Audiobook Review: Mission: Purge

Mission: Purge by Gav Thorpe
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

This is another weak audiobook. A group of space marines from various chapters converged in a Deatwatch Kill team in the service of the inquisition are investigating a ship that two years before travelled to a planet that moments later was Exterminatus because a genestealer infestation.

Ok, I don't even know how to rate this book. Nothing happens besides - (view spoiler)[ killing genestealers, run from them (not retreating because that isn't the way of Space Marines) and a sacrifice in the end.
Now - Artemis of the Mortifactors chapter. No development. Why is he revered in other chapters? And Urbino... a renegade Blood Angel who sacrifices himself to save the others as he falls into the Black Rage. So why is he a renegade? This isn't answered. Why did he join the Deathwatch? Again not answer... (hide spoiler)].

Criticism
1) No character development. Urbino and Artemis (See spoiler)

2) No plot development (Again the spoiler).

3) Audiobook - Price.


Praises
1) I'm afraid it's hard to fine any praise whatsoever. Maybe, and only maybe - the Doom Eagles are mention by the Space Wolves as he tries to find who his Urbino.


Final Thoughts 2/10
Again. Why buy this? Black Library prey on my gullible to buy everything they publish. I have yet to find a book I say "it's weak as hell". But audiobooks... Almost all of them.

Advisable
If you are rich or get it for free. 72m you won't have them back.

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