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 Alpharius wrote:
Needs moar dead Imperial Fists.

I mean, everyone (who is anyone) knows that the Alpha Legion are the true protectors of the Emperor!

You traitor scum...

I have a bad feeling about this book (If Dorn has a duel with Alpharius, I dont think he will win)



Let the dice roll

... I think he'll survive that, the whole HH even ....


day 2 :

http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/gates-of-the-devourer.html

Gates of the Devourer

Summer of Reading: Day 2

Mighty Titans walk, and do battle with the monstrous alien bio-creatures of the tyranids, with the fate of a world at stake.

READ IT BECAUSE
We're used to seeing the Titan Legions supporting a larger Imperial army, but what do they do when they're alone, outnumbered, surrounded by xenos monstrosities?

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THE STORY
No constructs of man are more terrifying than the God-machines of the Adeptus Mechanicus. Where these mighty mechanical behemoths walk, worlds tremble – few enemies can withstand the firepower of a Warlord Titan. The Imperial plan to save the world of Khania from a tyranid invasion looks sound: the Navy will destroy the hive ships, and the Legios will take a supporting role on the planet itself. But when the transports of the Adeptus Titanicus arrive, they find the Navy fleet has been annihilated, and they must take on the full brunt of the tyranid ground force, no matter the cost.

Gates of the Devourer sounds like it would have made an awesome novel.

 reds8n wrote:
... I think he'll survive that, the whole HH even ....

I meant that Dorn will probably have to fall back... the Fists regularly die in droves haha

 reds8n wrote:

Spoiler:

I mean, I know they're related, but they have literally the same face!

http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/swordwind.html

Deathwatch: Swordwind

Summer of Reading: Day 3

A warrior of the Deathwatch returns to his Chapter, but he bears a heavy burden that threatens his future.

READ IT BECAUSE
We've seen lots of tales of the Deathwatch, but not too much about what happens when a veteran returns to his Chapter with secrets he cannot reveal... it's a fascinating look at the aftermath of working for the Inquisition.

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THE STORY
Oaths of brotherhood and loyalty are never lightly undertaken, but what happens when such oaths conflict with each other? Returning from a period of service in the Deathwatch, Battle-brother Odoni returns to his Chapter, the Mortifactors. With him he carries two sacred burdens, but is unable to explain to his peers how he came by them, as he must honour his oaths of secrecy to the Inquisition. And so is set in motion a tragic ​chain of events that can only be resolved by desperate conflict against an ancient and deadly foe.

Isn't this an older story? I remember reading about this premises before.

What's the bet it leads to the the entire Mortifactors being wiped out?

Strange title too, basically:

Imperium: Eldar

 BrookM wrote:
Isn't this an older story? I remember reading about this premises before.

Surely you are mistaken, no black library story is ever written as a slight variation on a small number of premises, you must be thinking of some other publisher.

Just got an email with a preview of the upcoming stories.

The Eisenhorn story is called the Keeler Image, which does ring a bell and sound awfully familiar.

John French has an Inquisition story set around the "Horusian Wars"

Rob Sanders has a story about Mars during the Heresy


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And gak, suddenly I remember.. the Keeler Image was supposed to go onto the audio drama CD collection.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
What's the bet it leads to the the entire Mortifactors being wiped out?

Quoting myself here because:

 BrookM wrote:
Just got an email with a preview of the upcoming stories.

The Eisenhorn story is called the Keeler Image, which does ring a bell and sound awfully familiar.

John French has an Inquisition story set around the "Horusian Wars"

Rob Sanders has a story about Mars during the Heresy


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And gak, suddenly I remember.. the Keeler Image was supposed to go onto the audio drama CD collection.

Indeed, IIRC the Sanders story has been mentioned before too.

assuming it's related to :

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Cybernetica_(Novella)

"Abominable Intelligencia
The Tabula Myriad"

AUG - 'Praetorian of Dorn' by John French
OCT - 'Corax' by Gav Thorpe

'Echoes of Imperium' is an audio anthology, not a book. It's the same concept as 'Echoes of Ruin'. tongue.gif

Other confirmed upcoming titles are:
'The Master of Mankind' by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
'Garro: Weapon of Fate' by James Swallow
'The Crimson King' by Graham McNeill

today's offering :

http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/stormseeker.html

Iron Priest Anvarr Rustmane takes to the air in defence of his Space Wolves brothers, but has he met his match in the vicious Dark Eldar?

READ IT BECAUSE
It's good old-fashioned Space Wolves action, but in the air!

THE STORY
Iron Priest Anvarr Rustmane and his brothers in the Deathwolves are hunting. Their prey are two degenerate dark eldar pirates whom they have brought to heel on the death world of Vityris. The pilot of a Stormwolf gunship, Anvarr takes to the skies as his brothers wage war below. He is the Storm Seeker, and would die before allowing his quarry to escape, but the xenos are cunning and have gunships of their own…

The flying space wolf one interests me just so I can see how ridiculous the flyer will get.

Nice to see Inquisitor Covenant again. Loved that model for Inquisitor

http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/myriad.html

Myriad

Summer of Reading: Day 5

A plucky band of Martian freedom fighters. A wandering robot carrying a secret that could end the Dark Mechanicum. Is the cost of using such power worth the reward?

READ IT BECAUSE
It's the sequel to Cybernetica and picks up a vital plot thread from that novella, asking a question that echoes through the Horus Heresy – is it right to use darkness to fight darkness?

THE STORY
Mars, the Red Planet, home to the Mechanicum, a mysterious cult dedicated to unlocking the secrets of the universe. In this sequel to Cybernetica, a loyalist resistance – made up of rag-tag survivors from Titan crew, enginseers and tech-adepts – conducts guerrilla raids on the Dark Mechanicum forces of Kelbor-Hal. Out in the wastes, they discover a Kastelan robot that carries inside it a rare secret: a technology that has the power to break the stalemate and swing the war in the loyalists’ favour. But what is the cost of deploying such a power? The loyalists now face a hard decision – just because they can, does this mean they should?

Written by Rob Sanders

http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/deathwatch-last-guardian-mp3.html

Deathwatch: The Last Guardian (MP3)

A Deathwatch audio drama

Dark Angels Brother Balthasar and a Deathwatch kill-team investigate a long-dead eldar craftworld infested with daemons…

LISTEN TO IT BECAUSE
It's a sinister and creepy audio tale with plenty of C Z Dunn's trademark dark humour and some interesting links to his other Dark Angels fiction.

THE STORY
As part of an elite Deathwatch kill team, Brother Balthasar of the Dark Angels joins a special Inquisitorial mission to the eldar craftworld of Kher-Ys. Long ago ravaged by the daemonic forces of Slaanesh, the craftworld may still harbour the unlikeliest of allies for the Space Marines, and the key to a greater victory for the Chapter.

Of course the latest HH novel is out in hardback format

http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/hh-praetorian-of-dorn-ebook.html

I haven't read it -- I'm wwaayy back on the MMPB version of Deathfire and have a fair few books after that to get through -- but from browsing about the place seems there's a fairly dramatic and/or unexpected development that happens.

Don't think anyone saw this one coming.

You can download the ebook and MP3 of Praetorian of Dorn today according to the Black Library site. I'm waiting for it to come on IBooks.

It's on there now.

 reds8n wrote:
but from browsing about the place seems there's a fairly dramatic and/or unexpected development that happens.

Don't think anyone saw this one coming.

Yep, the tears of Alpha Legion fans will be so sweet.

http://gavthorpe.co.uk/2016/08/12/asurmen-hand-of-asuryan-authors-notes/

Gav Thorpe is apparently working on another Phoenix Lord book, this one about Jain Zar, due out in 2017.

 nels1031 wrote:

 reds8n wrote:
but from browsing about the place seems there's a fairly dramatic and/or unexpected development that happens.

Don't think anyone saw this one coming.

Yep, the tears of Alpha Legion fans will be so sweet.

Hilarious.

Just go ahead and spoil it - in spoiler tags!

I've long since grown tired of waiting for BL to publish HH stuff anymore, I can just read the synopsis/spoilers now and have almost as much enjoyment.

In regards to your guess:




I skipped to the end after I DL'd it, a habit of mine when reading books.

Kind of disappointing, but not unexpected given the rumored overall displeasure form the 'higher ups' over Dan's LEGION story...

Oh well, it was nice while it lasted!

People love to complain about Legion, but all novel outlines are discussed by committee and approved there as well. I think Alan Merrett was also sitting in on quite a few of those meetings, as the Horus Heresy was his baby?

 Alpharius wrote:
Kind of disappointing, but not unexpected given the rumored overall displeasure form the 'higher ups' over Dan's LEGION story...

Oh well, it was nice while it lasted!

I only read the closing chapters before I left for work. I'll get you a detailed summary/review sometime tonight, after work and hopefully before UFC 202.

 Alpharius wrote:
Kind of disappointing, but not unexpected given the rumored overall displeasure form the 'higher ups' over Dan's LEGION story...

Oh well, it was nice while it lasted!

As far as I'm concerned that tells you all you need to know about said "higher ups"; it's still the best book in the series IMO weirdness & all, and the first and last time I've read a BL author manage to depict the AL as anything more than moustache-twirling Saturday morning cartoon villains. If the people in charge think the more recent "*pulls off rubber mask* HAHA! It was I all along, tremble before meeeee!" pish was superior to Legion then I don't hold out much hope for the rest of the series.

Mind you, having seen them turn the Iron Hands into a punchline and punching bag for want of a writer to do them justice, I didn't have much of that left anyway.

 Alpharius wrote:
Kind of disappointing, but not unexpected given the rumored overall displeasure form the 'higher ups' over Dan's LEGION story...

Oh well, it was nice while it lasted!

I don't buy that rumor.

So many themes from Legion carried on into a large part of the following HH novels from different authors. If the "higher ups" were displeased with Legion, the Perpetual side story would not have continued. Instead even more Perpetuals were introduced, one being a fething Primarch. The Cabal would have got no more mentions. They get a few more mentions in other novels and are even still around in "present time", in some capacity, per a 40K Grey Knights short story, which incidentally is also focused on a Perpetual. The twin Primarch story was featured in numerous BL stories as well, but aside from flashbacks, probably none going forward, wink wink!

When you weigh the scales of "Legion" being a novel that displeased the higher ups against all of the themes/short stories that were introduced and expanded upon from that novel... It doesn't look good for the truthiness of that rumor.

Now if you are bothered by the style that the AL have been written, thats another thing, and speaks more to the particular author(s) writing style than a wholesale abandonment of what was introduced in Legion.

I'll get working on my review/summary of Praetorian of Dorn tomorrow morning. For what its worth, I felt like this was a sequel to Legion. John French gets Alpha Legion in my opinion. Its half and half Imperial Fists/Alpha Legion though, so keep that in mind.

Yeah I don't believe it either. I remember when Legion came out and there was an interview with Abnett in white dwarf where he said he went to them with his ideas for the twists in the book expecting them to say no, and they let him use them all and added their own. Surely the 'higher ups' know how the book goes before hand, and wouldn't release it if they weren't happy? I just think the AL have been overused since, and not used very well.

It Might have been on the Imperial Truth or After Ullanor interview w/Dan on Legion where he discusses how his ideas were received and what went on from there.

Can I just ask is there a thread on Dakka where people write reviews/synopsis of Black Library books?

 nels1031 wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
Kind of disappointing, but not unexpected given the rumored overall displeasure form the 'higher ups' over Dan's LEGION story...

Oh well, it was nice while it lasted!

I don't buy that rumor.

Well, it is just a rumor, but it does come from a source I trust, so...

Anyway, all you have to do is look how the Legion has been handled since LEGION, and...