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A Lesson in Darkness

By: Ian St Martin
Narrated by: John Banks, Beth Chalmers, Matthew Hunt, Jonathan Keeble, Toby Longworth
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Summary

Piamen is a tranquil world in the far reaches of the galaxy. Since throwing off the yoke of alien invaders, they have remained free and peaceful...until the coming of the Imperium. When they refuse to join mankind's star-spanning empire, a force of Legiones Astartes is despatched to bring the planet to compliance. And when the Night Lords come, darkness falls. Piamen will never be the same....

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Very good, but very dark

God this is dark... Listeners be warned! not safe for kids or those with sensitive dispositions!

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Short but sweet

For a 25 minute story it has a lot in it. Curze and his Night Lords forging a compliance is the usual unconventional ways. Voice acting for each character was grand and the effects just add that little extra level of gruesome to an already gruesome story. An iconic Night Lord's story told perfectly. Loved it.

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A short, brutal and bloody story of the VIIIth

This story is a wonderful insight into the extreme, terrifying compliance action of loyalist Night Lords duting the great crusade. It is not suitable for children or the faint hearted. Great performance and well worth half an hour of your time.

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Evil batman at his best

I do love the Nightlords and their Primarch. It just shows you what they can do in such a short space or time.

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Shallow in character but Deep in atmosphere

A weak Horus Heresy Primarchs short without much character depth. Nothing that wasn't told before far more effectively. That being said. the performance and atmosphere was top notch, making a burnable read into a passable audio experience!

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too short

wasn't expecting it to be so short.
thought it would have a few chapters more

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