Life’s tough in the underhive, especially so for anyone foolish enough to kill a Guilder. In his short Necromunda audio drama Half-Horn, Josh Reynolds takes a quick look at what might happen in such a circumstance…with predictably unpleasant results. Three disreputable characters are searching for a safe haven, bickering over who’s to blame for their unhappy predicament, driven by fear of who (or what) might be hunting for them. One particular name inspires genuine terror – Gor Half-Horn – but what are the chances of the legendary bounty hunter even being real, never mind being on their trail?
It’s a story about an underhive legend, a figure whose origins and bloody exploits are shrouded in mystery. It’s apt, then, that Reynolds tells this story from the perspective of the hunted, as their fear of what might be coming drives cracks through their partnership (such as it is); and holds back the figure of their pursuer as a distant figure of uncertain menace…for most of the story, at least. Twenty minutes of audio is a perfect length for this sort of story, full of snappy, irritable dialogue between the three main characters as the inevitability of what’s coming for them gradually ramps up. It’s loads of fun, in a black-humoured (and occasionally gruesome) way.
This was released as part of the 2018 Black Library Advent Calendar – click here to see the main page for the Advent Calendar, with links to all of the reviews.
