defying sequence into another without breath or recovery time.

unique point of view character that came along for the ride, gave an interesting perspective.

nice little nods to other authors and building tie-ins in universe, Abnets mutant "twists" and "the many armed emperor" mentioned from day of ascension etc

absolutely loved the pacing feeling like a real action movie but a but disappointed in the ending to be honest (trying to keep it spoiler free here) it was grimdark with a distant glimmer of hope all the way through, It'd have given the book a much more powerful ending in my opinion if that glimmer of hope was utterly snuffed out at the end.

hope this review helps anyone undecided about this book.
top book, highly recommended and I hope to see more from Victoria in the future.

thanks.

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Catachan heroics on a dying world

Not just a great 40k novel, a brilliant bit of military sci fi in its own right. This book has everything - combat, gore, character development and a hint of romance -- everything I want in my fiction. More of Major Khan and her soldiers please!

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One of the best 40k novels I've listened to!

The idea of a Catachan vs Tyranids novel really picked my interest as they're an awesome matchup, but I wasn't expecting this to be such a good story! Very human and personal, greatly expanding the lore and character of the Catachan Jungle Fighters against some of the best descriptions of the apocalyptic nature of fighting the Tyranids. A really good debut for a new writer, and brought to life by an excellent voice actress. 100% recommended!

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Great characters!

Really enjoyed it, fantastic action and story with characters I ended up really liking. Hopefully there will be more titles that come from this

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