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Title: Thorn Wishes Talon

Subtitle: Warhammer 40,000

Author: Dan Abnett

Narrator: Gareth Armstrong, Lisa Coleman, Jane Colingwood, Rupert Degas, Jonathan Keeble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-16-17

Publisher: Black Library

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

On Malinter, the Divine Fratery, servants of the Runious Powers, do battle with Inquisitor Gideon Ravenor and his companions. But someone else is waiting in the shadows, someone that the Fratery want to see dead even more than they do Ravenor.

As daemonhosts battle in the skies and the air fills with gunfire and rain, Ravenor meets with an old friend, summoned by a simple message: Thorn Wishes Talon.

Members Reviews:

Perfect short story

I love this story, it is one of the best depictions of Ravenor and Eisenhorn's dynamic.

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Title: The Voice

Subtitle: The Horus Heresy

Author: James Swallow

Narrator: Emma Gregory

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 10-31-17

Publisher: Black Library

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The Black Ships are a mysterious and fearful sight - unmarked vessels that scour the distant reaches of the galaxy, ever watchful for latent psykers and witchbreeds for the monolithic Astra Telepathica.

When one such ship, the Validus, is found drifting unpowered in the nightmare realm of the warp, it falls to the Sisters of Silence to uncover the reason behind it. As pariahs capable of blocking even the most potent psychic energy, Amendera Kendel and young Leilani Mollitas ready themselves for the worst....

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Title: After Desh'ea

Subtitle: The Horus Heresy

Author: Matthew Farrer

Narrator: Toby Longworth

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-30-17

Publisher: Black Library

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

With the discovery of the lost primarch Angron came violence and confusion, and what should have been the defining moment of the War Hounds Legion instead became a humbling embarrassment.

As their senior officers fall one by one to the rage of the newly freed gladiator-king, it seems that they are doomed - perhaps their last chance for redemption comes in the form of the Eighth Captain, Khârn. Will this calm and level-headed warrior be able to lead his father into the Emperor's light, or will he join the rest of his Legion in death?

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Title: Scions of the Storm

Subtitle: The Horus Heresy

Author: Anthony Reynolds

Narrator: Gav Thorpe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-30-17

Publisher: Black Library

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Shortly after the shameful events of Monarchia, the Word Bearers Legion have begun to prosecute the Great Crusade with a previously unseen level of zealotry and aggression.

The world of Forty-Seven Sixteen falls into their sights, a world where the human populace worship graven idols in their heathen rights and yet plead to be integrated into the wider Imperium. Captain Sor Talgron of the 34th Company stands ready to serve his primarch - but does the Legion have more in common with the people of Forty-Seven Sixteen than they realise?

Members Reviews:

Pricey, but a great ending

I thought this was more than i wanted to pay for something just over an hour long, and the main battle portion was something that just didn't seem to hold my interest very well. Once it got to the end though, I LOVED the ending, and it really brought to light how the word bearers got where they are. Worth it.

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Title: Daemonology

Subtitle: The Horus Heresy

Author: Chris Wraight

Narrator: Toby Longworth

Format: Unabridged

Length: 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-30-17

Publisher: Black Library

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Chagrined by his defeat at the hands of Jaghatai Khan, Mortarion abandons the pursuit of the White Scars and instead leads the Death Guard in a spiteful, punitive rampage across the systems of the Prosperine empire.

World after world has fallen to this horrific onslaught, and yet the insular and secretive primarch seems preoccupied by some other unspoken goal. Finally, on Terathalion, the truth of Mortarion's sinister heritage will be exposed, and the future of the XIV Legion will be written....

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Title: Eye of Terra

Subtitle: The Horus Heresy, Book 35

Author: David Annandale, John French, Graham McNeill, Guy Haley, Gav Thorpe, Aaron Dembski-Bowden

Narrator: John Banks

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-18-17

Publisher: Black Library

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The galaxy burns at Horus' command, and a billion more lives are lost with each passing moment - though it was not always so. Once, the title of Warmaster stood for honour, loyalty and a fierce pride in the strength of the Space Marine Legions. But perhaps by following the myriad lines of destiny and defiance that were already woven around the primarchs and their sons, we may yet come to understand the bitterness that can eat away at even the most steadfast of souls....

Full list of authors includes Nick Kyme, Chris Wraight, Rob Sanders, Andy Smillie and Matthew Farrer.

Members Reviews:

Another (good) collection of fillers

This is another collection of sixteen short stories that take place mostly during the Horus Heresy, although some tale place a bit before. This is in particular the case of the first story (The Wolf of Ash and Fire) which sees the Emperor and Horus fighting side by side and storming one of the Orks Empireâs main planets with their respective guards. Once again, the stories are largely fillers that provide background or complement other HH or Warhammer 40k titles and there is no really weak story. Once again, different readers will prefer different sets of stories, and the length of these varies widely, from six pages of text (Sins of the Father about Sanguinius) to one hundred and thirteen pages (Aurelian).

Aurelian, by Aaron Demski-Bowden (ADB), is one of my favourites because it is shows how more assertive and self-assured the Primarch of the Word Bearers has become, to the extent that none of his brothers can intimidate him anymore while his own actions and the mastering of his talents earns him respect from some of the mightiest. âMassacreâ, by the same author, and while again dealing with the Isstvan V slaughter, tells the story from the Night Lordsâ side and features a younger Talos who is still an apothecary, with his squad mates, a certain Malcharion, who is yet a Night Lord captain, well before he becomes an entombed Dreadnought, and a certain Vanbred who is still a sergeant, well before he becomes the Exalted in ADBâs Night Lords trilogy.

âMaster of the Firstâ is also one my favourites for no other reason that it deals with events happening in Caliban, as Luther takes control of the planet and a certain Astelan who will become one of the main Fallen works hard to earn such a title. Then there are two stories featuring sergeant Thiel of the Ultramarines and which complement the latterâs fights and exploits on Calth displayed in the Honoured in particular.

Also part of the mix is a number of stories showing either the bonds of brotherhood that the brutal civil war would destroy, such as in âthe Brotherhood of the Moonâ between the Scars and the Luna Wolves, or the bitterness and relentlessness of the Iron Warriors (Iron Fire and Iron Corpses) and of the Imperial Fists (the Eagleâs Talon) in fighting the war to the finish.

All in all, another good collection of short stories even if, once again, these can be seen as fillers. Four strong stars.

A Collected Set of Fan Favorite Reprints

So, truth in lending ...

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Title: Summary, Analysis, and Review of Margaret Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale'

Author: Start Publishing Notes

Narrator: Michael Gilboe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-17-17

Publisher: Start Publishing Notes LLC

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Please Note: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and not the original book.

Summary, Analysis, and Review of Margaret Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' includes a summary of the book, review, analysis & key takeaways and detailed "About the Author" section.

Preview: In an alternative version of America, a neo-conservative, alt-right type terrorist group took over in a coup they shot the President, machine-gunned Congress, got the army to declare a state of emergency, instituted martial law, suspended the Constitution, and instilled a totalitarian theocracy. Although this group claimed their taking over was only temporary, America became the Republic of Gilead. And because they were able to blame a worldwide fertility crisis (in which babies had a one-in-four chance of being born with deformities that would make them unable to survive outside the womb), the Gileadean regime was able to reverse women's rights, claiming it had a solution to the crisis via a return to so-called traditional values. The Commanders of the regime restructured society and restricted women according to reproductive abilities, as well as class status, so that women were prohibited from reading, from holding property, from having jobs and from being independent.

Feminists and certain infertile women of low status were classified as "Unwomen," and some were sentenced to labor camps called the Colonies. Certain privileged women already married to the Commanders are the Wives, and wear blue. Less privileged women are assigned roles, according to their fertility those still able to bear children are designated as Handmaids and wear red, while those unable to bear children are designated as Marthas and wear green....

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Title: Mark of Calth

Subtitle: The Horus Heresy, Book 25

Author: Guy Haley, Graham McNeill, Anthony Reynolds, David Annandale, Rob Sanders, Aaron Dembski-Bowden, Dan Abnett

Narrator: Gareth Armstrong, Jonathan Keeble, David Timson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-10-17

Publisher: Black Library

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The Heresy came to Calth without warning. In just a few hours of betrayal and bloodshed, the proud warriors of the XIIIth Legion - Guilliman's own Ultramarines - were laid low by the treachery of their erstwhile brothers of the XVIIth.

Now, as the planet is scoured by solar flares from the wounded Veridian star, the survivors must take the fight to the remaining Word Bearers and their foul allies or face damnation in the gloomy arcology shelters beneath the planet's surface.

In the novella-length Calth That Was, Graham McNeill highlights the fateful encounter that will alter the destiny of Captain Ventanus and shape the face of the Ultramarines Chapter for 10,000 years to come. The battle for Calth is far from over.

Members Reviews:

Narrator matters

I have listened to quite a few different narrators now and believe me it really matters. Some of this book is superbly done. Other times when a different narrator is reading it is just ok.

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Title: Glassford Girl: Complete Series (Parts 1 Through 4)

Subtitle: Emily Heart Time Jumper Series

Author: Jay J. Falconer

Narrator: Gary Tiedemann

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-22-17

Publisher: Jay J. Falconer

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Fifteen-year-old Emily Heart is a genetic freak. But she wasn't born that way. Someone made her. Someone stole her life and erased everything she knew to be true. They gave her powers she's just beginning to understand, just beginning to harness. Now a social outcast and on the run from deadly gangs, relentless cops, and a determined reporter, Emily wants her life back. And she wants revenge.

Members Reviews:

`The beat of Derek's heart pounded at her chest as she slid down his body and plopped on the floor of the paddy wagon.'

Arizona author Jay J. Falconer not only writes novels, but also serves as a publisher, blogger, editor, engineer and Sci-Fi junkie! He is a retired college professor who now, in addition to writing his NARROWS OF TIME science fiction series, he has completed his THE EMILY HEART TIME JUMPER SERIES (consisting of GLASSFORD GIRL Part 1 and Part 2), he also edits and writes for Incursion Magazine. On his website he shares some personal thoughts about his work that are helpful in reading his books: `My writing style certainly doesn't appeal to everyone, especially those who prefer cookie-cutter science fiction that's been done to death. Those types of stories bore me and the Internet is littered with them. I shoot for something unpredictable, fun, and maybe a little shocking when I begin a new project. My goal is to entertain you at every level. To surprise you. To make you gasp out loud. To leave you wanting more from the characters and from the series. If that means that good characters have to die a horrible, twisted death, then so be it. My characters are flawed -- they drink -- they curse -- they ogle members of the opposite sex -- they make mistakes, then try to cover them up -- in other words, they're real people. My target reader is someone who appreciates an author who's willing to take chances and who never takes the easy way out with a scene. If you're looking for a great big bow on top of an ending that you can see coming from ten miles away, then maybe my books aren't for you. However, if you're craving something new and different that will shock and stimulate your senses, then reward yourself and give my stories a read.'

To briefly summarize, in Part 1, `Emily Heart was a brilliant high school student who had it all: a loving mother, fabulous friends, and a bright future. But then one night on the way to church, it was all ripped away from her when she was abducted and genetically altered against her will. Now she's living on the gang-infested streets of Phoenix as an orphan, struggling to control her genetically enhanced abilities while avoiding the evils of society that lurk around every corner. But her problems don't end there. She meets June: a fiery, twelve-year-old kleptomaniac from the homeless shelter, and Derek: a street-smart ruffian whose hypnotic eyes steal her heart. She knows she shouldn't get involved with them, but she can't stop herself. Soon, Emily's life spins out of control when a gang wants to kill her, cops want to arrest her, a reporter wants to expose her, a young man wants to love her, and her special powers threaten to consume her.' In Part 2, `How to be happy? Live on the street? Remain in present time? Emily Heart can't.

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Title: Path of Justice

Subtitle: Cadicle, Book 6

Author: Amy DuBoff

Narrator: Josh Bloomberg

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-17

Publisher: Podium Publishing

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Tararia's future is in peril....

In the years since the Bakzen War, Wil and Saera have raised a family on Earth outside the purview of the High Dynasties and Priesthood. Except, it's almost time for their teenage twins, Raena and Jason, to begin telekinesis training and they have no idea such abilities even exist. With the Bakzen threat eliminated, Wil hopes the TSS can offer them training without the need to commit to a lifetime of military service. Just as the twins come to understand the life on Tararia that was kept from them as children, the family discovers that there's always another layer of secrets guiding their lives.

Members Reviews:

These books are getting worse...

I'm hooked on the story, because of how Chris was introduced to the TSS and because of the concept of Will's theoretically unlimited power.

However, after this latest book - that seems like it was written just to fill a 20 yr gap in the story - I'm contemplating putting the series down. It has become predictable, absurd and more of a teen romance story than anything SciFi or even space opera.