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The Burden of Loyalty

The Horus Heresy, Book 48

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The Burden of Loyalty

By: Dan Abnett, John French, L J Goulding, Rob Sanders, Aaron Dembski-Bowden, Chris Wraight, David Annandale, Gav Thorpe
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
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As the darkness of the war slowly consumes the galaxy, those who still serve the Throne are faced with a struggle for their survival and the continued existence of everything they hold dear. With the threat of the Warmaster's fleet looming ever closer to Terra, it will fall to such heroes to halt the tide, but the enemies arrayed against them are powerful, and the burden of loyalty is great....

This Horus Heresy anthology contains six short stories, some of which are originally released as audio dramas, and by authors such as Dan Abnett, Aaron Dembski-Bowden, Gav Thorpe and John French. Also included are the novellas The Wolf King, by Chris Wraight, and Cybernetica, by Rob Sanders.

Contents:
Perpetual by Dan Abnett
The Binary Succession by David Annandale
Into Exile by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Ordo Sinister by John French
The Heart of the Pharos by L J Goulding
Cybernetica by Rob Sanders
The Thirteenth Wolf by Gav Thorpe
The Wolf King by Chris Wraight

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It is a bit painful to listen to the other short stories which are written by authors who have no business writing anything - let me summarise - no substance, no character development, just things happening being described by a teenager. However Abnett's Perpetual is a joy, despite very little happening in it and being so short, just a glimmer of good writing makes listening to the cringe of the rest of the 'stories' almost worthwhile. How is it GW can't seem to tell the difference between a real writer/storyteller (Abnett) and these talentless rule of cool boring writers?

Saved by Dan Abnett

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Fantastically comprehensive and nuanced review.

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The longer stories are quite good but there’s a lot of filler and repeats from the other anthologies

Not bad

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One of the better short story collections. Essential listening for space wolves fans as it goes Russ' backstory and motivations. Nice finisher from Abnett too.

Worth the time

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If you enjoy the politics between the Mechanicum and Terra then there are two great stories in here for you. I quite enjoy the contrasts between the two, it makes for an interesting listen if a little repetitive.
The wolves fighting the alpha legion in the Alexis Nebula was an incredible listen, crazy space battle shananigans, heart felt moments between beloved characters and an incredibly compelling sacrifice with a very cool twist to end it. If that story was the only one in the book it would have gotten 5 stars.
Perpetuals are boring to me and don't really add much to the setting. but I understand that others may enjoy them, the short story was well written and added to Ol Persons story but like I say I'm not interested.
Overall a solid HH anthology.

Martian Politics, Wolves Vs Alpha Legion and Forgettable Perpetuals

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