• Corax: Lord of Shadows

  • Primarchs: The Horus Heresy, Book 10
  • By: Guy Haley
  • Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
  • Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (474 ratings)

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Corax: Lord of Shadows

By: Guy Haley
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
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Publisher's summary

A Primarchs novel

When a dread bio-weapon is unleashed in battle, turning allies upon one another, it falls to Corax and his Raven Guard to save the day - if he can balance his thirst for vengeance against the need for swift victory.

Read it because:

We've seen Corax consumed with revenge throughout the Horus Heresy - now is our opportunity to see him before his brush with Chaos, heroically saving a campaign during the Great Crusade.

The story:

During the Great Crusade, it falls to the primarch Corax of the Raven Guard to humble the immense void-cities of the Carinae. Determined to bring these worlds into compliance, he unleashes the might of his Legion and a massive war host of the Imperial Army. But the lords of Carinae are well defended and without remorse.

At the height of the conflict, at the void-city of Zenith, a dread bio-weapon from an ancient time is unleashed. At once, the Imperial force is brought to its knees, as allies are turned against each other and the Raven Guard left to face almost insurmountable odds. As the campaign teeters on the brink of failure, Corax’s desire for vengeance is severely tested against the need for a swift and certain resolution to the war.

Written by Guy Haley.

©2019 Games Workshop Limited (P)2019 Games Workshop Limited

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Bit of a let down

Has a sub plot that detracts from the main mission Corax undertakes, and has little to do with the book. I thought it lacked quite a bit of attention to the protagonist Corax, and only spends one chapter in the entire book with him in action. Even then he only showcases his abilities against nobody guards. I think it speaks volumes that for most of this book you could replace the name Corax with a random Admiral/General name and there would only be a few places in the book that it wouldn't work. For a book that is supposed to be centered on and expand a Primarchs story/character, this was a big disappointment.

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Out Of Darkness

Too long has The Raven Guard mired beneath poor writing. Hayley amends; avenges thus. Nevermore.

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Weak storyline for the Ravenguards

I thought the story as a whole was weak and nothing truly about their Primarch. I had wished it was more in depth. As I feel he has an interesting story.

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Quoth the Primarch

Incredible insight into a complex primarch. His pain, his sense of purpose after his time before the coming of the Emperor laid bare in this story.

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Great voice acting

Slightly repetitive writing and anticlimactic, but give great insight into the psychology of having the sable brand.

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A look into Corax’s mind

This book was a pleasant read and did a good job of giving the reader a look into the reasoning and actions of Corvus Corax. Even thought this wasn’t the best of the Primarch books I feel like it does better than many of them. This book really focuses on Corax’s motivations and reasoning behind his way of fighting as well as his leadership style. Overall I’d give this book a 6.5/10 and I would recommend it to anyone who is a fan of the Raven Guard but not a must read for people who are into the Heresy.

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Good, not great

Speaking as someone who hasn't read any Raven Guard/Corax material before, I liked this book. It's not spectacular, and if you focused exclusively on the stuff that is about Corvus Corax himself you could probably cut the book down to two and a half hours, but unlike some other books in the Primarch series, that's not necessarily a bad thing.

When the focus is on Corax, it's solid. You get genuine insight into the character, how he thinks, what his strengths and flaws are, and, most interestingly, how he reconciles his anti-tyrant idealogy with serving the undisputedly tyrranical Imperium of Man. Like I said, I haven't read much about Corax or the Raven Guard before, so I did enjoy this.

The rest is... fine. The sub-plot in the latter half regarding a Marine suffering the Sable Brand was interesting, but felt superfluous. The book repeatedly cuts back to a sub-plot going on back on Corax's homeworld regarding the way things have gone since he left, which is also interesting but completely divorced from the other two thirds of the book right up until the very last chapter; while that last chapter definitely makes for some interesting listening, it didn't quite justify the amount of time spent on it through the rest of the book, and could easily have just been its own seperate short story.

All in all, I think this justified the credit. It was entertaining, and helped me get some understanding of a Primarch I've generally overlooked up until now.

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Not much about Corax

Felt like a random Raven Guard story, not a whole lot of actual lore about Corax. In comparison to Guy Haley’s book about Dante, truly bring all about Dante and his lore.

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great all-around

great to listen to, and I am impressed by the primach and his raven guard. I did not find many stories of Corvus Corax, I would recommend this one

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Great

great! Toni the tiger style! I want to hear more about chorus. please and thank you.

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