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ratgrrrl's review
2.0
A White Scars Khan/ captain is interrogated for his unit, The Brotherhood of the Wolf, being too close with the Sons of Horus/ Lunar Wolves and their Warrior Lodges in the run up to the Horus Heresy.
I'm probably as harsh on this as I am because it is an example of squandered potential and the blurb writes a lot of cheques its ass can't cash. I'm not sure if it was Wraight's choice or Black Library pushing for nano fiction for their advent calendars, but with the amount of information lacking this story is a nothing, not even a mystery. Let's be honest, it's almost definitely Game Workshop/ Black Library marketing getting in the way of a decent story because Wraight is *the* White Scars guy.
This story just needs something. The writing is decent (No disrespect to Chris Wraight), the audiobook performance is good, but there's no actual core to the story. I'm salty and will die mad lol. Ultimately, it's fine and vaguely gestures towards the fact the White Scars were one of the divided Loyalist legions with some turning Traitor Extremis, but, unless you are an Assault Bike Bunny, diehard Wraight fan, or a strict Horus Heresy completionist, I don't think this is worth your time.
I'm probably as harsh on this as I am because it is an example of squandered potential and the blurb writes a lot of cheques its ass can't cash. I'm not sure if it was Wraight's choice or Black Library pushing for nano fiction for their advent calendars, but with the amount of information lacking this story is a nothing, not even a mystery. Let's be honest, it's almost definitely Game Workshop/ Black Library marketing getting in the way of a decent story because Wraight is *the* White Scars guy.
This story just needs something. The writing is decent (No disrespect to Chris Wraight), the audiobook performance is good, but there's no actual core to the story. I'm salty and will die mad lol. Ultimately, it's fine and vaguely gestures towards the fact the White Scars were one of the divided Loyalist legions with some turning Traitor Extremis, but, unless you are an Assault Bike Bunny, diehard Wraight fan, or a strict Horus Heresy completionist, I don't think this is worth your time.
trackofwords's review
4.0
On the tenth day of Christmas Black Library gave to us…a Horus Heresy short story by Matthew Farrer. With Vorax, Farrer continues his look at all things technological, after his contributions to the Sabbat Worlds/Sabbat Crusade anthologies. This takes place on the Ring of Iron, a Mechanicum facility orbiting Mars, during the Imperial Fists’ blockade of the red planet. An adept of the Dark Mechanicum hunts loyalists through the Ring, unaware that he himself has become prey for something lurking in the shadows.
Read the rest of the review at http://trackofwords.wordpress.com/2014/12/10/quick-review-vorax-matthew-farrer/
Read the rest of the review at http://trackofwords.wordpress.com/2014/12/10/quick-review-vorax-matthew-farrer/
civreader's review
3.0
Strange. Didn't really do very much - well-written, true, but the story was over too quickly, with little in the way of explanation of why we were there or what the significance of the events were. A very short diversion nonetheless. Would be good for a quick bus-ride or something.
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