Loss

Black Library Advent Calendar 2014 #21

by Joe Parrino, Gareth Armstrong (Narrator), Robin Bowerman (Narrator)

A squad of Raven Guard Scouts on their first mission encounter the horror of the twisted flesh-shapers of the eldar, the sinister haemonculus covens. As they fight for their lives against the deadly aliens, Brother Jevel begins to realise that his destiny is more complicated than he ever imagined, and the Scouts discover that the true enemy of a Space Marine is loss.

It's the battle of the shadows as the Raven Guard meet their equal in the midnight killers of Commoragh. Who will prove to be the masters of the night?

Performed by Gareth Armstrong, Ian Brooker, Robin Bowerman and Jonathan Keeble
Sound design and music by Simon Robinson
Running time 20 minutes
Produced by Black Library

Genres: Science Fiction, Audiobook, 40k

1 pages, Audiobook

First published December 21, 2014

About the author

Joe Parrino is the author of the audio drama The Shape of the Hunt and the short stories 'Witness', 'The Patient Hunter', 'In Service to Shadows' and 'No Worse Sin'. He lives, writes and works in the American Pacific Northwest. When not writing, Joe can be found skulking through the rain-lashed forests of the region. Like the elusive sasquatch, he enjoys reading, writing, pestering friends, traveling and other assorted activities.

Reviews

[Gabby · Rating 3 out of 5]

Honour the sacrifices made honour the gifts given and honour the loss. Yes not an exact quote. This one was a little confusing to me after alone but it was more getting the time it occurred correct in my mind. Eldar are dangerous and this highlights it but I wish it was somewhat longer to really do the story justice.

[Michael · Rating 2 out of 5]

Entertaining but rushed ending and a bit confusing.

[Michael Dodd · Rating 4 out of 5]

On the twenty-first day of Christmas, Black Library gave to us…a Raven Guard audio drama by Joe Parrino. Loss, a fifteen-minute audio, sees a squad of young Raven Guard scouts battling against dark eldar, ambushed from out of the shadows in a reversal to the usual order of things. As the inexperienced scouts pit their strength against the xenos they find their preconceptions of superiority and invincibility sorely tested.

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[Dylan Murphy · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting and action packed audio drama where a Raven Guard thinks back to a time when he was but a scout, and how he had lost his battle brothers and what it meant to him.
It was an interesting story, with great insight into the Raven Guard, and a awesome bit of action between the Raven Guard and (Dark?) Eldar.
Definitely worth a listen to!

[nooker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, that was a disturbing bit of audio drama.

[Vansh · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mid guard.