Although not required to understand the plot, it helps to have listened to #BerniceSummerfield's #ThePlagueHerdsofExcelis before moving on to #DanceoftheDead - purely to understand who Iris is. Without it, a listener would just view it as someone Benny knows. With adds context.

Whilst the previous three #Excelis stories formed a trilogy, #BerniceSummerfield's #ThePlagueHerdsofExcelis was a sequel to the first chapter #ExcelisDawns. It even starred the wonderful
#KatyManning.
as #IrisWildthyme - which meant the story was already off to a great start.

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The #ExcelisSaga ends with #BerniceSummerfield's #ThePlagueHerdsofExcelis