Eye of Night

Warhammer 40,000

by Gav Thorpe, Annie Aldington (Narrator), Gareth Armstrong (Narrator)

A Warhammer 40,000 audio drama.

Tasked with a mission by Roboute Guilliman, Inquisitor Greyfax and a bodyguard of Grey Knights travel into the Eye of Terror in search of an ancient enemy of the Imperium.

Listen to it because:

It's the Black Library debut of Inquisitor Greyfax in a tale that ties into the background from the Battlefleet Gothic game, making it a rare treat for old and new Warhammer 40,000 fans alike!

The story:

Inquisitor Greyfax and a retinue of incorruptible Grey Knights are sent on a mission by the reborn Primarch Guilliman to recover the Eye of Night, a fabled artefact of Ruin that could weaken the Great Rift. It will be no easy task as Greyfax - with the aid of a long dead inquisitor - must journey into the Eye of Terror itself and challenge a traitor of a truly ancient pedigree, the crone Moriana.

Genres: Audiobook, Science Fiction, 40k

1 pages, Audible Audio

First published April 19, 2017

About the author

Gav spent 14 years as a developer for Games Workshop, and started writing novels and short stories in the worlds of Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 when the Black Library imprint was launched in 1997.

He continues to write for Black Library, and his first 'homegrown' novel series The Crown of the Blood has been released via Angry Robot.

Currently living in Nottingham, Gav shares his home with his loving and very understanding partner - Kez, and their beautiful little boy - Sammy.

Reviews

[Noctvrnal · Rating 4 out of 5]

While overall enjoyable story, the ending felt a tad anticlimactic. Although I have to give big props to everyone who have voiced this audiodrama, and the sound engineering was very immersive. I can't say if I'm a big fan of Emma Gregory as a choice for Greyfax VA, it felt slightly out of place and overly dramatic compared to the rest of the cast, but that is no fault of the actress herself as she surely performed in a stellar fashion. It just felt that choice of Gregory was perhaps not the best one made here.

Still, a very enjoyable audriodrama that is easy to follow the story of.

[Lori · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this but it was way too short. They visit the Eye of Terror and almost nothing is described?

[Ryan Russell · Rating 4 out of 5]

High quality audiodrama production with dense content.

The only factor that threatens to knock this down an extra star is that a portion of the third act does not lend itself easily to the imagination with or without narration and dramatization.

Overall it was worth the hour of listening for a short story in the 40k universe.

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm only giving it three stars but it was pretty close to a four. Which, paired with its sister drama The Hand of Darkness' low three stars is the best proof yet that Eldar poison everything.

In seriousness I think it was the Horst and Moriana characters that set this one apart. There were no memorable bit characters in Hand.

[Shawn Fritsche · Rating 3 out of 5]

A solid, but not spectacular 40k story.

[Benjamin Bowen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice short story but not much substance.

[Jake Stoll · Rating 3 out of 5]

WH40K fetch quest. Greyfax carries the story but Grey Knights are neat.