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Fabius Bile: Primogenitor

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Fabius Bile: Primogenitor

By: Josh Reynolds
Narrated by: John Banks
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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 Adventure Fantasy Fiction Military Science Fiction Space Opera Space

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

Vividly Grotesque and Intriguing

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This is a very interesting series.
Not great but interesting.
Bile is a different kind of "hero" that keeps on keeping on.
Works ok as a stand-alone experience but still not better to have some previous reading on 40k under the hood.

Good start to the series

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I love this book because it has a great narrator and the voice acting makes the book every better

Best start to the Fabius books

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Overall it's a decent book, with an interesting plot, and the narrator is pretty good. However, I found much of it tedious and I often lost focus then realised I'd missed something important and wasn't sure what was going on. At no point did I think, "I don't care what happens next," but I often wondered if I could skip a couple of minutes. The action scenes are good, and in my opinion the greatest strength of the novel is the descriptive passages, which mostly range from good to excellent, but I wouldn't miss some of them if they weren't there. The dialogue isn't so good. A lot is just boring, not advancing the plot, not adding to the atmosphere, not telling me anything new and interesting about the characters, and not being funny or otherwise entertaining. I also feel like the book didn't do all the characters themselves justice. Fabius Bile is interesting and fleshed out enough, which is the most important thing, Oleander is ok but a bit boring, but many of the others have unfulfilled potential.

My review probably comes off as more negative than positive, but ultimately I was listening to it for the exciting action scenes and grisly gruesome bits, both of which are excellent. I'll probably read the others in the series, just not as audiobooks so I can skim the boring bits and/or refer back if I get lost.

Good but could be better

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it was very good, I like, very good, bile cool, very book, nice book, fun book

based

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A great introduction and opening on the tale of Bile. Banks narration is excellent as always.

A great opening

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

Fabulous bile

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Slow start but the best books are, the performance of the narrator was fantastic especially loved his harlequin

Great writing performed masterfully

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A story that is capturing of its audience and informative. Covering so many Traitor legions and Emporer's Children lore. Especially with the forthcoming Emporer's Children release in the Warhammer 40k game.

Also refreshing not to have the protagonist as a Sergeant, Captain or other officer. Interesting to see a supporting Officer's perceptive on a story.

Brilliant, unexpectedly brilliant.

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it was an ok book, some of the bits were interesting with a look into how apothecaries operate and are perceived within the traitor legions. However, I did find it to be an exceptionally slow book that took quite a while to get going. it did have it's moments and there was some interesting characters but overall it felt very middle of the road

like Fabius the book falls short of perfaction

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