Lindsey Priestley

A mixed bag. Now theoretically I have read this before but most of the stories here I couldn't remember! Blood Games is a good story, it looks at bits of the Imperium we don't ususally see and is fine worldbuilding. Wolf At The Door is pretty decent, but doesn't really make sense. Scions of the Storm doesn't make a lot of sense either but is also decent. The Voice is James Swallow doing things to Sisters of Silence that don't make sense and manages to be a boring horror story. I have another of his books in my immenant To Read pile and this makes me dread it a bit. Call of the Lion fits nicely into the over-arching Gav Thorpe Dark Angels storyline that I've been reading and has all usual GT faults but is still satisfying. The Last Church is a horrible story, badly written and containing every bad cliche of writing about religion going. It gives theological debate a bad name. Graham McNeill should be ashamed of himself. Finally After Deshea is pretty good but leaves a lot of unanswered questions.… (more)

This was a hard slog. The Skull Harvest was well-paced, stupid nonsense with poor characterisation but lots of blood. Gauntlet Run was dull. Renegades was crap. Honour Among Fiends wasn't bad. Fires of War was unreadable. The Labyrinth was kind of ok but seems to exist in a different IP. Headhunted wasn't bad but needed an editorial polish. And They Shall Know No Fear was crap too. Nightfall was pretty good actually. One Hate was crap as well, a rare wet fart from ADB. In general I would say avoid this collection.… (more)