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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
This one felt like a vignette without much to latch on to. Curious if this leads to something more, but as it stands, it didn't feel overly impactful on its own
fast-paced
May 2024 Re-Read using the Horus Heresy Omnibus Project Reading Order (https://www.heresyomnibus.com) as part of my Oath of Moment to complete the Horus Heresy series and extras - Now in Immaterium of everything outside the Horus Heresy Omnibus Project, before moving on to the last Omnibus XXI The Siege of Terra.
I don't have anything to add from my last review beyond the converting of audio dramas to short stories definitely loses some of the magic.
Through the Horus Heresy Omnibus Project and my own additions, I have currently read* all 54 Horus Heresy main series novels (+1 repeat), 25 novellas (+2 repeats), as well as the Macragge's Honour graphic novel, all 17 Primarchs novels, 3 Characters novels, and 148 short stories/ audio dramas across the Horus Heresy (inc. 10+ repeats). Plus, 2 Warhammer 40K further reading novels and 1 short story...this run, as well as writing 1 short story myself.
I couldn't be more appreciative of the phenomenal work of the Horus Heresy Omnibus Project, which has made this ridiculous endeavour all the better and has inspired me to create and collate a collection of Horus Heresy and Warhammer 40,000 documents and checklists (http://tiny.cc/im00yz). There are now too many items to list here, but there is a contents and explainer document here (http://tiny.cc/nj00yz).
*My tracking consistently proves shoddy, but I'm doing my best
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April 2024 Re-Read using the Horus Heresy Omnibus Project Reading Order Omnibus XIV Shadows of the Warmaster II Lords of Death (https://www.heresyomnibus.com/omnibus/xiv-shadow-of-the-warmaster-ii-lords-of-death) as part of my Oath of Moment to complete the Horus series and extras.
Honestly, I think I was a bit harsh before.
Two Knight Errants on Caliban trying to find out where those on the Dark Angels' homeworld stand on the Heresy and things are already going wrong...
The prose is great, the little moments, reveals, and the thematic resonance of the ending echoing over ten thousand years later? That deserves something.
I also found the reflections and refraction of the characters present and those not present (being extremely vague to avoid spoilers) is nicely done. Something something, it's like poetry, it rhymes.
It doesn't knock my socks off, but it's solid and resonant and it's getting an extra star from me.
Through using the Horus Heresy Omnibus Project (www.heresyomnibus.com) and my own choices, I have currently read 24.64 Horus Heresy novels, 14 novellas (including 1 repeat), 84 short stories/ audio dramas (including 6 repeats), as well as the Macragge's Honour graphic novel, 13 Primarchs novels, 4 Primarchs short stories/ audio dramas, and 2 Warhammer 40K further reading novels and a short story...this run. I can't say enough good about the way the Horus Heresy Omnibus Project suggestions. I'm loving it! Especially after originally reading to the releases and being so frustrated at having to wait so long for a narrative to continue.
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Initial Review 3/5
A decent audio drama, but I am struggling to unpick my excitement that comes from seeing characters and things I know a like, what the story gestures towards, and what it actually does contain and how it does it.
See the lack of Garro and colon from the beginning of this title, that's because this is the other two classic Grey Boys on a whacky adventure to Caliban to see if Luther or anyone knows what's up with the whole Heresy shenanigans.
A quick jaunt to the planet Grimdark ages that probably sets something up, but doesn't really do anything itself, beyond a few cool scenes.
***Spoilers Below***
I will always be excited to Loken and Qruze and Luther and Loken have a meeting of minds and fists, and seeing certain mysterious lil cuties having a cryptic chat with Loken is obviously tailored made to make ridiculous nerds like me get ridiculous hype. Also, touching base with Z or N, I forget which ended up where...I think it's Z on Caliban?
But nothing really happens and the one moment that could have really been full of pathos and tragedy kinda got skimmed over.
While this is much, much better than when Star Wars does the references just to do references thing, this feels a bit like that, which is a shame because the only reason it actually feels like that is the lack of actual story and emotional weight. A little more heft on the feels and a bit more of a narrative would largely solve this issue and make it a much better audio drama.
This is the worst of the proto Grey Knights audio dramas, Garro: Ashes of Fealty takes that prize, if I remember correctly - I've listened to the whole collection in a few days - but this comes a close second. Both suffer from being too short and feeling like being a teaser for a coming story and/ or a being costrcuted around a scene opposed to an actual narrative.
The hit rate and general quality of the Knight Errant stories are still pretty great and the Errant Knights collection is great. Still planning to read the Novella and digital shorts to finish off the main Heresy Garro story (outside of the all of the everything actually reconstructed into a story, the novel, Garro), and I've heard good things about the three Blackshields audio dramas.
I don't have anything to add from my last review beyond the converting of audio dramas to short stories definitely loses some of the magic.
Through the Horus Heresy Omnibus Project and my own additions, I have currently read* all 54 Horus Heresy main series novels (+1 repeat), 25 novellas (+2 repeats), as well as the Macragge's Honour graphic novel, all 17 Primarchs novels, 3 Characters novels, and 148 short stories/ audio dramas across the Horus Heresy (inc. 10+ repeats). Plus, 2 Warhammer 40K further reading novels and 1 short story...this run, as well as writing 1 short story myself.
I couldn't be more appreciative of the phenomenal work of the Horus Heresy Omnibus Project, which has made this ridiculous endeavour all the better and has inspired me to create and collate a collection of Horus Heresy and Warhammer 40,000 documents and checklists (http://tiny.cc/im00yz). There are now too many items to list here, but there is a contents and explainer document here (http://tiny.cc/nj00yz).
*My tracking consistently proves shoddy, but I'm doing my best
***
April 2024 Re-Read using the Horus Heresy Omnibus Project Reading Order Omnibus XIV Shadows of the Warmaster II Lords of Death (https://www.heresyomnibus.com/omnibus/xiv-shadow-of-the-warmaster-ii-lords-of-death) as part of my Oath of Moment to complete the Horus series and extras.
Honestly, I think I was a bit harsh before.
Two Knight Errants on Caliban trying to find out where those on the Dark Angels' homeworld stand on the Heresy and things are already going wrong...
The prose is great, the little moments, reveals, and the thematic resonance of the ending echoing over ten thousand years later? That deserves something.
I also found the reflections and refraction of the characters present and those not present (being extremely vague to avoid spoilers) is nicely done. Something something, it's like poetry, it rhymes.
It doesn't knock my socks off, but it's solid and resonant and it's getting an extra star from me.
Through using the Horus Heresy Omnibus Project (www.heresyomnibus.com) and my own choices, I have currently read 24.64 Horus Heresy novels, 14 novellas (including 1 repeat), 84 short stories/ audio dramas (including 6 repeats), as well as the Macragge's Honour graphic novel, 13 Primarchs novels, 4 Primarchs short stories/ audio dramas, and 2 Warhammer 40K further reading novels and a short story...this run. I can't say enough good about the way the Horus Heresy Omnibus Project suggestions. I'm loving it! Especially after originally reading to the releases and being so frustrated at having to wait so long for a narrative to continue.
***
Initial Review 3/5
A decent audio drama, but I am struggling to unpick my excitement that comes from seeing characters and things I know a like, what the story gestures towards, and what it actually does contain and how it does it.
See the lack of Garro and colon from the beginning of this title, that's because this is the other two classic Grey Boys on a whacky adventure to Caliban to see if Luther or anyone knows what's up with the whole Heresy shenanigans.
A quick jaunt to the planet Grimdark ages that probably sets something up, but doesn't really do anything itself, beyond a few cool scenes.
***Spoilers Below***
I will always be excited to Loken and Qruze and Luther and Loken have a meeting of minds and fists, and seeing certain mysterious lil cuties having a cryptic chat with Loken is obviously tailored made to make ridiculous nerds like me get ridiculous hype. Also, touching base with Z or N, I forget which ended up where...I think it's Z on Caliban?
But nothing really happens and the one moment that could have really been full of pathos and tragedy kinda got skimmed over.
While this is much, much better than when Star Wars does the references just to do references thing, this feels a bit like that, which is a shame because the only reason it actually feels like that is the lack of actual story and emotional weight. A little more heft on the feels and a bit more of a narrative would largely solve this issue and make it a much better audio drama.
This is the worst of the proto Grey Knights audio dramas, Garro: Ashes of Fealty takes that prize, if I remember correctly - I've listened to the whole collection in a few days - but this comes a close second. Both suffer from being too short and feeling like being a teaser for a coming story and/ or a being costrcuted around a scene opposed to an actual narrative.
The hit rate and general quality of the Knight Errant stories are still pretty great and the Errant Knights collection is great. Still planning to read the Novella and digital shorts to finish off the main Heresy Garro story (outside of the all of the everything actually reconstructed into a story, the novel, Garro), and I've heard good things about the three Blackshields audio dramas.