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Taker of Heads

Warhammer 40,000

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Taker of Heads

By: Ian St Martin
Narrated by: John Banks, Steve Conlin, David Seddon, Andrew Fettes, Philip Nightingale, Matthew Hunt, Emma Gregory
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In the jungles of Aztlan a deadly war of the shadows is being fought. And the Imperial Guard are losing. The alien t’au, though few in number, greatly outclass the soldiers of the Imperium and are taking a serious toll on their forces.

A call for aid is answered by the fearsome Mortifactors Chapter, who come to the world full of grim purpose. Adoni, an unblooded neophyte yet to earn his place, is amongst the war party. As the Mortifactors descend into the jungle vastness, they hunt for a killer, one that will not die easily but that whom Adoni must slay if he is to become part of the Chapter and a Taker of Heads.

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Excellent Pacing • Phenomenal Voice Acting • Skilled Narrators • Engaging Plot Twists • Mature Themes
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This is one of the best 40k audio dramas I’ve ever listened to! Highly recommended!

Best 40k audio drama

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This is definitely performance worth noting! It's a good, quick story that is sure to satisfy.

Schwarzenegger in "Predator" meets 40k

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While I understand what the author, narrator, and director were going for here, as a Vietnam vet. This chapter, to be fair, is atypical of the Space Marines and really demands this type of story telling. The one HUGE failing, oddly, was the background engineering which causes pieces of dialog to be lost. Also, it provides bits of background with no context which is one of those devices that either works or it doesn't. Here it doesn't. On the plus (and interesting) side, much like Henry Zou's novel "Flesh and Iron", this novel plums blatantly the brutality of War in the 41st millennium. I cannot say I "liked" this novel because it brought back some very strong negative emotions from my time in country, but barring the distracting soundtrack, I appreciate the craftsmanship of both the narrator and writer.

For fans of grittier 40k fare

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its literally predator in 40k and thats awesome a good mix of action with back story to a very unique chapter of space marines

40k meets predator

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Two hunters going at each other, to determine who will end up the prey, would love to see a next chapter in this young scouts story

Predator in 40k

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Better audio drama related to another of the unique sucessor chapters in lore. If you like the Exorcists or Charadons, this for you too.

intro to mortifactors

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loved it, the mortifactors are fleshed out amazingly, great story and very well voiced thank you

headhunters rule!!!

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Mortifactors vs T'au on a Jungle world. This was an awesome listen. Just like the old Imperial Guard books.

Excellent short story

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I've always loved the idea of the chapter depicted in this book. I mean, what a great idea for a chapter of marines. And this book delivers exactly what i wanted, a short and sweet look into this chapter and how they operate. I really cant go too in depth without spoiling parts of the book,

The voice acting is phenomenal. I love this style of more radio play than audio-book for these shorter novels. Well done all around.

Short, Sweet, Full of Flavor

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Prefer the audio dramas from BL. The featured chapter rarely gets love despite being successors of GW's posterboys. The battle gives the Tau a horrific quality compared to the Vietcong. Does not skimp on how absolutely brutal the jungle war is.

Enjoyable

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