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Renegades: Lord of Excess

Warhammer 40,000

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Renegades: Lord of Excess

By: Rich McCormick
Narrated by: Richard Reed
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A Warhammer 40,000 Audiobook

The Emperor’s Children seek sensation above all else, but when Xantine's warband come upon an isolated Imperial world, he sees an opportunity to pursue the finer things in life. How long can the proud warlord maintain his 'perfect' rule – and will the planet survive his reign?

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It's a tantalising look into the gleefully twisted minds of the Emperor's Children, as an arrogant warlord strives to 'save' an Imperial world from its own imperfections.

THE STORY

Once a united Legion, the disparate splinters of the Emperor’s Children now eke out a violent, hedonistic existence between the stars, raiding and ravaging worlds to indulge their fathomless appetites.

Xantine, proud leader of the Adored and a true son of Fulgrim, wants more than simply pillaging backwater worlds. He soon finds what he has been searching for – Serrine, a wealthy but cruel planet festering under misrule and inequality, cut off from the Imperium by warp storms. It is too tantalising a prize to ignore, and Xantine sets out to bring perfection to his new world.

But perfection is an elusive concept, and as threats creep from the depths of Serrine and the ranks of the Adored, the rot at the heart of Xantine’s perfect rule is laid bare...

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Compelling Characters • Entertaining Warband • Rich Imagery • Humorous Moments • Wonderful Performance
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The EC finally get some love in this book and it's the right way, I always imagine the Emperor's Children as hilariously evil and petty and this book delivers on that. Xantine is legitimately compelling as a protagonist and the humor that comes with his "merry" band of Renegades hits almost every time. Where else are you gonna get Space Marines getting distracted by their own reflection while fighting for their life or the most heinous of hypocrisy and hubris. It's all here in a non-typical Chaos tale; it may have some repetitive diction here and there, but a story with this much variety in tone in 40k is quite rare. Definitely recommend.

Emperor's Children done hilariously right

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The narrator carried this fairly bland story to its conclusion. In fairness, it was fun to see the Tyranids pitted against the Emperor’s Children.

Excellent narration, pedestrian storyline.

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I never dislike this books they will always be 5 when I review not a single coin. 🤘😉🤘

All the different enemies.

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It is a fun read, although it gets very slow in the middle. That makes sense. But the motivations of a few characters just fail to make any sense and annoy me a bit. Otherwise good throughout.

A good book

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Narration was great, storylines seemed a bit contrived. “Oh really, this fight ended with one combatant falling a long distance with a seemingly mortal wound, I wonder if they survived 🙄”

Great narration, meh story

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I honestly thought Lord Of Excess was decent. Historically I really haven't been a big fan of the Emperor's Children as a Legion, or Fulgrim especially as their Primarch. However this story really did a lot for me, and was much better than I thought it would be. My biggest problem is Richard Reed's portrayal of the main character Xantine. I love Richard Reed, and I think he's a phenomenal narrator, and while I think he does quite well with everyone else in the book, the specific voice he does for Xantine just really doesn't fit in my opinion. It bugged me through the whole book. The story is nothing crazy, but it's good for what it is, a bit predictable at points, but certainly not bad. Overall I really liked Lord Of Excess, and if you're already an Emperor's Children fan, I'd say this book is a must have.

A good Emperor's Children Story.

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First off, because of the title i hope this means we are getting similar books for the other three chaos gods.

Secondly, this book is very fun. It gives us an excellent look into a smaller chaos war-band, the type you hear about that splintered off from even medium sized bands. The cast of characters is where this book really shines, with a good mix of space marines and civilians of all stripes.

Every character's point of view of the adored landing on sirenne is interesting and it doesn't ever feel like you are spending too much time on one character.

The narration is spot on, really no complaints there.

I have a few minor gripes (Gun malfunction as a way to save characters happened too much, for instance) but i was pleasantly surprised by this book.

Very fun.

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It isn't often you listen to a story about the most awful people imaginable, and feel invested. Villains and monsters of every variety vie for what's theirs; deceit, cunning, and twists are around every corner. Sensational!

A Delightful Tale of Excess

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More material from the perspective of the Emperor’s Children has been long awaited, and this book delivers. Rich McCormick clearly understands how space marines of the third legion would behave in the circumstances of the narrative. Richard Reed continues to be one of the best narrators the Black Library has to offer. All in all, I highly recommend this title.

Excellent choice for fans of Emperor’s Children.

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While I wish we got a little more description of certain events, this was a fun depiction and look into the activities/lives/characters of the Emperors children. My boy “Bactine”(Xantine”) is the OG and he and his roadie “Vivisection” (Vavisk) are characters I’d love to see return in other 40K settings.

This was Awesome

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