tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1074698818318875072024-03-13T08:54:58.670+00:00John BanksActorJohn Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347302612145370707noreply@blogger.comBlogger418125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107469881831887507.post-25499182882284631432022-08-12T15:08:00.007+00:002022-08-13T13:27:58.165+00:00In The Heat of The Night... and the day!<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Good afternoon and welcome to a sizzling UK, where we are currently experiencing unprecedented summer temperatures; welcome also, to only the third posting of the year.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">At the moment, I'm in the position of having completed the recording of an audiobook and awaiting notes from the proof listener, so that I can go back and correct whatever errors I've made and fix whatever technical blips and glitches that have somehow slipped, unnoticed, through the initial editing process. Once those corrections have been made, I can call a wrap on the project and allow myself a little time for rest and recuperation; a short break, which is much needed - my first time-out since June 2020.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">The timing of such a break has been pretty good, as temperatures continue to rise and my home studio becomes too hot to work in. Much as I love my job, I'm truly looking forward to kicking back for a while, before starting up again with a variety of recording projects, which are already scheduled through to April '23! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">So here are details of the latest releases since the mid-June update:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Long Dark: Doan Series Book 2 <br /></span></span></span></p><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>The road to becoming a Doan warrior is a long one. </p> </span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>While
Cam must face distrust and long days of training, he also attracts the
interest of Uelia, the beautiful Festival Master of High Home. </p></span></span></span></div><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTol2cjQYBVuF06q98JH5iY19Kil0m3ipXWulYzE2JyTYROAFJhrKHOo5gbWg6mjCxjwnMTPVlJtHTvpsTdmAT0jWUiAQVTVwyGzYxJZvEV4LKdqEhgWUTzshTJbiRHqs1HsRK2HUtTcdssA-fZ1MuoZXgiJrTEFOzrHmgt9dru-GBg2lD4G5RnW7yyg/s2048/The%20Long%20Dark.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTol2cjQYBVuF06q98JH5iY19Kil0m3ipXWulYzE2JyTYROAFJhrKHOo5gbWg6mjCxjwnMTPVlJtHTvpsTdmAT0jWUiAQVTVwyGzYxJZvEV4LKdqEhgWUTzshTJbiRHqs1HsRK2HUtTcdssA-fZ1MuoZXgiJrTEFOzrHmgt9dru-GBg2lD4G5RnW7yyg/w640-h640/The%20Long%20Dark.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> </span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>His
acts of bravery swell his fame and the jealousy of his brother. With
winter approaching, the people of High Home decide to cross the Long
Dark to see what’s on the other side. </p></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>What they find splits the
Doans and the people of High Home, and Cam and his new mother are faced
with an awful choice: leave the people of High Home to suffer or flee
with their Doan companions to find their people?</p></span></span></span></div></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p> </p></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">Written by Brian K. Fuller, Produced by Mitch Raynes & Performed by John Banks </span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">Audiobook: 9 hours - 59 minutes </span></span></span> <br /></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">©2022 Brian K. Fuller (P)2022 Podium Audio</span></span></span> </span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">* * * * *</span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;">Stargate SG - 1</span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">A shooting in the heart of Stargate Command is only the beginning for Daniel Jackson and Vala Mal Doran.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">
</span></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Suddenly it’s friend against friend, none of their allies can be
relied upon and they’re the universe’s only hope to foil the latest
scheme concocted by the last System Lord, Ba’al.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">
</span></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Will Daniel, Vala and a few of Vala’s less than savoury friends be
enough to stop a conspiracy that reaches deep into the heart of Stargate
Command and threatens to destroy everything they’ve spent years
building?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRApPcwHt8NwpIuewdD92qY1IoEc9sYuV-j4jMp3K9nlGt3YUiudj-7yWvt_HGg_bsk626bcRph9P7Y2u24QvfRZOv6UwLpLyAA3Wy8yHqHqgQYYFjagOeYKVvn29se1zC9ZWy9JjByYnnNAV8rnZBlrOLIEi4YD2qglx0Q8vsAHpswgpLe9GSey01xQ/s600/2022-07-27%2010.23.21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRApPcwHt8NwpIuewdD92qY1IoEc9sYuV-j4jMp3K9nlGt3YUiudj-7yWvt_HGg_bsk626bcRph9P7Y2u24QvfRZOv6UwLpLyAA3Wy8yHqHqgQYYFjagOeYKVvn29se1zC9ZWy9JjByYnnNAV8rnZBlrOLIEi4YD2qglx0Q8vsAHpswgpLe9GSey01xQ/w640-h640/2022-07-27%2010.23.21.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">
</span></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>3.1 Half Life by James Swallow</b><br />
Daniel Jackson is in custody for a crime and no one believes he is
innocent - because Stargate Command has absolute proof of his guilt.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">
</span></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Luckily, one person is willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">
</span></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unluckily, that person is Vala Mal Doran, reformed thief and least trustworthy member of team SG-1.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">
</span></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can she clear Daniel’s name and help him discover what’s really going on?</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">
</span></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>3.2 An Eye for an Eye by Sally Malcolm</b><br />
A visit from Vala’s 'friend' Keto results in the Sun Tzu, Daniel and
Vala being sent to investigate a rapidly disintegrating ship.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">
</span></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Once there, they discover evidence of Ba’al’s experiments - but they’re not prepared for what else he’s left behind.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">
</span></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s a case of nature or nurture - but will Daniel and Vala make a
decision that will save the Sun Tzu or condemn all on board to death?</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">
</span></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>3.3 Infiltration by Steve Lyons</b><br />
Having discovered that Ba’al has placed a clone infiltrator close to one
of his old friends, Daniel accompanies the Sun Tzu to warn him of the
imminent danger the clone poses.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">
</span></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Meanwhile, Vala enlists the aid of some of her former ‘associates’ to
track down Ba’al and bring him to justice. But can she trust any of
them to complete the mission without betraying her for their own ends?</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">
</span></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>3.4 Excision by Peter J Evans</b><br />
A visit to Vala's 'friend' Keto turns into a family reunion when she and
Daniel are abducted by Vala's former associate Zoder and the crew of
his ship, The Capital Venture.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">
</span></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Zoder has discovered a vast construct in space and plans to strip it
of any assets it may contain. But he needs Daniel and Vala's expertise
to complete the mission safely. Unfortunately, the group is about to
stumble upon a secret which someone is murderously keen to keep quiet...</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">
</span></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>3.5 Duplicity by Richard Dinnick</b><br />
A series of thefts from a planet's library piques Daniel's interest, so he and Vala investigate.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">
</span></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">With some help from Keto, the pair go undercover in an attempt to find out why the treasures are being taken.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">
</span></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">But in a spaceport where the locals find it difficult to trust
anyone, are they wandering calmly in front of the barrel of a gun?</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">
</span></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>3.6 Time's Wheel by Sharon Gosling</b><br />
While visiting the planet Gezegen, Daniel starts to notice disparities between what he thought he knew and the world around him.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">
</span></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Seeking answers, Daniel gets Vala to contact the Asgard, believing
they will have some insight into the changing reality. But once Daniel
and Vala discover the full extent of the problem, will they be able to
avert the end of the universe as they know it?</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">
</span></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">And, more importantly, will they want to?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">
</span></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">These stories were originally published in 2012, and
were previously available to purchase in two boxsets from Big Finish.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"> Running time: 369 minutes</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">A note from Series Producer, Paul Spragg:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Without a local actor and director to turn to out in Vancouver, it was
decided to link up the UK and Canada so that Michael could be directed
from London and recorded in Vancouver, with John Banks coming in to read
other parts alongside the ones he’d already been playing in the
stories. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It was a difficult process, with Skype turning out to be the
most effective way of linking the two studios and reducing to almost
zero the satellite delay that can slow things down and spoil the energy
of a scene. Michael slipped back into character effortlessly, and John
Banks helped enormously by changing voices and accents to differentiate
characters."</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Audio Drama performed by: </span></span></p><div class="tab-content active" id="tab5"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Michael Shanks (Daniel Jackson / Thor)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Claudia Black (Vala Mal Doran) </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cliff Simon (Ba'al / Aziru) </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">John Banks (Korek / Surtr / Vey / Mansu) </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ken Bones (Lerat) </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lisa Bowerman (Ranni) </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Andrew Collins (Keto) </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Susan Franklyn (Dr Rix) </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Stephan Hogan (Colonel Olssen) </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Paul Hyu (Lt Colonel Yin / Airman) </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Alex Mallinson (Airman / Robot / Jaffa) </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Harry Myers (Soric) </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Regina Reagan (Shara Wellan / Skadi / Ratatosk) </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">John Schwab (Major Hunter) </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anna Tolputt (La'Rath / Geror) </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Andrew Whip (Perran Zoder)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">STARGATE: SG-1 is a trademark
of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. © 1997-2022 MGM Television
Entertainment Inc, and MGM Global Holdings Inc. STARGATE: SG-1 SERIES 3 ©
2022 and TM Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">All rights reserved.</span></span> <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">* * * * *</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">Vaults of Terra Book 3: The Dark City</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>Separated from Inquisitor Cowl, Interrogator
Spinoza hoists her crozius and sets to protecting what’s left of their
organisation while continuing her quest for truth. But can she survive
the dire straights she finds herself in, as she guards humanity from
enemies within and without?</p> <p>Luce
Spinoza comes into her own, with the weight of her lord’s fate sitting
heavy on her shoulders, while pushing forward with their mission. With
enemies closing in on all sides, she must choose a path for herself.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzvaeDdzt0W51ZgDHdsJzMxfjv6NtTWE0Oqx9c8RUyiMEVBoMPLPv3m6HpjjLSnHReOUiVmk8tloCPdF2Qy5EQRC4lmgcE9SVAcbBQd2_dbG6ASZ2bMsdBXVWw3GxQQ-n_0qZqROG0XtNU8zcATg0rq6YMRp6UJ15GXfCD3kJuqnkRNBBFpqc-W5ftcg/s645/BLPROCESSED-Vaults-of-Terra-The-Dark-City-cover-mp3-2022%20crop.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="644" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzvaeDdzt0W51ZgDHdsJzMxfjv6NtTWE0Oqx9c8RUyiMEVBoMPLPv3m6HpjjLSnHReOUiVmk8tloCPdF2Qy5EQRC4lmgcE9SVAcbBQd2_dbG6ASZ2bMsdBXVWw3GxQQ-n_0qZqROG0XtNU8zcATg0rq6YMRp6UJ15GXfCD3kJuqnkRNBBFpqc-W5ftcg/w640-h640/BLPROCESSED-Vaults-of-Terra-The-Dark-City-cover-mp3-2022%20crop.webp" width="640" /></a></div> <p></p> <p>The
Throneworld is in turmoil, wracked by the opening of the Great Rift and
the failure of the Astronomican. Inquisitor Erasmus Crowl, his mind and
body ravaged by what he has seen in the Hollow Mountain, is missing,
taking with him the clues to the conspiracy that has come to obsess him. </p><p>Luce Spinoza, his interrogator, must choose whether to seek him out or
defend her diminished realm from the many forces that still seek to
destroy it. As enemies circle, Interrogator Spinoza enters a race
against time to find the evidence she needs. But with the fate of
humanity itself hanging in the balance, she must decide what lengths she
is willing to go to in order to uncover the truth.</p><p> </p></span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATksvytm1VjnOX7sECgOkeQUmY-0kgfNobrDNHSYM8luOljmK9irX9MosQq5Hs2FMWLHt4i2MOQ19g_eD6jWVcHCyzO4w_Tn1w6NzFtZQ6b-bfRxr_YrRaMqyXsH_Ge547c_WNiZuky0j7HMi7o9rmCNZv_dJE5TBmFApuPOXgjmPArfRHQQkKL9AZw/s1000/2022-06-30%2014.37.32.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="1000" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATksvytm1VjnOX7sECgOkeQUmY-0kgfNobrDNHSYM8luOljmK9irX9MosQq5Hs2FMWLHt4i2MOQ19g_eD6jWVcHCyzO4w_Tn1w6NzFtZQ6b-bfRxr_YrRaMqyXsH_Ge547c_WNiZuky0j7HMi7o9rmCNZv_dJE5TBmFApuPOXgjmPArfRHQQkKL9AZw/w640-h586/2022-06-30%2014.37.32.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;">Written by Chris Wraight, Produced by Richard Stephenson and Performed by John Banks. </p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><p style="text-align: left;">Audible UK review samples:</p><p style="text-align: left;">"John Banks and his voice acting, wow! Unlike some audio books where the
narrator puts little effort in distinguishing different parts, John
somehow manages to make male and female characters easily distinct and
convey so much emotion. Bravo."</p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><p style="text-align: left;">"...great voice acting performance from John Banks!"</p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">Running time: 10 hours - 30 minutes</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">©2022 Games Workshop Limited (P)2022 Games Workshop Limited</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">* * * * * </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;">Lupercal's War: A Horus Heresy Anthology Audiobook</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;">The Horus Heresy is an epic conflict spanning
hundreds of worlds and thousands of battles, laced with countless tales
of heroism and valour, betrayal and villainy. This anthology collects
some of the most memorable, featuring every one of the Loyalist and
Traitor Legions.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Whether you're a
veteran Legionary or exploring the grim setting of the Horus Heresy for
the first time, this handpicked collection of 21 existing short stories
features gripping tales for each of the Loyalist and Traitor Legions
that waged wars of betrayal and destruction on an immeasurable scale.</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7LiINMEAQwBMi9F4f8oFpFN9EAWJu_RjAvucvQOnCwIp1dxwDYtD6Q8qotsgGX0YF7XkEDIc80o_rz4Pjrg2mNesPPeY5P4aCmQfc-NG5II70qR3Ty3MZsWB-zR6t3sobFbA21ZUCwf1GCNzZDkbHPD8TVtZyB8pTYxUVPjUcZLt1cXGFS7uL2yWQCQ/s640/BLPROCESSED-60640181574LupercalsWarMP32022%20crop.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="639" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7LiINMEAQwBMi9F4f8oFpFN9EAWJu_RjAvucvQOnCwIp1dxwDYtD6Q8qotsgGX0YF7XkEDIc80o_rz4Pjrg2mNesPPeY5P4aCmQfc-NG5II70qR3Ty3MZsWB-zR6t3sobFbA21ZUCwf1GCNzZDkbHPD8TVtZyB8pTYxUVPjUcZLt1cXGFS7uL2yWQCQ/w640-h640/BLPROCESSED-60640181574LupercalsWarMP32022%20crop.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Never
has the Imperium known a weapon as deadly as the massed might of a
Space Marine Legion. Together, these mighty warriors form an unbreakable
spear at the fore of the Great Crusade. Together, they quest to reclaim
humanity's birthright – its dominion over the stars. Each Legion is led
by a legendary primarch, and the greatest among them is Horus Lupercal,
Warmaster of the Imperium. Yet at the height of his power, this beloved
son betrayed his oaths, taking half his brothers with him into
damnation. </p> <p style="text-align: left;">Condemned to an eternity of war, the galaxy burns as
loyal Space Marine Legions and their traitorous kin tear apart
everything they bled to build. This anthology collects over 20 existing
stories from a variety of authors, featuring every one of the Space
Marine Legions and ranging from the Unification Wars to the most brutal
days of the Age of Darkness. </p> <p style="text-align: left;">Contents: <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">Produced by Tara Rawson, I recorded ten of these stories: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <b>The Last Church</b> by Graham McNeill</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <b>Savage Weapons</b> by Aaron Dembski-Bowden</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div> <b>Imperfect</b> by Nick Kyme</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><b>The Iron Within</b> by Rob Sanders</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><b>Black Oculus</b> by John French</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><b>Brotherhood of the Moon</b> by Chris Wraight</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><b>Bjorn: Lone Wolf</b> by Chris Wraight</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP1YDSlTYqyrTRVKSuENAe7x9kJK4X8BfIfVqZG6kXPkbankTUWkJzkUu6BSlG29A04cddYYbQmM46i2h2LPLMYrBe96CxDw0i_jj_IylLucIF5MTL-RDdkTaLIKlaYvTMNxPDKHrF_BKtjvMD9b3DoTwmOKuTxXlnlcvhE5c1UR8mhZnneUo9nlH7VQ/s2725/2022-08-12%2023.09.28.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2725" data-original-width="1920" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP1YDSlTYqyrTRVKSuENAe7x9kJK4X8BfIfVqZG6kXPkbankTUWkJzkUu6BSlG29A04cddYYbQmM46i2h2LPLMYrBe96CxDw0i_jj_IylLucIF5MTL-RDdkTaLIKlaYvTMNxPDKHrF_BKtjvMD9b3DoTwmOKuTxXlnlcvhE5c1UR8mhZnneUo9nlH7VQ/w453-h640/2022-08-12%2023.09.28.jpg" width="453" /></a> </div></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><b>Bloodhowl</b> by Chris Forrester</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><b>Champion of Oaths</b> by John French</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><b>Child of Night</b> by John French</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><b>Lost Sons</b> by James Swallow</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><b> Immortal Duty</b> by Nick Kyme</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><b>After Desh’ea</b> by Matthew Farrer</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><b>The Laurel of Defiance</b> Guy Haley</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><b>Daemonology</b> by Chris Wraight</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><b>Rebirth </b>by Chris Wraight</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><b>Little Horus</b> by Dan Abnett</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><b> Child of Chaos</b> by Chris Wraight</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><b> Artefacts</b> by Nick Kyme</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><b>The Grey Raven</b> by Gav Thorpe</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><b>Liar's Due</b> by James Swallow <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"></p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;">Narrated by:</p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> John Banks, Jonathan Keeble, Stephen Perring, Gareth Armstrong, and Toby Longworth</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: 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</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">©2022 Games Workshop Limited (P)2022 Games Workshop Limited</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">* * * * *</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <br /></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></span></div></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Crown of Fire & Fury</span></span></span></p><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>A war on two fronts. A fight for a crown. A prophecy coming to pass. The ancient enemies emerging from the shadows...</p></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2Ce8uoxtywI4nj5hybtn9aZTWoMdGIZMjvSINMEyh2VAu2bfLruI4UT-PuPG1rnOjGx2Tj0ZDemePgUx3KZoY4ujMKAHWjSG5zb_GROyaIriz8jXC8AEXL46T15RU5VmGHy15_r2FVHA5lZwSf8FS9BuFD11s4JmQzkBBmhpdeBBJDN-Bz3cXinafg/s2048/R1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2Ce8uoxtywI4nj5hybtn9aZTWoMdGIZMjvSINMEyh2VAu2bfLruI4UT-PuPG1rnOjGx2Tj0ZDemePgUx3KZoY4ujMKAHWjSG5zb_GROyaIriz8jXC8AEXL46T15RU5VmGHy15_r2FVHA5lZwSf8FS9BuFD11s4JmQzkBBmhpdeBBJDN-Bz3cXinafg/w640-h640/R1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <p>Oakharrow
has been conquered—for now. But Aelthena has never given up easily.
Fleeing her city, she goes to the jarls of Baegard, seeking their aid to
take back her home. But politics are at play, and Ha-Sypt is on the
move. Only one can wear the Iron Circle and lead Baegard's armies. In
determining who will wear the crown, Aelthena must make a choice: do
what is best for her nation, or for herself.</p> <p>Bjorn sets his
sights to a greater challenge: the arrival of a prophesied war. Knowing
too little of the giant who attacked his home, he and his companions
travel to the Inscribed priests to learn more. Among them, Bjorn
uncovers ancient secrets and develops his newly discovered magic. But
both knowledge and power have a price, and Bjorn will pay in sorrow and
blood.</p> <p>The Runewar has come—monarchs will rise and fall.</p> <p><i>The Crown of Fire & Fury</i>
is book two of The Runewar Saga, a new epic fantasy series by
best-selling author J.D.L. Rosell. Continue the tale inspired by Norse
and Egyptian mythology and brave the war-riven land of Enea.</p></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p></span></span></span></div></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">Written by J.D.L. Rosell, Produced by Hannah Grenfell & Performed by John Banks </span></span></span> </span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">Audiobook: 13 hours - 57 minutes <br /></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">©2022 J.D.L. Rosell (P)2022 Podium Audio</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">* * * * *</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">And now, a cold drink beckons! Thank you, as always, for stopping by, it's much appreciated. I'll be back soon with further updates, but until then, enjoy your summer (or winter - depending on where you are in the world!) and happy listening! </span></span> </span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">...all for now; more just as soon as it happens! </span></span></i></span>
</div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"> <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span><br /></p>John Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347302612145370707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107469881831887507.post-8021418429479387462022-06-19T18:50:00.011+00:002022-06-20T23:25:59.942+00:00Summertime... and the livin' is a bit easier!<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Good afternoon and welcome to only the second update of 2022! "But how, why?" I hear you ask; "What good is a blog, if it's not updated regularly?" Well, where to start...?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The March update was so late in coming, because work had been quite full on and there simply wasn't time to write here, much to my chagrin.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">From mid-March until this weekend, I've been even busier, working on a variety of projects and</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> I've often wondered
(panicked!), as to how everything would fit in to the amount of
available time I had; it did all fit, but only just. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">To give you an idea of what I've been up to, since March 13th, I've prepped and recorded five audiobooks, a stand-alone short novel, ten short stories, (as part of an anthology), an audio drama, two animated trailers and a voice over - my brain is full - but who's complaining!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Some of the things I've been working on are now, or soon to be, available, so here, in reverse order, are the latest releases since March:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Botanist: Washington Poe Book 5 </span></span><br /></span></h1><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"><i> I swear I'm one bad mood away from calling it black magic and going home....</i></p></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i></i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38xim2eWX3j3keJdpylxBkgsl1KSGrDti_Cfis9awyu4kKuqmDFC8J5DXlYfuq7p7ezxspdHWStQKDi7wi0tnbZZN8E_9IRwl1uO_BjOtAeI8TOE-1bkVYq82U0Qpn82NweNvIeUVhoWUj9cTWJ75xpgm27HxnSE9zsBi3196jsLAB7DdEOSZ16LUzw/s500/IMG_4360.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38xim2eWX3j3keJdpylxBkgsl1KSGrDti_Cfis9awyu4kKuqmDFC8J5DXlYfuq7p7ezxspdHWStQKDi7wi0tnbZZN8E_9IRwl1uO_BjOtAeI8TOE-1bkVYq82U0Qpn82NweNvIeUVhoWUj9cTWJ75xpgm27HxnSE9zsBi3196jsLAB7DdEOSZ16LUzw/w640-h640/IMG_4360.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><i><br /></i><p></p></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>Detective
Sergeant Washington Poe can count on one hand the number of friends he
has. And he'd still have his thumb left. There's the insanely brilliant,
guilelessly innocent civilian analyst Tilly Bradshaw, of course. He's
known his beleaguered boss, Detective Inspector Stephanie Flynn, for
years, as he has his nearest neighbour, full-time shepherd/part-time dog
sitter Victoria.</p></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <p>And then there's Estelle Doyle. It's true the
caustic pathologist has never walked down the sunny side of the street,
but this time has she gone too far? Shot twice in the head, her father's
murder appears to be an open-and-shut case. Estelle has firearms
discharge residue on her hands, and, in a house surrounded by fresh
snow, hers are the only footprints going in. Since her arrest she's only
said three words: 'Tell Washington Poe.'</p> <p>Meanwhile, a poisoner
the press have dubbed the Botanist is sending high-profile celebrities
poems and pressed flowers. The killer seems to be able to walk through
walls and, despite the advance notice he gives his victims, and
regardless of the security measures the police take, he seems to be able
to kill with impunity.</p> <p>For a man who hates locked room mysteries, this is going to be the longest week of Washington Poe's life....</p><p> </p></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"> Written by M.W. Craven, Produced by Neil Gardner & Performed by John Banks </p></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"><span> Length:
11 hrs and 18 mins </span><br /></p></span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">©2022 M. W. Craven (P)2022 Hachette Audio UK</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9P72MQ70K3Zg0GWvIA16ACSPi-EMqw7gEYONrQO8YLXCHz2lHdQpZ2DPNDs68wbuO09IBekEjWnqzIL6UpaRG592tJlH3D2Azt-fzQzFfE4MiB8WZL7WYb4djKtDRNjm17tXJGBGTDfr5GXa3BGnpgxhFCn2RSvsRxONAqQVqYuLTDgUb4DNAdasMLw/s1440/2022-06-16%2023.40.34.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9P72MQ70K3Zg0GWvIA16ACSPi-EMqw7gEYONrQO8YLXCHz2lHdQpZ2DPNDs68wbuO09IBekEjWnqzIL6UpaRG592tJlH3D2Azt-fzQzFfE4MiB8WZL7WYb4djKtDRNjm17tXJGBGTDfr5GXa3BGnpgxhFCn2RSvsRxONAqQVqYuLTDgUb4DNAdasMLw/w640-h480/2022-06-16%2023.40.34.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Mr Craven in Manchester <br /></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">I have thoroughly enjoyed recording this series of beautifully crafted stories from M.W. Craven and feel priveliged to have been given the opportunity to perform them. In yesterday's edition of The Times, I was pleased indeed, that The Botanist has been chosen as Audiobook of The Week and here's the review:</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkEz9IS_CcR1Y3Nf0gBdl030my_kvIpSpAfBW0sdLOhFgoUvL6NW4jRwLs3gprvc_htYb8oHgoyNztO6CiZDu3CVj3RlWBNOF7Raen_A7jkGKe-ccvI6XW2Vs_I9kXm-67o-DYL4X2j4ndnL3HZ8gJyW2pjew40XBtfC3PdwDVkPSKw3vjuMTNzzSA9Q/s310/2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="135" data-original-width="310" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkEz9IS_CcR1Y3Nf0gBdl030my_kvIpSpAfBW0sdLOhFgoUvL6NW4jRwLs3gprvc_htYb8oHgoyNztO6CiZDu3CVj3RlWBNOF7Raen_A7jkGKe-ccvI6XW2Vs_I9kXm-67o-DYL4X2j4ndnL3HZ8gJyW2pjew40XBtfC3PdwDVkPSKw3vjuMTNzzSA9Q/s1600/2.png" width="310" /></a></div><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">THE TIMES AUDIOBOOK OF THE WEEK <br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br />The
Botanist by MW Craven audiobook review — a killer instalment in the
Washington Poe series. This hunt for an ingenious serial killer is full
of biting observations and makes excellent listening, writes Christina
Hardyment.<br /><br />Mike Craven’s Washington Poe series goes from strength
to strength. His Cumbrian DS has an unconventional approach to suspects
and superiors, and an irrepressible and unusual sidekick. Introduced
in The Puppet Show, the first book in the series, Tilly Bradshaw is at
the brilliant end of the spectrum, innocent of tact and insistent on
fact. Once an agoraphobic mouse, in Poe’s fifth outing she is
venturesome, quick to find oddities in the behaviour of a serial killer
who specialises in poisoning thoroughly reprehensible people as he
pursues notoriety.<br /><br />Slowing Poe and Bradshaw’s hunt for the
ingenious killer is the distraction of the star pathologist Estelle
Doyle being arrested for the murder of her father in a house surrounded
by snow, with only her footsteps leading to it, a locked room mystery.
The firearm residue on her hands is an added complication. Meanwhile,
the equally impossible serial murders continue . . .<br /><br />Born in
Carlisle, where he now lives, Craven left the army to take a degree in
social work and was a probation officer for 17 years before becoming a
full-time writer. His experience richly informs his books, which are
satisfyingly full of biting observations on modern times, and are made
excellent listening by John Banks’s urgent, involved delivery.<br /><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">The Botanist by M.W. Craven, read by John Banks, Hachette, 11hr 18min</span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span> <br /></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjx7Rp9h7XqGGVUfe1GDWhhn_qIAeR03ow5XbdGogilOR1gSU_3JeoYFczPSgRomRPpq-EQ4l1LHCtoJHptT-D6rDbpgMpf6mQ52mylMjb2O8SqwiweaO2TP4oNNtxrVebo900eOkI4O9qXUiKwxs8EDX4clgMYBVPIBqy46xLnKKKi2HrTpzf4sBFzQ/s1613/2022-05-26%2018.09.00%20crop.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1309" data-original-width="1613" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjx7Rp9h7XqGGVUfe1GDWhhn_qIAeR03ow5XbdGogilOR1gSU_3JeoYFczPSgRomRPpq-EQ4l1LHCtoJHptT-D6rDbpgMpf6mQ52mylMjb2O8SqwiweaO2TP4oNNtxrVebo900eOkI4O9qXUiKwxs8EDX4clgMYBVPIBqy46xLnKKKi2HrTpzf4sBFzQ/w320-h260/2022-05-26%2018.09.00%20crop.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">At The Botanist <span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">launch event <br /></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">London May 26th</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">JB with M.W. Craven</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">...partners in crime? </span></span>
</div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I rarely post reviews, though it's such a great thrill to have praise from The Times, I thought I'd make an exception. I'm about to make another, this time, a personal comment from </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Publishing Assistant Danielle Louis, via Twitter:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">"I forgot that there was only one person narrating </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr">#TheBotanist</span></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">, narrators like John make readers / listeners like me love and enjoy </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr">#Audiobooks</span></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">!"</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">I have thanked Danielle for her very kind words and reading them again now, I'm still overwhelmed by such a generous comment; it's always reassuring to know that I'm not just mumbling into the void! So, 'thank you' again Danielle.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVdwxK4F0GlZtY0N_AjwijhuD1wjkfyRLNBYG2ZcETOIeWZOS4yAIeKOm7HwUKFBYm7Lpj28SM9Aaem6OA_9W3wCSXwyrjUx8B6PlVUkq2Bwo2-CbGADvngc6y-_p12nO7Swfe59kkAzS7wViJo8I_pqCXa-IFlTWWPTBOpvL69GiQk2sbLx2LPe-kHQ/s310/2022-06-01%2019.44.06.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVdwxK4F0GlZtY0N_AjwijhuD1wjkfyRLNBYG2ZcETOIeWZOS4yAIeKOm7HwUKFBYm7Lpj28SM9Aaem6OA_9W3wCSXwyrjUx8B6PlVUkq2Bwo2-CbGADvngc6y-_p12nO7Swfe59kkAzS7wViJo8I_pqCXa-IFlTWWPTBOpvL69GiQk2sbLx2LPe-kHQ/s16000/2022-06-01%2019.44.06.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> <span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> * * * * * <br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Sherlock Holmes: The Fiends of New York City</span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFyw8XOglay-REDSOhdgrbRVfz2MHAnEXviDtTJl3OH5oi9WHZHusfnUL-Hf0pjG-PKwWH1xt-mZnGDRGalSXtonDgoVHpzJlOlHIZqyAqD04VqhY1adDkeKcJM3XGYgPEg0kXyO51stwkr2Cx_OBC7NYgbX84HMZgBQaNW9Vvp9BekkhnZNpTzhDxwg/s600/2022-05-24%2017.48.09.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFyw8XOglay-REDSOhdgrbRVfz2MHAnEXviDtTJl3OH5oi9WHZHusfnUL-Hf0pjG-PKwWH1xt-mZnGDRGalSXtonDgoVHpzJlOlHIZqyAqD04VqhY1adDkeKcJM3XGYgPEg0kXyO51stwkr2Cx_OBC7NYgbX84HMZgBQaNW9Vvp9BekkhnZNpTzhDxwg/w640-h640/2022-05-24%2017.48.09.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></h2><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Summer, 1901. For days, heat has been rising. London swelters; a long-expected storm promises to break.</span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes is visited by a peculiar American
who arrives with a warning about a strange new kind of murderer. In the
West End, Dr John Watson is watching his wife, the actress, Genevieve,
prepare for her greatest role to date - only for her to be confronted by
a terrible ghost from the past.</span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">There are surprising connections between these events, a web of
apparent coincidence which soon draws in others: Colonel Sebastian
Moran, Mycroft Holmes, a dangerously ambitious young politician and -
waiting patiently for the moment to finally make her move - the
mysterious organising power at the head of the underworld, the
Seamstress of Peckham Rye.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Written by Jonathan Barnes, Directed by Ken Bentley and Performed by:</span></span></span></span></p><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Nicholas Briggs - Sherlock Holmes</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Richard Earl - Dr. John Watson</span></span></span></span></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Juliet Aubrey - The Seamstress </span></span></span></span></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">John Banks - Inspector Lestrade / Colonel Sebastian Moran</span></span></span></span></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Timothy Bentinck - Mycroft Holmes</span></span></span></span></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lucy Briggs-Owen - Genevieve Dumont-Watson</span></span></span></span></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Jemma Churchill - Molly Black</span></span></span></span></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tim Faulkner - Jacob Black</span></span></span></span></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">James Joyce - Inspector Silas Fisher</span></span></span></span></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">James MacCallum - Jasper Cranfield / Jackson</span></span></span></span></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Glen McCready - Doorman / Actor-Manager / Speaker of The House </span></span></span></span></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></h4><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span>Duration:</span> 215 minutes</span></span></div><h4 style="text-align: center;"> </h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">* * * * *</span></span></h4><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"> The Bone Wolf King</span></span></span></h1><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Doan Series: Book 1 <br /></span></span></h2><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>Cam didn’t free the terrifying Bone Wolf King from its prison, but everyone blames him anyway.</p><p><b> </b></p></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0xSjtPM7coXmT6TpA5bRE4fzmYHGhyVueXcsF6jbqZ_0qe14_InkVjjR5uatFLucsrtLkq3nbUaeQ5Gc8wjo-5LAvpaPb2s9bcp3umolTdGI2_x0AWFJQIVNgSjzAYgvvrpcQfv4lHn7ycnDE-G9c-I3gISZPJNwhgcPaA6LLY9GgYfxiewRvmZunxQ/s2048/IMG_4514.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0xSjtPM7coXmT6TpA5bRE4fzmYHGhyVueXcsF6jbqZ_0qe14_InkVjjR5uatFLucsrtLkq3nbUaeQ5Gc8wjo-5LAvpaPb2s9bcp3umolTdGI2_x0AWFJQIVNgSjzAYgvvrpcQfv4lHn7ycnDE-G9c-I3gISZPJNwhgcPaA6LLY9GgYfxiewRvmZunxQ/w640-h640/IMG_4514.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><b><br /></b><p></p></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <p>Now,
he’s on the run with the mysterious Elenna Whitewinter, a girl from a
race of shapeshifting deceivers. Elenna knows how to defeat the monsters
slaughtering the people of High Home, but no one trusts her…except Cam.</p> <p>Hunted
and alone, Cam and Elenna set out to kill a creature—that no one has
seen in two hundred years—in order to save the people who want them
dead. But for Cam, what Elenna tells him about his identity is the
hardest truth to accept, a truth that will change his life forever...</p></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">Written by Brian K. Fuller, Produced by Mitch Raynes and Performed by John Banks <br /></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span>Length:
10 hrs and 11 mins
</span> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">©2022 Brian K. Fuller (P)2022 Podium Audio</span></span> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">* * * * *</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2" style="text-align: center;"><h4><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Back to Earth </span></span></h4><h2><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h2><h2><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG52uFf6B2sYfzugNCll3j7OMNEfpGuWjKmd9IGinB3QTLqB2IAP8M6wyT1uOzyqe-4jHWjRoXXZd52XyS4Jg3EQhRb7Zi1dCdlzMJFzvLt_mtpp_vEDQF_WI0seiG6K6mUBSPiOVByqZGZq66QEbrNwRV39-ljMl8LI8DrWS9OmohUHWHOw2Db3lb0w/s600/large.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG52uFf6B2sYfzugNCll3j7OMNEfpGuWjKmd9IGinB3QTLqB2IAP8M6wyT1uOzyqe-4jHWjRoXXZd52XyS4Jg3EQhRb7Zi1dCdlzMJFzvLt_mtpp_vEDQF_WI0seiG6K6mUBSPiOVByqZGZq66QEbrNwRV39-ljMl8LI8DrWS9OmohUHWHOw2Db3lb0w/w640-h640/large.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Time and again, the Doctor finds himself returning to his favourite
planet. Dropping in on history or the present-day, whether it’s kings,
commuters or ordinary people, he’s never met anyone who wasn't
important...</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>1.1 Station to Station by Robert Valentine</b><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
A deserted railway platform can be the loneliest place on Earth. But
when Saffron is stranded at Underbridge station, she meets echoes of the
past - and a fellow lost traveller. And the Doctor knows that something
is hunting them...</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>1.2 The False Dimitry by Sarah Grochala</b><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
Moscow, 1605: the old Tsar is dead - but some blame unnatural forces. Perhaps the mysterious Doctor in the palace can help?</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A successor advances on the Kremlin with an army, preparing the country for war. But Tsarevich Dimitry is not what he seems...</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>1.3 Auld Lang Syne by Tim Foley</b><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
Every December, Mandy Litherland gathers the family at Foulds House to
see in the New Year. Not everyone appreciates her efforts. At least the
caretaker seems friendly - if a little weird.</span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mandy hopes she’ll see him again next year - but perhaps she already has...</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Directed by Helen Goldwyn and Performed by:</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">Christopher Eccleston (The Doctor)</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">Alexander Arnold (Dimitry Ivanovich)</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">Sean Baker (Witherow)</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">John Banks (Tsar Boris Fyodorovich Godunov / Captain Mikhail Mikhailovich Zubov)</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">Ian Bartholomew (The Grimminy-Grue / Gordon)</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">Katy Brittain (Oksana Vladimirovna Kuznetsova / Robot)</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">Leah Brotherhead (Mandy Litherland)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Wendy Craig (Great Aunt Bette)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Patricia England (Mrs Hodkin)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Indigo Griffiths (Saffron Windrose)</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">Greig Johnson (Frank)</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">Jack Myers (Aleksander (Sasha) Petrovich Kuznetsov)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Shazia Nicholls (Cate / Erin)</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">Hayley Tamaddon (Auntie Sue)</span></span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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advance that threatened Fenris, but an ancient foe has returned to
threaten the very heart of humanity—the Segmentum Solar.</p> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>Guy
Haley continues the riveting story of the Indomitus Crusade as it
sweeps across the galaxy, still reeling from the opening of the Great
Rift. <br /></p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: center;"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE4igGr3QHSMnHVUcD6L8IWRCEIKUpwIzLG24A4F70_DnZwS3P98UKCLU4FhxjjdHbase0SS804_zjlUrhDz2RF5YHMgVpPWxIOJJGw-TqSdQhYOGwTip03mo_QoSu_iq_QxWrUwj2wVokughYZMPHvHJaVhriCGRnFSUllqiRTSXYqrdZYAW2OQrwZw/s500/51iwNGGRPSL._SL500_.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE4igGr3QHSMnHVUcD6L8IWRCEIKUpwIzLG24A4F70_DnZwS3P98UKCLU4FhxjjdHbase0SS804_zjlUrhDz2RF5YHMgVpPWxIOJJGw-TqSdQhYOGwTip03mo_QoSu_iq_QxWrUwj2wVokughYZMPHvHJaVhriCGRnFSUllqiRTSXYqrdZYAW2OQrwZw/w640-h640/51iwNGGRPSL._SL500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <p></p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left;"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <p>The Indomitus Crusade continues its war
across the stars. The primarch Roboute Guilliman has finally broken
through the orkish threat bedevilling the sectors near Fenris, and makes
ready to push on his bid to stabilise the Imperium Sanctus—but old and
bitter foes stand in his way.</p> <p>Kor Phaeron, the Dark Cardinal,
threatens the previously stable core of the Segmentum Solar. Waves of
rebellion instigated by his infiltrating priests suggest an imminent,
large-scale invasion by the Word Bearers Legion. Worse yet, the Dark
Cardinal's warriors are targeting the Black Ships, threatening to starve
Terra of the pyskers the Emperor needs to survive.</p> <p>Through this
turbulent warzone, Inquisitor Rostov continues his search for the Hand
of Abaddon. Yet when strange, miraculous visions are traced back to the
astropathic relay on Srinagar, his quest is diverted—for the visions
foretell hope for the Imperium, a hope the fanatical worshippers of
Chaos will do anything to snuff out....</p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: center;"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">Written by Guy Haley, Produced by Kylia Whitehead and Performed by John Banks</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span>Length:
13 hrs and 54 mins</span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span> </span> <br /></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">©2022 Games Workshop Limited (P)2022 Games Workshop Limited</span></span> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">* * * * * </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;">Frozen Origins</span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Path of The Ranger: Book 11</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">A mystery. A great threat. A frozen continent.</span></span></span> <br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left;"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19IDxqYsRPsOrp1RVee3Mt64ciigLtju8TdHMJDaBVVeqIcqTZivjy-XvoOJj_ABRVWaTtubm3onBkkD3hLjj7yK-_-Hjvzff3K_8WZJjVWiF2xTY18ZjBpTcpVhds90Byt41hsCRUIMfC0Y9qWqvOV92HQ9-TiFpIJutjRXHizqw8ZAzuCG9BrC2FQ/s2400/B11_Frozen%20Origins_Path%20of%20the%20Ranger.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="2400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19IDxqYsRPsOrp1RVee3Mt64ciigLtju8TdHMJDaBVVeqIcqTZivjy-XvoOJj_ABRVWaTtubm3onBkkD3hLjj7yK-_-Hjvzff3K_8WZJjVWiF2xTY18ZjBpTcpVhds90Byt41hsCRUIMfC0Y9qWqvOV92HQ9-TiFpIJutjRXHizqw8ZAzuCG9BrC2FQ/w640-h640/B11_Frozen%20Origins_Path%20of%20the%20Ranger.jpg" width="640" /></a><b></b></div><b><br /> </b><p></p></span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: center;"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left;"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <p>The
Panthers will have to face a mission they did not expect, one full of
dangers and mysteries in a place they do not want to go. There they will
discover a terrible threat and mysteries buried in the ice by the
passage of time.</p> <p>Will the Snow Panthers survive this mission?
What mysteries will they discover buried in the ice? Will they learn
anything about its origins?</p> <p>Find out while you listen to fascinating adventures with a group of unique characters that you will love.</p></span></span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: center;"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">Written by Pedro Urvi, Produced by Emily Derr and Performed by John Banks</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span>Length:
14 hrs and 14 mins
</span> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">©2022 Pedro Urvi (P)2022 Podium Audio</span></span> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">* * * * *</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;">The Cutting Season</span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left;"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>Poe's just hanging around on a Saturday afternoon....</p><p> </p></span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left;"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8CDvWdi3fp1pgsBurM_kCcsPSq0Zat1cM6PminjgW2Q9sAnFUom4SSJsUe1Yd0rQt_CxyUjT6EKCYahjIw91A8byflLTAc75eDbU9LidsfWFPwohb6Tc84S9x3Wg3Zpun6Eowz4EFFhF3fTqTeiRfvQOVsashgAosai8lAM08epMjB1iDVBEKwTcqQ/s450/IMG_4516.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8CDvWdi3fp1pgsBurM_kCcsPSq0Zat1cM6PminjgW2Q9sAnFUom4SSJsUe1Yd0rQt_CxyUjT6EKCYahjIw91A8byflLTAc75eDbU9LidsfWFPwohb6Tc84S9x3Wg3Zpun6Eowz4EFFhF3fTqTeiRfvQOVsashgAosai8lAM08epMjB1iDVBEKwTcqQ/w320-h320/IMG_4516.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>Dangling
from a hook in a meat packing plant isn't how Detective Sergeant
Washington Poe wants to spend his weekend. </p><p>He's been punched and kicked
and threatened, and when a contract killer arrives, it seems things are
about to go from bad to worse. He goes by the name of the Pale Man, and
he and his straight-edged razor have been feared all over London for 20
years.</p></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <p>But Poe knows two things the Pale Man doesn't. </p><p>Although it
might seem like a hopeless situation, Poe has planned to be here all
along. </p><p> </p><p>More importantly, a nerdy computer whizz-kid called Tilly
Bradshaw is watching his back. And now things are about to get
interesting.... </p></span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: center;"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">Written by M.W. Craven, Produced by Neil Gardner and Performed by John Banks</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span>Length:
2 hrs and 15 mins
</span> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">©2022 M. W. Craven (P)2022 Hachette Audio UK</span></span> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left;"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: center;"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">NB: This short story was written and recorded as part of the Quick Reads programme. For further details, follow this link: <a href="https://readingagency.org.uk/adults/quick-guides/quick-reads/" target="_blank">The Reading Agency</a></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">* * * * *</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;">The Ashes of Prospero</span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Space Marine Conquests Warhammer 40,000 Book 2</span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left;"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>A Space Marine Conquests audiobook:</p> <p>Concerned
by his Chapter’s diminishing numbers, Logan Grimnar entrusts Njal
Stormcaller with finding a remedy for the Space Wolves' plight - a
remedy that may lie in the least likely of places, on the damned world
of Prospero.</p> </span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: center;"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiASEHLatPzMKGucRJkTnwE9aoymQAhuc2UEJ2pB-SRyHt0mdAC9vgTbBQcVAcbp2_tPLdttWZSdwe4BTcLyD5uWSwDLJwnBDJG6MDssx5pVdLhX0s4lCgHJIb_smCU48ZHgSuRp41MBpjzt6gden9JqUCTBSxV4z3K1GCABq7sL2V6xVFcZmCx_OAv0g/s644/2022-03-26%2000.40.18.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="644" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiASEHLatPzMKGucRJkTnwE9aoymQAhuc2UEJ2pB-SRyHt0mdAC9vgTbBQcVAcbp2_tPLdttWZSdwe4BTcLyD5uWSwDLJwnBDJG6MDssx5pVdLhX0s4lCgHJIb_smCU48ZHgSuRp41MBpjzt6gden9JqUCTBSxV4z3K1GCABq7sL2V6xVFcZmCx_OAv0g/w640-h638/2022-03-26%2000.40.18.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left;"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <p>Space Wolves and
Thousand Sons are eternal foes, and this audiobook explores events from
the Horus Heresy and the Space Wolves' circumstances in the 41st
millennium in interesting and exciting ways.</p> <p>The
grand halls of Fenris grow ever quieter in the wake of the Space
Wolves' arduous campaigns. Concerned by his Chapter’s diminishing
numbers, the Great Wolf Logan Grimnar entrusts Njal Stormcaller with a
task - to find a remedy for their plight.</p> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhNplQ5hvw9VJ_bL3G63q9glJf1GvUBy1Ic5hHDJV9T0eO3HJMcWLIM3YdD4p2Wroc8rCcZP9aImjqC0Hqv3fHms-X4z5Oa2nf3j0t_wsjMS2RaXTgQBuKGnMAP8USWKaPXf1qWKw9hXzh1ibBUXZkLkdRUaxOUWhciBTK67994CeVbTR61t1DTIifg/s1280/2021-10-18%2011.35.01.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhNplQ5hvw9VJ_bL3G63q9glJf1GvUBy1Ic5hHDJV9T0eO3HJMcWLIM3YdD4p2Wroc8rCcZP9aImjqC0Hqv3fHms-X4z5Oa2nf3j0t_wsjMS2RaXTgQBuKGnMAP8USWKaPXf1qWKw9hXzh1ibBUXZkLkdRUaxOUWhciBTK67994CeVbTR61t1DTIifg/w640-h472/2021-10-18%2011.35.01.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <p></p><p>When a 10,000-year-old
enemy embeds itself in the Rune Priest’s mind, it claims that the
salvation he seeks lies where an ancient enmity began - on Prospero, the
ruined home world of the Thousand Sons Legion. </p><p>Alongside an eclectic
company of injured Space Wolves, thralls, and a trickster who is more
hindrance than help, the Stormcaller sets forth. But it soon becomes
apparent that greater mechanisms are at work.</p><p>It is no longer only the
fate of the Sons of Russ that is at stake, but that of the entire
Imperium.</p></span></span><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p> </p></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: center;"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p> <span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">Written by Gav Thorpe Produced by Kylia Whitehead <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> Performed by John Banks</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">Duration 9 hours 24 minutes</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span></p><p> </p></span>
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<span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">©2022 Games Workshop Limited (P)2022 Games Workshop Limited</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">* * * * *</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;">The Great Council</span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span> Path of The Ranger: Book 10</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left;"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>The Dark Rangers threaten the survival of
Rangers and the kingdom. Will our friends be able to unmask their leader
and stop them before the conspiracy is completed?</p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQpD_4adDyIasO6_VStATufORvuhS7vdho-uid-1QuxNcBRB64NzwXFQ4OxnKK5kVphX3HtL5RbvGYbyPjrrGB9TqUyPcbKyUmQ_T7Al8lkQY23rTF31Sv5wxj2V_yQJSC21OT5CEB4v6IGbi4DQReL8DC0lcxLfrZUqcw2vTX_iHBBT-NVp4nfpddQ/s2048/POTR%2010.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQpD_4adDyIasO6_VStATufORvuhS7vdho-uid-1QuxNcBRB64NzwXFQ4OxnKK5kVphX3HtL5RbvGYbyPjrrGB9TqUyPcbKyUmQ_T7Al8lkQY23rTF31Sv5wxj2V_yQJSC21OT5CEB4v6IGbi4DQReL8DC0lcxLfrZUqcw2vTX_iHBBT-NVp4nfpddQ/w640-h640/POTR%2010.jpg" width="640" /></a><b></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>An appeal
has been made to convene The Great Council. The Ranger leaders will meet
to study the threat of the dark secret faction and find a way to end
the threat. The Snow Panthers will be immersed in the conspiracy and
will play a critical role in its resolution. They will also continue
their investigations to discover who is trying to end the lives of
Lasgol and Egil, and the relationship between the attempts.</p></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <p>Will
they manage to catch the leader of the Dark Rangers? Will they stop the
conspiracy that threatens them and the throne? Will they find out who is
behind the attempts on their lives?</p> <p>Find out while you live fascinating adventures with a group of unique characters that will make you fall in love with them.</p><p><br /></p></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: center;"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">Written by Pedro Urvi Produced by Emily Derr and Performed by John Banks</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span>Length:
14 hrs and 29 mins
</span> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">©2022 Pedro Urvi (P)2022 Podium Audio</span></span> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">* * * * *</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left;"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">And that I think, wraps things up for now. With any luck, my schedule should now be more manageable and I'll be able to return to these pages more regularly - fingers crossed. Thanks for stopping by!<br /></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">Here's a little taster for one of next month's audiobook releases, The Crown of Fire and Fury, Book 2 of The Runewar Saga: <br /></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <br /></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: center;"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjEtHAVdKjpbUa7Z51F1TI8VYtoozw2vFI6mwG0qTMOJf9aw_EXmaI5cn0cHyPvX6vDkbkj1qoC-aSBqmjlEb5S17vkAgiSurVjEOXbNx_8he6QHKocyRFzn7k5R9UnTx53_3b3L0gkgQb76nkt4Cq7_etqNUK-vCk4p0aHpXji47jFh0o3xB0U1rlTg/s1500/2022-03-05%2020.06.04.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="1500" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjEtHAVdKjpbUa7Z51F1TI8VYtoozw2vFI6mwG0qTMOJf9aw_EXmaI5cn0cHyPvX6vDkbkj1qoC-aSBqmjlEb5S17vkAgiSurVjEOXbNx_8he6QHKocyRFzn7k5R9UnTx53_3b3L0gkgQb76nkt4Cq7_etqNUK-vCk4p0aHpXji47jFh0o3xB0U1rlTg/w640-h258/2022-03-05%2020.06.04.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> </span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: center;"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><i><span style="font-size: large;">...all for now; more just as soon as it happens!</span></i> <br /></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span>
</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /></p>John Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347302612145370707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107469881831887507.post-67444781252252430302022-03-13T19:26:00.001+00:002022-03-13T19:26:50.197+00:00At last - it's the 2022 show!<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Dear, patient reader - welcome back! The Ides of March are almost upon us and this is the first update of the year - how can that be!?!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As mentioned in my 'wrap up' posting in December, the new year was scheduled to start 'at pace', which indeed, it did; the pace is ongoing and looks set to ramp up pretty soon. I have two books to complete this coming week, followed by prep for the recording of four books in April; I know, I know - crazy!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So before I forget and it's suddenly June or November and I have no idea what I've been doing, here are details of various releases from the last few weeks - in no particular order!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIK2LYIl1ARVdaiaW9s77ni3vlzg5LfeO4Lre-lZ1G7nXqrNiOQPG6CLCX3UUL5QkpF_AC01HanfvjVYbpPGOh7YervLXb8owKQufPs-LrLh2b9bep_YaK-S35EvrQhSH4BBFdJkVi_9YpbnBj0K9UYUtq5CVrWU1L3r1eHBK8yAHQXjpOUbl9cSjkHQ=s500" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIK2LYIl1ARVdaiaW9s77ni3vlzg5LfeO4Lre-lZ1G7nXqrNiOQPG6CLCX3UUL5QkpF_AC01HanfvjVYbpPGOh7YervLXb8owKQufPs-LrLh2b9bep_YaK-S35EvrQhSH4BBFdJkVi_9YpbnBj0K9UYUtq5CVrWU1L3r1eHBK8yAHQXjpOUbl9cSjkHQ=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">The Successors: A Space Marine anthology.<br /><br />Narrated by:</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> Andrew Wincott, John Banks, Richard Reed, and Kelly Hotten</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br />The
successor Chapters of the Space Marines number in the hundreds, founded
to fight for the survival of the Imperium. Across 13 short stories by
10 different authors, discover the history, customs and stories of 12
different successor Chapters, from famed warriors to unsung heroes.<br /><br />The
Space Marine Legions of old are dead, torn asunder in the wake of the
Horus Heresy. In their place have risen a thousand Chapters, each
unique, each carrying the legacy of their founders across the countless
battlefields of the Imperium.<br /><br />The Flesh Tearers spill blood in a war of brutal attrition.<br /><br />The Emperor's Spears keep a tireless watch where their brothers have fallen.<br /><br />The Consecrators search the dark places for relics, artefacts of power from the noble past.<br /><br />The Crimson Fists vow, with bloodied hands, to become Dorn's glorious vanguard once more.<br /><br />These
are the Imperium's bulwark against terror, the Emperor's Angels of
Death. Forged from the genetic material of the demigod Primarchs, it is
by the might of these Adeptus Astartes that the growing darkness of the
galaxy is held at bay - for the Space Marines know no fear.<br /><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Exorcists: The Empty Place by Graham McNeill<br />Soul Drinkers: The Phalangite Ascendancy by Ben Counter<br />Flesh Tearers: Disgraced by Chris Forrester<br />Emperor's Spears: The First Primaris by Aaron Dembski-Bowden<br />Carcharodons: The Last Planet by Edoardo Albert<br />Mortifactors: Legacy of Posul by Chris Forrester<br />Wolfspear: The Wolves of Raukos by Guy Haley<br />Angels Penitent: The Sins of My Brothers by Peter Fehervari<br />Crimson Fists: Patience Kills by Gary Kloster<br />Black Dragons: Bless the Curse by Callum Davis<br />Consecrators: Living Relics by David Guymer<br />Iron Lords: Iron Watch by Callum Davis<br />Emperor's Spears: Son of the Storm World by Aaron Dembski-Bowden</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> Running time: 10 hours - 43 minutes</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span><br />©2022 Games Workshop Limited (P)2022 Games Workshop Limited</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">* * * * *</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> <br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqF_kGVzwtA4fToPofbtIygBzrMBamvGKG75Rg2dCWf5utvbm7sABByuAKhTiJyZ2p5hxRdGi7px6d9dX9uEryhF2GCb74AD1o-z4lVBJ_xszP1VKtvBpoVF_HuqvSycqdcc6Mbb-RAdOF0BuLX6QFw4nGmFp9B9o1K20pzmNJdn1RmV_mxCNdCwVKIg=s500" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqF_kGVzwtA4fToPofbtIygBzrMBamvGKG75Rg2dCWf5utvbm7sABByuAKhTiJyZ2p5hxRdGi7px6d9dX9uEryhF2GCb74AD1o-z4lVBJ_xszP1VKtvBpoVF_HuqvSycqdcc6Mbb-RAdOF0BuLX6QFw4nGmFp9B9o1K20pzmNJdn1RmV_mxCNdCwVKIg=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Servants of the Inquisition: A Warhammer 40,000 Audio Drama Collection<br /><br />The
sinister and aloof Inquisitors and their servants exercise nearly
limitless power – it’s essential to root out the many and varied enemies
who would bring ruin to mankind. <br /><br />Other powerful agents, like
the independent privateer Rogue Traders, are given free reign to treat
on behalf of mankind’s interests.<br /> <br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Agent of the Throne: Blood and Lies by John French<br />Agent of the Throne: Truth and Dreams by John French<br />Agent of the Throne: Ashes and Oaths by John French<br />Thorn Wishes Talon by Dan Abnett<br />Regia Occulta by Dan Abnett<br />Master Imus's Transgression by Dan Abnett<br />*The Interrogation of Salvor Lermentov by Chris Wraight<br />Eye of Night by Gav Thorpe<br />Assassinorum: The Emperor's Judgement by Joe Parrino<br />*Kill Shot by Ben Counter<br />Corsair: The Face of the Void by James Swallow<br />Blackstone Fortress: The Beast Inside by Darius Hinks<br />Augur of Despair by Chris Dows<br /><br />*Dramas I'm performing in. <br /><br />Approx run time 11 hours and 55 mins<br /><br />These stories explore both organisations, and their agents, with full-cast audio dramas.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">* * * * *</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> <br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTnL5jJn7rukTf3RFcQ_mYVWos2ZGG1BnImafWsP2ZVy0Vm_BgTvTw5jNGhcL0J2bhbyj1R9JMmt15DYTEk-38ImYgVxP2GYMnTJb_YTa-JDdF__psHgpXAK45rggj8tD1EoAx55e4Sh91B0pe3qd0Hv0nFZsFjB5uG-ZuWQr2eTWo-uDGaVrm5CoxZg=s500" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTnL5jJn7rukTf3RFcQ_mYVWos2ZGG1BnImafWsP2ZVy0Vm_BgTvTw5jNGhcL0J2bhbyj1R9JMmt15DYTEk-38ImYgVxP2GYMnTJb_YTa-JDdF__psHgpXAK45rggj8tD1EoAx55e4Sh91B0pe3qd0Hv0nFZsFjB5uG-ZuWQr2eTWo-uDGaVrm5CoxZg=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Errant Knights: A Horus Heresy Audio Drama collection.<br /><br />Performed by: </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Gareth Armstrong, John Banks, Toby Longworth and Ramon Tikaram</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br />These
stories explore a different view of the Horus Heresy - each one focuses
on Space Marines who have cast their legions aside to pursue new
missions and goals. Though their deeds are often done in secret, they’ll
have profound effects on the course of history. <br /><br />This collection
of stories follows some few Astartes who turned on their Legion rather
than their emperor or else became blackshields - renegades in that grey
space somewhere between loyalty and betrayal.<br /><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Garro: Oath of Moment by James Swallow<br />Garro: Legion of One by James Swallow<br />Garro: Burden of Duty by James Swallow<br />Garro: Sword of Truth by James Swallow<br />Garro: Shield of Lies by James Swallow<br />Garro: Ashes of Fealty by James Swallow<br />Grey Angel by John French<br />Blackshields: The False War by Josh Reynolds<br />Blackshields: The Red Fief by Josh Reynolds<br />Blackshields: The Broken Chain by Josh Reynolds</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Running length: 11 hours-53 minutes </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span>©2021 Games Workshop Limited (P)2021 Games Workshop Limited</span></span></span></p><p><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> * * * * *</span></span></p><p><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaoJvpJ5BECOwnuJOqV6tajfG-4iioWhafVY6ctgys_71QIoj9LeerTEfjY6SBAfH80t1kkn8ANb8mT4muWz-ndxiHKHtzuo9UIdlXgAqFkUdSB6zEvFwhJ-7Yv1j3GJimEOy5AuSTdLswmORPQbWFGXWFQ1G8m60MXEc9Gvb2T1yVgAmnvw6K2QTa5A=s500" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaoJvpJ5BECOwnuJOqV6tajfG-4iioWhafVY6ctgys_71QIoj9LeerTEfjY6SBAfH80t1kkn8ANb8mT4muWz-ndxiHKHtzuo9UIdlXgAqFkUdSB6zEvFwhJ-7Yv1j3GJimEOy5AuSTdLswmORPQbWFGXWFQ1G8m60MXEc9Gvb2T1yVgAmnvw6K2QTa5A=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Endless War: A Horus Heresy Audio Drama collection.<br /><br />Performed by: </span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Danny Webb, Jonathan Keeble, Sean Barrett,<br />Saul Reichlin, Gareth Armstrong, Toby Longworth, John Banks, <br />Sean Connolly, Martyn Ellis, Tim Treloar & David Timson </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br />These
stories will transport you to the heart-breaking internecine conflict
known as the Horus Heresy. Each one of these audio dramas is a stirring
tale of a long, vicious war that rages on into the 41st Millennium.<br /><br />Some
of Black Library's best-known names have crafted thrilling, revealing
and sometimes surprising audio dramas that shed more light on the galaxy
spanning conflicts of the Horus Heresy.<br /><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">'The Lightning Tower' by Dan Abnett<br />'The Dark King' by Graham McNeill<br />'A Lesson in Darkness' by Ian St Martin<br />'Iron Corpses' by David Annandale<br />'The Eagle's Talon' by John French<br />'Templar' by John French<br />'Stone and Iron' by Robbie MacNiven<br />'The Long Night' by Aaron Dembski-Bowden<br />'Master of the First' by Gav Thorpe<br />'Cypher: Guardian of Order' by Gav Thorpe<br />'The Watcher' by C Z Dunn<br />'Virtues of the Sons' by Andy Smillie<br />'Sins of the Father' by Andy Smillie<br />'The Herald of Sanguinius' by Andy Smillie<br />'Morningstar' by Graham McNeill<br />'Thief of Revelations' by Graham McNeill<br />'Hunter's Moon' by Guy Haley<br />'The Thirteenth Wolf' by Gav Thorpe<br />'Wolf's Claw' by Chris Wraight<br />'Valerius' by Gav Thorpe<br />'The Soul, Severed' by Chris Wraight<br />'Lucius: The Eternal Blade' by Graham McNeill<br />'Dark Compliance' by John French<br />'The Binary Succession' by David Annandale<br />'Warmaster' by John French<br />'The Sigillite' by Chris Wraight<br />'Malcador: First Lord of the Imperium' by L J Goulding<br />'Wolf Hunt' by Graham McNeill<br /><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Running length: 16h-37m</span></span></span> <br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">©2021 Games Workshop Limited (P)2021 Games Workshop Limited</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">* * * * * <br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizWFyWFR6lVFFXD5LRw9CupGVmxHYf-fsql4zFi7qodvYBp04FZtQfe3JQ2rY-U0ccR3jmvQ4VUmpF1Xz9E0FK-Id1b-xaBKTF7ZqhzIOINn9j7Y_929y5s8Q6dlqvVUooAGv9SnpLguPcLKEobcNyGTLxaMwOAUXGiKSLImGtDxJh-gecvOyKWoX6ZA=s600" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizWFyWFR6lVFFXD5LRw9CupGVmxHYf-fsql4zFi7qodvYBp04FZtQfe3JQ2rY-U0ccR3jmvQ4VUmpF1Xz9E0FK-Id1b-xaBKTF7ZqhzIOINn9j7Y_929y5s8Q6dlqvVUooAGv9SnpLguPcLKEobcNyGTLxaMwOAUXGiKSLImGtDxJh-gecvOyKWoX6ZA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Four new adventures featuring the Eighth Doctor and his Edwardian companion Charlotte Pollard. <br /><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Directed by Ken Bentley & Performed by: </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Paul McGann (The Doctor)</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">India Fisher (Charlotte Pollard)</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Rakie Ayola (Dakota Bly)</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">John Banks (Cagliostro / Onaldus)</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Shiloh Coke (Constella)</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Mark Elstob (Le Roi / Baron / Kelyan)</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Chris Jarman (Pattos)</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Lara Lemon (Selka / Klinkator / Dilly)</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Michelle Livingstone (Deeva Jansen)</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Yasmin Mwanza (Laorie / Assassin)</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Cyril Nri (Khaset)</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Rhoda Ofori-Attah (Tarper / Alicantis)</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Theo Solomon (Keelda)</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Andrew James Spooner (Kedge Ampston)</span></span></span><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">1. The Mummy Speaks! by Alan Barnes</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">The
Carnaval de Paris, 1841. Amid the sideshow tents, the Doctor and
Charley discover something truly novel: an Ancient Egyptian mummy
that speaks - despite being dead for more than 4,000 years!<br />But what the mummy has to say translates into terror for the TARDIS twosome... and proclaims doom for the entire world.<br /><br />2. Eclipse by Lisa McMullin<br />The
collective noun for a swarm of moths is an eclipse. And when the
chittering, nightmarish Hellstrung descend from the forest canopy of
planet Pteron, they threaten to snuff out the lives of the human
settlers below.<br />Wanting to know what’s stirred up the Hellstrung, the Doctor and Charley venture deep into the woods as darkness falls.<br /><br />3. The Slaying of the Writhing Mass by Eddie Robson<br />The
Doctor and Charley become trapped in a temporal traffic jam, caused by
time tourists come to witness the pivotal event in the history of the
planet Ileiko: the Slaying of the Writhing Mass, the alien entity that
enslaved the Ileikans in their infancy.<br />The legendary hero Salan
killed the Mass with a single stone, setting the Ileikans free. But what
was the Mass, exactly? And what if the legend was wrong? <br /><br />4. Heart of Orion by Nicholas Briggs<br />The
TARDIS intercepts a strange signal, returning the Doctor and Charley to
the Garazone System - where once they had a terrifying encounter with
the Cybermen, and foiled a bid to change the course of a terrible
android-human war.<br />Now, people are going missing from all over
Garazone Central. The Orion War is far from over, and the Doctor and
Charley have landed at the heart of it, again!<br /><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Audio Drama: 295 minutes</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">* * * * * <br /></span></span></span></p><p><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMgJmjRv62Ysxv5yVG9ZvBSlncxSVmYZRt3u9wAljCyxwNcdIMdsw_11fq97vDj-mTjitRjfMlElduSs6XYV78BZ7uvQr2p-YX0BrO89ZqGq8CcZKCEO9ZLbUtP9fA6X0Y6AusElww0d_ULEV9Vh3myR80T18PvY4A1Poa_Po6ylGthPKx92n5--ZoaQ=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMgJmjRv62Ysxv5yVG9ZvBSlncxSVmYZRt3u9wAljCyxwNcdIMdsw_11fq97vDj-mTjitRjfMlElduSs6XYV78BZ7uvQr2p-YX0BrO89ZqGq8CcZKCEO9ZLbUtP9fA6X0Y6AusElww0d_ULEV9Vh3myR80T18PvY4A1Poa_Po6ylGthPKx92n5--ZoaQ=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">A conspiracy is in the making. Will the Snow Panthers be able to stop it and find the perpetrators? </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Produced by Emily Derr and Performed by John Banks.<br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br />Ingrid,
Viggo, and Lasgol are off to a rescue mission. What is supposed to be a
straightforward task soon gets derailed and the friends find themselves
in more trouble than they ever wanted.<br />Nilsa and Gerd travel to the
Rangers Camp to help Egil. They will have to embark in a new adventure
to try to find the truth behind the dark events surrounding them.<br /><br />The
Panthers will discover a power conspiracy and will have to confront it.
Will they rescue Astrid from the Turquoise Queen? Will the Panthers
find out who is behind the conspiracy? Will they save the kingdom?<br /><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Audiobook: 15h-1m </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">©2021 Pedro Urvi (P)2021 Podium Audio</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">* * * * * <br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNLlnoxEnl7KV2gxJwk0AVBDVE-A4dBGqErYa_vns22k-4f5BJA6ImZ5-FeG37AQcTM6PMPvBuVb2ziKPxxPkQuIrSrvnPbKJ3V34i7ZuLEApS8kN61kVX8BSR0ExtiVKeYME4se79SZ_ck5lOO7_2xDKs3J7XAh4gGPqEQImHpBuF-eSvCQOELb53HQ=s600" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNLlnoxEnl7KV2gxJwk0AVBDVE-A4dBGqErYa_vns22k-4f5BJA6ImZ5-FeG37AQcTM6PMPvBuVb2ziKPxxPkQuIrSrvnPbKJ3V34i7ZuLEApS8kN61kVX8BSR0ExtiVKeYME4se79SZ_ck5lOO7_2xDKs3J7XAh4gGPqEQImHpBuF-eSvCQOELb53HQ=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">The War Doctor Begins: Warbringer<br /><br /><br />Directed by Louise Jameson <br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br />Performed by: <br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Jonathon Carley (The War Doctor)<br />Adèle Anderson (Commander Tamasan)<br />Ajjaz Awad (Case)<br />John Banks (Belus, Germinal Princeps / Deadweights)<br />Nicholas Briggs (The Daleks)<br />Angela Bruce (Oya / Andarta, Incipient Mother)<br />Beth Chalmers (Commander Veklin)<br />Nigel Fairs (Faren)<br />Stephen Frost (Rondig)<br />Timothy Hofmeier (Lance Corporal Albert Brown)<br />Janet Prince (Mo)<br />Jessica Temple (Iansa)<br /></span></span></span></p><p><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />The Doctor is no more. <br /><br />In his place, a warrior, finally joining the Time War between the Daleks and Gallifrey.<br /><br />But how far will he go to end the conflict? What lines will he cross? How much of himself will he sacrifice?<br /><br />The War Doctor is beginning to find out who he is...<br /><br />2.1 Consequences by Timothy X Atack<br />The
War Doctor and Veklin crash on a ravaged planet. On the fringes of the
Time War, this world has its own battles raging. Elsewhere, a survivor
works out how she came to be here.<br />But these newcomers are harbingers of something terrible, following in their wake...<br /><br />2.2 Destroyer by Andrew Smith<br />Trapped
on a world that worships war, the War Doctor finds himself fulfilling
an ancient prophecy - could he be the Warbringer of legend? His new ally
Case is testing her abilities, too. And both will be called on to fight
when the Daleks come...<br /><br />2.3 Saviour by Jonathan Morris<br />The
truth of how events on Tharius were set in motion is revealed. On a
mission to destroy a Dalek Harvester vessel, the War Doctor discovers a
new breed of Dalek.<br /><br />Whatever action he takes next, we have seen the consequences – and they are devastating for everyone</span>.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Audio drama: 227 minutes</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">* * * * *</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">And so, we're up to date! </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">On a technical note: somewhat annoyingly, the section of this blog that lists month by month releases, became too unwieldy to mantain and so I've finally decided not to pursue it. Since I started posting here, I was always able to enter details of what new releases were available, simply by using HTML code. For reasons unknown, that simple process became absurdly complicated several months ago and therefore, is no longer a practicable option, which is a bit of a shame.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> * * * * *<br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">My thoughts are very much with the people of Ukraine at the moment, who are courageously resisting an apalling onslaught of violence from the Putin regime. May the war soon be over. </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">* * * * *</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><b><i>...that's all for now; more just as soon as it hapens! </i></b><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></span></p>John Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347302612145370707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107469881831887507.post-65713275390295480582021-12-23T18:40:00.002+00:002021-12-23T18:45:21.010+00:00That's a wrap... !<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Indeed it is a wrap; the year's work is now completed and the festivities - or the catch up on sleep - can finally begin. I know, for many, 2021 has been a difficult time and the global pandemic doesn't look as though it's coming to an end any time soon. Audiobooks and audio drama may turn out to be a welcome diversion and escape from the challenges of getting by during these very strange times - for all of us!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Here are details of my final two audio projects for this year, though I assure you, next year is, even now, looking incredibly busy; the audible.co.uk web site is already listing details of an audiobook I have not yet recorded and which isn't scheduled for release until June! It's the fifth M.W. Craven novel, 'The Botanist', and I'm really looking forward to starting work on it, though there's an awful lot to do between now and then.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As I was saying:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">First to mention is Path of The Ranger Book 8:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Turquoise Queen </span><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text
bc-color-secondary"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">A great danger has arisen in the north of the realm. Soldiers and Magi cannot defeat it. Will the <span style="font-size: medium;">Snow Panthers be able to?</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">While
Lasgol and his comrades carry out their duties as Rangers, a shadowy
danger gathers strength in the Frozen Territories and threatens the
kingdom. Thoran sends his Ice Magi and his armies to fight against it.</span></p></span><p></p><div class="bc-box
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Snow Panthers are summoned to carry out a risky and complicated mission
to obtain an object of power that will help destroy the evil that is on
its way across the northern mountains to the capital. This is not the
only danger our friends will have to face, since the Dark Rangers and
the Zangrians continue to pose an ever-present threat, both to the realm
and the Panthers.</span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Will they manage to secure the precious
magical object they seek? Will the kingdom survive the evil that's on
its way from the north, as well as the Dark Rangers and the Zangrians?
Will Lasgol and his friends survive?</span></p></span></div><div class="bc-box
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bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text
bc-color-secondary">And the second release, also from Podium Audio, the first of a new series:</span></span></div><div class="bc-box
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bc-color-secondary">The Runewar Saga: The Throne of Ice & Ash</span></span></span></h1><div class="bc-box
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text
bc-color-secondary"><p>A throne in peril, a tragic betrayal, two
heirs struggling to save their land, and a prophesied war threatening to
engulf the world....</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjm7DA_e3JurkoCXCzV8zBiLNLEFA2CVU9SNU39gDetsJvoF8wmJegeK7L2YUeX6R3z9XtbB3elmviwI99VVMSfMK8QHihG85wkGfoYWqjXcXrkBkaks5e7xTCZ65KQD0pm8T24ZPYVx0HH1-LQsrUdzXpI3WSJ0S_Azx-A8jBwDBhI71_BfcdqKC0bRA=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjm7DA_e3JurkoCXCzV8zBiLNLEFA2CVU9SNU39gDetsJvoF8wmJegeK7L2YUeX6R3z9XtbB3elmviwI99VVMSfMK8QHihG85wkGfoYWqjXcXrkBkaks5e7xTCZ65KQD0pm8T24ZPYVx0HH1-LQsrUdzXpI3WSJ0S_Azx-A8jBwDBhI71_BfcdqKC0bRA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p> <p>Bjorn, youngest heir to the Mad
Jarl of Oakharrow, has always felt more at ease with a quill than a
sword. Yet when calamity strikes his family, he must draw a blade and
lead a company of warriors into the cold, deadly mountains in pursuit of
a mysterious foe. Though he seeks vengeance, an ancient power stirs
within him, and the whispers of prophecy beckon him toward an ominous
destiny....</p> <p>Aelthena, Bjorn’s sister, was born with the
aptitude to lead, and she’s eager to prove it. But her society’s rules
for women, and her love for her brother, restrain her efforts to
command. As she walks the fine line between ambition and virtue, enemies
of both mankind and myth rally against Oakharrow, and even her allies
question her right to rule....</p> </span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text
bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;">The Runewar is rising and it begins with the fall of a throne.</p></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text
bc-color-secondary"> <p>A harrowing tale of the struggle for power and the dawning heroes who rise above it, <i>The Throne of Ice & Ash</i> is book one of the Norse high fantasy series The Runewar Saga.</p><p> </p></span></span></div><div class="bc-box
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bc-color-secondary">Written by J.D.L. Rosell, Produced by Hannah Grenfell & Performed by John Banks</span></span></div><div class="bc-box
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bc-color-secondary">Audiobook: 12 hours - 4 minutes </span></span></div><div class="bc-box
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bc-color-secondary">* * * * *</span></span></div><div class="bc-box
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bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text
bc-color-secondary">And that really is 'a wrap' folks! Many thanks for visiting this website during 2021 and I sincerely hope you'll be checking in again in 2022.</span></span></div><div class="bc-box
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</h4></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text
bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></h1></div>John Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347302612145370707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107469881831887507.post-3343596934104093802021-11-28T18:42:00.004+00:002021-11-29T15:22:42.616+00:00Audio plethora!<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Good afternoon from a chilly and perhaps, soon to be snowy UK! Once again, apologies for a bit of a gap between postings here. It seems so lame to claim 'being busy' as a reason for not posting, but it's boringly true I'm afraid; last audiobook completed on Thursday and prep for the next and final audiobook of 2021, starts tomorrow.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And so, 'without further ado', as they say, here are details of my recent audio book and audio drama releases, beginning with The Fall of Babel, the final instalment of Josiah Bancroft's incredible Books of Babel series:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The Fall of Babel</span></p><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>The secrets of the tower will finally be revealed in the remarkable conclusion to the highly acclaimed Books of Babel series.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VnJCtjnGpos/YaOidu3K7OI/AAAAAAAAJKM/sb5tUQBtTbgF9JxwfWJDH0ERXgvpA-SkgCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/51nUOq6OH4S._SL500_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VnJCtjnGpos/YaOidu3K7OI/AAAAAAAAJKM/sb5tUQBtTbgF9JxwfWJDH0ERXgvpA-SkgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/51nUOq6OH4S._SL500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p> <p>As
Marat's siege engine bores through the Tower, Senlin can do nothing but
observe the mayhem from inside the belly of the beast. Edith and her
crew are forced to face Marat on unequal footing, with Senlin caught in
the crossfire, while Adam attempts to unravel the mystery of his fame
inside the crowning ringdom. And when the Brick Layer's true ambition is
revealed, neither the Tower nor its inhabitants will ever be the same
again.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W345LMaR7KY/YaPBAl47BJI/AAAAAAAAJK4/62pwVC29SU4VKI7ojgQIkk2Itms6P6OLACLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/DuEDBkoU0AAr9bv.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="816" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W345LMaR7KY/YaPBAl47BJI/AAAAAAAAJK4/62pwVC29SU4VKI7ojgQIkk2Itms6P6OLACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/DuEDBkoU0AAr9bv.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">"Josiah Bancroft is a
magician. His books are that rare alchemy: gracefully written,
deliriously imaginative, action-packed, warm, witty and
thought-provoking." </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Madeline Miller, author of Circe</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GBW6rYfFJoI/YaOmwa-xxdI/AAAAAAAAJKw/0MeO_NHYUrMc85A2byRniMyeU-JYw6tNwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/TFoB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="336" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GBW6rYfFJoI/YaOmwa-xxdI/AAAAAAAAJKw/0MeO_NHYUrMc85A2byRniMyeU-JYw6tNwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h336/TFoB.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g6QOdd4DTJk/YaPDQHlYaMI/AAAAAAAAJLA/BzKiwtz5pYcGKFXK3Nf7ez0pH6e27uZ7gCLcBGAsYHQ/s782/ECkU2S1X4AMnt51.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="548" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g6QOdd4DTJk/YaPDQHlYaMI/AAAAAAAAJLA/BzKiwtz5pYcGKFXK3Nf7ez0pH6e27uZ7gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/ECkU2S1X4AMnt51.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">"The Books
of Babel are something you hope to see perhaps once a decade - future
classics, which may be remembered long after the series concludes." <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">LA
Times </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></p></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> Written by Josiah Bancroft, Produced by Morrison Ellis & Performed by John Banks</span></span></span></span> </span></span></p></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> Unabridged audiobook: </span></span><span>Length:
24 hrs and 53 mins </span></p></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span></div></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>The Books of Babel </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qNqO-Kd6wE8/YaOmVn8R1MI/AAAAAAAAJKo/A4QRXSY36WEm9nAgrRxRxwsoqs1HSviDgCLcBGAsYHQ/s604/u4PnkpUfOdo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="604" height="324" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qNqO-Kd6wE8/YaOmVn8R1MI/AAAAAAAAJKo/A4QRXSY36WEm9nAgrRxRxwsoqs1HSviDgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h324/u4PnkpUfOdo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> ©2021 Josiah Bancroft (P)2021 Hachette Audio UK</span></span></p></span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I must say that of all the many stories I've recorded over the past several years, these Books of Babel have been amongst my absolute favourites; they are unique and so finely crafted, that 'performing' them has been a delight and a real privilege. I would unreservedly urge you to listen to these audiobooks or read them for yourself, or both - they are amazing!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">* * * * *</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Released in mid November, just a couple of days after The Fall of Babel, is the third story in the epic new Dawn of Fire series from The Black Library, The Wolftime and here are some details:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Wolftime </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>A Dawn of Fire audio</p></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <p>Book three spins
the saga of the Space Wolves as they stand against rampaging xenos
hordes. Logan Grimnar faces a momentous decision that will impact the
future of the chapter itself. </p> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PMBOqWpNwC0/YaPFK8r7luI/AAAAAAAAJLI/Obdp-IQshPMI7_rmDVkc1N31Zg4swz0yQCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/2021-11-06%2B10.25.35.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PMBOqWpNwC0/YaPFK8r7luI/AAAAAAAAJLI/Obdp-IQshPMI7_rmDVkc1N31Zg4swz0yQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/2021-11-06%2B10.25.35.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>The Indomitus Crusade has brought the
Emperor's vengeance to thousands of star systems. The fleets and armies
under the leadership of Roboute Guilliman fight for the survival of
humanity against the forces of the Chaos Gods. But the traitors and
heretics are not the only foe looking to destroy the rule of Terra. </p></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <p>Xenos
prey on human worlds in numbers not seen for millennia. Worst amongst
them are the rampaging orks, whose migration conquests threaten to
reverse the many gains of Fleet Primus. And their throaty bellows carry a
name not heard in years, of destruction made flesh, a bestial warlord
without peer: Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka. </p> <p>In the midst of this
brutal tide is Fenris, the world of the Space Wolves. Depleted by
ever-greater demands on their warriors, called upon by the
Legion-breaker Guilliman, the Wolves of Fenris face a momentous
decision. Grimnar and his counsellors must choose whether their fate is
to ally themselves with an ancient rival and risk all that makes them
the Vlka Fenryka or to accept their demise and wait for the return of
their own primarch and the coming of the Wolftime. </p> </span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QMxJffN3tSA/YaPPa2uKFjI/AAAAAAAAJMI/LpXWhizeN_U3vCgIXFeyNq8RNCAWXw9BgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/2021-11-06%2B10.24.00.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="1000" height="256" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QMxJffN3tSA/YaPPa2uKFjI/AAAAAAAAJMI/LpXWhizeN_U3vCgIXFeyNq8RNCAWXw9BgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h256/2021-11-06%2B10.24.00.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div></div></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;">Written by Gav Thorpe, Produced by Kylia Whitehead & Performed by John Banks</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">Audiobook length: 15 hours - 3 minutes</span></span> </span></span></span> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><br /></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">©2021 Games Workshop Limited (P)2021 Games Workshop Limited</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">* * * * *</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">So, we've just had Black Friday, and it looks as though we also had a 'Black Library Friday'! I was surprised, if not shocked to read of my involvement in seven (yes &7) audio releases, all of which became available on Friday. Take a deep breath - here are some details:</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;">Treachery and Betrayal</span><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">A Horus Heresy audiobook collection. Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins<br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Narrated by: Sean Barrett, Chris Fairbank, David Timson, Jonathan Keeble, Richard Reed, John Banks, Penelope Rawlins.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span class="break-words"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gP_vnqW22MU/YaPHmdW1sRI/AAAAAAAAJLQ/5FuorBOrx9AJaZJARODKxBN2-5bl0gz2gCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/51xwQ5barOL._SL500_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gP_vnqW22MU/YaPHmdW1sRI/AAAAAAAAJLQ/5FuorBOrx9AJaZJARODKxBN2-5bl0gz2gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/51xwQ5barOL._SL500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">The
Horus Heresy was the darkest moment in the history of mankind, as
brother turned upon brother and threatened to tear the galaxy apart.
This bundle of audiobooks delivers an action-packed, yet intimate look
at the heroes and villains of the era.<br /><br />Contents:<br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Butcher's Nails by Aaron Dembski-Bowden<br />Kharn: The Eightfold Path by Anthony Reynolds<br />Honour to the Dead by Gav Thorpe<br />Stratagem by Nick Kyme<br />Censure by Nick Kyme<br />Red-Marked by Nick Kyme<br />Nightfane by Nick Kyme<br />Hubris of Monarchia by Andy Smillie<br />Heart of the Pharos by L J Goulding<br />Children of Sicarus by Anthony Reynolds<br />Illyrium by Darius Hinks<br />The Revelation of the Word by David Annandale<br />Raven's Flight by Gav Thorpe<br />Strike and Fade by Guy Haley<br />Veritas Ferrum by David Annandale<br />Grey Talon by Chris Wraight<br />The Either by Graham McNeill<br />Perpetual by Dan Abnett<br />Raptor by Gav Thorpe<br />The Shadowmasters by Gav Thorpe<br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">©2021 Games Workshop Limited (P)2021 Games Workshop Limited</span></span> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;">Angels of Darkness and Blood</span><br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">A Warhammer 40,000 Audio Drama Collection: Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins.<br /></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Performed
by: Toby Longworth, Sean Barrett, David Timson, Jonathan Keeble, </span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">John
Banks, Gareth Armstrong, Steve Conlin, Ian Brooker</span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LEWBrMSYYr4/YaPIkWNPthI/AAAAAAAAJLY/a81n8Eo6D4QdRWSHJ4zFq3QEVmY3Qs0fgCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/51F3OwCUYsL._SL500_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LEWBrMSYYr4/YaPIkWNPthI/AAAAAAAAJLY/a81n8Eo6D4QdRWSHJ4zFq3QEVmY3Qs0fgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/51F3OwCUYsL._SL500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span dir="ltr"><br />The Dark
Angels and Blood Angels are two of the most influential Chapters of the
first founding, and their successors have carried on the traditions -
and flaws - that make them interesting.<br /><br />This collection of audio dramas shines a light on the Angels of Death.<br /> <br />Contents:<br /></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Heart of Rage by James Swallow<br />Bloodspire by C Z Dunn <br />Bloodquest: Prisoners of the Eye of Terror by Ben Counter<br />Hunger by Andy Smillie<br />The Assassination of Gabriel Seth by Andy Smillie <br />Blood in the Machine by Andy Smillie<br />At Slaughter's End by Andy Smillie<br />The Stromark Massacre by Andy Smillie and C Z Dunn<br />The Trials of Azrael by C Z Dunn<br />Malediction by C Z Dunn<br />Accept No Failure by Gav Thorpe<br />Holder of the Keys by Gav Thorpe<br />The Rage of Asmodai by C Z Dunn<br /></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">©2021 Games Workshop Limited (P)2021 Games Workshop Limited</span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;">Heroes of the Astra Militarium</span><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">An Astra Militarum Audio Drama Collection: Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins <br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Performed by: Toby Longworth, Gareth Armstrong, </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">John Banks, Penelope Rawlins, Matthew Hunt </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Tls0hD1lRC8/YaPJPeL2jFI/AAAAAAAAJLg/OVF12DDp9wEbXXwfw0rcpb7GmxzMdXUpACLcBGAsYHQ/s500/51ZnAvlt6UL._SL500_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Tls0hD1lRC8/YaPJPeL2jFI/AAAAAAAAJLg/OVF12DDp9wEbXXwfw0rcpb7GmxzMdXUpACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/51ZnAvlt6UL._SL500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span dir="ltr"><br />The
Imperial Guard are the backbone of the Imperium’s military strength.
While the Space Marines get all the glory, it’s the guard that holds
back the tide of threats that would soon drown the Imperium by sheer
weight of numbers. These audio dramas bring you into their tanks,
platoons and trenches to see how ordinary men and women face the horrors
of the 41st Millennium.<br /><br />Contents:<br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Dead in the Water by Sandy Mitchell<br />The Devil You Know by Sandy Mitchell<br />Waiting Death by Steve Lyons<br />Iron Devil by C L Werner<br />Scions of Elysia by Chris Dows<br />Renegades of Elysia by Chris Dows<br />Martyrs of Elysia by Chris Dows<br />Titan's Bane by Chris Dows<br />Judge of the Wastes by David Annandale<br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">©2021 Games Workshop Limited (P)2021 Games Workshop Limited</span></span> </span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;">Saga of the Mortal Realms</span><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">A Warhammer Age of Sigmar audio drama collection: Length: 16 hrs and 19 mins <br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Performed
by: Gareth Armstrong, Tom Alexander,</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> John Banks, Jonathan Keeble, Beth
Chalmers, Steve Conlin, Emma Gregory, </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Andrew Wincott, Toby Longworth</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BHR-AGsydIY/YaPKEBP1c4I/AAAAAAAAJLo/TxHkGbRzg3UHlKKLtlTxoGBekNjmvSCrQCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/51hSc0jkb8L._SL500_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BHR-AGsydIY/YaPKEBP1c4I/AAAAAAAAJLo/TxHkGbRzg3UHlKKLtlTxoGBekNjmvSCrQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/51hSc0jkb8L._SL500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span dir="ltr"><br />The
Mortal Realms come to life in this audio drama collection. Some of your
favourite authors bring you tales of war and eternal struggle for
control of the realms in full-cast recordings.<br /><br />Contents:<br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">The Prisoner of the Black Sun by Josh Reynolds<br />Sands of Blood by Josh Reynolds<br />The Lords of Helstone by Josh Reynolds<br />The Bridge of Seven Sorrows by Josh Reynolds<br />Great Red by David Guymer<br />The Beasts of Cartha by David Guymer<br />Fist of Mork, Fist of Gork by David Guymer<br />Only the Faithful by David Guymer<br />Eight Lamentations: War-Claw by Josh Reynolds<br />The Autumn Prince by Guy Haley<br />A Place of Reflection by David Guymer<br />Doombound by David Annandale<br />The Imprecations of Daemons by Nick Kyme<br />Guns of the Black Eagle by C L Werner<br />Black Atonement by David Annandale <br />Hungerfiend by Guy Haley<br />The Palace of Memory by David Guymer<br />The Denied by Josh Reynolds<br />Sons of Behemat by Graeme Lyon<br /><br />©2021 Games Workshop Limited (P)2021 Games Workshop Limited</span></span> </span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;">The Emperor's Sword</span><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">A Space Marines Audio Drama Collection: Length: 17 hrs and 57 mins<br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Performed by: Toby Longworth, Jonathan Keeble, Sean Barrett, Luke Thompson,</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> Gareth Armstrong, John Banks</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AtuE_bAHql8/YaPKg4zRTYI/AAAAAAAAJLw/Qu4t-9V-ZE8aKdbabzUPwfKloyLrbJacgCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/51qoa-FwBLL._SL500_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AtuE_bAHql8/YaPKg4zRTYI/AAAAAAAAJLw/Qu4t-9V-ZE8aKdbabzUPwfKloyLrbJacgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/51qoa-FwBLL._SL500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span dir="ltr"><br />Space
Marines can be found fighting hundreds of wars across every sector of
the Imperium - they are the will of the emperor made manifest. These
audio dramas will bring you into their battles as never before, as bolt
shells and chainswords lay waste to any who would stand against them. <br /><br />Contents:<br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Fireborn by Nick Kyme<br />Vulkan's Shield by Nick Kyme<br />Helion Rain by George Mann<br />Labyrinth of Sorrows by George Mann<br />The Geld by George Mann<br />Soulbound by George Mann<br />Loss by Joe Parrino<br />Alone by Joe Parrino<br />The Calculus of Battle by David Guymer<br />Eye of Vengeance by Graham McNeill<br />Veil of Darkness by Nick Kyme<br />Brethren by Phil Kelly<br />Scythes of the Emperor: Daedalus by L J Goulding<br />Taker of Heads by Ian St Martin<br />The Madness Within by Steve Lyons<br />Master of the Hunt by Josh Reynolds<br />The Shape of the Hunt by Joe Parrino<br />The Tranzia Rebellion by various authors<br /><br />©2021 Games Workshop Limited (P)2021 Games Workshop Limited</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;">Lords of Fenris</span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br />A Space Wolves audio drama collection: Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins <br /><br />Performed by: Jonathan Keeble, Toby Longworth, Ramon Tikaram, Sean Barrett, Gareth Armstrong, John Banks </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rdbSJRZZVMA/YaPLe3KHr7I/AAAAAAAAJL4/Ilw8SaKILP8eiJFd9w4NAT7z17IXYHu0wCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/51%252ByOQflN0L._SL500_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rdbSJRZZVMA/YaPLe3KHr7I/AAAAAAAAJL4/Ilw8SaKILP8eiJFd9w4NAT7z17IXYHu0wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/51%252ByOQflN0L._SL500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">The
Space Wolves are Space Marines quite unlike any other. These audio
dramas bring them to life with full-cast readings, as you thrill to
tales of their heroism and unorthodox methods.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Contents:<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Saga of the Beast by David Annandale<br />Thunder From Fenris by Nick Kyme<br />Doomseeker by Nick Kyme<br />Deathwolf by Andy Smillie <br />Iceclaw by Ben Counter<br />Parting of the Ways by Chris Wraight<br />Vox Tenebris by Robbie MacNiven<br />The Art of Provocation by Josh Reynolds<br /><br />©2021 Games Workshop Limited (P)2021 Games Workshop Limited</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;">The Traitor and the Alien</span><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">A Warhammer 40,000 Audio Drama Collection: Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Performed
by: John Banks, Gareth Armstrong, Sean Barrett, Robin Bowerman, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Jonathan Keeble, Toby Longworth, Annemarie Gaillard, David Seddon</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wpQVxHGUY4A/YaPMI3bYGmI/AAAAAAAAJMA/8ZMsM7uyM2YHlDDM00-_9LQy_3aPNTH-gCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/51yZhvaiBlL._SL500_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wpQVxHGUY4A/YaPMI3bYGmI/AAAAAAAAJMA/8ZMsM7uyM2YHlDDM00-_9LQy_3aPNTH-gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/51yZhvaiBlL._SL500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span dir="ltr"><br />Traitor
Space Marines and xenos races with their own hopes for galactic
conquest pose endless threats to humanity, and this collection of audio
dramas takes you deep into their territory with full-cast recordings. <br /><br />Contents:<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Throne of Lies by Aaron-Dembski Bowden<br />Perfection by Nick Kyme<br />Chosen of Khorne by Anthony Reynolds<br />Ahriman: The First Prince by John French<br />Fabius Bile: Repairer of Ruin by Josh Reynolds<br />Key of Infinity by John French<br />Heart of Decay by Ben Counter<br />The Embrace of Pain by Ian St Martin<br />Asurmen: The Darker Road by Gav Thorpe<br />Howl of the Banshee by Gav Thorpe<br />The Path Forsaken by Rob Sanders<br />Heirs of the Laughing God: A Deadly Wit by Gav Thorpe<br />Heirs of the Laughing God: Death's Mercy by Gav Thorpe<br />Hand of Darkness by Gav Thorpe<br />The Kauyon by Andy Smillie<br />Klaw of Mork by Guy Haley<br />Prophets of Waaagh! by Guy Haley<br /><br />©2021 Games Workshop Limited (P)2021 Games Workshop Limited</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">* * * * *</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Some incredible 'bundles' there, should you wish to treat yourself to a bit of audio catch-up.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">As I mentioned above, the year's final audiobook kicks off tomorrow, so I'll wrap up here now and enjoy the rest of what's meant to be a 'day off' - yeah, right!</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">So, that's...</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">...all for now; more just as soon as it happens! </span></span></b></i></span>
</div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span></div>John Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347302612145370707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107469881831887507.post-79926115745690315932021-10-31T15:47:00.020+00:002021-10-31T17:10:20.809+00:00...and - pause<div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> ...pause indeed! Good afternoon dear, patient reader and welcome to the first update since August - <i>August!</i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hard to believe that so much time has passed and so much has happened. Regular visitors to this site, will know that a lack of updates is usually an indication of activity. For several months now, I've been either prepping or recording or both, on pretty much 'back to back' projects and the only 'news' outlet I've had time to use, is Twitter, so this weekend marks a significant 'pause'. I say 'pause' because it really is a momentary blip of time off; I completed a recording project on Friday evening and begin the next one tomorrow morning.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i> </i>Again, regular readers here will know that I'm not allowed to talk about the work I've been doing, before titles become commercially available and many companies are now adopting a strict policy of not allowing contributors to mention anything in advance of publication. With no desire to go against the wishes and legal restrictions imposed by my employers, I'll stick to the policy of publicising only those projects that have been officially 'launched'.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What I can say, is that since the August posting, much has occurred and much has been recorded, in a variety of formats. What I can also say, is that there are happily a number of projects that I am allowed to mention and here are some details:</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cain's Last Stand</span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">Book six of the Ciaphas Cain series</span></span> <br /></span></h4><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>After a
long and distinguished career defending the Imperium from its many
enemies, Commissar Cain is enjoying a well-deserved retirement on
Perlia, teaching in a schola progenium. But when a Black Crusade
threatens the sector, all able-bodied citizens must rise to the defence,
including Cain and his cadets. As the forces of Chaos overwhelm Perlia,
can the wily commissar prove himself to be a real hero of the Imperium
one last time?</p><p> </p></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ueUeDHBHUTc/YX6xmP5QVcI/AAAAAAAAJI4/to4zGkn0tRgp4u0bXArs6EE9BfAMhh6CQCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/51S9BWVsNfL._SL500_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ueUeDHBHUTc/YX6xmP5QVcI/AAAAAAAAJI4/to4zGkn0tRgp4u0bXArs6EE9BfAMhh6CQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/51S9BWVsNfL._SL500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p>The Imperium's most unlikely hero is back, reluctantly returning to the front line and hoping his luck will hold out!</p><p> </p></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;">Performed by: </p></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"><b> Stephen Perring, Penelope Rawlins, Richard
Reed, John Banks & Phillipe Bosher</b></p></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"> </p></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <b>Written by Sandy Mitchell & Produced by Matthew Renshaw </b></span></span></p></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> Running time 10 hours
and 31 minutes</span></span></p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span> </p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">©2021 Games Workshop Limited (P)2021 Games Workshop Limited</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">* * * * *</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><h2><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">Path of The Specialist</span></span></h2><h2><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Written by Pedro Urvi </span><br /></span></span></h2></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">Path of The Ranger Book 6 <br /></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small">
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p><b>The moment has come to follow the Path of
the Specialist. Will our friends attain the elite specialties for which
they are aiming?</b></p><p><b> </b></p></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S0pNpObCD7k/YX6z99toMQI/AAAAAAAAJJA/MIJoAdxxCqMCRMSvt00Yt8myeaSBkXa-gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S0pNpObCD7k/YX6z99toMQI/AAAAAAAAJJA/MIJoAdxxCqMCRMSvt00Yt8myeaSBkXa-gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <p>Training at the Shelter, led by the Mother
Specialist and tutored by the four Elder Specialists, is turning out to
be more intense than any of them had expected. The proficiency test will
determine their future, and they will have to prepare and practice
harder then ever if they want to graduate with the highly valued elite
specialties.</p> <p>But that is not their only concern. They will have
to face new mysteries, strange characters, unusual situations, dangerous
experiments, bewitched jewels, great predators, conspiracies, and
murder attempts in a place that oozes arcane power that's thousands of
years old.</p> <p>Will they achieve all this? Will they solve the
mysteries that surround them? Who will reach the elite specialization?
Who will fail? Who will survive...and who will die?</p><p> </p></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"> <b> Produced by Emily Derr & Performed by John Banks</b></p></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"> Length: 15 hours - 32 minutes </p></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span></div></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">©2021 Pedro Urvi (P)2021 Podium Audio</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">* * * * *</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><h4><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Descendants of The Fall </b></span></span></span></h4><h2><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Written by Aaron Hodges</span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span></h2></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p><b>Contains books three and four of Descendants of the Fall. </b></p> <p><b><i>Age of Gods</i>, book three</b></p> </span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>Pursued
by the inhuman Tangata, Lukys flees on foot through the wilderness. He
and his companions make for the ocean, a stolen ship their only hope -
but even that may prove fleeting. For should they reach the island of
Perfugia, a war is brewing between the kingdoms of humanity. Lukys fears
he will find only more death on the shores of their homeland. But they
have nowhere else left to go.</p> <p>Meanwhile, the Queen’s Archivist
might hold the key to peace. Standing before the City of the Gods, Erika
has dreamed of this moment her entire life - so why does she feel such
dread? The City is nothing like she imagined, plain stone buildings in
place of soaring towers. And the Gods have sworn against interference in
the struggles of lesser beings. She must make them see the truth,
convince them to abandon their ancient laws, or humanity will fall. And
the Tangata will rule, ascendant.</p><p> </p></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YPpnYa7fVK4/YX61yxdXFfI/AAAAAAAAJJI/2EbSl-qAu14paHFUtsryEkOO_Ct0_QnsACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YPpnYa7fVK4/YX61yxdXFfI/AAAAAAAAJJI/2EbSl-qAu14paHFUtsryEkOO_Ct0_QnsACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p></span></span></div></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <p><b><i>Dreams of Fury</i>, book four</b></p> </span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>On
the distant shores of Perfugia, Lukys and Sophia have finally found
sanctuary - and an unexpected power left by their ancestors. But their
refuge cannot last. The inhuman Tangata are marching upon humanity, and
divided by war, the kingdoms cannot stand against them.</p></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>Meanwhile,
Erika flees the Mountains of the Gods, the weight of failure heavy on
her shoulders. Far from coming to humanity’s aid, the Gods have sided
with the enemy. Erika seeks to warn her friends of the coming threat,
but she returns to find a world at war. The Flumeeren Queen has turned
against her neighbors - and while she claims to want only unity, it
matters not to her whether the kingdoms submit willingly, or by the
sword.</p></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>In a world torn by war, can Lukys, Sophia, and Erika bring
together the scattered forces of humanity in time to face the coming
threats? Or will human civilization Fall again?</p><p> </p></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><b>Produced by Troy Otte & Performed by John Banks</b> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><br /></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">Length: 16 hours - 39 minutes<br /></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">©2021 Aaron Hodges (P)2021 Podium Audio</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">* * * * *</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <br /></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><h4><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">The King of The West</span></b></span></h4></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><h2><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Written by Pedro Urvi </span></span></span></h2><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><b>Path of The Ranger Book 7 </b></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><b> </b></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wj-vCyBIGaA/YX63KfVSeiI/AAAAAAAAJJQ/gCpGj9YQDKooxJa_9OotdVZtAxoquG-1wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/POTR%2B7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wj-vCyBIGaA/YX63KfVSeiI/AAAAAAAAJJQ/gCpGj9YQDKooxJa_9OotdVZtAxoquG-1wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/POTR%2B7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p><b>Can a handful of Rangers decide the fate of a kingdom?</b></p> </span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>Lasgol
and his companions are immersed in their missions as Specialist
Rangers. The situations and problems they will face are much greater
than they imagined.</p></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>The civil war in Norghana intensifies. King
Thoran, with the support of the eastern nobles and an army of
mercenaries paid with the gold of the crown, wants to put an end to the
rebellion. He wants to end the King of the West and his League by any
means necessary.</p></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>Our friends will be involved in intrigues,
betrayals, persecutions, murders, battles, sieges, and all kinds of
situations that will test their loyalty not only to their kingdom, but
to their friends and colleagues.</p></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><b>Produced by Emily Derr & Performed by John Banks </b></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><b> </b></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">Length: 15 hours - 17 minutes <br /></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">©2021 Pedro Urvi (P)2021 Podium Audio</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">* * * * *</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">At the moment, that's just about as much as I'm allowed to mention in detail, though the wait for further releases, shouldn't be too long and I'll post more on those recordings as soon as I'm able.</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">In the meantime, thanks again for stopping by, happy listening! That's...</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><h4><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><i>...all for now; more just as soon as it happens! </i><br /></span></span></h4></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span>
</div></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>John Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347302612145370707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107469881831887507.post-47708719087447830882021-08-20T12:59:00.002+00:002021-08-20T13:00:51.434+00:00Old Bale Eye<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RRhkRbzSpVE/YR-nCzpsOhI/AAAAAAAAJIE/gEpTjOQ64gg4ax_uNd_UTiSsPCHYzh5KQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/SM2aQYYJJQBwEiha-scaled.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1448" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RRhkRbzSpVE/YR-nCzpsOhI/AAAAAAAAJIE/gEpTjOQ64gg4ax_uNd_UTiSsPCHYzh5KQCLcBGAsYHQ/w453-h640/SM2aQYYJJQBwEiha-scaled.jpg" width="453" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>John Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347302612145370707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107469881831887507.post-43538121164069783672021-07-17T14:01:00.003+00:002021-07-17T14:10:33.676+00:00Dalek Universe 2<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Good afternoon - and what a beautiful hot summer's day it is here in the UK; a weekend complete with the British Grand Prix at Silverstone and the final stage of this year's incredible Tour de France. I'm very much looking forward to some excellent racing on two wheels and four and maybe, just a bit of history will made on the </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Champs-Élysées</span>, if Mark Cavendish takes his 35th Stage win; fingers crossed! The climax of the sporting action comes tomorrow afternoon and I shall miss it all, as I'll be driving to a hotel some distance away from home, in order to start work on an audiobook recording on Monday morning; but more of that later.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Checking my diary, I note that in June of last year, I recorded a Doctor Who audio drama from my brand new home studio; only the second time I'd used it and only a few weeks since it had all been set up. Remote recording can be tricky at the best of times and linking up multiple home studios to perform a drama, is an adventure into the unknown and continually offers the possibility of jumping head first into a technological abyss. Mercifully, I stayed hooked up to everyone else and didn't have any problems, although other cast members weren't so lucky and we did have a few enforced 'time-outs' to re-connect.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qZd7Tcoq6M8/YPLdi3C8tPI/AAAAAAAAJG0/aU-QwyIKQ0YnZo7tZFQSwkKiIDbIIq_NQCLcBGAsYHQ/s600/Photo%2B07-05-2021%252C%2B19%2B08%2B47.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qZd7Tcoq6M8/YPLdi3C8tPI/AAAAAAAAJG0/aU-QwyIKQ0YnZo7tZFQSwkKiIDbIIq_NQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Photo%2B07-05-2021%252C%2B19%2B08%2B47.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">By the strangest of coincidences, at the beginning of our recording day, as we chatted amongst ourselves and went through a series of checks on the various bits of gadgetry we were all using, David T, asked why he recognised my voice. I reminded him that we'd worked together before and met a number of times. In fact, he knew all that of course and said that he'd just been listening to my audio version of H.G. Wells' The War of The Worlds and suddenly, there I was, in his ears again. It would have been awkward if he hadn't liked the recording, though he was kind enough to say that he had enjoyed it, which was lovely to hear and kicked things off in a very good way.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So the end result of all our fun and games is this latest box-set release of 10th Doctor stories called Dalek Universe 2 and here are some details:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">These tales take the Tenth Doctor, Anya Kingdom and Mark Seven deeper
into family histories, aboard the strangest of space stations and to a
truth that might tear them apart...</span></p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>2.1 Cycle of Destruction* by Roy Gill</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">After Mark starts behaving oddly, the Doctor and Anya find themselves
on a strange planet with their friend missing. Searching for him they
find their way to an isolated research base. The corridors show signs of
animal incursions and the scientists are behaving strangely. But a big
surprise is waiting for them.</span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Because this is where Mark Seven came from. They’re about to find out who he is. But is that information too dangerous to know?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">*This is the cover art for Cycle of Destruction, which is the episode I'm performing in. <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PSpEXEoHOgA/YPLd3Q1a7TI/AAAAAAAAJG8/REBcrDeBgQElt0wrQiUvVjNM2Q8i5AYcgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1417/Photo%2B07-05-2021%252C%2B19%2B09%2B11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1417" data-original-width="1417" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PSpEXEoHOgA/YPLd3Q1a7TI/AAAAAAAAJG8/REBcrDeBgQElt0wrQiUvVjNM2Q8i5AYcgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Photo%2B07-05-2021%252C%2B19%2B09%2B11.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><br /><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>2.2 The Trojan Dalek by John Dorney</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Doctor, Mark and Anya head for an SSS space station searching for
the missing temporal scientist, Arborecc. But the officer in charge
denies all knowledge of his presence and demands their departure.</span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Unwilling to leave so easily, the group split up to investigate...
and uncover a heinous plot involving the Doctor’s oldest foes. Or do
they?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>2.3 The Lost by Robert Valentine</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">When the Doctor’s latest scheme to get back to the future fails, the
team’s ship crashes on a strange world, potentially trapping them for
ever.</span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Searching for replacement parts, they find their way to a building where heart-breakingly familiar faces await them.</span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Lies are about to be exposed. Everyone will learn the truth. And nothing will be the same again.</span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>This boxset release contains all three stories, plus additional behind the scenes interviews.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i> </i></span></p><div class="tab-content active" id="tab5" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><b>David Tennant</b> (The Doctor) <b>Jane Slavin</b> (Anya Kingdom) <b>Joe Sims</b> (Mark Seven)<br /> <b>John Banks</b> (Crispin Torr / Jason Four) <b>Pippa Bennett-Warner</b> (Fliss Keeley)<br /> <b>Nicholas Briggs</b> (The Daleks) <b>Barnaby Edwards</b> (Arborecc)<br /> <b>Avita Jay</b> (Moran Kez / Hera) <b>Kevin McNally</b> (Merrick Kingdom)<br /> <b>Leighton Pugh</b> (The Lost ) <b>Blake Ritson</b> (Major McLinn) </span></span></span></div><div class="tab-content active" id="tab5" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><b>Nina Toussaint-White</b> (Mariah Six)</span></span></span></div><div class="tab-content active" id="tab5" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></span>
</div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i> </i>Directed by <b>Ken Bentley</b> & Produced by <b>David Richardson</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b>4 discs - 240 minutes<b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>* * * * *</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Other than Dalek Universe 2, work continues apace and as I mentioned above, I'm about to spend a week in a professional studio, recording a densely written and extremely challenging audiobook. I confess to feeling a little nervous about launching in on it, as I often do with the trickier stuff; on the one hand, it offers huge opportunities to have fun as a narrator/performer and on the other hand, a terrific opportunity to screw it up spectacularly! Full details will be available in due course, probably quite soon I would have thought, so I'll go into the particular challenges of the book, once it's done and dusted and I have had the experience of wrestling it into submission...</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In the meantime, I hope you enjoy the new Who adventures, if that's your kind of thing and as usual, I'll wrap up by saying...</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>...that's all for now; more just as soon as it happens! </b></i><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i></i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /></p>John Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347302612145370707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107469881831887507.post-32286975319686212502021-06-30T14:15:00.000+00:002021-06-30T14:15:02.925+00:00Path of The Ranger 5<p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Secret Refuge: fifth in the series of Path of The Ranger titles was released recently and here are some details:</span></p><div class="bc-box
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bc-color-secondary"><p><b>Only the best have access to the Elite Specializations of the Rangers. Will the Snow Panthers make it? </b></p></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text
bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"><b> </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TSq17u3sFBM/YNx464g0-QI/AAAAAAAAJEQ/u6Uf3BM496gnBQVU5Odl2Et6InbkiqwBwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/R5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TSq17u3sFBM/YNx464g0-QI/AAAAAAAAJEQ/u6Uf3BM496gnBQVU5Odl2Et6InbkiqwBwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/R5.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text
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war goes on in Norghana. The East supports the new King, while the West
supports Arnold Olafstone, the legitimate heir to the crown. In the
North the Wild of the Ice claim their lands. In the midst of the war,
Lasgol and his teammates have graduated as Rangers. </p> <p>They must
decide whether to take the Specialization Test. If they do, and pass it,
they will have access to training as Specialist Rangers and be able to
opt for one of the elite specializations. For this they will need to go
to a hidden, secret place: The Shelter. It is rumored to be somewhere
special, secret and arcane. </p> <p>Will Lasgol take the Specialization
Test? Will he pass it? Will his friends? Who will make it and who will
not? What new adventures are waiting for them at the Shelter?</p></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text
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</div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><b><span style="color: #cc33cc;"></span></b><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>John Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347302612145370707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107469881831887507.post-17886736605519003492021-06-13T14:07:00.003+00:002021-06-13T14:16:39.970+00:00Dead Ground<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Good afternoon and welcome to this latest update, slightly delayed alas, due primarily, to the workload of recent days. Over the last couple of years, I've become a great fan of author MW Craven's books and have been privileged to record his latest stories, as well as his 'back catalogue' of earlier work. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YudHMqCQMhQ/YMYLP_hu97I/AAAAAAAAJBY/4aCI3HEdBDUnrgCpozyNStoDiSwk2hB-QCLcBGAsYHQ/s970/cdf31b5e-be13-4641-9695-84bc0c6bf5dc.__CR0%252C0%252C970%252C300_PT0_SX970_V1___.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="970" height="198" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YudHMqCQMhQ/YMYLP_hu97I/AAAAAAAAJBY/4aCI3HEdBDUnrgCpozyNStoDiSwk2hB-QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h198/cdf31b5e-be13-4641-9695-84bc0c6bf5dc.__CR0%252C0%252C970%252C300_PT0_SX970_V1___.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Several weeks ago, I found myself back at Ladbroke Audio, with producer Neil Gardner, to record the fourth audio book of the series. Once again, I had great fun working with Neil and can't wait to hear the finished recording. In the meantime, here are some details:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>Detective Sergeant Washington Poe is in
court, fighting eviction from his beloved and isolated croft, when he is
summoned to a backstreet brothel in Carlisle where a man has been
beaten to death with a baseball bat. Poe is confused - he hunts serial
killers and this appears to be a straightforward murder-by-pimp - but
his attendance was requested personally, by the kind of people who
prefer to remain in the shadows.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-17FaibYAtMM/YMYMxGYiqyI/AAAAAAAAJBs/s52n2p7hakEfMixV3GQ7naEzL8qv5PJhQCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/artworks-DWcWcXDLlpclFrfa-cuRJMw-t500x500.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-17FaibYAtMM/YMYMxGYiqyI/AAAAAAAAJBs/s52n2p7hakEfMixV3GQ7naEzL8qv5PJhQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/artworks-DWcWcXDLlpclFrfa-cuRJMw-t500x500.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <p></p> <p>As Poe and the socially awkward
programmer Tilly Bradshaw delve deeper into the case, they are faced
with seemingly unanswerable questions: despite being heavily vetted for a
high-profile job, why does nothing in the victim's background check
out? Why was a small ornament left at the murder scene - and why did
someone on the investigation team steal it? And what is the connection
to a flawlessly executed bank heist three years earlier, a heist where
nothing was taken?</p><p> </p></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8d60ulfFRFc/YMYSHYf6StI/AAAAAAAAJB8/yKgdqGjjl_c_YbA_LNgB9XcnsXqKLA4BgCLcBGAsYHQ/s970/336165e7-fb25-4727-a94e-fa8684ba54cd.__CR0%252C0%252C970%252C300_PT0_SX970_V1___.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="970" height="198" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8d60ulfFRFc/YMYSHYf6StI/AAAAAAAAJB8/yKgdqGjjl_c_YbA_LNgB9XcnsXqKLA4BgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h198/336165e7-fb25-4727-a94e-fa8684ba54cd.__CR0%252C0%252C970%252C300_PT0_SX970_V1___.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p></span></span></div></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">Written by MW Craven, audiobook Produced by Neil Gardner & Performed by John Banks</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">Running length: 10 hours - 32 minutes</span></span></span> </span></span> </span></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span>
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<span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">©2021 M. W. Craven (P)2021 Hachette Audio UK</span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">* * * * *</span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;">Preparation begins tomorrow for the next story in one of the audiobook series I'm currently recording, so I'm going to take some time on this sunny afternoon, to 'kick back' a little. Just before I wrap up this posting, I briefly wanted to mention the Dark Imperium Trilogy, which I talked about in the last update. </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;">It seems that Guy Haley's stories are being well reviewed and widely enjoyed, though I still haven't heard any of them myself. Out of curiosity, I just checked the audible.co.uk web site and was very pleased to discover, the audiobook version of Godblight, Part III of the trilogy, is doing pretty well, so thanks to all who bought the recording and gave it the thumbs up!</span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuHRcLofNFyCs8c3Bp4xogCGN4yRcOkMentKTWFMHrgNBA-02lWClBQjpwSnQau0aituzcZeD0lpfiRBuCGADtZb68P6l0CZPjYi-iBexhmx87Q8m7oxIHnjY1G_rPkdcnVG5GcIALRm8/s504/Screenshot+2021-06-13+at+13-52-40+Audible+Best+Sellers+Science+Fiction+Fantasy+Audible+com.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="504" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuHRcLofNFyCs8c3Bp4xogCGN4yRcOkMentKTWFMHrgNBA-02lWClBQjpwSnQau0aituzcZeD0lpfiRBuCGADtZb68P6l0CZPjYi-iBexhmx87Q8m7oxIHnjY1G_rPkdcnVG5GcIALRm8/w640-h326/Screenshot+2021-06-13+at+13-52-40+Audible+Best+Sellers+Science+Fiction+Fantasy+Audible+com.png" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"> ...all for now; more just as soon as it happens!</span><br /></span></b></i></div><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span> </span> </div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"> </div>John Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347302612145370707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107469881831887507.post-46279366910506405962021-05-31T18:06:00.002+00:002021-05-31T18:10:43.895+00:00Tales of The Dark Imperium<p><span style="font-size: medium;">So you wait and you wait and you wait for a new release, or even an update, a teaser, just to whet the appetite - and then three come along on the same day! In some ways, the nature of the 'multi-story' release, is in keeping with the recording schedule, which essentially took the form of a week's prep, followed by a week in the studio; a busy six weeks in other words!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U_bfyfswA8Y/YLUaCPjXthI/AAAAAAAAI_Q/la-ySRguanEyN3o6jbgkkrAq_Tv4G_oAgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1646/2021-02-14%2B17.41.40.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1646" data-original-width="1187" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U_bfyfswA8Y/YLUaCPjXthI/AAAAAAAAI_Q/la-ySRguanEyN3o6jbgkkrAq_Tv4G_oAgCLcBGAsYHQ/w462-h640/2021-02-14%2B17.41.40.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">If you're a dedicated Black Library fan, you may remember that the original Dark Imperium and Plague War, were released some time ago. I enjoyed recording them and they seemed to be popular stories. Indeed, for a short time, the audio book of Dark Imperium, produced by Kylia Whitehead, topped the Audible Top 100 All Categories chart, which Matt Renshaw and I, quietly celebrated. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">With this current release, Dark Imperium and Plague War have been amended, so as not to contradict elements of the vast story arc of the new Dawn of Fire series, which I began recording last autumn. Godblight is entirely new. I hope you enjoy these stories as much as I enjoyed recording them; produced once again by the fabulous Kylia Whitehead, who just about kept my head from exploding, throughout our hefty three weeks in studio.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Without further ado then, here are details of The Dark Imperium trilogy:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Dark Imperium<br /></h1><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>Audiobook 1 of the Dark Imperium trilogy. </p> <p>The
first phase of the Indomitus Crusade is over, and the conquering
primarch, Roboute Guilliman, sets his sights on home. The hordes of his
traitorous brother, Mortarion, march on Ultramar, and only Guilliman can
hope to thwart their schemes with his Primaris Space Marine armies.</p><p> </p> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2QJegkO23MPT2R4zPt58jnBLEXZkeju6NUfmRfrtocj7YKUxDLTmCY7nbXT7Ol25DP04d9M9oF51hKQAsXIA1ARrfV5hU2mQtSZSpBzdByYLJqm7RGAZBlxhBVwQVg-yHy8wvNFV-cJQ/s500/51SXDVZ2MjS._SL500_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2QJegkO23MPT2R4zPt58jnBLEXZkeju6NUfmRfrtocj7YKUxDLTmCY7nbXT7Ol25DP04d9M9oF51hKQAsXIA1ARrfV5hU2mQtSZSpBzdByYLJqm7RGAZBlxhBVwQVg-yHy8wvNFV-cJQ/w640-h640/51SXDVZ2MjS._SL500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p>Fell
times have come to the galaxy. Cadia has fallen, destroyed by the
onslaught of Chaos. A Great Rift in the warp has opened, and from its
depths spew daemons and the horrors of Old Night.</p> <p>But all hope is
not lost… A hero, long absent, has returned, and with him comes the
wrath of the Ultramarines reborn. Roboute Guilliman has arisen to lead
the Imperium out of darkness on a crusade the likes of which has not
been seen since the fabled days of the Emperor.</p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rqao_OTYEVg/YLUk4XpZdPI/AAAAAAAAJBM/UZFeBDK-5Toz-vdGgHR25q_ZyzKL5BDegCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/2021-02-14%2B17.34.47.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1154" data-original-width="1920" height="384" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rqao_OTYEVg/YLUk4XpZdPI/AAAAAAAAJBM/UZFeBDK-5Toz-vdGgHR25q_ZyzKL5BDegCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h384/2021-02-14%2B17.34.47.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p> <p>But never before
have the forces of Ruin amassed in such numbers, and nowhere is safe
from despoliation. From the dreaded Scourge Stars come the hordes of the
Plaguefather, Lord Nurgle, and their pustulent eye is fixed on
Macragge. As the Indomitus Crusade rages on, Guilliman races to Ultramar
and a confrontation with the Death Guard.</p></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"> </p></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"> * * * * * </p></span></span></div><h1><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plague War</span><br /></p></span></span></h1><h1><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span></h1><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></p></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>Audiobook two of the Dark Imperium trilogy. </p> <p>As
the Plague Wars rage on, the Emperor's will manifests in Ultramar
through miracles that confound the primarch Roboute Guilliman, even as
he must rely on them when he faces his traitorous brother, Mortarion.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g4s3psmGups/YLUfhos3SQI/AAAAAAAAJAI/Z8CIbukMwK4PsunSaBI2W1r1HWGw79kCACLcBGAsYHQ/s500/51kvcnB0DYS._SL500_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g4s3psmGups/YLUfhos3SQI/AAAAAAAAJAI/Z8CIbukMwK4PsunSaBI2W1r1HWGw79kCACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/51kvcnB0DYS._SL500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>The
battle between faith and science lies at the heart of Warhammer 40,000.
Guy Haley explores it here as never before, through the eyes of Roboute
Guilliman - the ultimate believer in rationality and the Imperial
Truth.</p><p> </p></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QG_TWC00DhA/YLUdvGYakWI/AAAAAAAAI_k/RY2iSML91M0QDXD7GZvsxC-RsWFK2fBRQCLcBGAsYHQ/s545/2021-03-18%2B16.18.50.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QG_TWC00DhA/YLUdvGYakWI/AAAAAAAAI_k/RY2iSML91M0QDXD7GZvsxC-RsWFK2fBRQCLcBGAsYHQ/w588-h640/2021-03-18%2B16.18.50.jpg" width="588" /></a></div> <br /> </span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>In the void and upon the worlds of Greater Ultramar, the battle for the Imperium continues.</p></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>Intent
on rebuilding his home realm and using it as a base to reconstruct the
ravaged stellar empire of mankind, the returned primarch, Roboute
Guilliman, proceeds with his war to drive Mortarion and his Death Guard
Traitor Legion from the domain of the Ultramarines.</p> <p>But when
Guilliman brings his brother to battle upon the diseased plains of
Parmenio, the intervention of a greater power in their fraternal
struggle threatens to upend the Imperial Regent’s understanding of the
galaxy, and his place within it.</p> <p>Primarchs and ideologies clash in this thrilling second part of the Dark Imperium trilogy.</p><p> </p></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"> * * * * * </p></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Godblight</span></b> </p></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p> <br /></p></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>Audiobook 3 of the Dark Imperium trilogy. </p> <p>The
destinies of primarch and Imperial Regent Roboute Guilliman and his
traitorous brother Mortarion come together for the climactic battle of
the Plague Wars.</p></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LgF-z9pws00/YLUhMhb_y3I/AAAAAAAAJAg/hvPPFd-FUMM8o7Q6mYzudh69gjhrMbEmQCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/51zLj4%252BE8kS._SL500_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LgF-z9pws00/YLUhMhb_y3I/AAAAAAAAJAg/hvPPFd-FUMM8o7Q6mYzudh69gjhrMbEmQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/51zLj4%252BE8kS._SL500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">The
paths of Roboute Guilliman and his fallen brother Mortarion bring them
inexorably together on Iax. Once a jewel of the Imperium, the garden
world is dying as the plans of the Lord of Death to use it as a fulcrum
to drag the stellar realm of Ultramar into the warp come to deadly
fruition.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RdtZh-6PIKs/YLUie0LGyMI/AAAAAAAAJBA/DTOo0VLT1ycvxqvL0hKIrYf-vIw1ZyVjACLcBGAsYHQ/s464/2021-03-18%2B16.20.11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="340" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RdtZh-6PIKs/YLUie0LGyMI/AAAAAAAAJBA/DTOo0VLT1ycvxqvL0hKIrYf-vIw1ZyVjACLcBGAsYHQ/w468-h640/2021-03-18%2B16.20.11.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <p> </p><p>While Guilliman attempts to prevent the destruction of
his kingdom, Mortarion schemes to bring his brother low with the
Godblight, a disease created in the Cauldron of Nurgle itself, made with
the power to destroy a son of the Emperor.</p><p> <br /></p></span><p></p></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rpasXeXl69Q/YLUiD7AEaAI/AAAAAAAAJA0/76j9qccmmn0XAT75-Ik_yp4ZTkYUDkhwwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/2021-05-22%2B20.22.28.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="926" data-original-width="1000" height="592" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rpasXeXl69Q/YLUiD7AEaAI/AAAAAAAAJA0/76j9qccmmn0XAT75-Ik_yp4ZTkYUDkhwwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h592/2021-05-22%2B20.22.28.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <p></p><p>Primarchs clash on
the ravaged landscapes of Iax. The gods go to war and the wider galaxy
balances on a knife-edge of destruction. As something powerful stirs in
the sea of souls, only one thing is certain – no matter who wins the
last great clash of the Plague War, the repercussions of victory will
echo through eternity.... </p></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div></div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"> </p></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"> Written by Guy Haley, Produced by Kylia Whitehead & Narrated by John Banks</p></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"> </p></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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</div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /></p>John Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347302612145370707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107469881831887507.post-13439469197955622822021-04-22T13:45:00.059+00:002021-04-22T14:47:21.743+00:00Oh, to be in England...<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Oh, to be in England<br />
Now that April's there,<br />
And whoever wakes in England<br />
Sees, some morning, unaware,<br />
That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf<br />
Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf,<br />
While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough<br />
In England - now!</span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
And after April, when May follows,</span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows!</span></h3><h3 style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Robert Browning</span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> * * * * *</span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">April! How can it possibly be April already? Time for a very quick update!</span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Oddly perhaps, so far this year, there have only been a couple of releases, although, slightly belatedly, I can now mention the latest instalment of the Path of The Ranger series and here are some details:</span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></h3><h1 style="text-align: left;">Treason in The North<br /></h1><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;">
<h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>The campaign in the Frozen Continent has failed. War returns to Norghana, and with it death and destruction.</p> <p>King
Uthar has been defeated in the Frozen Continent. Wounded, he retreats
to Norghania to regroup his forces and shield himself behind the walls
of the capital.</p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjKeY6AwM4u6_0Y84rm3L7YhgE3cAQaXzHgjDDzuahBNQ2UZmK3JwNVW_YsXzp9bP2tTiq04JgCowgwyv9h4YX5EkrF3AyBgv_apP3adqWWpH_6-uhxQhfwXYKMeAqsTzK9QSCVz-FhkU/s500/51S7CH5TMkL._SL500_.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjKeY6AwM4u6_0Y84rm3L7YhgE3cAQaXzHgjDDzuahBNQ2UZmK3JwNVW_YsXzp9bP2tTiq04JgCowgwyv9h4YX5EkrF3AyBgv_apP3adqWWpH_6-uhxQhfwXYKMeAqsTzK9QSCVz-FhkU/w400-h400/51S7CH5TMkL._SL500_.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>Lasgol and his friends will try to pass the
fourth and final year of instruction and graduate as Rangers on their
own merits. To do this they will have to take part in deeply dangerous
missions and help the king against the invaders. The companions are
divided, they must choose between supporting either the Rangers and the
king or Darthor and the Western League. If they decide to support
Darthor, they will be committing treason and will pay with their lives
if they are found out.</p></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <p>Darthor and the Western League make an
alliance to defeat Uthar and attack the king before he can make himself
strong once again. Lasgol and his friends will find themselves involved
in the offensive to take the capital and dethrone Uthar.</p> <p> </p><p>Will the
hosts of the Frozen Continent led by Darthor and the forces of the
Western League manage to take both capital and crown from King Uthar? Or
will it instead be Uthar who comes out victorious? Who will survive?
Who will perish? Will Lasgol and his friends unmask the true traitor?
Will they survive the fourth year of instruction and the war and
graduate as Rangers?</p><p> </p></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"> Written by Pedro Urvi, Produced by Emily Derr & Narrated by John Banks </p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"> Running length: 11 hours - 59 minutes </p></span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span></h3>
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<span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">©2021 Pedro Urvi (P)2021 Podium Audio</span></span></h3><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">...all for now; more just as soon as it happens! </span></i></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></i>
</h3></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></h3>John Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347302612145370707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107469881831887507.post-84494952955275183502021-02-16T12:26:00.005+00:002021-02-16T12:32:10.570+00:00Path of The Ranger<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Good morning and welcome to news of the latest audio release and the continuation of the epic Path of The Ranger saga. Here are some details:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mystery In The Tundra </span> </span></b></span><br /></p><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small">
<span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The war is intensifying. So is the training at the Camp. Will Lasgol and his friends survive both?</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">The
Corrupt Lord of the Ice has been rejected. King Uthar is seeking to
kill him once and for all. But Darthor has retreated to the Frozen
Continent with his forces.</span></p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mxutqv02K9g/YCu4HZsqfVI/AAAAAAAAI8Q/gmLD1_cbXOwYsqWRxrykH2DDj05TJ5STQCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/51gk2JG-q4L._SL500_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mxutqv02K9g/YCu4HZsqfVI/AAAAAAAAI8Q/gmLD1_cbXOwYsqWRxrykH2DDj05TJ5STQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/51gk2JG-q4L._SL500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Lasgol and his friends are making
every effort to pass their third year of instruction, where the tests
change from practical competitions to real missions and where they risk
their lives. Conflicts, rivalries, and love will emerge more strongly
than ever. Egil and Lasgol will discover the truth about the king's
secret and the identity of the real enemy. They will choose sides and <i>try</i> to persuade their teammates.</span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">King
Uthar will invade the Frozen Continent with his hosts to put an end to
Darthor. The Rangers, including Lasgol and his friends, will find
themselves involved in the campaign of war. They will discover the
Mystery of the Tundra in the Frozen Continent and take part in the great
battle for the North.</span></p></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> Written by Pedro Urvi and Narrated by John Banks</span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Running length: 12 hours - 30 minutes</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> ©2020 Pedro Urvi (P)2021 Podium Audio</span></span></p></span></div><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And after the briefest of pauses to catch up, it's back to work for me now, prepping a fabulous audio book, scheduled to be recorded next week, which means that's...</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> ...all for now; more just as soon as it happens!</span></b></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></i></p></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></div><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></div></div>John Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347302612145370707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107469881831887507.post-1836401945360109692021-02-07T19:24:00.001+00:002021-02-07T19:27:18.985+00:00New year, new stories, new releases...<div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">...and already, this '2021' adventure has begun and indeed, is alreaady a month old - how can that possibly be?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I hope the holiday season was a good one for you, despite the continuing pandemic. With my eternal sense of optimism intact, my hopes are very much that the latest variety of vaccines, which have been developed so incredibly quickly, will prove to be effective and we can all safely start to take up our regular lives again. In a recent Tweet, someone was kind enough to say, that my Black Library audio books had provided a route to escapism for them over the last several months of restriction and lockdown, which was an extremely gratifying thing to be told and I'm grateful indeed to that person for expressing such a sentiment.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My 2021 is continuing pretty much where my 2020 ended, though if anything, the pace and intensity has ramped up even more and I'm now looking to the end of June as a first opportunity to take a little 'time-out'; though whether events will swallow up such a notion of rest & recreation, we shall have to wait and see.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm recording at roughly the rate of one book every other week at the moment and I'm about to complete the third book of this year, before seamlessly shifting into prep mode for a very exciting series of books, much more of which, in a few months time.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I have to say, that I'm very much looking forward to the first audio book release of this year; I went out on a bit of a limb for this story and what I did, might have worked, or might not. My fingers are firmly crossed that it will be a success, though I can assure you, the story itself is well worth checking out. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Following on from <b>Dawn of Fire - Avenging Son</b>, here are some details:</span></p><p><br /></p><h1>Dawn of Fire: The Gate of Bones </h1>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Book 2 of the Dawn of Fire series</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As
the Indomitus Crusade spreads across the Imperium Sanctus, the cardinal
world Gathalamor is caught in the grip of war – but when an ancient
evil is unearthed, the entire crusade is threatened…</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2pgS2gBE0vY/YCA6Zc4avNI/AAAAAAAAI7M/39J4rM1s-IMLEstbRLzSxlLF9IPN2LyBgCLcBGAsYHQ/s644/BLPROCESSED-TheGateOfBones800x800.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="642" data-original-width="644" height="638" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2pgS2gBE0vY/YCA6Zc4avNI/AAAAAAAAI7M/39J4rM1s-IMLEstbRLzSxlLF9IPN2LyBgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h638/BLPROCESSED-TheGateOfBones800x800.webp" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br />As the Indomitus Crusade begins, fleets of mighty warships leave
Terra on a vital quest to stabilise Imperium Sanctus in the wake of the
Great Rift. The returned primarch, Roboute Guilliman, leads a huge force
towards the shrine world of Gathalamor, where stable warp routes will
allow the flotilla to spread across the beleaguered southern half of the
Imperium.<br /> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">But grave tidings reach the Imperial Regent’s
ears. Warnings from an ancient race, and eerie silence from the army
tasked with holding Gathalamor until his arrival, lead Guilliman to send
a reconnaissance mission to the world, at its head, Shield-Captain
Achallor of the Adeptus Custodes.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uW5pst30w0A/YCA7Qt3wVSI/AAAAAAAAI7g/oNixq4mwhXgYG0DGFlOKDhIegW7H0InbwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/wFRVAGg0eLtNwkOH.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="1000" height="294" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uW5pst30w0A/YCA7Qt3wVSI/AAAAAAAAI7g/oNixq4mwhXgYG0DGFlOKDhIegW7H0InbwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h294/wFRVAGg0eLtNwkOH.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Achallor discovers a world
on the brink: a beaten Imperial force and sinister agents of Abaddon the
Despoiler who have unearthed an ancient evil – a weapon that when
harnessed not only threatens the primarch, but perhaps the holy Throne
of Terra itself…</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Written by Andy Clark & Narrated by John Banks </span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Produced by Tara Rawson</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><span class="bc-text bc-size-small bc-color-secondary">Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins*</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span><span><span class="bc-text bc-size-small bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span><span><span class="bc-text bc-size-small bc-color-secondary">* * * * * </span></span></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span><span><span class="bc-text bc-size-small bc-color-secondary">*</span></span></span></b><span><span><span class="bc-text bc-size-small bc-color-secondary">there is a discrepancy in the running length between the BL web site and Audible; the time quoted above is from Audible and sounds about right - I look forward to finding out definitively!</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><span class="bc-text bc-size-small bc-color-secondary">* * * * *</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><span class="bc-text bc-size-small bc-color-secondary">As it's now evening here in the UK, I'll wrap up for today. Having recorded a couple of chapters of the current book, earlier this afternoon, I feel I can let it go for today and treat myself to a cold beer. Back to work in the morning!</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><span class="bc-text bc-size-small bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><span><span><span class="bc-text bc-size-small bc-color-secondary">...all for now; more just as soon as it happens! </span></span></span></i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><span><span><span class="bc-text bc-size-small bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><span><span><span class="bc-text bc-size-small bc-color-secondary"></span></span></span></i></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eMrru69tItM/YCA964yIo-I/AAAAAAAAI7s/_MB68lkp_bU1iqQSywLXDwPnP8CfLWEvACLcBGAsYHQ/s816/BLPROCESSED-DOF-The-Gate-of-Bones-Cover.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="532" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eMrru69tItM/YCA964yIo-I/AAAAAAAAI7s/_MB68lkp_bU1iqQSywLXDwPnP8CfLWEvACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/BLPROCESSED-DOF-The-Gate-of-Bones-Cover.webp" /></a></i></b></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><span class="bc-text bc-size-small bc-color-secondary"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">©2020 Games Workshop Limited (P)2020 Games Workshop Limited</span></span></span></span><b><i><span><span><span class="bc-text bc-size-small bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></span></i></b></span></div><p></p>John Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347302612145370707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107469881831887507.post-41714798141993405682020-12-31T20:15:00.007+00:002021-01-03T13:14:27.970+00:00New Year's Eve...<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">And so, the end of an extremely torrid year is now drawing swiftly to a close - thank goodness! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Just before 2020 fianlly bites the dust, there are the final two releases of the year to mention and here are some details:</span></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Chaos Cycle: Part II Chains of Legacy </span></h2><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small">
<div><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"><b>After defeating the Warlord of the Turan Khar, Rylan Lauchlin has assumed his place...and his troubles. </b></p></span></div><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g4kYaMNACmw/X-4sSE1HUCI/AAAAAAAAI5Q/uNDsNQBHgI4TASMwBFCLiFMyPXMfcwVFACLcBGAsYHQ/s500/51FKJ-bOx9L._SL500_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g4kYaMNACmw/X-4sSE1HUCI/AAAAAAAAI5Q/uNDsNQBHgI4TASMwBFCLiFMyPXMfcwVFACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/51FKJ-bOx9L._SL500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><b><br /> </b><p></p> </span><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>Deprived
of the ancient magic that allowed the Khar Unity to exist in harmony,
their society is slowly dying, and it is now up to Rylan to save it. But
only one man has the knowledge to release the magic of the Core - the
same man who locked it away in the first place - and that man is
imprisoned within Rylan himself.</p> <p>On the other side of the world,
the rulers of the Kingdoms have taken advantage of the devastation of
Karikesh to mount a counterinvasion. Gil and Ashra find themselves
pressed to protect the people of Malikar from a genocidal campaign aimed
at driving them back into the Black Lands.</p></span></span></h3><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p> </p></span><div style="text-align: center;"><h3><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p><span style="font-weight: normal;">Narrated by John Banks</span></p></span></h3><h3><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p><span style="font-weight: normal;">Run time: 10 hours - 59 minutes </span></p></span></h3><h4><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></h4></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"> </p></span></div>
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</div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Followed quickly by:</span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h3><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Path of The Ranger Book 2: <br /></span></h2><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small">
<span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p><b>War has broken out in the North. The
Corrupt Lord of the Ice has invaded Norghana with a host from the Frozen
Continent. Will the king and the Rangers manage to stop him, or will
they die in the attempt?</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iN2LMzaTZBk/X-4trqs8ZII/AAAAAAAAI5c/buW4HHD13Dk_P2Q_Dwaxdj5CbGjNRCFRwCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/51hVbGpOnYL._SL500_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iN2LMzaTZBk/X-4trqs8ZII/AAAAAAAAI5c/buW4HHD13Dk_P2Q_Dwaxdj5CbGjNRCFRwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/51hVbGpOnYL._SL500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div></span><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text
bc-color-secondary"><p>Darthor is seeking to dethrone King Uthar. He
is on his way to conquer Norghana and take the crown. He has invaded
the kingdom and has a host from the Frozen Continent at his command;
Wild Ones of the Ice, Snow Trolls, Albino Ogres, Semi-Giants, Tundra
Dwellers, Arcanes of the Glaciers, and creatures unlike anything anybody
has ever seen before.</p> <p>Uthar gathers together his armies and
prepares to repel him. But not all the Norghanian nobles are with the
king. The Western League does not support him, and they want to regain
the crown for the West, for the Olafstones.</p> <p>Lasgol and his
partners will have to overcome an arduous second year of instruction at
the Camp if they want to become Rangers one day. The tests will be far
harder and the effort required much greater. Rivalries will surface, but
so will companionship and even love. He will find out that he does not
know the whole truth about what happened to his parents or about his new
friend Camu. New mysteries, which he will have to investigate and
solve, will arise and drive him to confront life-and-death situations.</p> <p>Will
Lasgol and his friends survive the second year of training? Will they
survive the war? Will he succeed in solving the mysteries that surround
him? Will he find betrayal...and discover the true enemy?</p></span></span></h3><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p></span></h4><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Narrated by John Banks</span></span></h3><div style="text-align: center;"><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"> Run time: 12 hours - 7 minutes </p></span></span></h3></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p> </p></span></h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">©2020 Pedro Urvi (P)2020 Podium Audio</span></span></div><h4><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span>
</h4></div><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> * * * * * </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Before I wrap things up here, I just want to say a big 'thank you' to you for visiting these pages over the last year; it is greatly appreciated. Hopefully, in a short time from now, the pandemic will come under the control of the vaccines and we can all go back to living our lives to the full. As we welcome in the new year; with any luck, this time in 2021, will once again, look something like this:</span></h3></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PZEo8SsAYIs/X-4ws0k8JmI/AAAAAAAAI5o/Tapu2ibIKY0gyzsDGnjZr4ywlEwPmK9vQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/2019-12-31%2B13.19.55.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="2048" height="352" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PZEo8SsAYIs/X-4ws0k8JmI/AAAAAAAAI5o/Tapu2ibIKY0gyzsDGnjZr4ywlEwPmK9vQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h352/2019-12-31%2B13.19.55.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>...all for now, more just as soon as it happens!</i></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i> </i></span></h2><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><i>Happy New Year! </i></b></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><i> </i></b><br /></span></h1>John Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347302612145370707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107469881831887507.post-82158939823561424682020-12-21T14:29:00.015+00:002020-12-22T16:00:30.918+00:00...and then there was this:<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Having held my silence for what seems like an age, I'm very pleased to say, that the first instalment of a vast new storyline, Dawn of Fire, is finally here. My recording of Guy Haley's Avenging Son, was officially released on 17th December and is now available via all the usual outlets.</span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Here are some details:</span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h3><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Dawn of Fire Book 1: Avenging Son<br /></span></h1><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;">
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;">As the Indomitus Crusade spreads out across
the galaxy, one battlefleet must face a dread Slaughter Host of Chaos.
Their success or failure may define the very future of the crusade - and
the Imperium.</p></span></span></h3><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EHJj554dIRs/X-CvIhAjMkI/AAAAAAAAI4M/T8CkQz6hbXMQNCkxX3zgHGji5bfooH25ACLcBGAsYHQ/s644/BLPROCESSED-DawnOfFireAvengingSon800x800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="642" data-original-width="644" height="638" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EHJj554dIRs/X-CvIhAjMkI/AAAAAAAAI4M/T8CkQz6hbXMQNCkxX3zgHGji5bfooH25ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h638/BLPROCESSED-DawnOfFireAvengingSon800x800.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p> </span><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <p>A great darkness has befallen the galaxy, and
the armies of Chaos are rampant. To survive, humanity must retaliate and
take back what they have lost. By the will of the reborn primarch,
Roboute Guilliman, is the Indomitus Crusade launched - a military
undertaking that eclipses all others in known history. From the
Throneworld of Terra does the Avenging Son hurl his fleets, their
mission the very salvation of mankind.</p> <p>As vessels in their
thousands burn through the cold void, the attention of Fleetmistress
VanLeskus turns to the Machorta Sound - a region under attack by a
dreaded Slaughter Host of the Dark Gods. The success of the Indomitus
Crusade will be determined by this conflict, and the desperate mission
of Battlegroup Saint Aster, led by Space Marine Lieutenant Messinius.
Even then it is but a prelude to the forthcoming bloodshed.</p></span></span></h3><h3><br /></h3><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">The new Warhammer
40,000 saga begins here. </span></span></h2><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p> </p></span></span></h3><h3><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></h3></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><h3><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Written by Guy Haley, Produced by Tara Rawson & Narrated by John Banks </span></span></h3></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><h3><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></h3></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><h3><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Length: 13 hours - 46 minutes </span></span></h3></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><h3><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></h3><h3><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> <br /></span></h3></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">©2020 Games Workshop Limited (P)2020 Games Workshop Limited</span> </span></span></h3><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></h3><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">* * * * * </span></span></h3><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">I think it's fair to say, there has been some confusion surrounding Avenging Son and perhaps I should briefly attempt to clarify the situation as far as I understand it. The original audio version of Avenging Son, became available, I think, sometime in August 2020 and it was recorded by a different narrator. My version of the story was recorded in early October and released a few days ago. As far as I am aware, all the reviews of the original have now been taken down from the audible.co.uk website, though for a short time, my name appeared alongside them.</span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">At almost £30 per copy, I'm not sure many Black Library listeners will rush to buy an alternative recording of a story they already have, which is perfectly understandable. Perhaps BL are considering some kind of offer to replace the original with the new version; on that, I have no idea, though I think such a gesture would be welcomed. </span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">I don't often post reviews here, but as this has been quite a unique process, around which, there is still a degree of uncertainty, here are edited versions of the only two reviews, currently posted on the audible site, which might shed a little more light:</span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><br /></span></span></h3><div class="bc-row-responsive bc-spacing-top-s4 bc-spacing-s5" id="">
<div class="bc-col-responsive bc-col-3"><span></span><b> </b></div><div class="bc-col-responsive bc-col-3"><b>Overall<span class="bc-text bc-pub-offscreen">: 5 out of 5 stars </span>Performance:
<span class="bc-text bc-pub-offscreen"></span><span class="bc-text bc-pub-offscreen">5 out of 5 stars</span> Story: <span><span><span class="bc-text bc-pub-offscreen">5 out of 5 stars</span></span></span></b></div><div class="bc-col-responsive bc-col-3"><b><span><span><span class="bc-text bc-pub-offscreen"> </span></span></span></b><span>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Now it's fixed, it's amazing!</b></span></h3><h3 class="bc-heading bc-color-base bc-pub-break-word bc-spacing-base bc-size-title1 bc-text-bold bc-text-emphasis" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b> </b>
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I listened to the first variation of the book and wrote a
terrible review, based on the voice acting, it completely ruined it. </span></h3><h3 class="bc-text bc-spacing-small bc-spacing-top-none bc-size-body bc-color-secondary" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h3><h3 class="bc-text bc-spacing-small bc-spacing-top-none bc-size-body bc-color-secondary" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Flash forward to this iteration! The Black Library remade this audio
book after all the complaints. The legendary John Banks voiced it this
time, and it's absolutely amazing. I highly recommend it, it's a home
run this time around! </span></h3><h3 class="bc-text bc-spacing-small bc-spacing-top-none bc-size-body bc-color-secondary" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h3><h3 class="bc-text bc-spacing-small bc-spacing-top-none bc-size-body bc-color-secondary" style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mNRm74viL1I/X-ISdZqdk6I/AAAAAAAAI44/IQfb_OItbyEi9Pll_KtejuWLq6pQhUxTACLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Avenging-Son-eBook-MP3-2020-08-08-ctb.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="1000" height="160" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mNRm74viL1I/X-ISdZqdk6I/AAAAAAAAI44/IQfb_OItbyEi9Pll_KtejuWLq6pQhUxTACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h160/Avenging-Son-eBook-MP3-2020-08-08-ctb.webp" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></h3>
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<div class="bc-col-responsive bc-col-3"><span></span><b> </b></div><div class="bc-col-responsive bc-col-3"><b>Overall<span class="bc-text bc-pub-offscreen">: 5 out of 5 stars</span> Performance:
<span class="bc-text bc-pub-offscreen"></span><span class="bc-text bc-pub-offscreen">5 out of 5 stars</span> Story:
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<div class="bc-col-responsive bc-col-9"><span></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span><ul class="bc-list bc-list-nostyle" style="text-align: left;"><li class="bc-list-item bc-color-secondary">James Lloyd Plowman 20-12-20 </li><li class="bc-list-item bc-color-secondary"> </li></ul></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Better than the original version </h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"> </h3></div></div></div><div class="bc-col-responsive USreviews0 bc-col-9"><h3 class="bc-text bc-spacing-small bc-spacing-top-none bc-size-body bc-color-secondary" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
For those of you who didn’t buy it the first time around,
Black Library put out another version of this months ago narrated by a
different reader. </span></h3><h3 class="bc-text bc-spacing-small bc-spacing-top-none bc-size-body bc-color-secondary" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h3><h3 class="bc-text bc-spacing-small bc-spacing-top-none bc-size-body bc-color-secondary" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">My guess is that the backlash from the first
version was so bad that BL conceded and brought in John Banks for an
emergency re-reading, and are probably going to have him reading the
rest of the series too. I won’t say that this new version is completely
worth having to buy a second time, but it is a marked improvement over
the original, somehow even managing to cut the reading time down a
couple hours. Definitely worth reconsideration. </span></h3><h3 class="bc-text bc-spacing-small bc-spacing-top-none bc-size-body bc-color-secondary" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h3><h3 class="bc-text bc-spacing-small bc-spacing-top-none bc-size-body bc-color-secondary" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">My thanks to James and Thaipugg and to others, on a variety of social media sites, who have expressed their support over recent weeks; it is very much appreciated!</span></h3><h3 class="bc-text bc-spacing-small bc-spacing-top-none bc-size-body bc-color-secondary" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">If, by some means, you do get hold of this new version of the story, I hope you enjoy it.</span></h3><h3 class="bc-text bc-spacing-small bc-spacing-top-none bc-size-body bc-color-secondary" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></h3>
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rqjbzTbYhkM/X-ITfNZCG6I/AAAAAAAAI5E/agHBhRX7LDUXYibWNReazMxy7NF_K1pkwCLcBGAsYHQ/s813/BLPROCESSED-Dawn-Of-Fire-Avenging-Son-Cover.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="813" data-original-width="532" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rqjbzTbYhkM/X-ITfNZCG6I/AAAAAAAAI5E/agHBhRX7LDUXYibWNReazMxy7NF_K1pkwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/BLPROCESSED-Dawn-Of-Fire-Avenging-Son-Cover.webp" /></a></div><br /> <br /></div></div><p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">There's more work to do before I take a break for Christmas, so I'll wrap things up and simply say, that's ...</span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><i><b>...all for now: more just as soon as it happens!</b></i></h3><h4 style="text-align: center;"><i><b> </b></i><br /></h4>John Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347302612145370707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107469881831887507.post-33077356686043802752020-12-06T13:48:00.003+00:002020-12-08T23:56:22.978+00:00...and other stories!<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Good afternoon and thanks, as ever, for stopping by! Another gap in updating the pages here alas, though for reasons, I'm sure all regular visitors will be familiar with by now; having lots of work and no free time, just about covers it. Some of the recording projects I've been involved with recently, are now becoming available and there are more releases to come before the end of the year, though for now, here are details of the latest: <br /></span></p><h1>Nexus and Other Stories </h1>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>A Warhammer 40,000 anthology</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Take
your first steps into the adrenaline-fuelled fiction of the 41st
Millennium with a thrilling collection of tales, including an
action-packed novella pitting noble Ultramarines against sinister
necrons.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f_HtiCgro8g/X8zdEMHuJfI/AAAAAAAAI3s/Kh4a5Sp5Ahc0NIDHf_dxhgSxfhY-MLj2wCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/51euOIMzBGL._SL500_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f_HtiCgro8g/X8zdEMHuJfI/AAAAAAAAI3s/Kh4a5Sp5Ahc0NIDHf_dxhgSxfhY-MLj2wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/51euOIMzBGL._SL500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Within this book you will find Nexus, a fantastic new novella by Thomas Parrott.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In
a galaxy beset by war, where the Adeptus Astartes are all that stand
against annihilation, the Ultramarines are exemplar – noble, honourable
and oathbound to the protection of mankind. Where the predations of the
alien, the witch and the heretic threaten the Imperium, the Angels of
Death fight to oppose them.</span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Brother-Sergeant Allectius wages a
brutal war of attrition against a seemingly endless xenos foe. But when
the vile necrons unleash a mysterious pall over him and the people he
protects, Allectius must take his fight beyond the walls… for more than
just victory, now their very survival is at stake.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Also
included in this book is a host of awesome short stories to give you a
flavour of the many warring armies that exist within the worlds of
Warhammer 40,000.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BAN4dAwiwkk/X8zdeonPAWI/AAAAAAAAI30/16o46eYq1ygLvZgy1ic2PksgE57HIb8ZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/BL-Nexus-And-Other-Stories-MP3-2020-11-28-All-Slider.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="1000" height="256" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BAN4dAwiwkk/X8zdeonPAWI/AAAAAAAAI30/16o46eYq1ygLvZgy1ic2PksgE57HIb8ZgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h256/BL-Nexus-And-Other-Stories-MP3-2020-11-28-All-Slider.webp" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Nexus</b> by Thomas Parrott<br /><b>Kraken</b> by Chris Wraight<br /><b>Redeemer</b> by Guy Haley<br /><b>The Test of Faith</b> by Thomas Parrott<br /><b>The Darkling Hours</b> by Rachel Harrison<br /><b>Lightning Run</b> by Peter McLean<br /><b>Missing in Action</b> by Dan Abnett<br /><b>The Crystal Cathedral</b> by Danie Ware<br /><b>To Speak as One</b> by Guy Haley<br /><b>Where Dere's Da Warp Dere's a Way</b> by Mike Brooks<br /><b>Redemption on Dal'yth</b> by Phil Kelly<br /><b>Void Crossed</b> by J C Stearns<br /><b>Light of a Crystal Sun</b> by Josh Reynolds<br /><b>War in the Museum</b> by Robert Rath<br /><b>Headhunter</b> by Steve Parker<br /><b>Duty Unto Death</b> by Marc Collins</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Narrated by Andrew Wincott, Richard Reed, Emma Gregory, John Banks & Toby Longworth</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">NB: running time for this antholgy is listed by Black Library as 8h-47m and by Audible as 18h-48m </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> * * * * *</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">These stories are particularly orientated towards an older child/young adult listener:</span><span></span></p><h1 class="bc-heading bc-color-base bc-size-large bc-text-bold">Descendants of the Fall: Publisher's Pack</h1><h1 class="bc-heading bc-color-base bc-size-large bc-text-bold"> </h1><h1 class="bc-heading bc-color-base bc-size-large bc-text-bold"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qK-CPRAudQg/X8zcgPx56HI/AAAAAAAAI3k/K-1I88m3BKk1GQJi8KsF40vc61_FyjRewCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/51PhF-BQVBL._SL500_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qK-CPRAudQg/X8zcgPx56HI/AAAAAAAAI3k/K-1I88m3BKk1GQJi8KsF40vc61_FyjRewCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/51PhF-BQVBL._SL500_.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br /></div></h1><p></p><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p><b>Contains books one and two of Descendants of the Fall: </b></p> <p><b><i>Warbringer</i></b>, Book 1<br /></p> <p>Centuries
ago, the world fell. From the ashes rose a terrible new species - the
Tangata. Now they wage war against the kingdoms of man. And humanity is
losing.</p> <p>Recruited straight from his academy, 20-year-old Lukys
hopes the frontier will make a soldier out of him. But Tangata are
massing in the South, and the allied armies are desperate. They will do
anything to halt the enemy advance - including sending untrained men and
women into battle. Determined to survive, Lukys seeks aid from the only
man who seems to care: Romaine, the last warrior of an extinct kingdom.</p> <p>Meanwhile,
the queen’s archivist leads an expedition deep beneath the earth. She
seeks to uncover the secrets of the Gods. Their magic has been lost to
the ages, yet artifacts remain, objects of power that could turn the
tide of the war. But salvation is not all that waits beneath the
surface. Something else slumbers in the darkness. Something old.
Something evil.</p> <p><b><i>Wrath of the Forgotten</i></b>, Book 2<br /></p> <p>A
war is brewing between the kingdoms of humanity. Bound and broken, Lukys
stumbles through the darkness. Whispers come from all around, the
voices of the Tangata, inhuman enemies of mankind. He should already be
dead. But the Tangata have a secret, one that might finally end 10 long
years of war. If only he could escape and bring word to his people. But
what chance does a failed soldier have against the terrifying powers of
the Tangata?</p> <p>Meanwhile, the queen’s archivist flees the wrath of
her former master. A foreign king offers asylum, but the man is an enemy
of her people. And his aid will cost far more than just her loyalty -
he seeks the magic of the Gods. With the hounds drawing close, Erika
must commit the ultimate betrayal to keep her freedom. Is she willing to
pay the price?</p></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"> </p></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"> Written by Aaron Hodges & Narrated by John Banks</p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span> Length: 16 hours - 14 minutes</span></span></span></p></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span> </span></span></span> <br /></p></span></span></div>
</div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> * * * * *</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Originally released as individual downloads, Heirs of Grimnir is now available as a CD collection:</span></p><h1>Heirs of Grimnir </h1>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>A Realmslayer audio drama</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">When
the Runefather of the Unbak lodge is killed, his Runesons set out to
find his killer and avenge him – with the throne going to he who wins
the day!</span></p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--iKAI8mR-wA/X8zatZyTEbI/AAAAAAAAI3Y/0rVjiSJsXrszsXPJ3Cj_KOBrbhbY3ruJACLcBGAsYHQ/s500/2020-11-06%2B23.39.28.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--iKAI8mR-wA/X8zatZyTEbI/AAAAAAAAI3Y/0rVjiSJsXrszsXPJ3Cj_KOBrbhbY3ruJACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/2020-11-06%2B23.39.28.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div id="product-info-extended-blurb">
<div class="short"><p><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">The mighty Unbak
lodge is beheaded. Runefather Aruk-Grimnir and his heir, Angruk, have
been assassinated in their hearth by a vile and mysterious foe. To
restore the honour of the Unbak and determine who will take up the
mantle of Grimnir, the fearsome Runesons declare that whoever can slay
the killer of their kin will be declared Runefather. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It is a perilous
task that will take the Fyreslayers into the heart of enemy lands,
battling the most ancient foes of the duardin: the accursed skaven and
fiendish grots. It is a deed no true son of Grimnir would turn from. Can
the Runesons restore the honour of their lodge, or will they fall
alongside their father and brother?</span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Performed by John Banks, Cliff
Chapman, Steve Conlin, Sean Connolly, and Stephen Perring</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Written by David Guymer and Produced by Matt Renshaw</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">Running time 1 hour and 12 minutes</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">* * * * * </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Last week's audiobook was completed on Thursday and I start work on the final book of 2020 tomorrow, so I fully intend to savour the rest of today's 'free' time. More soon, but for this update, that's...</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>...all for now; more just as soon as it happens!</b></i><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p></div>
</div>John Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347302612145370707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107469881831887507.post-2303254107363893742020-11-02T18:22:00.003+00:002020-11-02T18:29:25.807+00:00"No sun, dusk, no sun...<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> ...No sun, dusk, no sun. No sun, no morn, dusk, no sun, no moon. No sun, (the dawn) no morn, dusk, no sun, no moon. No proper time of day. No shade, (bees!) no shade, (bees!) no shade, (bees!) no shine, no birds (butterflies!) No shade, (bees!) no shade, (bees!) (butterflies!) no shade, (bees!) no shine, no birds ...</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">November."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">No idea? Listen to Opus 4 by Art of Noise; quite beautiful.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Based on Thomas Hood’s 1844 poem “November”, also titled “No!”, which is about how dreary London is in November.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm not sure that London is dreary in November, or the rest of Britain for that matter; it is what it is and at the moment, it's a bit of everything, sunshine, showers and windy weather. Just a regular autumn really and the Art of Noise track sprang to mind as I sat down to write this long overdure update and for the second time in succession, a posting that begins with a poem!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I can't believe it was September 5th when I last updated here; the time has gone by all too quickly. As I mentioned in that posting, I had been busy and was about to get a whole lot busier, which has proven to be the case; this last weekend was my first 'time-out' since the beginning of August, during which time, I've recorded seven full length audio books, two short stories as part of an anthology, an animation series, a corporate voice-over and a Games Workshop trailer, Direchasm, which appears above. Today marks the beginning of prep for the next audio book, though, as I've been absent from these pages for much too long, I decided to put prep on hold for a little while.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The week preceeding the September posting had me in a professional studio for the first time in many months; I was at Warhammer World to record the first of two releases to mention this month.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> Here are some details and some amazing artwork </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">for The Reverie, part of the Warhammer Horror range:<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Reverie </span><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">Three travellers are drawn to the Reverie, the
wound in the world of the Angels Resplendent. Knight, poet, scholar,
each will face their shadows amidst a deeper darkness.... </span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GuG6FwbIJaU/X6BIZIXgHQI/AAAAAAAAI18/ADX4vaZNRR05KV6ofX3RugHrXQzB7G-owCLcBGAsYHQ/s644/BLPROCESSED-TheReverie800x800.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="644" height="636" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GuG6FwbIJaU/X6BIZIXgHQI/AAAAAAAAI18/ADX4vaZNRR05KV6ofX3RugHrXQzB7G-owCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h636/BLPROCESSED-TheReverie800x800.webp" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>Exalting war and art in harmony, the
warrior-artisans of the Angels Resplendent have forged a radiant haven
amidst a blighted galaxy. But an ancient sin stains their honour – a
wound in their world that will never heal. Ignorant souls would call it a
forest, but those who watch over it know better.</p> <p>Nothing natural
grows in the Reverie’s snow-swept glades or wanders amongst the
unnatural things that do, save for the intruders who trespass on its
pain. Some seek revelation or redemption, others dream of winning a
place amongst the Resplendent, but all come because they must.</p> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;">Three
travellers are drawn into the conspiracy that wards the wound – a
knight haunted by his lost humanity, an aging poet who refuses to go
gently into the night and a scholar who yearns to redeem mankind. All
must face their shadows in the Reverie, but only one shall gaze upon its
heart, where a deeper darkness beats.</p></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"> Written by Peter Fehervari, Produced by Tara Rawson and Narrated by John Banks</p></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"> Length: 9 hours - 41 minutes </p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><p style="text-align: left;"> <span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> ©2020 Games Workshop Limited (P)2020 Games Workshop Limited</span></p></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">The second recent audiobook release is the first of a seven part series from Podium Audio, Path of The Ranger, aimed at the Young Adult market and this is the first of those stories; The Traitor's Son:</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></p></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> The Traitor's Son </span></span></p></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">A kingdom in danger, a great betrayal, a boy
seeking to redeem his father's honor. Will he succeed in exonerating him
and saving the realm from an enemy in the shadows before it’s too late?</span> </span></p></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FjVj0ceuajE/X6BLw-urogI/AAAAAAAAI2M/h9uEsP0Nh_40oWKzR8EHnFMlTnyFDjvMQCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/51%252BdMIsfFbL._SL500_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FjVj0ceuajE/X6BLw-urogI/AAAAAAAAI2M/h9uEsP0Nh_40oWKzR8EHnFMlTnyFDjvMQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/51%252BdMIsfFbL._SL500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> </span><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>Lasgol is the son of the traitor; the man who
betrayed the kingdom and tried to kill the king. At the age of 15, he
has endured a hard childhood. In his small village in the North, where
he’s cornered and hated, his only companions are the mountains and
ever-present snow. Yet he refuses to believe that his father is guilty,
even though the king himself was a witness to the betrayal.</p> <p>Lasgol
is determined to clear his father's name, and to do this, he has only
one option: attend the School of Rangers, a secret place where the
respected and feared defenders of the lands of the kingdom are trained
for four years. Going there is insane: Hate and death await him. But as
the son of a Ranger, he's entitled to attend.</p> <p>At the Camp he will
find himself involved in political intrigues, disloyalties, and fights.
He will encounter hatred and fearsome enemies, but also a handful of
friends; other novices who are out of place like himself, determined to
do whatever is necessary to make it through the first year alive.</p><p> </p></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p style="text-align: left;"> Written by Pedro Urvi, Produced by Emily Derr and Narrated by John Banks </p><p style="text-align: left;"> Length: 11 hours - 59 minutes</p></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span>
<p></p></span></span><p></p><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"> <span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">©2020 Pedro Urvi (P)2020 Podium Audio</span>
</div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And that just about wraps up today's update; there's still a great deal to do before the end of the year and lots still to be released, so I hope you'll come back to visit again soon!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> ...all for now; more just a soon as it happens!</b></span></i><br /></p>John Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347302612145370707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107469881831887507.post-1109636861477749702020-09-05T11:39:00.013+00:002020-09-12T10:57:39.119+00:00...to autumn<p> </p><div style="padding-left: 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em;"><h3><span style="font-size: medium;">Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, </span></h3></div><div style="padding-left: 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em;"><h3><span style="font-size: medium;"> Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; </span></h3></div><div style="padding-left: 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em;"><h3><span style="font-size: medium;"><span aria-describedby="annotation-1-text" class="annotation" id="annotation-1" tabindex="0">Conspiring</span> with him how to load and bless </span></h3></div><div style="padding-left: 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em;"><h3><span style="font-size: medium;"> With fruit the vines that round the <span aria-describedby="annotation-2-text" class="annotation" id="annotation-2" tabindex="0">thatch-eves</span> run; </span></h3></div><div style="padding-left: 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em;"><h3><span style="font-size: medium;">To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees, </span></h3></div><div style="padding-left: 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em;"><h3><span style="font-size: medium;"> And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; </span></h3></div><div style="padding-left: 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em;"><h3><span style="font-size: medium;"> To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells </span></h3></div><div style="padding-left: 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em;"><h3><span style="font-size: medium;"> With a sweet kernel; to set budding more, </span></h3></div><div style="padding-left: 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em;"><h3><span style="font-size: medium;">And still more, later flowers for the bees, </span></h3></div><div style="padding-left: 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em;"><h3><span style="font-size: medium;">Until they think warm days will never cease, </span></h3></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> For summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells. </span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> John Keats </span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">You know, I have read these lines so many times, yet I've just noticed, that the whole stanza is a single sentence. I love this poem, 'To Autumn' by Keats; but you knew that.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Autumn is my favourite time of year; late summer has always felt like the end or culmination of the year and autumn, the beginning of a new cycle and a new year. For some reason, at this time of year, I've always experienced a sense of excitement about the future and it's endless possibilities. Perhaps as a consequence of our worldwide collective fate this year, my sense of change and renewal is even stronger and I look forward to what's to come with great enthusiasm and optimism. I'm already aware, that professionally at least, renewal is well under way.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Allow me to elucidate. Regular dippers into this blog, will know that gaps and delays in updating, usually correspond to periods of activity, rather than the opposite and that is certainly true of current circumstances.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">As this month of September began, I found myself working on three concurrent series of audio book recordings, along with various other 'one-off' projects, to keep things lively and interesting. Less than a week old and September has offered up another audio book series and a further variety of 'one-offs', which will keep me very fully occupied, potentially for several months, if not several years to come; 'mellow fruitfulness' indeed! </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Because of the pandemic and lockdown, there is inevitably a bit of a gap in terms of output and so, this month, I have nothing to talk about in terms of new releases, though, be assured, things are getting busier now that lockdown is easing. In addition to home recordings, I've just spent the last week in a professional studio, recording a new audio book; the first time working away from home since February! And there's more to come very soon. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">A couple of years ago, as mentioned in these pages at the time (still here if you scroll down and go to 'older posts') I found myself working 'at capacity', </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">as I described it,</span></span></span> on a series of books by Dorothy Dunnett, 'The House of Niccolo'. In some ways, it was unhealthy to do so much in such a concentrated period of time; lack of sleep being a paramount concern, though the work itself benefitted I think, from being part of a seamless process. Despite the lack of rest and anything approaching a 'normal' life, my voice and performance levels were fully tuned up; in fact, for that fifteen week period of intense activity, there was never a time when I wasn't in work mode and I ended up recording something like 252 hours of narration, along with four audio drama productions.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Clearly, that level of output would eventually become impossible to sustain; book recording towards the end of the fifteen weeks, had become physically uncomfortable, as sitting for such extended periods of time, put bizarre stresses on my body. I promised myself that I would never repeat that level of work, though it's starting to look like the next several weeks will be just as intense. Just thinking about what has to be done between now and Christmas is almost too overwhelming to contemplate, so I'll have to mentally compartmentalise each project, so that I don't get ahead of myself. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I'm currently recording a book a week and the next one starts on Monday, so I have homework to do today and tomorrow. I've already done quite a bit of work on the text, so it ought to be just a case of reminding myself of the narrative and characters, rather than having to start from scratch.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I can't close a posting without adding an image and a bit of 'media'. The Drama Channel here in the UK, is currently broadcasting the entirety of 'Allo, 'Allo, a tv sit-com I worked on in the late '80's (!!!) and to coincide with the re-run, I was asked to record an interview podcast and if I can sort out the tec, it should appear via this link, </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://thecroftperrypodcast.podomatic.com">'Allo, 'Allo</a>, along with an image of me from the closing credits of a particular episode. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Apologies for posting a link rather than the podcast app; it's no longer possible to directly embed HTML code apparently!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I was 'John Readman' in those days, because another actor already had my name and Equity regulations prevented two actors having the same one; John Banks is my real name - but you knew that too.</span></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3bMVARMUASk/X1N17CEHKrI/AAAAAAAAI1A/Au1jVRWY1B0w6b9_G6AZ7JWWNLgKdH64ACLcBGAsYHQ/s316/z9z_15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="236" data-original-width="316" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3bMVARMUASk/X1N17CEHKrI/AAAAAAAAI1A/Au1jVRWY1B0w6b9_G6AZ7JWWNLgKdH64ACLcBGAsYHQ/s0/z9z_15.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Thanks as always for stopping by, that's...</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><i>...all for now; more just as soon as it happens! </i></b><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><br /></div></div>John Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347302612145370707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107469881831887507.post-71106945562737308312020-08-03T11:23:00.002+00:002020-08-03T14:41:12.362+00:00War of Secrets<div>Good morning and welcome to today's update! I'm pleased to announce the release, on August 1st, of War of Secrets, details of which, appear below. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9H8TE4Ewjp0/Xyft2T6yMxI/AAAAAAAAIzY/MPCiQaVzCB8M_j1lJN42WvZpnM2gmxVFACLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/BLPhilKelly-June20-Header9vr.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9H8TE4Ewjp0/Xyft2T6yMxI/AAAAAAAAIzY/MPCiQaVzCB8M_j1lJN42WvZpnM2gmxVFACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/BLPhilKelly-June20-Header9vr.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>As regular readers of these pages will know, for the last several weeks, I've been putting together a 'home studio' so that I can record books and drama to professional standards from home, as the lockdown here in the UK means that many independent professional studios are still being 'lightly' used, if at all. The situation I currently find myself in, with regard to maintaining a viable career, suggests to me, that recording from home, which has long been the case in the USA, will now become the 'new norm' here too.</div><div><br /></div><div>Before the home studio was fully up and running, I did manage to rig up a temporary work space in which I recorded a few auditions and some voice-overs. Over the last couple of weeks in the new studio, I've recorded a full cast and fully interactive audio drama, two short audio books and War of Secrets, a 'standard' length book, which, as you can imagine, is very pleasing. Here's what it's all about:</div><div><br /></div><div><h2 style="text-align: left;">War of Secrets</h2><div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small">
<span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>A Space Marine Conquests novel</p> <p>Supporting
the Dark Angels as they battle trauma-scarred T'au, Lieutenant Farren
and his Primaris Marines discover their allies have many secrets they'll
do anything to conceal....</p></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KPIuFlsvwuk/Xyfugh2GmSI/AAAAAAAAIzk/ioyNGZOKiH4fGNUMvy9kXSf5WzSyZ0ukwCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/2020-07-18%2B13.45.57.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="625" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KPIuFlsvwuk/Xyfugh2GmSI/AAAAAAAAIzk/ioyNGZOKiH4fGNUMvy9kXSf5WzSyZ0ukwCLcBGAsYHQ/w625-h625/2020-07-18%2B13.45.57.jpg" width="625" /></a></div><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"> </span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><br /> <p>The
story: Lieutenant Xedro Farren is a Primaris Marine, stronger and more
adept than even the Space Marines his brotherhood is sent to fight
alongside. As the Dark Angels and the Primaris Marines fight a
trauma-scarred force of T’au hellbent on destroying their former allies,
the true quarry becomes clear - the shadowy instigator of a psychic
curse that could plunge a string of Imperial planets into madness.</p><p> As
worlds burn in the fires of battle, an unthinkable pact is struck, with
the Primaris Marines peeling back layer after layer of deceit to find
the appalling truth. Can Farren hope to emerge from this web of lies
without losing his honour - or come to that, his life?</p><p><br /></p></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p><b>Written by Phil Kelly, audio book Produced by Matthew Renshaw & Narrated by John Banks</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Length: 9 hours - 48 minutes</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lDcBTyAQf4Q/XyfvXpXCI5I/AAAAAAAAIz0/cXmWOgTDoPsaZWwSIfNAFCDSIYtJ66BZQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1707/c6712d30dab2f3fb79be671461284cd1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1707" data-original-width="1280" height="800" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lDcBTyAQf4Q/XyfvXpXCI5I/AAAAAAAAIz0/cXmWOgTDoPsaZWwSIfNAFCDSIYtJ66BZQCLcBGAsYHQ/w600-h800/c6712d30dab2f3fb79be671461284cd1.jpg" width="600" /><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lDcBTyAQf4Q/XyfvXpXCI5I/AAAAAAAAIz0/cXmWOgTDoPsaZWwSIfNAFCDSIYtJ66BZQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1707/c6712d30dab2f3fb79be671461284cd1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div></span><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></div><br /><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></div>
</div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">©2020 Games Workshop Limited (P)2020 Games Workshop Limited</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">* * * * *<br /></span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>Over the next few weeks and months, as mentioned in previous posts here, the 'home studio' and it's human occupant, are about to embark on a very busy period of recording, involving two new audio book series and the continuation of a third, along with, hopefully, a few welcome 'extras' thrown into the mix. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Like any project I've ever undertaken, the prospect is both thrilling and terrifying in equal measure. So far, I haven't put a foot into the perfect and unbroken snow of anticipation; as soon as I utter the first syllable of text, the 'perfection' will be lost and the process of compromise will begin. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>'Twas ever thus!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p><b><i>...all for now; more just as soon as it happens!</i></b></p><div><br /></div></div>John Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347302612145370707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107469881831887507.post-12385567406793812612020-07-13T17:07:00.007+00:002020-07-15T18:17:51.514+00:00Missy: Series 2<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Good afternoon and welcome to today's update, which features a couple of interesting audio releases. The first production to mention, is the second series of 'Missy', a Doctor Who/Big Finish spin-off series, which many readers of these pages may already be aware of.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As previously mentioned, I'd had a bit of a gap with Big Finish audio dramas and Missy was the first recording I'd made with them for quite some time. My contribution to this box-set of stories, The Lumiat, was recorded on 17th June 2019 and <span style="font-family: inherit;">the last thing I'd recorded </span>before that, <span style="font-family: inherit;">Sherlock Holmes: The Master of Blackstone Grange, was on 27th September 2017; which also happened to be the 100th Big Finish story I'd done with Ken Bentley as director.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It probably goes without saying, that I'm pleased indeed to be working with Big Finish again and I'm looking forward to whatever else might come my way with them in future. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And so, on to details of what Missy Series 2 is all about:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Missy</span></h3><div><p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="455" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/USydbqy27i0" width="720"></iframe> <br /></p><p>Missy… alone, unleashed and unfettered. What does she get up to when the Doctor isn’t around?</p>
<p>Now she has what she wants, Missy needs someone to show off to. But her temporal mischief attracts the wrong kind of attention.</p>
<p>Infuriating children, a vacationing Sontaran and her own worst
intentions will get in her way. And a Meddling Monk, out for revenge... <br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p><b>2.1 The Lumiat by Lisa McMullin</b></p>
<p>Missy is glorying in the chaos, hoping that a certain someone might turn up.</p>
<p>What she doesn’t expect is an entirely different do-gooder spoiling her plans and teaching her life lessons.</p>
<p>Because, whoever she is, the Lumiat knows far more about Missy than anyone should...</p>
<p><b>2.2 Brimstone and Terror by Roy Gill </b></p>
<p>Missy wants an army, a brigade of willing youngsters, trained to
serve. So she takes a teaching post at a remote Scottish boarding
school.</p>
<p>But one of these boys knows Missy of old. And when Oliver Davis
summons his sister for help, Lucy brings an ally from London. One Mr
Strax...</p>
<p><b>2.3 Treason and Plot by Gemma Arrowsmith </b></p>
<p>The Gunpowder Plot. It’s a favourite of time travellers. If Missy’s
going to hitch a ride, that’s the place to cause trouble. Especially if
trouble makes a really big bang.</p>
<p>The only person in her way, trying to keep history on track, is a rookie Time Agent. But Rita Cooper wanted excitement...</p>
<p><b>2.4 Too Many Masters by John Dorney</b></p>
<p>The Monk has captured Missy. And he will have his revenge...</p>
<p>But the Ogrons are also looking to settle an old debt. And when they
call it in, they find themselves with too many Time Lords on their
hands.</p>
<p>The Master owes them big – and the Ogrons know who the Master is. Don’t they?</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H3HlW_Q39Aw/XwyKio5waxI/AAAAAAAAIyg/jNh8IW6GXVgjPZb9vdMPFuiuMu01OvGJgCLcBGAsYHQ/s600/large.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="625" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H3HlW_Q39Aw/XwyKio5waxI/AAAAAAAAIyg/jNh8IW6GXVgjPZb9vdMPFuiuMu01OvGJgCLcBGAsYHQ/w625-h625/large.jpg" width="625" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="tab-content active" id="tab5"><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">
<span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"></span></span><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Michelle Gomez (Missy)</span></span><br /><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aQbGAqpbo2s/XwyLAjRga9I/AAAAAAAAIyo/_pbs6nWpjBI43oK2HYOMTyQRHkEMKNRyQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/dbs2q7p-dc91c6d8-6ccf-4031-8a1d-8320c6c5bf9a.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1449" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aQbGAqpbo2s/XwyLAjRga9I/AAAAAAAAIyo/_pbs6nWpjBI43oK2HYOMTyQRHkEMKNRyQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/dbs2q7p-dc91c6d8-6ccf-4031-8a1d-8320c6c5bf9a.jpg" /></a></div></span></span><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> Rufus Hound (The Meddling Monk)</span></span><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"></span></span><br /><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Gina McKee (The Lumiat)<br /> Dan Starkey (Strax)<br /> Ajjaz Awad (Lydia)<br /> John Banks (Radolf / Lieutenant Grappa / Feyza) <br /> Oliver Clement (Oliver Davis)<br /> Ben Fox (Robert Catesby)<br /> Helen Goldwyn (Empress Maule)<br /> Christopher Hatherall (Guy Fawkes)<br /> Alex Hope (Lawrence McAllister)<br /> Matthew Jacobs-Morgan (Bertram / Manilaius)<br /> Bonnie Kingston (Lucy Davis)<br /> Glen McCready (Burnsbright / Librarian / Ogron 2)<br /> Cameron Percival (Rowan Fairley)<br /> Philip Pope (Rita’s Boss / William / Baron Worthing)<br /> Dan Starkey (Strax / Mr Strackie / Mr Cosmo)<br /> Ony Uhiara (Rita Cooper)<br /> Eve Webster (Keeza / Captain Rosecco / Han)<br /> Robert Whitelock (Grolk / Ogrons / Servant)</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"></span></span></div><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"></span></span></div><div class="tab-content active"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></div><div class="tab-content active"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></div><div class="tab-content active"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Directed by Samuel Clemens & Ken Bentley</span></span></div><div class="tab-content active"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></div><div class="tab-content active"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Produced by David Richardson</span></span></div><div class="tab-content active"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></div><div class="tab-content active"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></div><div class="tab-content active">Length: 306 minutes on 4 discs<br /><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"></span></span></div><div class="tab-content active"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></div><div class="tab-content active" style="text-align: left;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></div><div class="tab-content active" style="text-align: left;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Just before moving on from this update to the next, I just want to mention what a delight it was to meet and work with Gina McKee. The recording schedule meant that we ended up spending a fair bit of time together in the green room and we chatted along like old pals, even though we'd never met before. That in itself, is not especially unusual amongst actors; we're often thrown together, however briefly, and have to be able to 'hang out' and generally enjoy each other's company fairly instantaneously. I particularly enjoyed 'hanging out' with and talking to Gina, especially as we evidently have so much in common! But maybe </span></span><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">that's</span></span> a story for another day...</span></span></div><div class="tab-content active" style="text-align: left;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></div><div class="tab-content active" style="text-align: left;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></div><div class="tab-content active" style="text-align: center;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">* * * * *</span></span></div><div class="tab-content active" style="text-align: center;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></div><div class="tab-content active" style="text-align: center;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></div><div class="tab-content active" style="text-align: left;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">The second release in today's update, is an anthology of stories written by my friend, Neil Gardner, with whom I've worked on a great many audio books. This story, The Sound Within, was recorded some time ago and was something I did at the end of a regular working day; I seem to remember recording it in one take, though my memory might be playing tricks on me!</span></span></div><div class="tab-content active" style="text-align: left;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></div><div class="tab-content active" style="text-align: left;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Here are some details:</span></span></div><div class="tab-content active" style="text-align: left;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></div><div class="tab-content active" style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">The Sound Within</span></span></h3><div><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>Brought together for the first time as a
complete collection, you will find here 16 short audio stories written
by award-winning audio writer/producer/director Neil Gardner. </p>
<p>These 16 short tales delve into realms of existential investigation,
from dark horror and science fiction futures to fantastical flights of
scientific wonder. Each story is a self-contained world of its own, a
moment in time that illuminates a thought, a person, an experience or a
curiosity. <br /></p><p><br /></p></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GsBzlGwPvJs/XwyPQgyt0-I/AAAAAAAAIy0/aIzUiEuUyTU-z5t9_ul57SXmrqg9DNwLQCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/51s%252B15U2XNL._SL500_.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GsBzlGwPvJs/XwyPQgyt0-I/AAAAAAAAIy0/aIzUiEuUyTU-z5t9_ul57SXmrqg9DNwLQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/51s%252B15U2XNL._SL500_.jpg" /></a></div></span><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">'The Sound Within' – John Banks<br />'Saya’s Last Gasp – Louise Jameson <br />'Focal Point' – Geoffrey Beevers <br />'Inside the Machine' – Nicola Bryant <br />'The Embrace' – Christopher Ragland<br />'Outside Looking In' – Anneke Wills <br />'Day One' – Peter Noble <br />'Twin Points' – Michael Fenton Stevens <br />'Saya’s First Giant Step' – Louise Jameson <br />'Extermin8' – Terry Molloy <br />'The Waiting Room' – Toby Longworth <br />'Wrist Watch' – Nicola Bryant <br />'Truncated' – Christopher Ragland<br />'New Born' – Billie Fulford Brown <br />'Space Hopper' – Dan Starkey <br />'The Last of the Tea Ladies' – Louise Jameson <br /><br />Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></div><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></div><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>Narrated by a who’s-who of legendary TV and audio performers, many from the world of <i>Doctor Who</i> (where Neil is a leading audio producer) and underscored by beautiful and evocative incidental music. </p>
<p>These are short stories written specifically to be performed in
audio. We hope you enjoy the ride...and the journeys of thought you are
taken on.</p></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>* * * * *</p></span><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>And so, to round up for today; there's just time to mention that the new 'home studio' is near to completion and has already been used on several productions, including a full length audio book and a multi-character audio drama, which is both gratifying and a great relief! <br /></p><p>In a few weeks time, I'll begin the 'home recording' of three different series of audio books, projects which carry on into late spring 2021. It's quite a daunting prospect, as I'm sure you can imagine, though after a long period of enforced inactivity during lockdown, I consider myself fortunate indeed to be working again. The technical learning curve is looking pretty vertical at the moment and as ever, I just hope I don't screw it all up!</p><p>And on that note, that's...<br /></p></span><br /><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></div><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></div><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span><h3><i><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>...all for now; more just as soon as it happens!</p></span></i></h3><h4><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></h4><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></div><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></div></div></div><div class="tab-content active" style="text-align: left;"><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></div></div>John Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347302612145370707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107469881831887507.post-68578993799268445432020-06-21T17:10:00.006+00:002020-06-21T17:19:48.131+00:00Fabius Bile: Manflayer<div style="text-align: left;"><p><font size="3"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Good afternoon and welcome! Following fairly hot on the heels of the earlier June release of MW Craven's 'The Curator', is the latest audio book from The Black Library, which I had the pleasure of recording with producer Tara Rawson, a couple of weeks before lockdown. I had previously worked with Tara on the short audio drama, The Revelation of The Word, a sample of which appears above, and we had great fun together in the studio, recording a third Fabius Bile story, whom I have to admit, is one of my very favourite Balck Library characters.</span></font></p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p><font size="3"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So without further prevarication, here are some details of the third of my Fabius Bile projects:</span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></font></p></div><div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p><font size="5">Fabius Bile Manflayer</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>As</b> his Homo Novus project comes to fruition,
Fabius Bile faces a new threat - the dreaded haemonculi of the Thirteen
Scars. Can he marshal his forces to protect his creations, or are the
New Men doomed to death? </font></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gf-ZFiWLHYQ/Xu-P9a1eXuI/AAAAAAAAIxo/_jwgcJgSEB8ks9-lwkfyhHOTwdGb8SQRwCK4BGAsYHg/s500/517-ZxvDs7L._SL500_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="625" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gf-ZFiWLHYQ/Xu-P9a1eXuI/AAAAAAAAIxo/_jwgcJgSEB8ks9-lwkfyhHOTwdGb8SQRwCK4BGAsYHg/w625-h625/517-ZxvDs7L._SL500_.jpg" width="625" /></a></div></span><font size="3"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p><b>In </b>the centuries since his return from Commorragh,
Fabius Bile has distanced himself from the affairs of friend and foe,
content only to oversee the cruel evolution of his New Men. But when his
creations are threatened by the monstrous haemonculi of the Thirteen
Scars, the Manflayer is forced to seek out new allies and old enemies
alike in an effort to preserve all that he has built. Homo Novus must
survive...even if Fabius Bile must die to ensure it. <br /></p><p> </p></span><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">
</span></font><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p><b>Written by Josh Reynolds, Produced by Tara Rawson & Narrated by John Banks</b></p><p>Audio book length: 13 hours - 40 minutes<br /></p><p><br /></p></span></font></div><font size="3">
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<font size="3"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">©2020 Games Workshop Limited (P)2020 Games Workshop Limited</span></font></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><br /></span></font></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">* * * * *</span></font></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><br /></span></font></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><font size="3"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">I'm very pleased to see that both Manflayer and Emperor's Legion currently appear in the Audible Top 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy audio book chart at #30 and #75 respectively. If you'd like to hear audio samples from these books and a number of other projects I've been involved with, here's a link to my audible web pages: <a href="https://www.audible.co.uk/search?ref=a_search_c1_sort_1&pf_rd_p=56a637ed-6f1b-4758-8d02-5bcd48128c1f&pf_rd_r=S752KZ0P3MK4WCWFVTRW&keywords=john+banks&sort=pubdate-desc-rank" target="_blank">John Banks at Audible</a><br /></span></font></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><font size="3"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><br /></span></font></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><font size="3"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">Many thanks for stopping by; there's much more to come in the next few weeks and months, especially as the audio industry gradually eases out of full lockdown - I'll keep you posted! Otherwise, that's...</span></font></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><br /></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><br /></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><i><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">...all for now: more just as soon as it happens!</span></i></font></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><br /></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><br /></span>
</div></div>John Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347302612145370707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107469881831887507.post-28900778857327194002020-06-19T13:38:00.006+00:002020-06-19T16:58:13.612+00:00The Curator<div>Good afternoon dear, patient reader and welcome to the first posting since the beginning of May! Apologies once again for such a gap, though you may be pleased to know that not a moment of the interim has been wasted. Let me explain a little.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Covid-19 lockdown has been in force here in the UK since March and as a consequence, many industries and organisations, including my own, have closed down. I've mentioned here previously, that I've been thinking of how I could possibly work from home and to cut a long story short, after much thought and a fair chunk of my financial reserves, I now have a professionally built and equipped recording studio from which I can work. Making this happen and bringing together all the necessary resources during lockdown, has not been especially easy, though once the decision had been made, I tried to move as quickly as possible. Just in the nick of time, the studio was ready; there are still a few additions and alterations to make in order to be more comfortable for long recording sessions - I certainly need a more forgiving chair than I currently have - but I'm delighted to say, that construction was completed last Thursday and on Friday morning, I started to record an audio book, details to follow. This week, I continued to record the book, which wrapped up yesterday and on Wednesday, managed to squeeze in an audio drama, again, details to follow. So I think it can reasonably be said, that the new home studio is off to a flying start!</div><div><br /></div><div>In all the activity of building a studio and prepping a book, a drama and some Games Workshop voice over narration (see animation above), I haven't yet been able to post news of this month's audio book release, which is 'The Curator' by MW Craven, the third of his 'Washington Poe' series, which I am delighted to have been asked to narrate. Here are some details:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><font size="5">The Curator</font></div><div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>"It's Christmas, and a serial killer is
leaving displayed body parts all over Cumbria.</p><p> A strange message is left
at each scene: #BSC6.</p></span></div><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p><br /></p></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8k5pZwE8Wt4/Xuy364gGYYI/AAAAAAAAIwY/iuMwp-AxrAoIpuqIRQj6eh3S8LnW58zAwCK4BGAsYHg/s318/53200382._SX318_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="318" height="623" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8k5pZwE8Wt4/Xuy364gGYYI/AAAAAAAAIwY/iuMwp-AxrAoIpuqIRQj6eh3S8LnW58zAwCK4BGAsYHg/w623-h623/53200382._SX318_.jpg" width="623" /></a></div></span><br /><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></div><br /><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></div><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">
<p>Called in to investigate, the National Crime Agency's Washington Poe
and Tilly Bradshaw are faced with a case that makes no sense. Why were
some victims anaesthetised, while others died in appalling agony? Why is
their only suspect denying what they can irrefutably prove but
admitting to things they weren't even aware of? And why did the victims
all take the same two weeks off work three years earlier?</p>
<p>And when a disgraced FBI Agent gets in touch, things take an even
darker turn. Because she doesn't think Poe is dealing with a serial
killer at all; she thinks he's dealing with someone far, far worse - a
man who calls himself the Curator.</p>
<p>And nothing will ever be the same again...."</p><p><br /></p></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><p>Produced by Neil Gardner & Narrated by John Banks</p><p>Length: 9 hours - 23 minutes<br /></p></span><br /><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></div><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></div><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span>
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<span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">©2020 M. W. Craven (P)2020 Hachette Audio UK</span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><br /></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: left;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"><br /></span></div><div class="bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-small" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">As the audiobook was released a couple of weeks ago, on 4th June, there are reviews available, something I'm never usually in a position to include. So here are a few that say very complimentary things (!):</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span class="bc-text bc-color-secondary"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="bc-row-responsive bc-spacing-top-medium bc-spacing-medium" id="">
<h4 class="bc-heading bc-color-base bc-pub-break-word bc-spacing-base bc-size-medium bc-text-bold bc-text-quote">
Excellent as always
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I normally like to go short and to the point with reviews.
But honestly how can I make you understand how insanely good the Poe and
Tilly saga is. It could be if well done one of the best series on tv
ever in my opinion. Why no one isn't snapping this up, it blows my mind.
The characters are thought of so well, the stories are just amazing. I
will need to stop raving on, no surprise that Mr Craven gets another 5
shiny stars from me. He again had me on all hook and tenders, I applaud
you sir 👏👏<br />ps the narration is as always the best ! <br /></p><span></span><div class="bc-row-responsive bc-spacing-top-small" id="">
<h4 class="bc-heading bc-color-base bc-pub-break-word bc-spacing-base bc-size-medium bc-text-bold bc-text-quote">
Absolutely brilliant
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<p class="bc-text bc-spacing-small bc-spacing-top-none bc-color-secondary" style="text-align: left;">
John Banks' narration is excellent, he really brings the book to life. <br /></p><p class="bc-text bc-spacing-small bc-spacing-top-none bc-color-secondary" style="text-align: left;">Poe & Tilly are back, and the wait has definitely been worth it.
Tilly’s character is maturing whilst her adorable traits still remain,
along with Poe’s dogged determination they make a brilliant team.
Craven takes you on a twist and turn journey to find The Curator. It is
fast paced, enthralling and unlike most crime novels the ending is
completely unpredictable.</p><p class="bc-text bc-spacing-small bc-spacing-top-none bc-color-secondary" style="text-align: left;">A definite must listen.
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<h4 class="bc-heading bc-color-base bc-pub-break-word bc-spacing-base bc-size-medium bc-text-bold bc-text-quote">
Fantastic!
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It is a must to have experienced in the earlier stories to
be able to fully appreciate this one. Great storyline and
characterisation. A job exceptionally well done! <br /></p><p class="bc-text bc-spacing-small bc-spacing-top-none bc-color-secondary"><br /></p>
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<h4 class="bc-heading bc-color-base bc-pub-break-word bc-spacing-base bc-size-medium bc-text-bold bc-text-quote">
Absolutely bloody brilliant
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I was not sure what to expect from a third Washington Poe
entry, often third books can be lacklustre but OH BOY, this one is quite
the opposite. I was sucked in and full on glued to my earbuds the
entire time.
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<br />I don't know where to begin with an attempt to describe this story,
it's too bizarre to describe rationally, up, down sideways, whichever
ways, this is a roller coaster way beyond any I've ridden before.
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<br />Buy it, listen now, you will love it (unless you have a delicate sensibilities as this is far from cozy) .
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<br />Johns Banks is absolutely the perfect narrator for this book, in
fact I wish he could record new versions of all the books I've ever
listened to. </p><p class="bc-text bc-spacing-small bc-spacing-top-none bc-color-secondary"><br /></p>
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<h4 class="bc-heading bc-color-base bc-pub-break-word bc-spacing-base bc-size-medium bc-text-bold bc-text-quote">
Amazing
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wonderful twist and turns, on the edge of your seat plot and the funniest humour!
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Victorian London harbours many secrets: alien visitors, strange phenomena and unearthly powers.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">But a trio of investigators stands ready to delve into such
mysteries: the Great Detective, Madame Vastra, her resourceful spouse,
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</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Great Detective’s latest case takes Vastra and friends to the
Jurassic coast. A local landowner has vanished. The only clue – the
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</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sontar has turned its attention to Earth as Requisitioner Skark looks
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4 Disc box set - length: 238 minutes </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is my first Big Finish release since 'Sherlock Holmes: The Master of Blackstone Grange" in March 2018, so after what can only be described as 'a bit of a break', I hope you enjoy these fabulous adventures, which I very much look forward to listening to myself.</span><br />
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The Tower of Babel is the greatest marvel in the world. Immense as a
mountain, the ancient Tower holds unnumbered ringdoms, warring and
peaceful, stacked one on the other like the layers of a cake. It is a
world of geniuses and tyrants, of luxury and menace, of unusual animals
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