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Fabius Bile: Primogenitor

Warhammer 40,000

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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.

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Despite his past sins I can't help but admire Fabius and his dogged determination to walk his own path when half the galaxy and even the Gods themselves try to say otherwise.

Despite feeling like the story got a bit slow during Part 2 I still enjoyed it.
Narrator was on point as well.

Pretty darn good.

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Great cast of characters in an incredibly engaging story, one I'd thought I'd hate as I've never been interested in the Emperors Children.

Exceptional

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Very nice addition to the lire of the vile Apothecary. A man with firm beliefs I can in so.e ways now understand, great story.

Nice

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Loved it, the narrator brought Fabius Bile to life magnificently from beginning to end alongside many of the supporting characters.

A sublime audiobook in many ways.

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another expanding tale in the 40k universe. fabius bile is an intriguing Character and how he ends up is anyone's quess. good narration. nice twists.

excellence

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perfect atmosphere constantly focusing on the emperors children and the other legion characters has absolutely no random stories within the novel that are most of the time boring to hear when you just wanna hear the arstartes side of things.

one of the best 40k novels out there

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As my first 40k book from a Chaos POV, I really enjoyed this one. Bile is a fascinating character, more an amoral antihero than a straight up villain, who the reader will struggle to determine if his brain and perspective is totally Chaos-corrupted, or he is the potential future salvation of mankind.

Found the battle near the end bit long-winded, but some may love it.

Great characters. Fascinating exploration of Bile's world and how Chaos Space Marine navigate the galaxy and each other. An overwhelming theme of regret and lack of guidance to these Traitor Legions makes a great theme to explore.

One of my favourite scenes is them navigating the Eye of Terror with their Warpshield off and dealing with daemons and warp predators. The mundanity of these magic-infused superhumans makes it somewhat hilarious.

8/10 Story. Highly recommended.
9/10 Narration. John Banks once again does Blck Library proud.

Great Introduction to Fabius Bile

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Good descriptions of chaos, but the story has some lulls and excessive declarative/ descriptive elements, in spite of story or character development.

Vivid variety of chaos

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Boring generic story about spess mehreens firing bolters in spess. About as weighty or as meaningful to the overall universe as a glass of water to a hiveworld. Sure, Bile is there, but you don’t learn anything new about him or the universe, just generic baddies going on a grand happy adventure for treasure.
The annoying thing about having named characters is that there is never any weight behind their stories and no risk, as you know that they cannot be allowed to die. Not that it matters, most of the battles are of little consequence.
A common trope which bad writers make with space marines is writing them exactly like their humans, with little mention of their advanced physiology or how powerful they are. Just boring sci fi fantasy in space with some famous guy and a splash of warhammer for flavour. Its like going to mcdonalds and removing the meat and cheese from a quarter pounder and calling it your own new and unique recipe.
You’ve got marines from all these different warbands and backgrounds, and theyre about as three dimensional as a poster. When all the characters are just breezing through the flimsy plotpoints you begin to wonder why this was even made.
Was this book only written because GeeDubs was asking for a book to sell with the toy?

Good for reading to fall asleep with

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Fabius is a great character. the performance is EXCELLENT and it's beautifully written but this book goes nowhere for 18 chapters.

flamboyant evil

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