40 Thousand Reasons

Self-Published

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Description

In the dark future of 40th Millennium, there is only war.

Pef Lancefire is a Rogue Trader (Ie. Privateer and Conquistador) for the Imperium of Man, living on the fringes of what is considered civilized space.

These are the voyages of Pef Lancefire in the Warhammer Galaxy, and his continuous mission to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations and burn them from orbit.

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2020
Author: Pef

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Rating: 4.4/ 5.0
Followers: 1,862
Views: 3,688,642

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Community Reviews(10)

PrimeOdinRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Pef once again brings us along on his deep dive in a fantastically flushed out fictional universe. I thought myself to be a fan of Warhammer but this story has shown just how shallow my understanding is compared to Pefs and the amount of research he must be doing to continue to wow me with characters I have and haven't heard of.
With that being said there has been improvement in the quality and quantity of character interactions but it is still shy of the amount I would like to see in this story. Leaving the story feeling more of a highlight reel than an adventure.
If you are a fan of Warhammer or Pefs other works then I would suggest giving this now massive work of fanfiction a read.
Selfcontrol972Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
My favorite 40k fanfic so far. And harem without being painfully cringe.
Only negative I have to say is that I feel our boy Cain has been done a bit dirty.
If you are allergic to sexual scenes, it is not described in detail, so should be fine to read for those he dont enjoy that kind of thing.
puppetgoestutututRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
awesome been waiting for a goo w40k fic on this site for ages a few got close but this is closest by far with a bit of pef flare of course
desprixRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
A near perfect isekai story about trying to be a trader in Warhammer40k. Would classify it as "rags to riches" story. It's for a niche audience but it really scratches that itch if it's your thing.
I remember thinking that it's a shame it ended but at least it didn't go HIATUS and now I'm excited to see how it continues!
coltainevasRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Man, I have been reading your other works whenever they come out. I am really requesting you to finish your stories. They are always entertaining to read and I would be really happy if you would bring a worthy glorious death to your main characters.
People, please read these stories only if you wish to see epic alternative universes where MC is nearly as good as "I, Cato Sicarius" of Ultramarines second company and do not grumble about this being not closer to lore.
mcdeathcoreRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Style - The battles are nice, everything else is fine enough that it doesn't take you out of the story.
Grammar score - odd choice of word here and there, but rarely taken out of the story. However, I read a lot on this site so am immune to most grammar.
Story - Its less grimdark than 40k usually is. Although it does scratch that topic occasionally. Perhaps the reader becomes the monster when they skim over billions of people dying without reacting. Business as usual.
It is kinda power fantasy. The MC rarely is challenged and is extremely rarely wrong. This will annoy some readers of regular 40k, and annoy the power fantasy readers when he gets his toys taken away by adam. (where I stopped reading)
All in all, if you just like 40k or want to learn more of it its a good place to start because the story is quite good.
Character score - it got minus a star for the woman throwing themselves at the MC like they did. I don't expect romance in the 40k universe, but even as someone who occasionally enjoys the harem genre. one of my books having such a tag. I think it started getting old with how many throw away woman were involved. (p.s. I think this book is the largest harem of any I've read. lol 40k being the top of everything)
Most characters aren't very fleshed out. They each have quirks. But overall this novel degrades as the chapters go on like the characters. So without meaningful choice, most characters are rather blank.
Overall score - a fun read if you don't take it seriously. enjoy the show so to speak
Luke W. LoganRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
This is a good story, a little rough around the edges but a very enjoyable to read overall.
Updated as the original complaint is no longer relevant
TNTeadybearsRoyal Road
★★★★ 3.5
First off, great fanfic. Usually when people try to reincarnate the MC into a known universe they have a problem making them scale to the universe and often have to nerf them in some way which honestly seems stupid to me. 40k reasons does not do this and still manages to maintain a compelling and interesting book without becoming too overpowered instantly. Overall great read.
edit: it’s been like 80 chapters and tbh this is getting pretty boring. I can tell the author is kinda just magically making problems out of nothing just to continue with content.
Mash_PotatoesRoyal Road
★★★★ 3.5
A well done and moderately well-executed Warhammer 40K crackfic
Grammar: Very little grammatical or spelling errors whatsoever that I can point out in this story that would hinder your reading experience. 5/5
Style: This story is a very unserious crackfic fanfiction of Warhammer 40K that is more on the comedic side rather than the usual Warhammer dark and gritty. So it's not a story for those who are preferential towards more serious types of stories 4/5
Story: The story is set in the Warhammer 40K universe and mostly just focuses on the adventures of the self-inserted Lord Pef and his quest of doing whatever he wants from blowing up Orks to messing with canon.
It does, of course, have an actual plotline, like creating his own empire of blanks and ensuring the survival of humanity, but it all sort of just falls on the wayside and is mostly done in the background by the side characters while Lord Pef focuses on his travels, messing with everyone and essentially becoming the Deus ex machina of the universe.
The story while funny and interesting is slowly becoming boring and repetitive as the MC simply repeats his actions, again and again, simply following the same pattern.
Everything also simply falls into Pef's lap thanks to various plotholes, plot armour and his knowledge of how the story is supposed to go. Making even the most absurd of obstacles become mere nuisances that are eliminated in a heartbeat creating no real excitement except for those who like to read how the MC so easily obliterates and overpowers their foes, regardless of the odds.
There is also heavy use of lore in this story so unless your a fan of WH40K or have read up on the lore extensively, then'll you have some difficulty with some of the terms or items used/shown in the story 3/5
Characters: The characters in the story both side and main are all, unfortunately, one dimensional, rather bland, at times interesting and other times just carbon copies of each other. So much so that it only takes th
Irradiated Slag HeapRoyal Road
★★★ 2.5
Old Review:
This review may contain minor spoilers. You have been warned.
Forty Thousand Reasons is a Warhammer 40K Fanfic, complete with self-insert character who, by the standards of the setting, has lucked out big time. In a first-person perspective, we follow Pef, the son and heir to a Rogue Trader captain operating on the border of Imperial Space.
After his father suddenly and admittedly rather conveniently dies, Pef is left to take up the reins of his Rogue Trader house, attempting to guide his people toward fame and fortune while avoiding the ire of the many powerful Imperial factions, such as the Mechanicus, the Imperial Navy, and the Inquisition.
Of course, being a story with a self-insert MC, everything goes right a major portion of the time, people practically shower him with gifts, he's an absolute prodigy of naval warfare, and he's banging hot chicks left, right, and center, not to mention the fact that he's a techno-genius and manages to improve the performance of every STC he comes across by somewhere between ten and a thousand percent.
Don't get me wrong, I don't hate the story. I'm enjoying it, in fact. It's just very obvious that it needs a massive amount of polish. It's standard first-draft stuff, and a solid base to build something truly great on.
I will now break down my reasoning for scoring the fiction in the manner I have.
Style:
It always takes me a minute or two to pinpoint the exact issues I have with a writer's style. It's a bit of an ephemeral thing, but I think I've grasped it with the following.
The goings-on and happenstance of the scenes are laid out like a recipe, one after another with hardly any emotion in them. You'd think that with the first-person perspective, you'd get some descriptions of his surroundings, but nothing so much as the color of someone's robes or the look of a set of power armor has been shown. A major part of human perception is sight, and none of that is being described to us. What does this world look like? A