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A review by beorn_101
Age of Darkness by C.Z. Dunn
3.0
I really have mixed feelings on Short Story compilations. They lack the growth and development that tends to get me invested in a book, but the variety of perspectives here was pretty solid.
I would rate the last two stories, Iron Within and Savage Weapons as my favorite and must reads. Each explore their respective legions in compelling and interesting ways, while also addressing some of the wider events of the Heresy.
Rebirth was also pretty good. I enjoy anytime we see interplay between potential loyalists and traitors. It also has the Thousand Sons which is always a perk.
The rest were mostly a variety of interesting, but not amazing, but one stood out as particularly boring.
Liar's Due tries to do something unique, but ends up being rather bland and uninspiring. It focuses on a backwater planet, with characters that are basic imperial citizens. In doing so it wants to show the ways this conflict is spreading to smaller imperial worlds and outposts, but it also means this story is rather slow, and in my opinion, rather boring.
Overall, this is about what I come to expect from short story compilations, a few standouts, most ok, and 1-2 ones I don't like.
I would rate the last two stories, Iron Within and Savage Weapons as my favorite and must reads. Each explore their respective legions in compelling and interesting ways, while also addressing some of the wider events of the Heresy.
Rebirth was also pretty good. I enjoy anytime we see interplay between potential loyalists and traitors. It also has the Thousand Sons which is always a perk.
The rest were mostly a variety of interesting, but not amazing, but one stood out as particularly boring.
Liar's Due tries to do something unique, but ends up being rather bland and uninspiring. It focuses on a backwater planet, with characters that are basic imperial citizens. In doing so it wants to show the ways this conflict is spreading to smaller imperial worlds and outposts, but it also means this story is rather slow, and in my opinion, rather boring.
Overall, this is about what I come to expect from short story compilations, a few standouts, most ok, and 1-2 ones I don't like.