The first of three short 40k audio dramas making up the Prophets of Waaagh! collection, Guy Haley’s The End of Daze continues the story of Big Mek Uggrim and his Red Sunz boys. After having crashed onto a “squig’s arse-end of a planet”, Uggrim is desperate to get his beloved stompa Fat Mork back operational and walking again, but a lack of decent grots is hampering his repairs. It’s not long, however, before rival mek Grimgutz shows his face, and Uggrim realises that there’s more going on than just useless grots letting him down.
This is an ork fan’s dream, with outstanding performances from a surprisingly large voice cast that bring Haley’s script to bellowing, lung-rattling life, not to mention the growled snippets of actual orkish that form the story’s introduction. It’s worth checking out the previous Red Sunz stories to get the full picture of who these characters are, but there’s more than enough brutal humour and excitement to enjoy this regardless, and there’s a real thrill to hearing greenskins portrayed so well. While the plot loses a little momentum towards the end (after a deeply entertaining opening) it’s nonetheless great fun, and is clearly setting things up for a wider story told across all three instalments. Whether you’re specifically an ork fan or not, this is well worth listening to.
