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Age of Darkness

By: John French, Aaron Dembski-Bowden, Chris Wraight, Dan Abnett, Gav Thorpe, Graham McNeill, James Swallow, Nick Kyme, Rob Sanders
Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong, Martyn Ellis, Jonathan Keeble
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Summary

After the betrayal at Isstvan, Horus begins his campaign against the Emperor, a galaxy-wide war that can lead only to Terra. But the road to the final confrontation between father and son is a long one - seven years filled with secrecy and silence, plans and foundations being formed across distant stars.

An unknown history is about to be unveiled as light is shed on the darkest years of the Horus Heresy, and revelations will surface that will shake the Imperium to its very foundation....

This collection contains nine short stories:

'Rules of Engagement' by Graham McNeill

'Liar's Due' by James Swallow

'Forgotten Sons' by Nick Kyme

'The Last Remembrancer' by John French

'Rebirth' by Chris Wraight

'The Face of Treachery' by Gav Thorpe

'Little Horus' by Dan Abnett

'The Iron Within' by Rob Sanders

'Savage Weapons' by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

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Better than others

Some stories are better than others but generally worth it given there are a few particularly good ones

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A mixed bag.....

With any short story set you can't expect to enjoy them all. This collection is no exception. A couple of real gems sit amongst a few that feel a bit more of a slog to finish. On balance if you have enjoyed the Hersey so far then this is worth a listen for three of the stories alone.

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great

a great set of stories showing the termoil of the herecy. and the great chatters within

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Great spread of story’s

Slowly going through the Horus heresy series and this was a cracking book full of stories from lesser known legions and yet to feature yet

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Mini Stories of varied length covering many legion

I enjoyed it and listening to the whole Horus heresy. this is a selection of mini Stories compiled together.

a nice addition even covering some primachs duals

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Great listen

The stories are fantastic to listen to. Well written and narrated. A must read / listen for hours heresy fans.

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Entertaining short stories

Some are quite good and entertaining while some are a bit more for lore/context. The last two are specially enjoyable.

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9 short stories

i loved it! they were average for first 7,, but i loved the final two stories. those 2 were some of my fav listening of the horus series so far

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mixed bag

John banks sucks as a narrator he rushed through the salamanders book and he fails to grasp the art form of narration. The other narrators eclipse him tenfold wich only adds to the fact he is unqualified for the task.

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mixed quality, not bad

Well performed. mixed quality, generally filler, the alpha legion one was probably the best. get 9n a 2 for 1 deal is my thought

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