Obtain Immediately The Hunt For Voldorius (Space Marine Battles #3) Narrated By Andy Hoare Supplied As Online Book

is my second time reading a book in the Battles series, I was pleasantly surprised with the first one, but this one lived up to my expectations for the series, While I don't regret reading it, there are many many better books featuring the Space Marines than this one, Granted, part of that might be that I don't find the White Scars chapter particularly interesting, However, the characters all seemed stereotypes of their chapters, and not even very interesting stereotypes, either,

On the plus side, you do get to see a decent amount of Space Marines kill abouttimes their own number,

On the downside, I thought the way the White Scars used battle cant was silly, and the fact that every time it was used the author felt he had to explain they were using battle cant drove me batty.


The plot is also fed to you with a spoon, with nothing surprising happening ever, since the book stops, yells, and points every time there is a bit of foreshadowing.


I don't expect myK books to be the height of literature, but I do expect them

to be entertaining, This book seemed to fall far short of the Black Library's normal standards, A great look into the complications of working with another chapter, white scars and Raven Guard fighting to eradicate chaos from the Imperium Well, it is a book about Space Marines.
The writer has a weak grasp of the concept of what a Space Marine is, but there is very little character development or personality to the characters in this book.
I would avoid this book and read a more well known series in theK universe, The deamon Voldorius is a weak enemy, not to mention the badly written Alpha Legion characters, just do not add anything interesting to the story, To me this was an uninspired story, that I am glad came to and end, As with all books that comes from the Black Library, you get a vague description of an Adeptus Astartes chapter, then the story runs, .

In this case the White Scars chapter led by Ko'sarro Master of the hunt, and the opponent Voldorious, it isn't a fast pace story, but a good story nonetheless, the reason for hunting Voldorious, where the protagonist went, and the final curtain at Quintus.
ummmmm can't forget about the other chapter in this story the Raven Guard, . .

I guess I'll recommend this to the other Warhammer readers, . . This was a bit clunky to begin with and the writing a little 'immature' at times I get the feeling that some of the chapters are more edited and refined than others.
The story is good although predictable at times, Sometimes the authors of Black Library books try to be 'too epic' in what's happening in the story and that on occasion can irritate me! It was good to learn about the White Scars however and the Raven Guard so if you are interested in learning a bit about each chapter these books are ideal.
I will be pursuing the others in the series, Fun, I guess. This book rates only two or to quote that bastion of TV comedy scientific knowledge "Sheldon Cooper" it rates a "Meh", Of course I wasn't expecting much, Most of the novels in this or any of the Warhammer based series are not intended to be great literature, But this one was just a bit too much roaring motorbike engines, despicable warp spawned monsters and way to formidable and virtuously stalwart Space Marines,

I usually think of the serial SF novels based on either a game or movie as MacampCheese for the mind and the occasional respite from the intricacies of my usual histories, or something mentally a bit more engaging.
Not that some of them haven't surprised me by being having a rather good story but this was definitely in the "Meh" category, It's more in the line of a paperback version of a grade B movie with more than it's share of gratuitous violence or a very cheaply done comic book, Anyway it filled the slot as numberin the "Space Marine Battles Novels" and now will rest on the book shelve along with it's Brother Marine novels if only just to annoy my wife who will ask as she usually does, "Are you ever going to get rid of some of these Old books"

I of course will just smile and nod as I or must husbands do when pretending to listen to their wives.
SIGH!
I think that this is one of the best warhammerk books that i have ever read! the space marine battle novles are my favorite,

this story thakes place when the white scars chapter is sent on a mission to hunt down the vile deamon prince lord kernax voldorius
and after hunting him down for centuries they finaly trap him on a small planet that has totaly fallen under his controll but there is more than just voldorius him self he is protected by his own army of the chaos warband the alpha legion.


plus he is planing to release a devistateing weapon apon the imperum of man, A weapon that was thought just to be a myth, . .

and the rest is for you to find out and again a exilent book and i highly recomend it to any one, weather they are new to warhammer or know all about it.
Me my self have known all about warhammer my whole life, but people who are more familiar with warhammer might find it more interesting than those who dont, enjoy! As an avid reader ofK fiction for quite a long while, I was excited to see a new series Space Marine Battles, introduced, I started with this novel since I had not read much about the White Scars, a chapter that has been woefully under served inK literature,

Regrettably, Mr. Hoares' novel does nothing much to deepen the legacy or standing of the White Scars, While I understand these novels are supposed to highlight one particular conflict or series of battles, I had hoped for more chapter flavor,

Mr. Hores writing is adequate enough but at the end of the novel, I didn't like the protagonists any more than at the beginning of the novel, which is unfortunate as I believe Kor'sarro held a lot of promise.


I am not a fan of Chaos being the adversary as manyK authors go overboard with it, I find Mr. Hoare to be more restrained in his depiction of the forces of Chaos but would have much rather have the Scars fighting the Orks,

All in all, a decent but ultimately forgettableK novel, Interesting book from the standpoint of the Raven Guard and the White Scars working in conjunction against the traitorous Alpha Legion, led by the Chaostainted Voldorius, but probably near the bottom of Warhammer books I've read from a quality of writing standpoint.
I thought there was a bit too much fluff put in to describe how bombs were exploding, or missiles or bullets flying through the air, or similar descriptions of warfare, but overall still a good read.
Reasonable space marine novel, not exactly a literary masterpiece but thats not really why we read Warhammer books!

First time Ive read anyK about White Scars or Ravenwing only read their horus heresy entries.


A simple gore fest with a couple of interesting things, some fights read like a turn of the tabletop game might do in ones imagination whilst throwing dice which was nice.
I have always been a huge fan of the Mongols, When I was six, I would get my mom to take me to the library to rent Genghis Khan, a turn based strategy game for the NES, When I was, I would make the same request for Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Grey Wolf for the Sega Genesis, A couple of years later, Sid Meier's Civilization came out for PC, and being the TBSobsessedyear old that I was, I spent thousands of hours building and conquering empires, mostly as the Mongols.
This scene repeated itself over the years as Civilization gave way to Civ, to Civ, and so forth, In fact, a part of me really believes that I have spent more time conquering in the name of the Mongol Empire short of anyone named Genghis, Khublai, or Tamerlane.
I'm fairly certain I have the edge on Ogedei and Chagatai, I have also read through Marco Polo's The Travels and Jack Weatherford's Genghis Khan and the Makings of the Modern World and The Secret History of the Mongol Queens, All this said, while I don't profess to be the leading scholar of the medieval Steppe, I am obsessed with the Mongols and do have a fair bit of knowledge for a layman.


So imagine my disappointment when I read Hunt for Voldorius, I love Black Library stuff, particularlyk, so I went in thinking 'Space Mongols! How can this go wrong' Well, for starters, it can, Essentially this is ak bolterporn fanfic that spends the majority of the story droning on about a completely onesided battle that the Space Marines never once threaten to lose.
Hundreds of pages are devoted to Space Marines carving their way through hordes of terrified, untrained conscripts with bolters, chainswords, tanks, jetbikes, and Thunderhawks, The Alpha Legion spends the majority of the book hiding behind this gigantic meatshield and barely plays a role of any import, The two best characters, Voldorius and Malaya, get startlingly little page time due to the incessant descriptions of an incredibly dull battle,

But worse than all this is the incredibly cliché way in which the White Scars are portrayed, Constant references to 'The Hunt', 'The Khan', and the implied comparison of space marines on jetbikes hunting down Jim Bob from accounts receivable who just happened to be forcibly conscripted into the army of a malevolent demon prince to the Mongols on horseback wiping out professional armies of Russia, Ukraine, and Northern China really get old.
The only thing they didn't do is sit in their yurts and drink fermented mare's milk while waiting for a kurultai,

Anyway, this may be harsh, but if you're looking for something that rivals the quality of Rynn's World and Helsreach, you won't find it here, This one will mainly appeal to those looking forpages of space marines kicking the living shit out of everything they encounter, in which case The Hunt for Voldorius expertly delivers.
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