Salamanders Trilogy

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**forruner_mercy**

Have any of you read any of the books from the series? I really like the Salamanders, and would like Dakka's take on it.

**Thatguy91**

I havnt read any of them but I have been meaning to for a while. Would like to hear what everyone thinks of them also.

**forruner_mercy**

They seem like an interesting series, and apparently Vulkan He'stan and Tu'shan are mentioned, which would be a big bonus, not to mention Nocturne seems to be under attack in the third book.

**girgam**

I've read the first two books and i thought they were very good, i've just bought the third one and hopefully it will be as good, if you like the salamanders i recommend it

**Thatguy91**

Yeah, I love the salamanders and im really keen to get some more reading done on them. Unfortunately I havnt had the chance to yet and I dont know anyone whos read them so I havnt had a push to get them yet.

**forruner_mercy**

Who wrote the books for the trilogy?

**tigonesskay**

I just finished all three books (e-books). I really liked them. I don't want to give a way any spoilers but, it makes me want to start painting salamander's. I like how the salamander's actually CARE about the human's of their home planet (and human's overall). I have a lot of good ideas of how to paint their skin and such.

**forruner_mercy**

Now that makes me want to get the books even more

I have $100 bucks with nothing to spend on...

**Campbell1004**

I was going to start reading them but then I found out I only have the second one, I am disappoint.

Now I need to order them online, phew.

And I thought I was almost done with wh40k books.

**forruner_mercy**

Lol

**daveNYC**

They're unusual from the rest of the 40k novels in that the Salamanders come across as being relatively normal. You know how 40k is basically every trope dialed up to 11? Well the Salamanders are basically 40k dialed back down to maybe seven or eight.

**forruner_mercy**

So not super OTT?

**daveNYC**

There's the usual holding the line against a bajillion orks or whatever, but it's more that they have sane(ish) attitudes towards who they are, what they're doing, and why they're doing it.

**forruner_mercy**

From the excerpts I read on BL website, I think I might get the trilogy. Plus the books are not too expensive.

**KingDeath**

Kyme writes spacemarines like others might write a bunch of teenagers deep in their puberty ( as an almost constantly bickering bunch of fools ). Some do like his style but i am not among them.

**forruner_mercy**

Well, to every man/woman to his/her own.

**DornFist**

I very liked them though I haven't read the e book one, I think its called fireborn? anyways and i look forward to reading noctourne when it comes out.

**Prawnkus**

I loved the trilogy, but I personally think Nocturne ended strangely. It kind of leaves it open for another book, but I.m not sure.

**forruner_mercy**

Well, guess we'll see if it is in fact not a trilogy

**Orblivion**

Loved the first two books, but after finishing Nocturne earlier this week I have to say I was kind of disappointed. It wasn't a bad book, but it feels disjointed and is certainly the worst one of the series IMO.

**forruner_mercy**

Well, I think I might get the trilogy during the holiday.

**girgam**

i've finished reading the trilogy now, very good and i do recommend it, but i would have ended it slightly differently if i had been the writer

**forruner_mercy**

Ok, well, thanks for the info guys!

**Soladrin**

I got about 75 pages left of Nocturne, it's a great series I must say. And Nocturne is looking to be quite the epic finale.

**Bobakos**

This...

Prawnkus wrote:I loved the trilogy, but I personally think Nocturne ended strangely. It kind of leaves it open for another book, but I.m not sure.

nuff said

**forruner_mercy**

Would be cool to see it continue.

**rabidaskal**

I read the first book, thought long and hard about it, and decided to stop there. As some have said, they enjoyed the more normal / sane portrayal of the Salamanders. While I liked the fact that they care for humans, I found their constant in-fighting and frat boy clique mentality to be tremendously grating. Two things which decided me against continuing the series were:

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And the second was:

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**forruner_mercy**

Hmm...those are some good points.