The audiobook version of The Infinite and the Divine is widely considered the definitive experience for Robert Rath's novel, lauded for Richard Reed’s performance that captures the comedic, antagonistic relationship between Trazyn and Orikan. Clocking in at over 13 hours, the narration enhances the story's unique tone and comedic timing. Experience the narration firsthand on Audible Australia
The Infinite and the Divine is a novel by from Black Library (Games Workshop). It follows two immortal necrons — Trazyn the Infinite (a kleptomaniac historian) and Orikan the Diviner (a temporal manipulating astromancer) — as they bicker, scheme, and sabotage each other across 10,000 years over a McGuffin called the Astrarium Mysterios . infinite and the divine audiobook exclusive
Robert Rath included dry, academic footnotes (as if Trazyn annotated his own diary). In the print version, these are small text at the bottom of the page. In the , the narrator reads the main text, but when a footnote occurs, the audio distorts slightly—as if being whispered by a different, older Trazyn. This layered narration creates a "memory within a memory" effect that is impossible to replicate in print. The audiobook version of The Infinite and the
Fans on Reddit’s r/Necrontyr have argued that the audiobook exclusive is the "definitive" version because Rath wrote the novel while listening to Reed’s demo tapes . Rath confirmed in a 2021 interview that he envisioned Trazyn’s voice as Reed’s performance, making the print novel a script for the audio product. It follows two immortal necrons — Trazyn the
The defining feature of the "audiobook exclusive" designation—particularly for titles produced by Games Workshop’s audio arm, Black Library—is the soundscape. This is not a lone narrator sitting in a booth reading text. It is a full-cast audio drama, a radio play for the 41st Millennium.
If you read the book, you get the plot. If you listen to the , you get the performance . For a novel about two beings who hate each other’s vocal inflections, hearing those inflections is the definitive way to experience the infinite war and the divine comedy.