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Brutal Kunnin'

Brutal Kunnin'

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  • Author：Mike Brooks
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Summary

Ork action at it's finest， join us for the next epic Waaagh！

Ufthak Blackhawk and the green tide descend upon Hephaesto – an Adeptus Mechanicus forge world bristling with loot – only to find it already under siege by the notorious Freebooter Kaptin Badrukk。 When his warboss， Da Biggest Big Mek， orders temporary co-operation， Ufthak seeks to make a name for himself by crushing some of the Imperium’s most advanced defenders and claiming the greatest prize。 But with a sinister new war machine on the horizon， Badrukk’s plotting， and a thoroughly annoying grot in his way， Ufthak is going to need the brutal kunnin’ of Mork himself just to survive。

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Reviews

Jacob Bennike ，

Mike Brooks needs to write more ork books。

Tom Forino ，

Very funny

Michael Knolla ，

This one has a lot going for it as Mike Brooks has given the reader two protagonists in Ufthak and Zaefa they’ll enjoy following。 The initial ork A plot is a blast and the adeptus Mechanicus B plot works fine… until 200 pages in the C plot is suddenly given priority over both A & B。 Wish Black Library had more faith in head-to-head match ups and didn’t feel the need to always twist things into a three way dance…。

Simply N。 ，

A full length followup to the short Where Dere’s da Warp Dere’s a Way， this one follows the story of a WAAAGH！ way to loot the shiniest， most technological gear they can find。This story shows the fight from both sides， and it does a good job of showing the contrasting views。 For the orks， it humorous。 They're having fun and getting into shenanigans as they butcher their way through the defenders; while the AdMech desperately hold on as much as they can while they're being ground down by overwhel A full length followup to the short Where Dere’s da Warp Dere’s a Way， this one follows the story of a WAAAGH！ way to loot the shiniest， most technological gear they can find。This story shows the fight from both sides， and it does a good job of showing the contrasting views。 For the orks， it humorous。 They're having fun and getting into shenanigans as they butcher their way through the defenders; while the AdMech desperately hold on as much as they can while they're being ground down by overwhelming ork numbers and firepower， while being hampered by their own incompetent leadership and an insidious third party。Otherwise， not much to say here。 This was a pretty decent "bolter porn" novel， it had good action scenes， and political plotlines and intrigue on the Mechanicus side that， in a way， more defined the story that what was happening on the Orks' side other than the overwhelming attack。The story could have been cut down a bit， but I think it needed padding to get it to the standard BL novel length。 There was an entire chapter that was a pretty good action scene of Mitranda and their team taking out a warboss。。。but for all the effect it had on the story， it could have been cut completely and it wouldn't have changed anything。 We never figure out who the ork warboss was， if his death actually mattered at all， and the whole thing doesn't get mentioned again other than a throwaway line about Mitranda having to replace their axe。There was also some pronoun confusion。 If the above paragraph was a little hard to read， you understand。 A few of the AdMech characters are so changed by their bionics that Mr。 Brooks decided to go with the singular "they" pronoun for them。 After an initial moment of confusion， I didn't really have any troubles understanding the scenes where these characters showed up。， so it's all good。I did have to abandon the audiobook version and go with text。 Tom Allenby， who narrated the audio version， made some orks so exaggerated in their accent and sound like such idiots that I seriously stopped enjoying it。 Granted， you have to mix it up， you can only do so many credible ork voices and you have to mix it up to differentiate them， but it was honestly painful to hear some of them。Overall， not a bad story， not a great one。 It kept me entertained for a few afternoons， and it was rare to see a story from the viewpoint of the orks， but not much more to say on it。 。。。more

Richard ，

Brutal Kunnin' is the Black Library's first propa Orky book， but it was sometimes reluctant to embrace it。 When it's following the Ork characters it's fun and I like Ufthak and his gaggle of miscreants quite a bit。 The surrounding Ork characters， including the freebootas and the MekLord were also solid when they made their appearances。 Unfortunately， the book often felt like it wasn't as focused on them as it should've been thanks to a few of the other subplots。The Mechanicus are the main antago Brutal Kunnin' is the Black Library's first propa Orky book， but it was sometimes reluctant to embrace it。 When it's following the Ork characters it's fun and I like Ufthak and his gaggle of miscreants quite a bit。 The surrounding Ork characters， including the freebootas and the MekLord were also solid when they made their appearances。 Unfortunately， the book often felt like it wasn't as focused on them as it should've been thanks to a few of the other subplots。The Mechanicus are the main antagonist for the orks and occupy the other half of the book's space overall。 I enjoyed the main Mechanicus subplot following the lexio arcanus since it gave a bit of a foil to the Orks and explained the things they were running into。 The brief pov following the Titans was also a nice diversion and， while I enjoyed Mitranda's character it often felt like a bit of a diversion early on。 Overall， I felt that the Mechanicus stuff could have been tooled a bit differently to emphasize the fight with the Orks and should have dropped the entire Chaos subplot in favor of more krumpin'。All in all， I'd like to see more of Ufthak and Co。， but I hope they get more page time if another book comes along。 。。。more

Chris Bowley ，

I think as a novel from the Orks' perspective， this is the first of its kind。 Reminded me a lot of Deff Skwadron， but that's graphic novel。 There's lots of Orky goodness which means lots of laugh out laugh moments。 I think Black Library really got the author right for this one， so good job Mike Brooks。 However， the story is just passable and the mechanicum chapters were a little boring compared to the Ork ones。 Still， I'm looking forward to more of the same and may even check out some of the non I think as a novel from the Orks' perspective， this is the first of its kind。 Reminded me a lot of Deff Skwadron， but that's graphic novel。 There's lots of Orky goodness which means lots of laugh out laugh moments。 I think Black Library really got the author right for this one， so good job Mike Brooks。 However， the story is just passable and the mechanicum chapters were a little boring compared to the Ork ones。 Still， I'm looking forward to more of the same and may even check out some of the non-Black Library Mike Brooks stuff。 。。。more

Swords & Spectres ，

Having been a fan of the Warhammer and Warhammer 40k universes for a long time the question of 'can we have alien POV novels has been around for what feels like forever。 It was always a hard no on the basis of aliens are， well， alien。 So much so that their thought processes should be so different from humans that POV from their side of things just wouldn't work。 Thankfully， that hard no has turned into a solid yes in the form of 'Brutal Kunnin'。 It was bound to happen。 Brutal Kunnin is one of th Having been a fan of the Warhammer and Warhammer 40k universes for a long time the question of 'can we have alien POV novels has been around for what feels like forever。 It was always a hard no on the basis of aliens are， well， alien。 So much so that their thought processes should be so different from humans that POV from their side of things just wouldn't work。 Thankfully， that hard no has turned into a solid yes in the form of 'Brutal Kunnin'。 It was bound to happen。 Brutal Kunnin is one of those books that can only go one of two ways。 In traditional ork fashion， there simply is no middle ground。 You are either going to really enjoy this， or curse Black Library for a pack of fools。 I fall into the 'well， that was much needed and pretty damn awesome' camp。The orks， as you can imagine， are a shooty， smashy， ill-tempered and hot-blooded race that （especially considering their chant at one point of 'come and have a go if you think you're hard enough'） puts me in mind of English football thugs just out for a good scrap。This book is set in two different POVs。 On the first hand we have the orks; everything they do is brilliant and utterly hilarious。 Everytime an ork POV ends and switches over to the Mechanicus， it has you hungering for more greenskin badassery。 And then there is the aforementioned Mechanicus。 For my money， the cogboys are a very difficult group of people to make interesting。 They are more machine than human and have very few， if any， emotional attachments。 This makes them VERY hard to warm to， VERY hard to get behind and INCREDIBLY hard to care about。 In Brutal Kunnin'， the Mechanicum were a little easier to get in the minds of。 I feel Brooks did an excellent job of writing them but， for me at least， they are the reason this book is a four instead of a five。As good as their parts were， I feel that， when writing for the Mechanicum， Brooks was simply a victim of his own success。 He did such a great job of making the orks utterly wonderful， that I just didn't care about the other side of things as much as the author would have wanted me to。 Which is a shame， as their part of the story was very intriguing。 I just kept wanting it to hurry up so I could get back to the mindless brutality of the orks。I feel this would have been a solid five out of five if the Mechanicum were switched with an Imperial Guard faction as getting to see a WAAARGH！！！！ through the eyes of men and women who are human enough to appreciate the sheer terror of what is coming for them would have been excellent。 I can only hope that， with future novels， the orks will have a more human enemy to balance them out （even if it's the space marines it would have been an improvement）。In short: read this book or， better yet， listen to the audio book。 The narrator was outstanding and bought such energy to his performance that you felt as if you were being swept up and dragged along with the green horde。  。。。more

Christopher Napier ，

Great fun， Orks vs AdMech makes a change of pace from the usual 40k model and I genuinely laughed out loud a couple of times。Its a neat trick to balance having compelling protaginists and antagonists on both sides of the racial divide， while also having everyone be objectively awful。Bravo， more please。

jzthompson ，

You do sort of know what you're getting with this one， at one point our hero literally bites someone's head （or should I say 'ead） off to make a point。。。 and it's all played for laughs。 More so than other warhammer books I've read so far there was also a degree of spotting model kits available now jn all good stores that did remind you that you're ultimately listening to a big toy advert。。。 but still it was all action and good fun to follow an enraged horde of greenskins on the rampage。 There's You do sort of know what you're getting with this one， at one point our hero literally bites someone's head （or should I say 'ead） off to make a point。。。 and it's all played for laughs。 More so than other warhammer books I've read so far there was also a degree of spotting model kits available now jn all good stores that did remind you that you're ultimately listening to a big toy advert。。。 but still it was all action and good fun to follow an enraged horde of greenskins on the rampage。 There's also some clever playing about with perspective and chronology going on here， quite a few sequences from the perspective of one group of characters only made sense if you joined the dots with what was going om in other chapters。。。 and the ultimate fates of a few of the humans needs you to pay close attention to the orks descriptions of who they're bludgeoning。 I'm not totally sure I got it all。 The audio narration was well done with good distinction of voices and an appropriately breathless tone of excitement。 Perhaps sometimes a bit harder to follow than the more sedately paced eisenhorn ones but it would have been a bit hard to do it in measured diction。 This one was another one taken out on evening walks rather than runs， but one I may actually revisit when I'm back to running。 Seems well suited to it。 。。。more

Jack Creagh-Flynn ，

Lots of zoggin' fun！ A Black Library publication where a fair half of the narrative is told from the perspective of an ork。 Mike Brooks did a good job of presenting the simple， humorous， and brutal mindset of orks。 Lots of zoggin' fun！ A Black Library publication where a fair half of the narrative is told from the perspective of an ork。 Mike Brooks did a good job of presenting the simple， humorous， and brutal mindset of orks。 。。。more

Singleton Mosby ，

The chapters written from an ork perspective are amazing fun， a real laugh。 The mechanicus parts （and the is too many of those） are contrastingly dull and utterly boring。 And then there is a third party with a sub-plot and。。。。。well， never mind。 It could have been a great Read。 Now I would advice to just read the ork bits and skip the rest。

James Big Cat ，

Dis iz a story about wun uv 'da most brutal an’ kunnin' orks， Ufthak Blackhawk！ afta land'n on a planet 'e an’ his Boyz make a bet wit' dat git Capt。 Badrukk ta see 'oo kan get 'da most shiny bitz an’ kill 'da most 'umiez。 deres alos a story about some weird beakiez 'dat don't know how ta fight propa but 'dat's bor'nseriously though this is probably one of the best 40k books I've done， it's not only funny but brutal and action packed as you'd expect in 40k。 Dis iz a story about wun uv 'da most brutal an’ kunnin' orks， Ufthak Blackhawk！ afta land'n on a planet 'e an’ his Boyz make a bet wit' dat git Capt。 Badrukk ta see 'oo kan get 'da most shiny bitz an’ kill 'da most 'umiez。 deres alos a story about some weird beakiez 'dat don't know how ta fight propa but 'dat's bor'nseriously though this is probably one of the best 40k books I've done， it's not only funny but brutal and action packed as you'd expect in 40k。 。。。more

Jacob ，

The most fun， and certainly funniest， 40k novels are always the ones about the bad guys。 And bad guys don't get a lot sillier than the Space Orks。 The most fun， and certainly funniest， 40k novels are always the ones about the bad guys。 And bad guys don't get a lot sillier than the Space Orks。 。。。more

J。C。 Stearns ，

What a phenomenal piece of literature。 Seriously， if you only read one Black Library book this year， make it this one。 Mike Brooks nails the tone of an orks novel PERFECTLY。 Not only that， the decision to match the wacky antics of the orks with the dry with of Adeptus Mechanicus antagonists is just masterful。 It lets him go full tilt with both factions， without overwhelming a reader with an overabundance of narrative shtick from either side。 It's the perfect blend of opposite flavors。 What a phenomenal piece of literature。 Seriously， if you only read one Black Library book this year， make it this one。 Mike Brooks nails the tone of an orks novel PERFECTLY。 Not only that， the decision to match the wacky antics of the orks with the dry with of Adeptus Mechanicus antagonists is just masterful。 It lets him go full tilt with both factions， without overwhelming a reader with an overabundance of narrative shtick from either side。 It's the perfect blend of opposite flavors。 。。。more

Stefan ，

Unterhaltsam und kurzweilig， endlich mal ein "richtiges Buch" aus Sicht der Orks geschrieben。 Man merkt dass Mike Brooks gern noch viel mehr untergebracht hätte， leider scheint es beim Verlag eine Seitenbegrenzung zu geben。 Unterhaltsam und kurzweilig， endlich mal ein "richtiges Buch" aus Sicht der Orks geschrieben。 Man merkt dass Mike Brooks gern noch viel mehr untergebracht hätte， leider scheint es beim Verlag eine Seitenbegrenzung zu geben。 。。。more

Bumpy Lewis ，

Funny and all action。 This would make a great animated series。

Divinebovine ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Its a fun book， with a cool little adventure in it。 Its fun finally reading about the mechanicus inner workings， and chaos makes an appearance as well。 But after everything is said and done， it's a fun excuse for the author to write about a good krump-fest Its a fun book， with a cool little adventure in it。 Its fun finally reading about the mechanicus inner workings， and chaos makes an appearance as well。 But after everything is said and done， it's a fun excuse for the author to write about a good krump-fest 。。。more

Alasdair ，

Zoggin good fun

Siddharth Almeida ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 ERE WE GO BOYZ！！！

Robert Toynbee ，

Great book， one of the funniest and engaging Warhammer novels I've read。 Ignore the whiners about pronouns， Mike Brooks writes clearly and the inclusivity is important。 Great book， one of the funniest and engaging Warhammer novels I've read。 Ignore the whiners about pronouns， Mike Brooks writes clearly and the inclusivity is important。 。。。more

Rob Pait ，

The first book written from the perspective of the Orks was everything I wanted it to be。 While you still get the traditional grim darkness from the chapters written from the Adeptus Mechanicus， the Ork chapters run off pure fun and rule of cool。 Giant robot attacking？ Better start a boarding action。 How？ How about teleporting an armored race car onto it's hull？Hopefully， we see the return of Ufthak Gargantslayer， Morgot， Nitwick， and Princess in a future novel。This is Mike Brooks second novel f The first book written from the perspective of the Orks was everything I wanted it to be。 While you still get the traditional grim darkness from the chapters written from the Adeptus Mechanicus， the Ork chapters run off pure fun and rule of cool。 Giant robot attacking？ Better start a boarding action。 How？ How about teleporting an armored race car onto it's hull？Hopefully， we see the return of Ufthak Gargantslayer， Morgot， Nitwick， and Princess in a future novel。This is Mike Brooks second novel for the Black Library， and I am eager to start his first， Rites of Passage。 。。。more

Ricky Holmes ，

An most excellent book。 The Ork parts get to the heart of what Orks are like。 The mek lord bits are great too。 Mike Brooks smashes it out the park again。

Adam ，

5/5 would Waaaaagh again。

Peter Bernhardt ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Would have preferred no twist involving Chaos！ Dark Eldar showing up or perhaps Necrons would be more interesting， but all in all a fun book。

Andrew Alvis ，

For this being the first proper Ork POV novel it works really well， the other viewpoints add plenty of variety to the narrative。When I thought it was just going to be a run of the mill Ork VS Mechanicus book it actually upped the ante quite significantly later into the story and kept me gripped throughout。

Hawke Embers ，

The Orky sections of this book are fairly enjoyable but the human aspects are quite muddled。 This is primarily due to the author continuing to use genderless pronouns for his human characters and it is annoying and muddling to read。 Overall this book is fairly forgettable despite the fun to be found with Orks。

Goran Ozanic ，

I've really enjoyed reading the book， especially orky parts。 Author did a great thing with combining Mechanicum with Orks， yes， I'd say half of chapters are from ork point of view （Ufthak Blackhawk） and other ones are from Mechanicum characters。 Ork parts are humorous and filled with spur of the moment things， true to how a real ork would do it; while Mechanicum parts are all about keeping it logical and keeping to tested traditions。 Addition of Chaos to the war between these two factions felt n I've really enjoyed reading the book， especially orky parts。 Author did a great thing with combining Mechanicum with Orks， yes， I'd say half of chapters are from ork point of view （Ufthak Blackhawk） and other ones are from Mechanicum characters。 Ork parts are humorous and filled with spur of the moment things， true to how a real ork would do it; while Mechanicum parts are all about keeping it logical and keeping to tested traditions。 Addition of Chaos to the war between these two factions felt natural， as they had a believable reason why they were there。Overall really nice book that gives us Ork POV。 Recommended for all Warhammer 40k fans。 I must admit that I really enjoyed ork parts and that I chuckled few times reading about Ufthak's adventures， especially when he was dealing with a certain grot。 =） 。。。more

John McDonnell ，

Oh there have to be more novels written from the perspective of the Ork。 This book was highly entertaining and as a person who plays Orks in 40K I can appreciate the humour and Orkish kulture right enough。 Interspersing the novel with what's happening from the Mechanicus' point of view helps explain the subterfuge unfolding， which is more a counterpoint to the overall plot。All up an absolute hoot， even better if you get the audio。 Oh there have to be more novels written from the perspective of the Ork。 This book was highly entertaining and as a person who plays Orks in 40K I can appreciate the humour and Orkish kulture right enough。 Interspersing the novel with what's happening from the Mechanicus' point of view helps explain the subterfuge unfolding， which is more a counterpoint to the overall plot。All up an absolute hoot， even better if you get the audio。 。。。more

Mikael ，

Not as funny as i thought it would be or as exciting。 I wanted the orks to struggle a bit but all their opposition is a bit of a pushover really。 Orks can be great characters though and we see a lot of good villainy going on。

Paul Sparks ，

Grim Dark Future？ Not with these orcs it isn’t， this book is funny， very funny， I listened to it on audible and the narration was superb and brought the characters to life in a way that swept me along and had me rooting for the orcs instead of the imperium 😳

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