Kasrikin not the elite you'd expect

Well delivered story and is well thought out however the Kasrkin don't feel like the elite force they are meant to be. They are described more like normal Guardsman, not the elite you'd expect them to be.

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Good but not expected

So overall I found this a very good book and enjoyed the characters and the story and as my first “proper” guard book I was very impressed.

My only issue, which might be a personal one, was that the Kasrkins didn’t seem to act like Kasrkins in my eyes. When I saw this book released I had recently finished the Eisenhorn series , I’m aware it’s a different author, and in the book he describes these kasrkins to be so well trained that he’s more scared of them than a demon host, the fact they don’t even scream at dying or feel fear that it gave me goosebumps and was definatly the most exciting part of the book for me. In this book I find they don’t seem to act like kasrkins and joke about too much which I guess you have to to make a good story but I think if these chaps were just Cadian shock troopers instead of kasrkins it would make more sense seeing what they do and act and wouldn’t bother me

All in all still a good read

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Superb

What a great book. I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish. Proper good

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That narrator!

The narration of this story really helped bring the whole home. Great performance, and brilliant story with traitors, blueys and tin men. 10/10

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Loved it

A great story, full of twists and turns and surprises. I really enjoyed the change in points of view throughout the story - really gives you a great insight into the various characters.

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kill team must read

love it, awesome narrator. The Kroot is a nice storyline. want to see more in this series. Kaserkin are my favorit warhammer minis.

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A good but not great read

Spoilers:

This is a book, literally, of two halves.

Part one is a rescue mission and part two is the follow on.

Part one is a bit slow with the main threat being the setting.

Part two is much more engaging with amusing and interesting antagonists.

The writing is engaging enough.

Why 4 star for performance? Because it's just not the same when it's not Jonathan Keeble or Gareth Armstrong.

Why 3 star on story? (1) First half too dull/low. (2) Didn't like how informed the troops were of the Imperium (minor quibble). (3) First chapter was a misstep, it seemingly set up a character as the protagonist (or main character, at least) and then switched from it. made it slightly confusing. Similarly, there were pov switches that were mid paragraph, which doesn't work for me.

That being said, it's fine. It's not bad at all for 40k.

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An excellent insight into the Kasrkin, the Kroot and another under-narrated race

Loved this book. Started slowly but picked up well, with a great narration performance. I particularly liked the ending.

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kin,kin, kasrkin

the narrator is good and gives the characters life. good performance. the story is ok. however if you've any preconceived ideas about Kasrkin leave them behind. there is absolutely nothing elite about this band. later on there's other characters and they have similar names. some characters did have good story arcs though. it's an average book. you won't regret it but it's nothing new.

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FOR THE KIN

Genuinely, one of the best 40k novels I've listened to. Fleshed out characters and without spoilers a very sympathetic and unexpected 'bad guy' pops up and completed it. Feels like a Saturday night movie!

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