What a ripping yarn

Very silly and very funny a total rest from the world. The performances were excellent I particularly liked the relationship between the inspector and the professor. I would recommend this audio book to anyone who likes the ridiculous. I will be getting the next in the series. In the meantime look out for things that go bump in the night!y

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Well, that was fun

This was a very amusing ripping yarn. A fun plot, with nods in the directions of M R James and of Doctor Who, excellently voiced by Nicholas Courtney and by Terry Molloy (who sounds very like Derek Jacobi to me). Ludicrous, but fun.,and I found myself smiling almost all the way through.

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Forget the madness that is 2020

Just sit back and listen to Braveheart and the Professor bring the bad guys to heal; assisted by a host of fantastic characters. I hope that Audible will complete the set and make available the missing stories. I can't pick a favourite story they are all so good and the casting is perfect.

The beginning

Lionhart and Prof. Dunning meet for the first time. The start of a great team

very good

took a while for me to listen to tjis, but ultimately a good story yes

found the music in the middle a bit irritating.

overall good light listening. Try to buy it on offer though because I think it was a bit expensive full price.

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Nazareth

I loved every minute of it, well done everybody on it, great actors in it

Tremendous Fun

Where does The Scarifyers: The Nazad Conspiracy rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

There is nothing quite like the Scarifyers. Comparisons could be made to The Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy or Andy Hamilton's wonderfully comic Harry's Game, but in truth, The Scarifyers stands alongside them in its own unique brilliance.

Fans of MR James and HP Lovecraft will pick up the loving references immediately, but others who don't take their turn of the century horror and weird fiction quite so seriously will still be amused by the frantic goings on of Dunning and Lionheart as they stumbled from one supernatural terror to the next.

What did you like best about this story?

Made to the very highest standards of BBC drama, the show provides fine performances, excellent script and the very best sound effects on radio.

The plots are knowingly over the top, but they work!

Have you listened to any of Nicholas Courtney and Terry Molloy ’s other performances? How does this one compare?

I have now listened to five Scarifyers and loved them all. They are quite independent of each other, but I would still recommend starting at the beginning. So far, there has been little to discriminate between them — if you love (or hate) the first programme, you are likely to feel the same about the rest (up to and including the fifth anyway).

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Quite simply, everything works together to make this a very enjoyable show.

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Very silly and good fun

If you could sum up The Scarifyers: The Nazad Conspiracy in three words, what would they be?

Funny quirky horror

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

I'd have changed the ending slightly - while silliness is part of the book's charm, the ending is a bit TOO nonsensical.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

Lionheart and Dunning's visit to Alistair Crowley. Or possibly their introduction to Warlock.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Not really.

Any additional comments?

I've listened to later 'Scarifyers' stories on Radio 4 - 'The Nazad Conspiracy' is thoroughly enjoyable but it's not the best of the series.