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ANGEL OF FIRE

The secret cabal of Black Library artists have been hard at work of late and we have a slew of new covers to show you over the next few months. To kick these off, we bring you Raymond Swanland’s art for the first Macharian Crusade novel by William King, Angel of Fire.

This cover shows the full glory of Lord Commander Solar Macharius as he embarks upon his mighty conquest of a thousand worlds.

For the Emperor!

We'll have more new artwork for you next wednesday so be sure to check back then.

On the blog tomorow, little Horus.

very nice indeed.

Mr. King has lucked out once again with his covers !

I want those in higher res please!!!!

They are.... inspiring!!

feth yes.

Solar has... wings?

I know a Solar in AD&D does, but the 40K version of Alexander the Great does too, or is that just a representation of his Inspiring Presence?

It looks like a representation of his inspiring presence.

You can see the tank he's standing on through them, and if you look closer...you can see it's a kind of 'ethereal' aquila.

At time of writing there are Aurelian Silver Editions available

http://www.blacklibrary.com/Horus-Heresy/aurelian-silver-edition.html

Yeah, some of the people who first bought Silver because they couldn't get Gold were then able to get Gold after glitches were fixed and canceled their Silver orders, so now there are some more Silver available.

For those out there still thinking of tossing away $30 US on an expensive pamphlet that will be reprinted in an omnibus in 2 years that will be available on Amazon for about $10 with tons of other stories in it, your last opportunity to do so is now available.

I was in our local GW (Reading, UK) today and they were talking about the store's birthday party on saturday.

They will have copies of The Outcast Dead for sale as well as a few preview copies of the next HH novel. According to the BL release schedule that's Deliverance Lost, the Raven Guard/Alpha Legion book, that's due sometime in January

I know I'm looking forward to that one!

Pick me up a copy if you can!

Never been that big a fan of Macharius, maybe these books will make him awesome. That picture certainly did!

Alpharius wrote:I know I'm looking forward to that one!
Pick me up a copy if you can!

If they will let me buy two, sure...

KamikazeCanuck wrote:Never been that big a fan of Macharius, maybe these books will make him awesome. That picture certainly did!

NOT liking Alexander the Great in Space?

You mad, son?

endtransmission wrote:

Alpharius wrote:I know I'm looking forward to that one!
Pick me up a copy if you can!

If they will let me buy two, sure...

You the man!

I suspect 98% of the worlds he conquered involved him blitzkrieging cavemen and guys with muskets. We shall see though.

Fulgrim i think, hoped rather than believed he could turn Mannus to Horus cause, i do not recall too much but the dialogue between them was brief & bloody.

Fulgrim & Mannus were close as brothers can be, despite their differences, after all, that is why they forged weapons for each other, why Mannus was so hurt by Fulgrims betrayal that HE had to hunt him down & end him & also why Fulgrim allowed the daemon to posess him, because he couldnt kill Mannus in the end (or atleast not as himself).

Sorry for bad grammar, using my phone.

KamikazeCanuck wrote:I suspect 98% of the worlds he conquered involved him blitzkrieging cavemen and guys with muskets. We shall see though.

He's also the guy who killed an advanced society by directing an asteroid towards their planet and wiping out the Matrix.

endtransmission wrote:I was in our local GW (Reading, UK) today and they were talking about the store's birthday party on saturday.

They will have copies of The Outcast Dead for sale as well as a few preview copies of the next HH novel. According to the BL release schedule that's Deliverance Lost, the Raven Guard/Alpha Legion book, that's due sometime in January

Shhh don't tell everyone

I'm going down early to try and get my mitts on these.

On older news, there are still copies of Aurelian Silver for sale. I wonder if they have printed more, as they sold out again yesterday?

BrookM wrote:

KamikazeCanuck wrote:I suspect 98% of the worlds he conquered involved him blitzkrieging cavemen and guys with muskets. We shall see though.

He's also the guy who killed an advanced society by directing an asteroid towards their planet and wiping out the Matrix.

What? I thought the Imperium frowned on the use of asteroids as ordinance due to their expensiveness. Also, I thought the Matrix existed in a different, more keanu-centric universe.

KamikazeCanuck wrote:

BrookM wrote:

KamikazeCanuck wrote:I suspect 98% of the worlds he conquered involved him blitzkrieging cavemen and guys with muskets. We shall see though.

He's also the guy who killed an advanced society by directing an asteroid towards their planet and wiping out the Matrix.

What? I thought the Imperium frowned on the use of asteroids as ordinance due to their expensiveness. Also, I thought the Matrix existed in a different, more keanu-centric universe.

The third edition rulebook has a blurb on this, which pre-dates the Matrix by a few years, but still manages to describe the Matrix quite well.

So in direct violation of Munitorium SOPs he obliterated Keanu with a giant rock. Whoa. Now I like him again.

Always found the miniature of Solar Macharius ridiculous.
The pic of Sturmtruppen hailing their God-like leader doesn't change that.
But I am obviously not the target customer.

Kroothawk wrote:
The pic of Sturmtruppen hailing their God-like leader doesn't change that.

Really? Sturmtruppen...


Lots of 40k leaders run around in too much bling and its certainly possible to create whatever you want from the style of the IG.
But the troops there are the common IG , nothing specific or historical referred to.


The quality of the cover art is on a good way, now if just the codices could keep up with this.

Kroothawk wrote:Always found the miniature of Solar Macharius ridiculous.
The pic of Sturmtruppen hailing their God-like leader doesn't change that.
But I am obviously not the target customer.

We get it, you only like Tau stuff.

And just because they look like Cadians doesn't mean they are Shock Troops. Ultima Macharia was achieved by not just Cadians.

... moving on...

Today BL added 'Accursed Eternity', a novella by Sarah Cawkwell from 'Architect of Fate' and Joshua Reynolds' debut novel 'Knights of the Blazing Sun' - Over five months before its paperback release. This sits alongside "Endeavour of Will" by Ben Counter which is also available earlier in ebook format.


If anyone does take the plunge, please let us know what they're like !

KamikazeCanuck wrote:Never been that big a fan of Macharius, maybe these books will make him awesome. That picture certainly did!

Bill King's fantasy books were decent pulp but I never read his 40k ones.

How is he?

Kid_Kyoto wrote:

KamikazeCanuck wrote:Never been that big a fan of Macharius, maybe these books will make him awesome. That picture certainly did!

Bill King's fantasy books were decent pulp but I never read his 40k ones.

How is he?

I've read his Space Wolf stuff and I like them. The predate the current era of background a bit so seem a little out of date for the small details and feel. Just a bit, not as much as Ian Watson for example. I've said they are readable for someone who has never heard of 40K or Space Marines before. They're like an old fashioned origin story for Space Marines.
Ironically, Ragnar Blackmane is one of the most introspective, thoughtful characters in the BL. Silly, Space Wolf.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:

KamikazeCanuck wrote:Never been that big a fan of Macharius, maybe these books will make him awesome. That picture certainly did!

Bill King's fantasy books were decent pulp but I never read his 40k ones.

How is he?

I liked the first three, but Wolfblade was a drag. I couldn't get through it, and I have a pretty high tolerance for silly pulp sci-fi.

Has anyone had any luck sorting out the shipping charge error on Aurelian? I got hammered with a 25 pound shipping charge on my 20 pound silver edition. They said on facebook early on that they would refund everyone, but the reply I got to my query was just a stock answer that didn't mention shipping and even now that I've had my despatch notification the charge is still displayed on my black library account page.

Sorry to hear that.

.. if you still have no joy PM the order number/ref and I'll phone them for you and chase it up.

My Gold edition of Aurelian arrived on Friday evening. Read it on Saturday and enjoyed it immensely.

I got my refund four days after I placed the order, it might be because when I mailed them I included my order no. and time of purchase.

Still waiting for my copy, hopefully it will arrive Friday.

How were you made aware that you got a refund? I don't have any easy way of checking with my credit card company until I get the statement (stupid antiquated Japanese banking system). They're pretty firm on facebook that nobody will pay shipping, but if I hadn't gone digging there I would have to assume that my complaint has been ignored and I've been cheated out of 125% of the cost of the book. I'm not in a hurry, and I'm confident I'll get my refund confirmed eventually. I know they've been rather busy of late, but surely if they don't make it clear that those affected have actually got their refund they're just going to end up swamped in irate people bugging them about it.

I really appreaciate the offer reds8n. I hope I don't have to trouble you.

My book should arrive towards the end of the week. UPS don't deliver on weekends in Japan, so I have to sign the undelivered note to say that I want them to leave it in my mail box, then wait for them to deliver it again. Yep, I really don't want to pay 25 quid for that (again).