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Damocles

Space Marine Battles: Warhammer 40,000

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Damocles

By: Phil Kelly, Guy Haley, Ben Counter, Josh Reynolds
Narrated by: Shogo Miyakita
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A Space Marine Battles anthology

As the world of Agrellan falls under attack, the White Scars and Raven Guard rush to its defence, but with Commander Shadowsun leading the alien forces, the Space Marines and their allies are hard pressed.

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Gathered within this anthology are four action-packed novellas focusing on the cataclysmic campaign in the Damocles Gulf. Each tale sheds light on a different aspect of the war and those involved. Towering war machines duke it out on the battlefield, Space Marine and tau philosophies come under question as they clash with ally and enemy alike and hunters become the hunted as both sides try to outwit one another. You even get an insider view of how the Tau Empire treats its human collaborators and uses them as weapons

THE STORY

Two centuries ago, the Imperium of Man and the upstart Tau Empire fought to a standstill in the Damocles Gulf. Now, as the 41st millennium draws to a close, the tau have returned. As the world of Agrellan falls under attack, the White Scars and Raven Guard rush to its defence, but with the skilled Commander Shadowsun leading the alien forces, the Space Marines and their allies are hard pressed. Kor'sarro Khan, Huntmaster of the White Scars, swears that he will win the day in the most direct way possible – by taking Shadowsun's head.

CONTENTS

Blood Oath by Phil Kelly

Broken Sword by Guy Haley

Black Leviathan by Ben Counter

Hunter's Snare by Josh Reynolds.

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Both the Scars and the Tau are presented in this generic “Japanese English” accent - nearly identical.

This is nothing like a central Asian steppe (aka Mongolian) English accent or anything like the Tau in the other books, but worse, the near mirroring between the two races as the narration cuts between two sides of a battle is just confusing.

A couple hours in and it’s making a good story hard to enjoy.

Mismatched accents ruin continuity

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