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Space Marine Battles #Audio Drama
Blood in the Machine
++Today, I will teach your kind the meaning of wrath. I will kill a thousand of your filth-breed before your blood dries on my gauntlets.++
++Gabriel Seth, Chapter Master of The Flesh Tearers++
An armageddon audio drama by Andy Smillie. Produced by Heavy Entertainment for Black Library. Directed by Samuel Gunn. Music specially composed by Simon Slater. Performed by Gareth Armstrong, Seán Barrett, Martyn Ellis, Chris Fairbank, David Timson and Jane Wymark. Approximate running time 72 minutes.
++Gabriel Seth, Chapter Master of The Flesh Tearers++
An armageddon audio drama by Andy Smillie. Produced by Heavy Entertainment for Black Library. Directed by Samuel Gunn. Music specially composed by Simon Slater. Performed by Gareth Armstrong, Seán Barrett, Martyn Ellis, Chris Fairbank, David Timson and Jane Wymark. Approximate running time 72 minutes.
1 pages, Audio CD
First published July 1, 2013
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September 22, 2024
These dramatic audiobooks telling are great for a long long day at work. And nothing better than listening to Gabriel Seth kill some fucking Orks. FOR THE BAAL, FOR SANGUINIUS, FOR THE EMPEROR!
April 20, 2022
This was perfect story that really illustrate 40K universe.
You've got a inquisitor that wants the flesh Tearers to help her retrieve something. They are helping the imperial guard protecting an hive. She goes so far to threat the blood angels sanguinary guard that she will make them heretics. After some confrontation I will not spoil here the flesh tearers agree to assist her. There some very cool interesting battle scenes and later on we receive more information on the inquisitor and the reason for all all covert. This is full of betrayal and pointless, meaningless stuff 40K is so full of it. Basically due to a revenge plot, millions of people died on the hive. Imperial guard suffer and later when she is escaping the flesh tearers basically decided to sent some undead (vampire-like) berserkers to kill everyhing that move on couple of ships, where most people where just innocent, tens of thousands. Alas, that's 40K for you. Everything is a scale that surpass our understading.
Imagine sacrificiing in a battle a person so you could be save, that's awful Imagine that children in war in ukraine that died. It's awful and inhumane. Now in a world of trillions of trillions, where millions that are sacrifice due to will of a powerful inquisitor, an error by some clerk and millions die. Oh well, it's just numbers. no? I hope you can understand what I am saying... it becomes a statistic when numbers start to be so big you cannot grasp it.
You've got a inquisitor that wants the flesh Tearers to help her retrieve something. They are helping the imperial guard protecting an hive. She goes so far to threat the blood angels sanguinary guard that she will make them heretics. After some confrontation I will not spoil here the flesh tearers agree to assist her. There some very cool interesting battle scenes and later on we receive more information on the inquisitor and the reason for all all covert. This is full of betrayal and pointless, meaningless stuff 40K is so full of it. Basically due to a revenge plot, millions of people died on the hive. Imperial guard suffer and later when she is escaping the flesh tearers basically decided to sent some undead (vampire-like) berserkers to kill everyhing that move on couple of ships, where most people where just innocent, tens of thousands. Alas, that's 40K for you. Everything is a scale that surpass our understading.
Imagine sacrificiing in a battle a person so you could be save, that's awful Imagine that children in war in ukraine that died. It's awful and inhumane. Now in a world of trillions of trillions, where millions that are sacrifice due to will of a powerful inquisitor, an error by some clerk and millions die. Oh well, it's just numbers. no? I hope you can understand what I am saying... it becomes a statistic when numbers start to be so big you cannot grasp it.
November 12, 2017
Brutal, one noted and with an epic finale.
Garbiell Seth and his men are angry, really angry..... again, angry with a rage that threatens to define and damn the Flesh Tearers Chapter forever. That is the central theme of all of Andy Smile's Flesh Tearer works and this continues in his latest tale of these angry warriors in Blood in the Machine, a short tale by Andy Smile.
The tale takes place while the Flesh Tearers are on a mission, only to be interrupted by an Inquisitor with other ideas. Ultimately it is a fairly bare bones tale with Flesh Teaers doing what any group of psychopathic warrior monks with high powered weaponry would do, mixed with a little conspiracy and mystery thanks to the likes of the Inquisition. The usual high quality of Black Library is on display here as always and the ending of this story is worth the price of admission, the ending is quite simply put; pure awesome. Aside from the fantastic ending however there isnt a whole lot here to draw anyone in unless you are already a fan of 40K and or the Flesh Teaers.
A 3 out of 5.
Garbiell Seth and his men are angry, really angry..... again, angry with a rage that threatens to define and damn the Flesh Tearers Chapter forever. That is the central theme of all of Andy Smile's Flesh Tearer works and this continues in his latest tale of these angry warriors in Blood in the Machine, a short tale by Andy Smile.
The tale takes place while the Flesh Tearers are on a mission, only to be interrupted by an Inquisitor with other ideas. Ultimately it is a fairly bare bones tale with Flesh Teaers doing what any group of psychopathic warrior monks with high powered weaponry would do, mixed with a little conspiracy and mystery thanks to the likes of the Inquisition. The usual high quality of Black Library is on display here as always and the ending of this story is worth the price of admission, the ending is quite simply put; pure awesome. Aside from the fantastic ending however there isnt a whole lot here to draw anyone in unless you are already a fan of 40K and or the Flesh Teaers.
A 3 out of 5.
December 11, 2020
"Emperor. Forge my soul with steel."
January 29, 2022
Quite fun.
May 13, 2022
Could have been longer but a great story!
November 19, 2023
Not as pointless feeling as some of Smillie's other work, but not entirely satisfying either.
November 20, 2016
This is a short book about the Flesh Tearers Space Marine Chapter. They are fighting on the world of Armageddon, supporting the Armageddon Steel Legion Imperial Guard in protecting Hive Vulcanis. The leader and Chapter Master, Gabriel Seth is ordered to remove himself and his squads from active combat, to which he first refuses, even going as far as to threaten the Sanguinary Guard of the Blood Angels Chapter, sent to ask for his return. In protest, Seth agrees and returns to the war barge in orbit above the planet. He meets an Inquisitor who lets him know he and his squads will be accompanying her to destroy an ancient Imperator Titan, left in the sea bed, thousands of years ago. As Orks are the main enemy on Armageddon, they simply cannot be allowed access to such a weapon. The Inquisitor also divulges that the Titan has been altered by the forces of the ArchEnemy. After much debate, Seth agrees to go with her, but only taking himself and his command squad. The rest of his squads will remain to assist Hive Vulcanis.
The trip involves riding in another Imperator Titan to get the Inquisitor and Flesh Tearers to the abandoned Titan, as the acidic waste seas of Armageddon will boil the armor off any craft or submersible placed in its waters. They are attacked by Ork submersibles as they travel, which ends in the death of one of Seth's most stalwart brothers, and many Steel Legion troopers.
They finally find the Titan,laying face down on the sea bed, and enter it. What unfolds is the Flesh Tearers finding no markings or traces of Chaos upon any surface inside the Imperator Titan. Seth confronts the Inquisitor, killing outright two of her agents before leveling his boltgun at her. She covers herself in a psychic shield and dominates Seth's mind, causing he and the other Flesh Tearers to attack each other. All of this was payback for Seth killing her mentor, another Inquisitor. Seth was in the right as the mentor had fallen to using the Ruinous Powers to achieve his own vile ends, but the student vowed to make Seth and his Chapter pay. While the Flesh Tearers fought amongst themselves, she escaped. The Space Marines finally came to their senses and spent many days scouring the fleet above Armageddon for this Inquisitor, finally locating the ship she was on, the Emperor's Gift. Of course they could not attack the ship or board her, but Seth formulated a brilliant and brutal plan to destroy her. As the Emperor's Gift and two more ships translated to the Warp, a hidden Flesh Tearers breaching craft sent assault torpedoes containing squads of Death Company Marines to each of the three ships. These troops don't come back from missions. Their order was to kill all on all three ships, leaving the Inquisitor until last, and then sabotaging the ships to explode in the Warp, killing them as well. Truly, a final solution.
This one was filled with action, betrayal and violence. Overall it was a good story and thoroughly entertaining. Showing aspects of one of the more brutal Space Marine Chapters, it was different than many I have read or listened to. Very good story!
Danny
The trip involves riding in another Imperator Titan to get the Inquisitor and Flesh Tearers to the abandoned Titan, as the acidic waste seas of Armageddon will boil the armor off any craft or submersible placed in its waters. They are attacked by Ork submersibles as they travel, which ends in the death of one of Seth's most stalwart brothers, and many Steel Legion troopers.
They finally find the Titan,laying face down on the sea bed, and enter it. What unfolds is the Flesh Tearers finding no markings or traces of Chaos upon any surface inside the Imperator Titan. Seth confronts the Inquisitor, killing outright two of her agents before leveling his boltgun at her. She covers herself in a psychic shield and dominates Seth's mind, causing he and the other Flesh Tearers to attack each other. All of this was payback for Seth killing her mentor, another Inquisitor. Seth was in the right as the mentor had fallen to using the Ruinous Powers to achieve his own vile ends, but the student vowed to make Seth and his Chapter pay. While the Flesh Tearers fought amongst themselves, she escaped. The Space Marines finally came to their senses and spent many days scouring the fleet above Armageddon for this Inquisitor, finally locating the ship she was on, the Emperor's Gift. Of course they could not attack the ship or board her, but Seth formulated a brilliant and brutal plan to destroy her. As the Emperor's Gift and two more ships translated to the Warp, a hidden Flesh Tearers breaching craft sent assault torpedoes containing squads of Death Company Marines to each of the three ships. These troops don't come back from missions. Their order was to kill all on all three ships, leaving the Inquisitor until last, and then sabotaging the ships to explode in the Warp, killing them as well. Truly, a final solution.
This one was filled with action, betrayal and violence. Overall it was a good story and thoroughly entertaining. Showing aspects of one of the more brutal Space Marine Chapters, it was different than many I have read or listened to. Very good story!
Danny
August 10, 2020
An enjoyable Flesh Tearers short story with an interesting cast of characters and amazing sound effect. Probably the best audio production from Black Library I've heard so far.
March 22, 2016
Ah more of Andy Smillie's Flesh Tearers. While I feel some of the voice actors do not do credit to how the Flesh Tearers sound in my head while reading, the audio drama was amazing. From bloody beginning, to the bloody middle, to the even bloodier end! Truly no one but Mr. Smillie can work such wonders with the most blood thirsty of the Emperah's Angels of Death!
I really cannot wait to read more!
I really cannot wait to read more!
March 17, 2021
Oh man BRUTAL! I know, Space Marines & Flesh Tearers at that, but man that was brutal! It's also always fun to hear characters with your name, especially when it's unusual & the character is cool. One thing that I personally liked was it's portrayal of a hive planet. Yet another glimpse of what it might be like on my beloved Necromunda. This novel seems to reference an earlier story (that I may need to now seek out), but that doesn't retract from it at all as it is well explained.
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