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The Xenos Audio Collection

By: Guy Haley, Gav Thorpe, C L Werner, Andy Smillie, Rob Sanders
Narrated by: various
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Summary

A Warhammer 40,000 audio drama collection.

Mankind rightly rules the galaxy - but there are many aliens who would see that reign end, from the savage orks to the subtle aeldari....

Discover the ways in which many of the Imperium's alien enemies wage war across a collection of full-cast audio dramas that showcase the aeldari, the orks and the T'au Empire.

Many are the xenos foes who plague mankind's Imperium. Ancient races which once ruled the galaxy, such as the aeldari and necrons, lurk in the darkness, awaiting their chance to reclaim what was once theirs. Younger races like the upstart T'au Empire grow in power and influence, ever eager to topple humanity and take their place. And across the galaxy, the savage orks wage brutal war, fighting all in their path simply for the joy of battle. This audio drama anthology contains eight tales of the aeldari, the orks and the T'au Empire. From the adventures of a greenskin mekaniak and his madcap entourage to a journey into a shattered aeldari craftworld and a tale of a war-damaged t'au bent on revenge, each of these immersive audio dramas will give you new insights into the aliens of the 41st Millennium.

Contents:

'Prophets of Waaagh!' by Guy Haley

'Hand of Darkness' by Gav Thorpe

'Asurmen - The Darker Road' by Gav Thorpe

'Klaw of Mork' by Guy Haley

'The Iron Devil' by C L Werner

'The Kauyon' by Andy Smillie

'Howl of the Banshee' by Gav Thorpe

'The Path Forsaken' by Rob Sanders

Perfomed by Tom Alexander, Gareth Armstrong, Jonathan Keeble, Toby Longworth, Annemarie Gaillard, Sean Barrett, John Banks, Cliff Chapman, Ben Allen, Joe Absolom, Harriet Kershaw, Steve Conlin, Kris Milnes, Michael Fenner, Susie Riddell, Lucy Brown, Emma Gregory, Peter Noble, Luke Thompson, Caroline Sheen, Clare Corbett, Matthew Hunt, Penelope Rawlins, Martyn Eliis, Genevieve Swallow, Joe Shire, Paul Panting, David Seddon, Melvyn Rawlinson.

©2020 Games Workshop Limited (P)2020 Games Workshop Limited
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Great performances, stories just not for me.

The voice acting and sounds were great. I just struggled to enjoy the Eldar stories. the Orks were great though.

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Not as good as an audiobook

I am finding that the audio collections are not as good as audio books. There are plenty of sound effects and music throughout the stories and the voice actors are good, but my main issue. Is that when the story becomes fast paced with a lot of action, there is sometimes bits missing from the story to make it make sense. This is mainly caused due to a lack of narration. 

It is like listening to a film that has no picture. Part of the story are then missed, which would, in a normal audiobook, be completed by either narration or descriptive text that seems to be missing. 



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A few stories from (mostly) xenos perspective

I really enjoyed this collection. It covers Eldar, Orks, Tau, and a brief feature of Tyranids.
There is one story centred on imperial guard, but they're fighting an ork opponent. Good story, but one could have gone for a more xeno-focused story one for the xenos collection.
The ork stories are good destructive fun.
The eldar stories are tinged with poetry and loss.
The Tau story features excellent tactics, determination, and vengeance.

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Good but mainly eldar

Couple of really good stories but some were a bit of a drag. Ork stories are by far the highlight of the collection but mainly eldar doing eldar things.

-Ork first. really good story and very well made.
-Eldar second. Alright but nothing special.
-Eldar again. Little better.
-Ork mech boys. back to the orks really enjoyed.
-Imperial guard. not sure why this one is here on a xenos collection but is a very good story.
-Tua. Was nice to get something different. Good story, sound design and performance.
-Eldar again. Think I just don't enjoy eldar much but might be done to not knowing much about the lore round them.
-Eldar once again. Was a much better story then the other eldar stories. Really like the voice acting.

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Enjoyable collection of xenos stories

really enjoyed this collection of stories with all the different races involved if your looking a collection to spend your credit on I highly recommend this

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I only enjoyed a couple of the stories.

it's always a risk with short stories as you may enjoy one and want it to last only to be cut for another story which brings the book down.

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Very good especially the orc stories

Loved it from start to finish great performances and the orcs were superb for the emperor

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Book 1 is worth buying alone.

Book 1 performed from the orks perspective, perfect. Can't fault it hope we see more xenos books.

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brilliant starter book

nice short stories, well narrated. the Ork stories had me in stitches!!! I genuinely think we need more Ork stories with bozgit and talker 🤣🤣

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some good some bad

The ork stories were fun (if not exactly subtle, but it's orks!)

The eldar stories were frankly a disappointment. The stories were Ok, but some of the dialogue seemed very forced for some of the situations they were in, not least making Elrad (an famously genius) sound like a moron, asking other characters for explanations purely for plot exposition.

Also the sound effects were often distracting and oddly out of place (the worst ofender being the seagulls in the realm of slaanesh....)

Still, fun if you enjoy 40k, not sure I'd pick it up otherwise.

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