Okay- I'm not a huge
BL reader- I've read the serialized
WD version of James Swallow's
SoB (Faith and Fire, I think?)- it wasn't bad.
I read Abnett's Eisenhorn trilogy and thought it was really good.
I read Requiem- another
SoB book- also not bad, but I think I liked Swallow's book better.
And finally, Cult of the War Mason. "
GSC AND Sisters!" I thought, "How could I go wrong?"
And that's it- that was my entire exposure to
BL... So I took a while to respond.
But WOW- Danie Ware's Triumph of Saint Katherine! First of all, I've wanted to read a Sisters story penned by a woman forever. I'm not saying men can't or shouldn't stretch and try to write from a woman's perspective- I'm just saying there's a certain kind of authenticity that a woman brings to the page, and I'm hoping for a 3d character; I know she's limited by the genre, but I'm looking forward to seeing what she can bring.
It doesn't sound like we'll get a lot of details about the Witch Cult of Mnestteus, but any little shred would be something I've waited for since the Second ed Dex- I've ALWAYS wanted to convert the modern day descendants of the cult who have hidden in the shadows since the dark days of the Age of Apostasy. Anything I can use will be gravy!
The story also sounds like great research for the Triumph angle in my Crusade campaign.
Also looking forward to Adrian Tchaikovsky's Ascension Day- when I found out he was a credentialed sci-fi writer whose works had explored alien-insect culture and psychology, it made me really curious to see his take on the
GSC. Again, I know the genre prevents him from getting too deep, and that some aspects of a
GSC may be things that
GW would prefer left as vague allusions rather than have them fully explored... But I think I might still get something I've never seen before.