The thing about this audio is, I think its reputation precedes it. I for one usually enjoy myself when there are cults and witches and DW goes a little dark magic. I think that's fun, even if it's usually silly. In this one, it is definitely silly. There's a strange blend of true hard SF elements and the more magical elements, and they don't mesh together terribly well.

More than anything, this audio is just boring. That's the worst of it. Part one starts decently enough - I always love a Pakhar, and as I say, there are witches and a clear Macbeth image. And then it unravels from there. Each scene just feels like people going somewhere and doing stuff. Oh look, Peri is kidnapped and drugged again. Oh look, the Doctor got beheaded. Oh look, Erimem nearly gets sexually assaulted.

All the elements that want to be edgy and dark and violent for the sake of it feel like they have very little impact because staying awake during this is difficult. There is a lot going on, and yet it flows like the Boston Molassacre - thick and heavy and bizarre. And then it's all over. It's perhaps not the very worst MR story, though it's fighting for that place. I cannot remember my first listen well enough, but I did DNF the relisten, and honestly I think that tells you all you need to know about how compelling this is.