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The Embrace of Pain
- Warhammer 40,000
- Narrated by: John Banks, Antonia Beamish, Robin Bowerman, Steve Conlin, Luis Soto
- Length: 27 mins
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- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction
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- D M
- 29-12-19
short but sweet
A nice short listen.Got the book on sale so at Christmas well worth it
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- John
- 27-05-18
Lucius the Eternal
Nice short story well performed, i have listened to a few times still really enjoy.
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- Steve Ray
- 06-07-20
A solid short duel between Chaos factions.
Check out Lords of Silence and Fabius Bile: Primogenitor for more nuanced explorations of Nurgle and Slaanesh.
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- Shoeman79
- 02-12-21
good short story
this is a good short story. listened to it in the car. not to deep and interesting and good for a quick 40k fix
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- Lance Campbell
- 26-11-21
Short story
I get it it’s LITERALLY a short story, but over very quick. Performance was great though.
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- P.12W
- 30-07-20
Good short story / minor nit picks
Enjoyed the story and energy the narrator put forth but the background effects at times were too in the face at times washing over the narrator and taking me out of the experience. Overall not terrible for what was spent.
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- Sam Breitenbauch
- 21-11-19
Need more Luscious
I want more. more lucioys content. Too short. But it was very much enjoyed by me.
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- Mark sisk
- 27-01-19
Gotta love it when Chaos fights itself.
This was a nice, well read, and straight forward story. i will be enjoying this with my children as a car ride story.
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- Operations Supply
- 15-12-17
great
needs to be longer loved the sfx and laughter overlays. next do a book about Mortarion