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Warped Galaxies #6
Tomb of the Necron
Book 6 in the Warped Galaxies Series. Fantastic Sci-Fi books for children aged 9-12.
Guided by the vision of a mysterious psyker, Zelia finally finds her mother on a distant world, far from Terra. But even now, are the friends really safe while they carry the ancient relic that led to the destruction of Talen’s home planet? A family is reunited, but a world will be ripped apart as the unstoppable Necrons close in on their prize. Warped Galaxies reaches its exciting conclusion as loyalties are tested, destinies are set and the Space Marines arrive in force!
Guided by the vision of a mysterious psyker, Zelia finally finds her mother on a distant world, far from Terra. But even now, are the friends really safe while they carry the ancient relic that led to the destruction of Talen’s home planet? A family is reunited, but a world will be ripped apart as the unstoppable Necrons close in on their prize. Warped Galaxies reaches its exciting conclusion as loyalties are tested, destinies are set and the Space Marines arrive in force!
272 pages, Paperback
Published August 17, 2021
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Cavan Scott
854 books437 followersis a freelance comic writer and author. He is best known for his work on a variety of spin-offs from both Doctor Who and Star Wars, as well as comics and novels for Vikings, Pacific Rim, Sherlock Holmes, and Penguins of Madagascar.
Cavan Scott, along with Justina Ireland, Claudia Gray, Daniel Jose Older, and Charles Soule are crafting a new era in the Star Wars publishing world called Star Wars: The High Republic. Cavan's contribution to the era is a comic book series released through Marvel Comics titled Star Wars: The High Republic.
Cavan Scott, along with Justina Ireland, Claudia Gray, Daniel Jose Older, and Charles Soule are crafting a new era in the Star Wars publishing world called Star Wars: The High Republic. Cavan's contribution to the era is a comic book series released through Marvel Comics titled Star Wars: The High Republic.
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December 20, 2024
Warhammer Adventures: Stories from the Far Future
By Cavan Scott
What?! A Warhammer series for kids?!
If you’re familiar with Warhammer you may be just as surprised as I am because of the fictional series’ “grim dark” setting in their hundreds of novels. If you aren’t familiar, be prepared, Amazon and Henry Cavil have teamed up to bring Warhammer 40,000 to the big screen, and it’s not long before the franchise becomes mainstream.
Full disclosure- I am a big Warhammer nerd. I was ecstatic to read these, and I have to say, the quality is just as high as the other novels in their catalogue.
This series follows a group of kids as they are thrown into a race for their lives, trying to get a mysterious alien device into the right hands. I was happy to see that this is a 6 part series, rather than 6 individual stories. The archetype themes are all there: a loner that learns to appreciate those around him, a tech genius that becomes appreciated, and kid holding onto hope against all odds while searching for her mother.
As far as the Warhammer lore goes, I was surprised how much they were able to fit in. And they don’t hold back. It’s all there as a fantastic introduction to this universe. Which is where Christian families may start to take issue. It is the grim dark far future, in 40,000th millennium, and things are not good. There is a worshipped emperor referred to as the “God-Emperor”, there are labotamized slaves, mass planetary executions, bloodthirsty aliens, psychic powers, and war. Lots of war. And these books do not shy away from it, it’s all there, even if toned down a bit. In general there is some violence, some scares, and use of psychic powers.
Each book also includes illustrations, a glossary, and the audiobooks are narrated by David Tenet of Dr. Who fame.
Still interested? I’ll bring up the themes and ⚠️ Parental Warning ⚠️ content of each book individually below.
1. Attack of the Necron-
-A thug “cursed”
-A young protagonist “Swore” beneath his breath.
-Explains that the Mechanicus worship a spirit they believe lives in all machines: “Communicate with the machine spirits that dwell inside vehicles and cogitators”
-Someone is “a pain in the nether regions”—To speak against the emperor is “heresy”, shows faith in emperor and explains that the “emperor protects”,“Prayers” answered and guided by the emperor.
-Surprisingly lots of Warhammer lore
-some violence as planets are destroyed and lives lost in alien attacks.
-Meditating at an alter.
2. Claws of the Genestealer
-Galactic Compendium in back talks about psykers, while giving great info on Wahammer lore and world building.
3. Secrets of the Tau
-Addresses mankind’s hatred for xenos races. And hypocrisy of another race’s “greater good” philosophy.
-Adult character says “get the damn thing back myself”
-Heard “Drunken” singing in a marketplace
-Good teamwork theme.
4. War of the Orks
-explores unfolding story of the characters’ histories
-More good pointing out irony of war
-Ork says, “They don’t give a fig for” nature.
-Ork slang like, “Zogging amazing”
-a little Violent as the Orks try and sometimes succeed in killing each other.
5. Plague of the Nurglings
-Psyker has ability to track people by touching an object that someone has touched.
-Violent
-learn about the demons that live in the warp as they come into reality and attack.
6. Tomb of the Necron
-kids have to deal with a witchy old Psyker that can take youth of another and control spiders,
-Kids actually put into dangerous situations.
By Cavan Scott
What?! A Warhammer series for kids?!
If you’re familiar with Warhammer you may be just as surprised as I am because of the fictional series’ “grim dark” setting in their hundreds of novels. If you aren’t familiar, be prepared, Amazon and Henry Cavil have teamed up to bring Warhammer 40,000 to the big screen, and it’s not long before the franchise becomes mainstream.
Full disclosure- I am a big Warhammer nerd. I was ecstatic to read these, and I have to say, the quality is just as high as the other novels in their catalogue.
This series follows a group of kids as they are thrown into a race for their lives, trying to get a mysterious alien device into the right hands. I was happy to see that this is a 6 part series, rather than 6 individual stories. The archetype themes are all there: a loner that learns to appreciate those around him, a tech genius that becomes appreciated, and kid holding onto hope against all odds while searching for her mother.
As far as the Warhammer lore goes, I was surprised how much they were able to fit in. And they don’t hold back. It’s all there as a fantastic introduction to this universe. Which is where Christian families may start to take issue. It is the grim dark far future, in 40,000th millennium, and things are not good. There is a worshipped emperor referred to as the “God-Emperor”, there are labotamized slaves, mass planetary executions, bloodthirsty aliens, psychic powers, and war. Lots of war. And these books do not shy away from it, it’s all there, even if toned down a bit. In general there is some violence, some scares, and use of psychic powers.
Each book also includes illustrations, a glossary, and the audiobooks are narrated by David Tenet of Dr. Who fame.
Still interested? I’ll bring up the themes and ⚠️ Parental Warning ⚠️ content of each book individually below.
1. Attack of the Necron-
-A thug “cursed”
-A young protagonist “Swore” beneath his breath.
-Explains that the Mechanicus worship a spirit they believe lives in all machines: “Communicate with the machine spirits that dwell inside vehicles and cogitators”
-Someone is “a pain in the nether regions”—To speak against the emperor is “heresy”, shows faith in emperor and explains that the “emperor protects”,“Prayers” answered and guided by the emperor.
-Surprisingly lots of Warhammer lore
-some violence as planets are destroyed and lives lost in alien attacks.
-Meditating at an alter.
2. Claws of the Genestealer
-Galactic Compendium in back talks about psykers, while giving great info on Wahammer lore and world building.
3. Secrets of the Tau
-Addresses mankind’s hatred for xenos races. And hypocrisy of another race’s “greater good” philosophy.
-Adult character says “get the damn thing back myself”
-Heard “Drunken” singing in a marketplace
-Good teamwork theme.
4. War of the Orks
-explores unfolding story of the characters’ histories
-More good pointing out irony of war
-Ork says, “They don’t give a fig for” nature.
-Ork slang like, “Zogging amazing”
-a little Violent as the Orks try and sometimes succeed in killing each other.
5. Plague of the Nurglings
-Psyker has ability to track people by touching an object that someone has touched.
-Violent
-learn about the demons that live in the warp as they come into reality and attack.
6. Tomb of the Necron
-kids have to deal with a witchy old Psyker that can take youth of another and control spiders,
-Kids actually put into dangerous situations.
December 3, 2021
The Rogue Trader Amberly has brought our young adventurers to a powerful psyker who can use her powers to find the planet known as 'the Emperor's Seat' and so, hopefully, Zelia's mother. But can the children trust this witch and does her information come with too high a price. And it's not as if the Necron's have stopped in their search for the Diadem of Transference that Zelia and her friends possess.
A really satisfying conclusion to the Warped Galaxies series. I've really enjoyed these characters interactions and their adventures have been really fun to hear. Scott has really managed to make the grimdark suitable for children without sugar coating it too much. For example in one moment we are introduced to the guardians of humanity and in the next they are more than willing to sacrifice human lives to complete their mission.
A really satisfying conclusion to the Warped Galaxies series. I've really enjoyed these characters interactions and their adventures have been really fun to hear. Scott has really managed to make the grimdark suitable for children without sugar coating it too much. For example in one moment we are introduced to the guardians of humanity and in the next they are more than willing to sacrifice human lives to complete their mission.
July 3, 2022
The series ends on a high.
This was a fun ride, and although marketed as a series for kids, it does not provide hand-holding and does not shy away showing the horrors in the 40th millennium and the horrific dystopia that is the Imperium of Man.
I listened to the audio books, and David Tennant is an amazing narrator.
He gives every character a distinct voice.
Tennant gets to do a "Resistance is useless!" in Cyberman voice (for the Necrons) and gives the Space Marine captain John Hurt's War Doctor voice.
For a Whovian, this is absolutely amazing.
I bet David had a blast doing this.
Of course, he is also doing the kid's voices as well as the Jokaero (alien Orangutan).
I absolutely adore audio talent with such a wide range.
Highly recommended.
This was a fun ride, and although marketed as a series for kids, it does not provide hand-holding and does not shy away showing the horrors in the 40th millennium and the horrific dystopia that is the Imperium of Man.
I listened to the audio books, and David Tennant is an amazing narrator.
He gives every character a distinct voice.
Tennant gets to do a "Resistance is useless!" in Cyberman voice (for the Necrons) and gives the Space Marine captain John Hurt's War Doctor voice.
For a Whovian, this is absolutely amazing.
I bet David had a blast doing this.
Of course, he is also doing the kid's voices as well as the Jokaero (alien Orangutan).
I absolutely adore audio talent with such a wide range.
Highly recommended.
October 2, 2021
This is exactly what I hoped for, there's a decent amount of peril, there's a scary villain (certainly by the standards of the age range, and you get some cracking action scenes. Maybe I just needed something a little cheerier in the midst of the darker stories in reality but I even enjoyed the ending.
The real downside is that that's it for the series, I really hope that these characters come back at some point (miniatures of them would be even better but...not holding my breath on that front)
The real downside is that that's it for the series, I really hope that these characters come back at some point (miniatures of them would be even better but...not holding my breath on that front)
February 27, 2025
Couldn’t find a print copy to finish the series with my 9 year old, so had to get the Audiobook (read by David Tennant) to finish the series. A nice conclusion to the series, but annoying how it seems to have such a limited print run.
August 18, 2021
Another good one, but I did not know Necrons had the abilities portrayed in this story, so that sorta took me out of it.
October 19, 2022
Games Workshop's experiment in producing Warhammer 40,000 fiction for younger readers fizzles out. Full review: https://fakegeekboy.wordpress.com/202...
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