Steel Tread
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- Author：Andy Clark
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Summary
The Astra Millitarum are a blunt instrument of violence， wrought on a galactic scale。 This new series from Black Library will explore some of their regiments。
On the war-torn world of Croatoas， the armies of the Astra Militarum do battle with the twisted servants of the Ruinous Powers。 Against the backdrop of this increasingly desperate conflict， tanker Hadeya Etsul finds herself consolidated into a Cadian regiment， and placed in command of the Leman Russ Demolisher Steel Tread。 Haunted by nightmares， surrounded by a dysfunctional crew and striving to find her place amidst a proud and insular regiment with a culture so different from her own， Etsul must guide her crew to victory。 But， as her regiment rolls out beneath the poisonous light of the Great Rift to join a death-or-glory offensive， the crew of Steel Tread are about to face the fight of their lives。 If they cannot learn to work as one， how can they hope to survive？
On the war-torn world of Croatoas， the armies of the Astra Militarum do battle with the twisted servants of the Ruinous Powers。 Against the backdrop of this increasingly desperate conflict， tanker Hadeya Etsul finds herself consolidated into a Cadian regiment， and placed in command of the Leman Russ Demolisher Steel Tread。 Haunted by nightmares， surrounded by a dysfunctional crew and striving to find her place amidst a proud and insular regiment with a culture so different from her own， Etsul must guide her crew to victory。 But， as her regiment rolls out beneath the poisonous light of the Great Rift to join a death-or-glory offensive， the crew of Steel Tread are about to face the fight of their lives。 If they cannot learn to work as one， how can they hope to survive？
Reviews
Vincent Knotley
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In a single read， Steel Tread has rocketed to the upper echelons of my must-read list of Warhammer 40，000 fiction。 A claustrophobic tale as much about the battles kicking off within the titular Steel Tread as without， Andy Clark's tale digs a trench far deeper into the souls of its characters than one might expect。 Each character gets their time in the sun， revels in it， then lands the apex of their character arc with the type of pinpoint precision only a tank crew in the grim darkness of the fa In a single read， Steel Tread has rocketed to the upper echelons of my must-read list of Warhammer 40，000 fiction。 A claustrophobic tale as much about the battles kicking off within the titular Steel Tread as without， Andy Clark's tale digs a trench far deeper into the souls of its characters than one might expect。 Each character gets their time in the sun， revels in it， then lands the apex of their character arc with the type of pinpoint precision only a tank crew in the grim darkness of the far future can muster。 On the other， shootier， explodier side of things， Steel Tread pulls no punches。 The action， which has a habit of slamming into you like a steam train， is visceral， expansive， and frankly just outright entertaining in precisely the ways any fan of tank-centric fictional violence would want。Oh and while I'm on the subject of violence， there's ample amounts of body horror too， especially with a particular adversary to Steel Tread's band of ne'er-do-well characters who's ambulatory nature alone is enough to send shivers down even the staunchest horror fan's spine。I came to Steel Tread expecting a riproaring 6 hour read of explosions， bodies popped like blisters and the sort of cheesy one liners 80s action screenwriters would high-five after sketching out。 What I found （besides all the aforementioned stuff， of course） was a cast of people unique even in the untold trillions of citizens trying just as hard to battle the fears of fitting in， inadequacy and survivors guilt many of us in the world right now know all too well。The author even managed to make me feel for a tank。 Not the poor souls crammed into it， but the tank itself。 。。。more
FatCatFlubber
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Takes a while to get into it but once all the characters are introduced and set up in Act 1， Act 2 can really flourish and from there on the novel is a really gripping， character based story of a tank unit going against some frankly astounding odds。Would highly recommend for people who like character driven 40k， with the downsides being that the descriptions of battles aren't always great and it takes a bit to get its tracks moving。 Takes a while to get into it but once all the characters are introduced and set up in Act 1， Act 2 can really flourish and from there on the novel is a really gripping， character based story of a tank unit going against some frankly astounding odds。Would highly recommend for people who like character driven 40k， with the downsides being that the descriptions of battles aren't always great and it takes a bit to get its tracks moving。 。。。more
AA_Logan
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As a fan of Imperial Guard tanks and an even bigger fan of Imperial Guard tank novels I was counting down the days for the release of this since it was teased in a preview; the only reason I didn’t read it on the day of release was I was waiting for it to be available on Audible and I’m so glad that I did; the book more than lived up to my expectations but Remmie Miller’s performance reading it far exceeded even those。 It is the little touches that elevate this- lots of planets might have a Nort As a fan of Imperial Guard tanks and an even bigger fan of Imperial Guard tank novels I was counting down the days for the release of this since it was teased in a preview; the only reason I didn’t read it on the day of release was I was waiting for it to be available on Audible and I’m so glad that I did; the book more than lived up to my expectations but Remmie Miller’s performance reading it far exceeded even those。 It is the little touches that elevate this- lots of planets might have a North， but it feels apt that Steel Tread’s Cadian crew come from there; the way that lines of dialogue delivered over the vox are slightly distorted （why haven’t other BL audiobooks done this？ It’s *so* effective）- but with all due respect to the existing （excellent！） stable of readers they use， the bar has generally been raised。 Andy Clark has prior form in writing tank battles- those in Gate of Bones were perhaps my favourite parts of that book， and his Imperial Knight novels featured those and good dynamics between the knight pilots， but Steel Tread stands above both of those。 I’m not sure that I’ll ever tire of reading about the impact that the Fall of Cadia had on tge planet’s soldiery， and this book does this so well。 The crew of tread are really well fleshed out， and as the book progressed I felt increasingly attached to each of them。 The book goes along much faster than a Demolisher and the plot is solid。 The chaos antagonists aren’t really seen but Clark still convincingly conveys their degradation and how unsettling the Imperial forces find them。I’m not sure if a sequel is strictly necessary， but I’d buy it in a heartbeat。 。。。more
Jacob Bennike
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Excellent story， excellent characters and unlike a lot of Warhammer novels it’s not hindered by the universe at all。If you like the guard， or if you just like tanks in general you’ll like this book。
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The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Steel Tread&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0