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  • Shadowsun: The Patient Hunter

  • Warhammer 40,000 Characters Series
  • By: Phil Kelly
  • Narrated by: Helen McAlpine
  • Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (66 ratings)

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By: Phil Kelly
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Summary

A T'au Empire Audiobook

Commander Shadowsun is an ice-cold military genius – but will her patient stratagems be enough to protect all she holds dear from the Death Guard's infectious touch?

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See an iconic t'au hero tested like never before, as she strives to confront a horrifying Legion empowered by eldritch forces beyond her logical understanding.

THE STORY

Commander O’Shaserra, better known as Shadowsun, is an ice-cold military genius celebrated across the Chalnath Expanse. She is the master of the stealth battlesuit assault and the Kauyon metastrategy – a philosophy of war that emulates the Patient Hunter. But how to lay a trap for the Chaos-worshipping warriors of the Death Guard, whose ancient technology allows their fleet to rip holes in space? And how to deal with their daemonic patrons, who defy the laws of physics and shatter the logical methods that Shadowsun holds so dear?

With her forces spread far and wide on the dark side of the Great Rift, Shadowsun must respond to a surprise attack on the Startide Nexus wormhole portal. Worse yet, as hidden atrocities and treacheries are laid bare, the threat of civil war simmers between the t'au and their allies.

If she is to stand a chance, the t'au's finest commander will have to improvise, trust to instinct, and face the unnatural echoes of her empire's own dark secrets.

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the creation of the Tau Va god

great book the only thing that was irritating was that GW seem to be ripping of lf small gods by Terry Pratchet, basically if you believe there is a god well there is and in this book they seem to poke it into 40k lore a bit randomly

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Damn solid 40k book

I was surprised at how well this came out. Shadowsun was an enjoyable protagonist, they were able to make her something more than 'the loyalist who hates Farsight'. Disagree with past reviews: the voices all worked well.

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A great addition to the T'au novels

It is fantastic to get another T'au novel, and made into audiobook form. Finally we get to know Shadowsun a bit more through her point of view, and a lot more details on the T'au ally races. Great choice of voice actress too; very refreshing to hear a female narrator and appropriate to the story!

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Enjoyable listen

This was an enjoyable listen about the tau would recommend for anyone who like the Tau

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Couldn't stop listening.

Great book and expands on the lore in ways I didn't expect. loved it.

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Shady Shadowsun

I have to admit to really enjoying this story, I have read all Phil Kelly’s Tau books and this is a great addition, I did feel that certain parts stretched disbelief such as the raid on the Death Guard ship, a few intriguing loose ends …. The aforementioned ship stranded in the warp hole and the Goddess of the Tau Va?? What the actual F…….

On a negative point the narrator was a poor choice, she made Shadowsun sound like a panicked teenager not a Tau war leader and her interpretation of Death Guard !! Noooooo

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Best Tau Book Yet

I'm working my way through the Tau books currently and I found this far better than the Farsight books. There seemed to be more to it than just 'Tau Commander throws themselves into another fight'.

The evil side to the 4th sphere and the learning the Tau are doing about the warp is fascinating.

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Great change of perspective

40k settings and characters can get more than a little repetitive and derivative. While this is not the greatest story in the setting, it is a refreshing change of pace and characters and pulls you along quickly and though some great action.

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Started Strong

the story used quite a few deux ex machina and felt like it was aimed at younger audiences than other 40k novels.

I really didn't like the power of friendship and prayer at the end.

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Another ok Tau story

First off. This book is not bad. But its not great neither. The usage of terms specifically to point out Tau versions of time and species gets confusing and are for the most part not needed. The story has its ups and downs. Some parts good some very slow. The narrator do a good job however her choice of voice for one of the alien species was so horrible to my ears i had to lower the volume extremely just to get through the conversation.

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