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!
