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The King of the Spoil

Warhammer Crime

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The King of the Spoil

By: Jonathan D Beer
Narrated by: Gabrielle Nellis-Pain
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A Warhammer Crime Novel

The death of a powerful crime lord sends the city careening into a full-blown street war, and an info-broker seeks the truth in an attempt to hold fragile gang alliances together.

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It’s a chaotic peek into the seedy underbelly of Varangantua, a sprawling world where life is cheap – and a display of how even a tyrant can be better than a power vacuum...

THE STORY

Within the vast sprawl of Varangantua lies the Spoil. It is a broken crossroads, forsaken by the Lex, abandoned by the city’s uncaring masters, where the only choice is a slow death in the manufactories, or a quick one on the street. And it is in turmoil.

Andreti Sorokin, the gangster king whose vicious rule brought order to the Spoil, is dead, slain in the most brutal fashion. Melita Voronova, skilled info-broker and reluctant agent of the imperious Valtteri cartel, is tasked with uncovering the mystery of who killed Sorokin, and preventing his fragile alliance of thugs and narco-pushers from collapsing into chaos. As street-blades clash and gang leaders turn against one another, Melita’s instincts tell her there is a larger conspiracy at work. Someone has created this crisis not merely to disrupt the Spoil, but to overturn the foundations of Varangantua itself.

©2023 Games Workshop Limited (P)2023 Games Workshop Limited
Adventure Science Fiction Fiction Emotionally Gripping City Mafia

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Warhammer Crime proves it’s worth again

Every instalment of the Warhammer Crime novel range has been well worth the listen, and this narrator is one of the best. The story is excellent, revealing events from a few key different perspectives, and with some characters that I hope will return in a future book. 40K Grimdark and gritty crime are an excellent combination.

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Decent story, intriguing characters, good narration.

An engaging story that takes place in the cyberpunk noir world seen in previous "Crime" series novels but concentrates on a vast gangland slum. A tiny bit of murder mystery, a little action, but mostly a political thriller. Very good narration.

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Terrible Narration

I’m about a quarter of the way in this audiobook and I can’t take the terrible narration any more, so I’m abandoning it. The story so far is humdrum and I couldn’t care less about the characters but it’s made excruciatingly painful to listen to.

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