Thank you to netgalley, the publisher and the author for allowing me to have access to an eARC for this book in return for an honest review.

Apologies for taking so long with the feedback.

this was a fun fantasy punk story with a fun plotline and cool characters I would defiantly read more from this author again as there writing was fun to read and loved the description of everything.

I love this entry in the Warhammer world. It felt a bit different. I like the story and the action parts as well. Very good one!

Thorpe's Indomitus does not disappoint, especially as the cornerstone book for a massive release within the WH40k universe - he dives into the mindset and moves of both the Ultramarines and the Necrons, giving fascinating glimpses into a entirely unhuman psyche and thought processes with skill. While I'm not traditionally an Ultramarine fan, Thorpe has done a solid job of making me curious about what comes next for the Indomitus Crusade.

I am relatively new to the lore behind 40K. I paint the models, dabble with the games, and visit Warhammer World regularly as I live in Nottingham and it’s blasphemy not to. I have also known Gav for a number of years via social media, but I am not allowing that to affect my opinions here.

When a novel that centers around a group of Ultramarines as protagonists you kind of known how it will go.
But you’d be surprised, these aren’t the all-conquering, immaculately perfect poster boys you may expect. These are living, breathing characters with flaws, doubts, and the capacity to make mistakes. This means that for the first time ever I wasn’t bored by them.

Opposite them, we have equal screen time with the Necrons (my favourite in 40K), including a spiteful, prideful, Overlord, his Plasmancer, and a Royal Warden who takes his job extremely seriously indeed. Gav manages to convey a deadpan sarcasm to their voices which is exactly the voices I make when I am painting them and making up little backstories for them. The Necron characters here are mo entertaining than the Marines in my opinion, and the way in which the novel fleshes out the Necrons as a race, including what they’re working for and why through it various characters is absolutely welcome.

I would like to see more of the necrons, and if possible a more light-hearted tongue-in-cheek look at their story. Also, let’s get some female Space Marines yeah? That would blow people’s minds and welcome in a whole bunch more gamers!

Not one of my favourite books as it feels like this book was written to accompany the launch of Indomitus for the tabletop (I only read not play) and was left quite unmoved by this book,