BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Will there be actual paperbacks, even trade paperbacks, for Cadia Stands and Ghost Warrior?

I enjoyed Guy Haley's writing

 BrookM wrote:
I really, really hope this becomes a more regular audio drama series:



This one was excellent!

Warhammer Community: Thanks for talking to us, Josh. Tell us, just what are the Eight Lamentations of the series name?

Josh Reynolds: The Eight Lamentations are eight mystic weapons – one for each of the Mortal Realms – created during the Age of Chaos by the Forgemasters of the Soulmaw, Khorne’s weaponsmiths. At some point, the weapons were lost and scattered across the realms. But now, they’re beginning to resurface. Marrowcutter, the Sword of Fire, was the first to reappear (as seen in my novel ‘Fury of Gork’) but the others aren’t far behind.

‘Eight Lamentations: Spear of Shadows’ is about the hunt for the second of the weapons to appear – the eponymous spear, known as the Huntsman – as various parties, both mortal and otherwise, scramble to secure it for their own ends. Among those searching for the weapon are the Forgemasters of the Soulmaw, the skaven, Neferata, Grungni, and even Archaon himself.

WarCom: Who are the interesting group of heroes on the cover? If they even are heroes…

JR: In the centre is Owain Volker, Gunmaster of Azyr. Volker is the main character, to all intents and purposes. Calm and steady, he’s a consummate gunman and a skilled engineer, with an affinity for duardin culture and language. He’s drawn into the search for the weapons when an old friend, who happens to be one of Grungni’s agents, goes missing.

The duardin is Lugash, a Fyreslayer from Aqshy, of no particular lodge. Lugash is belligerent, unpleasant and possibly a little mad, most likely due to whatever experiences caused him to become a Doomseeker in the first place. Lugash serves Grungni in return for an unnamed reward, of which neither will speak.

The vampire, Adhema of Szandor, is a Blood Knight from Shyish and a servant of Neferata. She seeks to acquire the weapon for her mistress, regardless of the cost. That said, she isn’t above joining forces with ostensible enemies in order to achieve her goals. Adhema first appeared in my novel ‘Nagash: The Undying King’.

But these are only three of the characters in the book! There’s also an opportunistic Kharadron merchant-turned-smuggler, a demigryph-riding knight, a Freeguilder-turned-sellsword, a disturbingly serene Sigmarite priestess, a cunning Khornate Deathbringer, a philosophical Tzeentchian sorcerer, raven-assassins, a lunatic skaven warlock-engineer and possibly the stupidest Verminlord ever spawned.

Also, there is a giant, flying shark.

WarCom: What part does Grungni play, and how was it writing this iconic god?

JR: Grungni believes that he can reforge the Eight Lamentations, and transform them into powerful tools for the forces of Order. But first, he must acquire them. To that end, he utilises a vast network of agents to seek out any trace of the artefacts across the Mortal Realms.

He was great fun to write – probably my favourite character in the book. Grungni is by turns comforting and terrifying, as a god of fire and metal should be. He’s a duardin’s duardin, in many ways – and something eldritch and incomprehensible in others.

WarCom: How does the recent short story ‘Auction of Blood‘ tie in to the novel?

JR: The protagonist of ‘Auction of Blood’, Palem Bok, is, like Adhema, one of Neferata’s agents in the Mortal Realms, as well as a bookseller of ill-repute. In the story, he finds himself at the auction in question, bidding on what may – or may not – be one of the legendary Eight Lamentations. Unfortunately, a Khornate cult gets wind of the proceedings and, well, hijinks ensue.

WarCom: What’s next in the series?

JR: Besides ‘Auction of Blood’, there are a few more short stories planned, to tide readers over until the second book comes out, including one for this year’s Advent Calendar. Until then, folks could also check out ‘Road of Blades‘, from last year’s crop of Advent stories. It serves as a quick prologue to the series and introduces one of the major antagonists, the Khornate warrior, Ahazian Kel.

 BrookM wrote:
I read Auction of Blood last night, it was certainly a fun glimpse into the setting and certainly the beginning of a new series.

I may keep an eye on this one, as the setting of Age of Sigmar has certainly been growing on me over time.


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Also had my paperback of the Path of Heaven show up yesterday, which made me check the Horus Heresy book list on Wikipedia. We're only nine novels behind the latest release right now, so the gap, while substantial, isn't as huge as it was before.

 Knockagh wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
I read Auction of Blood last night, it was certainly a fun glimpse into the setting and certainly the beginning of a new series.

I may keep an eye on this one, as the setting of Age of Sigmar has certainly been growing on me over time.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Also had my paperback of the Path of Heaven show up yesterday, which made me check the Horus Heresy book list on Wikipedia. We're only nine novels behind the latest release right now, so the gap, while substantial, isn't as huge as it was before.

It will take a lot for me to delve back into age of sigmar after the disaster that was realm gate wars. I've moved elsewhere for fantasy novels in the last year and I'm unlikely to try again unless it hits new heights of awesomeness. Otherwise 30/40k will be my Blsck Library buys.

THE STORY
After the success of their desperate mission to Salvation's Reach, Colonel-Commissar Gaunt and the Tanith First race to the strategically vital forge world of Urdesh, besieged by the brutal armies of Anarch Sek. However, there may be more at stake than just a planet. The Imperial forces have made an attempt to divide and conquer their enemy, but with Warmaster Macaroth himself commanding the Urdesh campaign, it is possible that the Archenemy assault has a different purpose - to decapitate the Imperial command structure with a single blow. Has the Warmaster allowed himself to become an unwitting target? And can Gaunt's Ghosts possibly defend him against the assembled killers and war machines of Chaos?

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
Book 47: Old Earth.

Book. 47.

Ugh.

Let's go already!!!

 Yodhrin wrote:
I swear someone on the HH team must really bloody hate the Iron Hands.

zerosignal wrote:
I've just finished Praetorian of Dorn, which I thought was absolutely fantastic. John French really writes well.

zerosignal wrote:

I bought the Garro collected one, Swallow isn't a great writer but I quite liked Flight of the Eisenstein and bolter porn is bolter porn, so...

zerosignal wrote:
I've just finished Praetorian of Dorn, which I thought was absolutely fantastic. John French really writes well.

I bought the Garro collected one, Swallow isn't a great writer but I quite liked Flight of the Eisenstein and bolter porn is bolter porn, so...

 Looky Likey wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
Book 47: Old Earth.

Book. 47.

Ugh.

Let's go already!!!

Only three more to go after book 47, should be done* by this time next year at the latest if everybody** delivers their drafts on time!

*Those waiting on paperbacks the completion date will be sometime next decade.
**Isn't ADB doing book 50? Uh oh.

I should be just about finished reading through the existing Gaunt's Ghosts books by the time the new one shows up!