
Cthonia's Reckoning
The Horus Heresy
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Narrated by:
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Gareth Armstrong
A Horus Heresy Anthology
In the final years of the Horus Heresy, all eyes were on the Siege of Terra. But out in the vast darkness of space, war raged over a thousand other worlds—including the home world of the Sons of Horus, Cthonia.
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Witness the bitter, spiteful struggle between the Imperial Fists and the Sons of Horus over the Warmaster's home planet of Cthonia, in seven stories from a variety of authors.
DESCRIPTION
After seven long years of conflict, the Horus Heresy nears its end. But now, as the Warmaster Horus marches on Terra to rip his father from the Throne, the seat of the arch-traitor’s power lies empty. Cthonia, a world once dominated by brutal murder-gangs, is occupied by the Emperor’s praetorians—the indomitable Imperial Fists. For the Sons of Horus, this outrage demands a reckoning. From the towering heights of Traitor’s Gate, stronghold of the VII Legion, to the unending warrens in the planet’s crust, the two sides slaughter one another without remorse. It is a war of spite, and only the most ruthless will rise to claim Cthonia.
CONTENTS
- Sons of Cthonia by John French
- To the Last by Michael F Haspil
- The Gangs Beneath by Gary Kloster
- The Flesh Harvest by Nicholas Wolf
- Traitor's Faith by Noah Van Nguyen
- For Hate's Sake by Gav Thorpe
- Postulant by Chris Forrester
Read by Gary Armstrong.
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Not Quite What I Was Expecting
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Mike Haspil nails void warfare
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One exception is the rather excellent story: 'To the Last' about a ship captain and her crew battling ships in the void above Cthonia. That was a gem among the mostly banale storiea about marines shouting platitudes while killing each other.
Mostly mediocre
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Very Good Anthology
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If you’re a fan of the series and have read/listened to them all, this is an ok selection of B and C list BL authors that can lightly scratch the itch for something more substantial. Otherwise, save your credits.
Created to sell toys.
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Meeh
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Luckily, Gareth Armstrong provides a solid performance throughout. A nice change from the sloppy narration in the last view Siege of Terra books.
***minor spoilers***
Every anthology has good and bad parts. For me, roughly speaking:
The Good:
To the Last (Haslip), The Gangs Beneath (Kloster), and Postulant (Forrester)
All three of these have strong, well developed characters and tell a clear story. They do a good job of working in larger themes and questions in a way that makes them feel natural and engaging and doesn’t sacrifice narrative flow and power.
The Bad:
The Flesh Harvest (Wolf) and Traitor’s Faith (van Nguyen)
These are bad for different reasons. Wolf writes a very engaging story, but it falls down on two significant points. First, it’s not really about Cthonia. It could take place in pretty much any underhive anywhere and feels disconnected from any broader arc. It made the transition to and from
This story very jarring as I tried to actually fit these tales together. Second, instead of slowly building the narrative, Wolf bait and switches the reader in a way that feels very ham fisted and and frustrating. The last third jumps the shark in a way that makes the eyes roll but doesn’t commit to it in a way that makes them pop.
Van Nguyen, on the other hand, is shallow and ham fisted throughout. There’s a good narrative arc whose potential the author fails to live up to.
The Ugly:
Sons of Cthonia (French) and For Hate’s Sake (Thorp)
French and Thorp focus on philosophical questions and meta-discussion of the major themes of the series in a way that feel flat and derivative because it lacks context and meat. If you put the two stories together, it could pass for an inside baseball conversation between the two authors. Their characters are two dimensional and lack any sort of vital spark. The story progression is predictable and not engaging.
Wasted Opportunity
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A Prelude
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Great little self contained stories. Makes for easy listening while working on something else!
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Could have been better
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