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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a good pair of audiobook/ audio dramas from Graham McNeil and Dan Abnett. That is to say good; very interesting and great at times, but not quite as good as the novels in this series.
Many people have complained about how short these are, but that is what they are: Short Stories, and as such rather good ones. One is certainly better than the other, so I will discuss them separately.
The Dark King by Graham McNeil
This is a fantastic glimpse at the Night Lords legion and how they fell, focussing directly upon their primarch. Without spoiling anything the action at its centre is viscera incarnate and pulses along like an enraged heartbeat, and it is this that really qualifies this as an appropriate source for an audibook. You truly are swept along with the pace and violence.
My criticisms would be that the reading is a little over pronounced and excitable before the actions is worthy of it, but you quickly get over this.
The sound effects and music are not incredible, but do add some depth and colour.
Overall I would give the Dark King 4.5 out of 5
The Lightning Tower by Dan Abnett
I am a huge Dan Abnett fan and I did enjoy this story, but in all honesty this is a short story, a good one, but a short story and not necessarily worthy of being an audiobook.
It is a fascinating look at the armour being added to the Imperial Palace on Terra and Dorn's musings on the Heresy and his fears, but it just did not quite keep my attention as an audiobook, as I believe it would if I were reading it from an actual page.
The vocal work over the two stories is quite good, but Malcadore's voice really started to grate on me a little as it sounds like a caricature of an old politician and I was enamoured by the Emperor's voice, but being fair, it would be very difficult to voice the Emperor effectively.
The story itself I would give 4 out of 5, but in its audio form I would give it 3 out of 5
The two are definitely worth a listen and help to colour the Horus Heresy universe, but are just not as good as Raven's Flight, which I listened to yesterday.
It is worthy of note that I would not recommend listening to these audiobooks before reading Horus Rising, False Gods, Galaxy In Flames and The Flight Of The Einstein.
Many people have complained about how short these are, but that is what they are: Short Stories, and as such rather good ones. One is certainly better than the other, so I will discuss them separately.
The Dark King by Graham McNeil
This is a fantastic glimpse at the Night Lords legion and how they fell, focussing directly upon their primarch. Without spoiling anything the action at its centre is viscera incarnate and pulses along like an enraged heartbeat, and it is this that really qualifies this as an appropriate source for an audibook. You truly are swept along with the pace and violence.
My criticisms would be that the reading is a little over pronounced and excitable before the actions is worthy of it, but you quickly get over this.
The sound effects and music are not incredible, but do add some depth and colour.
Overall I would give the Dark King 4.5 out of 5
The Lightning Tower by Dan Abnett
I am a huge Dan Abnett fan and I did enjoy this story, but in all honesty this is a short story, a good one, but a short story and not necessarily worthy of being an audiobook.
It is a fascinating look at the armour being added to the Imperial Palace on Terra and Dorn's musings on the Heresy and his fears, but it just did not quite keep my attention as an audiobook, as I believe it would if I were reading it from an actual page.
The vocal work over the two stories is quite good, but Malcadore's voice really started to grate on me a little as it sounds like a caricature of an old politician and I was enamoured by the Emperor's voice, but being fair, it would be very difficult to voice the Emperor effectively.
The story itself I would give 4 out of 5, but in its audio form I would give it 3 out of 5
The two are definitely worth a listen and help to colour the Horus Heresy universe, but are just not as good as Raven's Flight, which I listened to yesterday.
It is worthy of note that I would not recommend listening to these audiobooks before reading Horus Rising, False Gods, Galaxy In Flames and The Flight Of The Einstein.
13 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I am a big fan of Warhammer Novels and of Dan Abnetts work in particular. I bought this CD to listen to on a long car journey and was very disappointed. It consists of two "short stories", but these are, in fact, not short stories at all but chapters from a longer story. Each story does not stand alone, but relies on you knowing a good deal about the warhammer universe to begin with. Each has no satisfactory ending and reads like the first chapter of a longer story and leave more questions than they answer. Equally, they are both boring stories. I would have put up with the short running time if the stories were full of action and adventure, but there is only one scene of action on the whole CD. The production quality and the acting was excellent, but this is one to avoid....
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This audiobook actually contains two short stories, and when I write "short" it is with an emphasis! However, they are both very well narrated and offers an interesting insight into Konrad Curze of the Night Lords and Rogal Dorn of the Imperial Fists. I enjoyed both of these stories extremely and hear them again from time to time.
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Currently I've had a bit of a glut on these audio titles from the Black Library and to be honest I've been pretty spoilt. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Gareth Wilson - Falcata Times Blog
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If you like the stories of the Horus Heresy then you'll get something out of this CD. If not, then being totally honest, you really won't. Read more
Published 22 months ago by JDazNorth
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