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**Kanluwen**

Alpharius wrote:
reds8n wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:
Thus, Dan Abnett is writing the Raven Guard story and you can't dissuade me!

..err..okay.

You're wrong though.

Uh oh!

Mark it down!

I do wish Abnett was writing the RG story though...

Misreading a chart that has no label in the Raven Guard slot doesn't count as wrong, Alph.

**Flachzange**

Hm, I was kinda hoping to see McNeill pick up the IW. He sounded pretty enthused about that idea

**Lord of battles**

Kanluwen wrote:GLORIOUS!

Dan Abnett is writing a Raven Guard/Sons of Horus book!!!!!!

Glorious day! GLORIOUS!

ADB doing a Dark Angels book also makes me quite happy.

And yeah, reds8n. That's the cover. Jon Sullivan does alot of the best covers.

I have a feeling that the AD-B story has to do with the wolf and the lion. The name just makes me think of it..... Savage Weapons

**1hadhq**

These legion X / .... slots mean there are legion x / legion y? in the story, yes?

So who does RG? Thorpe?

Abnetts slot hasn't a title and 0 words...

I guess:

4 mcneill
5 Blood Angels
6 ?
7 ?
8?
9 thorpe
10 ?
11 iron warriors
12?
13 ??? spare slot?

And there are 4000 words missing if the total is correct.

**BrookM**

Kanluwen, you are wrong. So wrong. Stop being stupid about it.

Stuff has been edited out, like the word count of Dan, certain legions have been blanked out and one author name has been blanked out. The two blanked out legions would have short names, otherwise it wouldn't fit in. Swallow could be writing about the Blood Angels, seeing as they are his forte.

Thing I'm curious about: who is John French?

**reds8n**

Not familiar with Mr. French myself.. might have had 1/some short stories published maybe ?

I have a feeling that the AD-B story has to do with the wolf and the lion.

It's a Nl and DA story IIRC what he said before.

**Kanluwen**

BrookM wrote:Kanluwen, you are wrong. So wrong. Stop being stupid about it.

First off, we don't know I'm wrong yet. I'll get to that in a second.
Second off, I'm allowed to joke with Alph and Red about the "wrong count". There's no "being stupid" involved.
In short: Get Over It.

Stuff has been edited out, like the word count of Dan, certain legions have been blanked out and one author name has been blanked out. The two blanked out legions would have short names, otherwise it wouldn't fit in. Swallow could be writing about the Blood Angels, seeing as they are his forte.

Some things have been "blanked out", yes.
Not everything though.
You'd see tell-tale marks of things being blanked out. Either the cell would be completely clean from the cell's entry being deleted(like cells A4, D7, the bottom half of D8, and cell C10) or you'd see a graphical error like in the border between cells D5+D6, or in B10(which I do, incidentally, think had something blanked out). I'm not sure about D12 though.
Cell A9, however, just has a '.' in it.

Thing I'm curious about: who is John French?

Likely a new author. He's not listed under the "View All", and the only Google hits I could find were for a drummer from Australia, a "First Earl", and the manager of a planetarium.

And damnit, Red beat me to that about the Night Lords/Dark Angels bit

I think ADB said something about it being the Shield Worlds campaign?

**reds8n**

eBook friday: The First Heretic; A Thousand Sons; Horus Rising
eBook Friday is back, and with no less than three Horus Heresy titles: Horus Rising, A Thousand Sons and The First Heretic.

We’ll be making more titles available as eBooks over the coming weeks, so make sure you check back often. In the meantime, if there’s a particular title you’d like as an eBook, then drop us an email to Digitalbooks@games-workshop.co.uk and we’ll see what we can do.

...You have to pay for these ones, before you get too excited.

And..

.Don't tell Christian but we've taken a cheeky screengrab from his iPad. Some of these books are already available from blacklibrary.com and the others should be available in the next few weeks.

**Mr Morden**

I am still hoping for a Horus Heresy novel by Sandy Mitchell -I do enjoy his unique takes on the Warhammer universes

**BrookM**

Going through Wulfrik now, only just past the Chaos Dwarves and I must say, mister Werner is in top shape! I like to think that this novel is a preview of the upcoming Chaos Dwarves, much like how Firedrake was a preview of the revised Dark Eldar fluff.

**Kanluwen**

BrookM wrote:Going through Wulfrik now, only just past the Chaos Dwarves and I must say, mister Werner is in top shape! I like to think that this novel is a preview of the upcoming Chaos Dwarves, much like how Firedrake was a preview of the revised Dark Eldar fluff.

How have those Heroes books been anyways?

**Alpharius**

Mr Morden wrote:I am still hoping for a Horus Heresy novel by Sandy Mitchell -I do enjoy his unique takes on the Warhammer universes

Seconded!

That would be nice...

BrookM wrote:Going through Wulfrik now, only just past the Chaos Dwarves and I must say, mister Werner is in top shape! I like to think that this novel is a preview of the upcoming Chaos Dwarves, much like how Firedrake was a preview of the revised Dark Eldar fluff.

I don't read a lot of BL's Fantasy stuff, and I usually avoid the 'bad guy'-centric things too... But dammit, you've now gone and made me want to pick this up, due to the Chaos Dwarf connection!

**reds8n**

BrookM wrote:Going through Wulfrik now, only just past the Chaos Dwarves and I must say, mister Werner is in top shape!

I was very impressed by it, I was a bit dubious about how the series would work with him as the "hero", but he finds a way that is most satisfactory.

I'm about halfway through "Warrior priest" at the mo', and enjoying it immensely.

**nels1031**

Kanluwen wrote:
BrookM wrote:Going through Wulfrik now, only just past the Chaos Dwarves and I must say, mister Werner is in top shape! I like to think that this novel is a preview of the upcoming Chaos Dwarves, much like how Firedrake was a preview of the revised Dark Eldar fluff.

How have those Heroes books been anyways?

I enjoyed Sword of Justice, was a top notch WHFB novel. Equal amounts of intrigue, action and dark grittiness. Wish the sequel would come sooner, as its kind of a cliff hanger.

Part way through Wulfrik and I'm liking it so far. They keep up this standard of quality and the Heroe's books could be a truly great series, imo.

**BrookM**

I am finding Wulfrik a real improvement over the rather boring Palace of the Plague Lord, which made me skip the second Chaos novel by mister Werner. The thing with Wulfrik is, the way he is written and what he does makes him a most satisfying character to follow. Sure he's a bad guy, but one I can root for, even though the outcome is quite obvious. Why? His insults are fun and the way he finishes off his opponents in some cases is again, most satisfying and dare I say, cinematic.

**Hulksmash**

Was almost excited enough to buy A Thousand Sons as a digital book until I remembered the exchange rate and realized it costs 25% more as a digital book than a paperback.....

**Temujin**

Yay! The First Heretic is available as an ebook. Strangely it's not listed under the digital section yet but can be purchased through the blog link on the main page along with Horus Rising and A Thousand Sons.

It's perfect timing since I've just finished Dead Men Walking, which was awesome. The ending was

Spoiler:

**blackclaw1**

@Reds8n : warrior priest is an epic book ,trust me if they don't make a sequel i would cry

**BrookM**

Both Prospero Burns and GOD KING are up for pre-order at the GW site.

edit.

Release date: 18th of Decemberrrrr!

**BrookM**

Just finished Wulfrik..

Spoiler:

**fullheadofhair**

Hulksmash wrote:Was almost excited enough to buy A Thousand Sons as a digital book until I remembered the exchange rate and realized it costs 25% more as a digital book than a paperback.....

same here. $10.13 (exc. bank fee) v's $8.99 or $8 if bought online.

Come on BL, get you ass in gear and get the US pricing mechanism sorted out. Not buying any more BL books until then.

don't know why they don't let B&N sell them electronically - that way RotW won't get upset at the dual pricing mechanism that will be clearly visible on the BL website. Only GW could bugger up something as simple as selling books. The current reasons for why we don't have a US price mechanism are pretty lame.

**MunkeyKungFu**

I've just finished First Heretic at lunchtime.

I must say I have now become a huge fan of Mr Dembski-Bowden, I though the bok was absoloutely fantastic and I literally have been struggling to put it down during my lunch breaks.

This has definately made me want to check out his other stuff

**Grarg**

MunkeyKungFu wrote:I've just finished First Heretic at lunchtime.

I must say I have now become a huge fan of Mr Dembski-Bowden, I though the bok was absoloutely fantastic and I literally have been struggling to put it down during my lunch breaks.

This has definately made me want to check out his other stuff

I must agree, when it got to Isstvan....

Spoiler:

**skrulnik**

Just finished First Heretic myself on Sunday.

Spoiler:

**Lint**

First Heretic was very good, but it doesn't seem like A.D.B. is as comfortable writing for 30k as he is for the grimdark of the 40th m.
Still one of the better HH novels.

Spoiler:

**reds8n**

First Look: Path of the Seer Cover Art.

We originally thought Neil Roberts was just incredibly talented, but his recent covers have been so insanely detailed and lifelike that we started to get suspicious. Turns out that he’s got a magic wardrobe. It leads straight to the 41st Millennium and each time we ask him for a new cover he just sneaks in there with his digital camera and snaps away. I’m not sure it’s totally ethical, but as long as he keeps coming up with gems like this his secret is safe with us.

Neil’s artwork will appear on the cover of Path of the Seer, the second book in Gav Thorpe’s Eldar series. If you haven’t read Path of the Warrior (the first book in the series), then we’d recommend giving it a go. It’s a cracking read which, as well as being bursting with action, really explores Eldar society. It’s also got some great cover-art (again by Neil) that's well worth a look.

Oh, and if you fancy having a cover or two signed by Neil, then make sure you pick up a ticket for Black Library Live.

http://www.blacklibrary.com/Blog/FirstLookPathoftheSeerCoverArt.html

**Just Dave**

Wow. I knew Eldar were my favourite face for a reason. Actually many, but none-the-less I've always loved their appearance and this doesn't change that at-all...

**Alpharius**

This style of art seems to suit Eldar better than Space Marines, where they seem to have trouble getting the weapons and vehicles right.

This one is VERY nice!

**AJCarrington**

Very nice indeed - really seems to capture the "essence" of the Eldar.

AJC

**Lord of battles**

Just got wulfrik and I can barely put it down!