Black library news and rumours (including Horus Heresy stuff)...

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**Kanluwen**

We don't know full details--yet.

Aaron's keeping it quiet, and it's really only in its first few incarnations.

**Death By Monkeys**

Any word on when we can finally see Abnett's "Interceptor City"?

**Kanluwen**

The last reference I can see to "Interceptor City" is February 29, 2008. And that was Dan saying it'd be coming our way in "a year or so".

Might just have gotten lost in the press, or they decided not to release it.

**Ozymandias**

What's "Interceptor City"?

**Kanluwen**

The planned sequel to Double Eagle.

**Ozymandias**

Ah, that's one of books I planned to read but still haven't...

**Kanluwen**

It wasn't bad. I particularly liked the fact that Halo Flight came back, and the snippets of the Chaos fliers' perspectives.

**Death By Monkeys**

Double Eagle's got a very WWII feel to it. Think Battle of Britain. I think it's got the quality of the early Gaunt books - i.e. it doesn't have the baggage of the collective characters bearing it down like the newer Gaunt books do. I try to keep an eye on the progress of Interceptor City, but as Kanluwen pointed out, there's been no fresh intel on it since Feb 2008.

**Savnock**

Yeah, Double Eagle had a refreshing focus more on the battle itself than on the emo characters involved. It did have very clear Battle of Britain analogies, and a really, really awesome take on a neglected aspect of 40K warfare (the air war).

Inspired me to buy a squad of Thunderbolts, in fact, made by a certain mad converter with a simian name

And then a wing of Eldar Nightwings, also kitbashed. And a Phoenix. And maybe a few Chaos flyers, if anyone feels like making some up for a profit (hint, hint).

Anyways, like Titanicus filled in a lot of blanks for the Titan Legions, Double Eagle does for flyers. Highly recommended for anyone who reads all the IA battle books cover to cover, or even just loves old WWII Time-Life air-war pictorials.

**Fallen668**

Double Eagle makes me want to get a dozen Thunderbolts and do the entire Phantine XX. Maybe tack on a Marauder and call it a day.

I love me some airplanes.

**Fateweaver**

I thought Cadian Blood was good.

I have enjoyed the HH series immensely. A few not so good titles but overall very good reads. Cain novels I like for the grimdark humor.

I'm looking forward to that "First Heretic". Should be good.

**BrookM**

First Heretic, if the cover is any indication, will be about the Word Bearers and in particular that prick whose name I can't remember who set up the Warrior Lodges and stole the evil plague sword to poison Horus with. He was more or less the guy responsible for a lot.

As for Interceptor City, it has been pushed back so Dan could write more Ghost novels obviously.

**reds8n**

That was Erebus I believe. However I'm fairly certain it was Kor Phaeron who was the main driving force behind them moving to chaos worship.

..but of course he might have learnt it off of someone else.

I'd thought that this book might be about the Word Bearer members stationed on Terra, the 5th column so to speak, but the moons (?) in the background suggest otherwise. I'm also assuming, given the colour scheme, that this event must be at least partially set post "Battle for the Abyss".

...he must be a possessed marine yes ?

**Flachzange**

BL put up a "trailer" for Thousand Sons/Prospero Burns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viFLhyJXqNQ

**Flachzange**

Couple new Wallpapers can be found here:
http://www.blacklibrary.com/default.php#wallpapers

**Fateweaver**

Yeah, I'm super stoked about the next two books. I see myself doing an all night reading marathon when those 2 hit shelves.

**Lord of battles**

I just checked the Black Library website and noticed a bunch of new good looking books:
Next October: Aenarion by Gav Thorpe, the last of the sundering books!
and November: The First Heretic by Aaron Dembski-Bowden a hourus heresy book (go to the site to see the awesome cover)

Check it out

**BrookM**

Steve Lyons is doing a Krieg novel. Great, another regiment ruined by him.

**VictorVonTzeentch**

Not sure if this has been brought up but could the main character killed in Swallows book be Night Haunter?

**AJCarrington**

BrotherStynier wrote:Not sure if this has been brought up but could the main character killed in Swallows book be Night Haunter?

Excellent suggestion - I certainly hope so. Not too sure how keen I am on Swallow being the author - I've found his stuff a little "hit and miss".

AJC

**Alpharius**

AJCarrington wrote:
BrotherStynier wrote:Not sure if this has been brought up but could the main character killed in Swallows book be Night Haunter?

Excellent suggestion - I certainly hope so. Not too sure how keen I am on Swallow being the author - I've found his stuff a little "hit and miss".

AJC

To say the least!

His BA stuff is horrible, but his HH stuff is actually among his best...

**Asherian Command**

XD. well that makes no sense.

**lords2001**

If they are working on any sort of order, then this won't be anything about the killing of Night Haunter - that happened well after the Heresy.

From the bio, it looks like it will be about a different perspective with 2 assassins at loose - one to kill the Warmaster, the other trying to kill the Emperor.

Could be a good look, and we could even get a better look at more of the [fail]Praetorians[/end fail] Custodians - one of the better written parts of Tales of Heresy.

Edit : fail on the name of the Custodians - thanks BrookM. Too much Roman imagery for this former history student, obviously.

**BrookM**

I think you mean Custodians.

**Cryonicleech**

For all those complaining about the rumored Ultramarines Trilogy, I'd personally love to read it.

I mean, come on! 3 books purely about the Ultramarines constantly getting their assess handed to them is too good to miss!

**Flachzange**

Cryonicleech wrote:For all those complaining about the rumored Ultramarines Trilogy, I'd personally love to read it.

I mean, come on! 3 books purely about the Ultramarines constantly getting their assess handed to them is too good to miss!

That my friend, can only happen in some sort of alternate universe

**BrookM**

I do enjoy the filling of the blanks that the HH books full fill. Here's hoping that McNeill writes them, he does good Astartes novels and his Ventris saga so far is very enjoyable. I can't wait for June to pop up so I can read the paperback of Courage and Honour.

**reds8n**

Lord of battles wrote:
Next October: Aenarion by Gav Thorpe, the last of the sundering books!

Actually this is an audiobook, I don't think it's part of the Sundering Trilogy at all, I believe that is about, and perhaps called, Caledor.

**BrookM**

I don't care what it's called, I just want to read the conclusion damn it! I really enjoyed Shadow King and Alith in particular. Oh well, at least we'll be getting the second Nagash novel soon, I really enjoyed the first one, it was what drew me into reading the other Time of Legend novels as well.

**reds8n**

I thought Shadow King was Mr. Thorpe's strongest work to date, I enjoyed the proper extra "chunky" feel and look of the book too. Making for a dandy background with calendar too as it happens.

He's also doing a Dark Angels book about the Piscina campaign/elements thereof for the Space marines Battles series AFAIK.

I believe there's some yet to be announced Graham McNeill chaos book or story of some sort as well we've yet to hear about.