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  • Guns of Tanith

  • Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts, Book 5
  • By: Dan Abnett
  • Narrated by: Toby Longworth
  • Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (1,132 ratings)
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Guns of Tanith

By: Dan Abnett
Narrated by: Toby Longworth
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Summary

Book five in the Gaunt's Ghosts series.

Gaunt's Ghosts make a daring drop assault on a vital world, but as tensions within the regiment reach boiling point, the enemy may not be the biggest threat....

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The Ghosts are thrown into a new kind of war, sent into battle on grav-chutes to fight on platforms far above a toxic atmosphere. And the atmosphere in the regiment isn't much better as the feud between Mad Larkin and the really insane Lijah Cuu heats up...and turns deadly.

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Gaunt’s Ghosts embark on their most dangerous mission yet as they make a daring drop assault on the world of Phantine. With the elite enemy Blood Pact and vicious xenos mercenaries ranged against them and short of ammunition with no means of escape, things look grim for the Tanith First. But the greatest danger may come from within the regiment as an old grudge is settled and tragedy strikes.

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So nearly perfect.

Firstly let me say, the gun's of Tanith is one of the best of the early Gaunt's Ghosts novels, and I'm delighted it's come to audio so quickly. I have always felt that Toby Longworth is the perfect 40k narrator, and he seems to always really set the right tone for Abnett's characters. So it's a real shame that this time around I have a gripe with the narration and annoyingly it's something that could so easily have been avoided. Dan Abnett carries characters through his novels, so in the case of the Guns of Tanith the Phantine pilots Brea Jagdea and Oskar Viltry appear in the later unconnected (to Gaunt's Ghosts) novel Double Eagle, no problem there, and I really love the job Toby Longworth did with the Audio book of it, indeed I think it's possibly one of my favourites so far. Why then did Longworth not continue the voices the Phantine pilots had Double Eagle in the Guns of Tanith? It's so jarring to go from the clipped British accents that fitted so perfectly with the Battle of Britainesque Double Eagle to the cod American voices in Guns of Tanith. Sure listened to apart it's fine, but since Toby Longworth has narrated virtually all of Abnett's books, it would not have been much to take note of those voices and carry it through, it's a small gripe but it feels a really missed opportunity.

My small narration gripe aside, it's a great book, and it's up there with the best of the series so far, I can't wait for the next instalment of the Tanith First and Only.

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Curse you Abnett!

He viciously killed off one of my favourite characters in this book.
Very good book anyway and a great voice acting.
Too bad Longworth forgot how he voiced the phantine pilots tough.

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Narration error so early, but still a great book!

About 50 mins in the narrator repeats a line with a mispronunciation, before getting it right on the third time.

Glaring error that seems like it should of been fixed considering the earliness it appears.

Otherwise, another great Gaunt's Ghost book!

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Better and better

Each book I listen to in this series just goes from strength to strength, thus take seeing the ghosts go Airborne! Not always to their delight, as well as dealing with Khornes servants Gaunt has to deal with the internal problems of a mixed cultural and gender regiment and murder most foul, superbly narrated as always I cannot wait for the next book

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Love this story

Like all the Gaunt's Ghosts books, a dramatic and developing story is supported by likable and engaging characters. The Ghosts have a strong position in this story, striking against the archery, without having to worry about their allies.

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Awesome story, great narrator!

Great story as always, Dan Abnett is a master of writing real people. Although the narrator struggled on a particular sentence (had to redo it 3 times, which was still part of the audiobook), Toby Longworth again effortlessly performs multiple characters like it's nothing.

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Dnf

Cuu ruined this series. Did not finish. Weak plot having Cuu in the series.

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Actionpacked

Great for when you just feel like a good story without too much complexity, feth.

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Some terrific highs, and horrid lows

Air combat was a first! Loved its inclusion and the move into more "stealth specialist" missions.
The mid book episode of house / legal & general was quite an enjoyable tone shift.
Overall a great book! Excellent narration as always.

********* you fucking bastard.

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awesome book ending too soon

This was a great story and i've finished it over one weekend. the usual praises of the series apply here; storywriting, narration. I only found the ending to come a bit sooner then I expected. 5/5

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