Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends...!

2017 - 'raay! Many thanks for dropping in and may I wish you a very happy and peaceful new year.

My festive break felt alarmingly short and I'm already back at work; in fact, today is my first 'free' day so far in '17 and a couple of stories have already been recorded, although I would be amazed if  this year's number of audio releases comes anywhere close to the 61 releases of 2016. We shall see...!

So, first up in 2017 is a 'soon to be rleased' release from The Black Library and here are some details:

Virtues of The Sons Sins of The Father

A pair of Blood Angels audio dramas from the Horus Heresy explore Amit and Azkaellon, Sanguinius' closest sons, as they explore their natures through brutal combat with each other and champions of other Legions. 

 

For more than two hundred years, the armies of the Emperor of Mankind fought to reconquer the galaxy - led by the superhuman primarchs, the Space Marine Legions brought countless worlds back under the rule of ancient Terra. Now Horus, once honoured Warmaster and favoured son of the Emperor, has been corrupted by the whispered promises of Chaos. At his command the Imperium is torn apart by a terrible and bloody civil war, the likes of which the galaxy has never seen...

Many and varied are the ancient traditions of Baal Secundus, home world of the IXth Legion, and foremost among these traditions is the Tempest of Angels. Intended to demonstrate skill in attack or defence, in recent times this symbolic duel has been used by the primarch Sanguinius to test his most loyal sons. Now, with the galaxy descending into madness and civil war, he must urge Azkaellon and Amit to put aside their rivalry and learn the lessons of both the past and shadowed future alike. 

 

Virtues of The Sons

by Andy Smillie  

 Toby Longworth, Jonathan Keeble, Steve Conlin

Sins of The Father

by Andy Smillie 

Toby Longworth, Jonathan Keeble & Steve Conlin 

Narrated by John Banks & Produced by Matt Renshaw

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I may well mention this production again when it's actually released. I already have acopy of the CD and I must say, it's quite a beautiful thing; a triple gate fold sleeve and some fantastic artwork by Neil Roberts. 

I'm still well behind in my listening; in fact, at the moment, I'm re-listening to The Dragon Lords, which has a good deal of humour and sounds pretty good - in my unbiased opinion! Still haven't heard any of the seven Malazan novels I recorded in 2015/16 and they really will take some time to listen to; most of them come in at a running time somewhere between 25 and 35 hours...

 

A new year and much already in the pipeline, although for the first time this year, it's now time for me to say...

 
...all for now, more just as soon as it happens!

 

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Footnote: When creating this posting yesterday, for reasons still unknown, I experienced a number of display problems which it has taken time to rectify. Some 'older' images have also been removed from the site which I intend to replace with newer and, hopefully, more interesting ones as the year goes by. 

Thanks again for visiting!