…liked the motive of an outer world family assuming, to their suprise, the role of the governors of another, important world, like the Atreides in ‚Dune’;

…enjoyed the different perspectives of the storyline and different protagonists narrating, like the characters of the ‚Song of ice and fire’ series;

…enjoy rich background and deeper psychology of the characters and the depicted fantasy world, as in

…enjoy an underlying secret, forming the backbone of the storyline, as well as the depicted world, unrevealed thoroughly most of the book, surprising, borderline horror, as in ‚Solaris’;

…are fond of Necromunda and the stories behind it, the different gangs and the pegged ears, the murky corridors and complex relationships between the different factions, houses, levels of that particular world;

…likes Fremen from ‚Dune’, an obscure, seemingly poor, uneducated and unimportant class/race, yet a vital and necessary element of the ancient world, a deeper layer to what seems an obvious destiny - of theirs and their world alike;

…prefer having also the ordinary people’s perspective to a world and its direction, rather than solely following heroic personas’ deeds;

…enjoy the mixture or the good and the bad and the thin, sometimes non-existent line between these two, as well as as the traditional righteous and evil, heroic and clumsy, rich a s simple, loyal and cunning;

A fine read. An even finer audiobook, with Toby Longworth creating numerous characters and uneasy ambiance with his single yet extraordinarily flexible and creative voice. I do hope this may yet become a trilogy, like e.g. Ravenor and Eisenhorn.

Fantastic read. I recommend this to everyone who…