Asurmen: The Darker Road

Warhammer 40,000

by Gav Thorpe, John Banks (Narrator)

A Phoenix Lords audio drama

With the future of Craftworld Ulthwé at stake, the Phoenix Lord Asurmen joins the warriors of the craftworld on a mission that will lead them down a dark and dangerous road.

It is said the Phoenix Lords arrive on the eve of great moments... Guided by fate, Asurmen the Hand of Asuryan comes to the craftworld of Ulthwé. At the behest of the head of the seer council, he joins the warriors of Ulthwé and the young seer Eldrad on a quest to the Crone Worlds in search of the oracle Hiron-athela. It is believed that this being holds an artefact that could safeguard Ulthwé's future, but in order to obtain it the eldar must travel a dark road...

It's an all-star eldar team-up with the first Phoenix Lord and a young Eldrad Ulthran fighting side by side for the future of Ulthwé!

Running time 71 minutes (approx).
Performed by Gareth Armstrong, John Banks, Steve Conlin, Toby Longworth, Penelope Rawlins and Genevieve Swallow.

Genres: Science Fiction, Audiobook, 40k

1 pages, Audiobook

First published February 1, 2017

About the author

Gav spent 14 years as a developer for Games Workshop, and started writing novels and short stories in the worlds of Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 when the Black Library imprint was launched in 1997.

He continues to write for Black Library, and his first 'homegrown' novel series The Crown of the Blood has been released via Angry Robot.

Currently living in Nottingham, Gav shares his home with his loving and very understanding partner - Kez, and their beautiful little boy - Sammy.

Reviews

[Antonio Margal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Otra forma diferente de disfrutar de este vasto universo: Los audiodramas. Un audiodrama no es solo un libro leído de forma dramática, cuenta con efectos especiales, una pista de sonido/soundtrack, y (en este caso) múltiples voces actuando (no leyendo) sus lineas.

Excelente calidad de producción, efectos y música por parte de Games Workshop, aunque en momentos sentía la música un poco excesiva o cargada la mayoría de los actores se escuchan como si estuvieran hablando a través de sus cascos lo cual le añade un efecto especial a toda la historia te puede agradar (o lo puedes odiar) en lo particular me encantó. Historia recomendada para hacerte una idea de lo como suenan y "se sienten" los Eldar del universo Warhammer 40K (que son comparativamente los "elfos" de este universo).

Esto fue una experiencia diferente si nunca han escuchado un audiodrama, se los recomiendo busquen algo con temas de su interés. Los que hayan escuchado "La mano peluda" lo entenderán ;)

[Phantoma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short and sweet.

It is only an hour and 10 minutes long, which was a bit disappointing. During that time I was building some Wraithblades, it seemed quite fitting.

I still really enjoyed it and like how it ended though I do wish there was more. I found the ending to be pretty predictable, not that that's always a bad thing. And even hours later I was still thinking about it.

Usually I'm not into audio dramas or audio books as I have issues focusing on them, with this being so short it did make it easy for me to get through.

[Michael · Rating 2 out of 5]

So, these Eldar stories keep getting saved for me by single elements. In this case, it was the Keeper of Secrets. What a performance! As boring as the first three-quarters of the book was, that Keeper was a blockbuster.

It was, however, all to predictable that that one farseer would get spectacularly got, since Eldrad is the king-shit Farseer in the present setting. Having him be her apprentice was way too much of a telegraph.

But yeah... overall I think I just hate Eldar stories.

[Terry · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice look at the motivation and thought process of the Eldars.

[Alexander W · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic Eldar adventure / short tale, pity gw doesn't do a larger collection of these

[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

A perfectly middle of the road 2.5* short story in the Warhammer universe. Not wowed but did not turn off (it's an audio drama).

[Michael Dodd · Rating 4 out of 5]

Coming nearly two years after its predecessor in the fledgling Phoenix Lords series, this time we see the first of the Phoenix Lords arriving at Craftworld Ulthwé in time to join Eldrad Ulthran on an expedition to the Crone Worlds, to claim an artefact that could guarantee the safety of Ulthwé and its people. Accompanied by the head of Ulthwé’s Seer Council, Asurmen guides his fellows through their perilous journey, but his presence doesn’t necessarily denote success for the mission.

All told this is an impressive, thought-provoking package that combines careful storytelling with the sense of experience that you can only get with an audio product.

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[Jack Creagh-Flynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

A brief story that shows the wisdom of a phoenix Lord and their courage. There's a twinge of sadness and loss tied to various parts of the story, and I believe that is a fair theme to be present regarding the craftworlds and the Fall of the Eldar Empire.

[Sarah Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is another Warhammer 40,000 book, but this time I listened to it as an audio book, it is short about an hour long. The Phoenix Lord Asurmen joins the warriors of the craftworld Ulthwe on a quest to the Crone Worlds in search of the oracle Hiron-athela. It is believed that this being holds an artefact that could safeguard Ulthwe's future.
This was an ok book, it had a great radio dramatic feel that was a bit distracting from the story, too much background music. But it was fun to listen to. I was disappointed that there were no flashback to after the fall and when Asurmen was becoming the Phoenix lord.
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[Kavinay · Rating 1 out of 5]

I have no idea. You figure a Phoenix Lord would be distinctive. I'm not sure you'll learn or care about anything in this fluff.

[Neil Robinson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short story from Eldar perspective. 71 mins long easy to listen to and a decent story