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You don't get it! Annandale's writing has my mind racing with possibilities & convinced that after nearly 40 hours of audiobooks & audio dramas focused on Calth & its arcologies, so ready for a new narrative, I'm convinced there's still so much potential in the depths! Horrors feeding on fear/ paranoia, Pockets of the Realms of Chaos, a Bullgor Labyrinth, Divinitas extremists driven to starving/ entombing themselves

I feel the Warp overtaking me. It is a good pain!

Someone needs to explain to me how the first book in this duology ranks among my least enjoyed without being explicitly problematic Black Library books, while the second is among my favourites, & IMHO is genuinely one of the best stories of the Underworld Wars, as well as having some of the greatest scenes of Monarchia, Renegade Guilt/ Torment & Chaos rituals, period

I feel like I need to pinch myself to wake up from a sweet, but deadly dream granted by She Who Thirsts that could become a nightmare at any moment.

This...is literally some of the best Word Bearers & Monarchia scenes & vibes from the whole Shadow Crusade I-II! In no way does Kurtha Sedd feel like a hastily throw together backstory for a box set, in fact, save for Argal Tal, he's one of the most vividly realised

I'm not going to go overboard comparing the two, but 4%, less than 15 minutes, in and there has been more context, emotional wait, and just Horus Heresyness than in all of The Honoured.

I'm to glad this is that much better already. I was really worried!