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Typically not a fan of short story compilations but this has been a pleasant surprise.

“Death comes suddenly and life is fragile and brief. No one can alter this, either by prayers or spells. Children cry about it, but men and women do not cry. They have to endure.”

“It is my great regret that we live in an age that is proud of machines that think and suspicious of people who try to.”

“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love”

While still enthralling, is a vast collect of short stories, with some including Eisenhorn, truly book 4 of the series? Abnett’s mystery story telling and interconnection is still peak; but some of the world building that the first 3 books excelled in doesn’t quite hit the same when each story is a few chapters in a universe as vast as 40k. At least Toby Longworth is still narrating for the next 20 hours.

When everyone said this book was heavy I should have listened