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Just an FYI for anyone with the same habit as me, ie pre ordering Heresy books in MMPB format on Amazon well in advance, both Mark Of Calth and Vulkan Lives are now available to pre-order on the UK site.

They're in the ~£7 price bracket, whereas the trades are ~£9 to make them easier to spot.

Death of Integrity by Guy Haley is very, very good indeed.

He seems to get better with each book.

"Death of Integrity" is, as you noted earlier, the best title for a GW/BL book ever.

I am looking forward to reading it too though - the premise sounds great, and if you're saying it is a fantastic read, well...

...I'm in!

 reds8n wrote:
Death of Integrity by Guy Haley is very, very good indeed.

He seems to get better with each book.

What else has he done? Tank heads?

 cincydooley wrote:

 reds8n wrote:
Death of Integrity by Guy Haley is very, very good indeed.

He seems to get better with each book.

What else has he done? Tank heads?

Baneblade, Skarsnik, and now Death of Integrity...

i just finished it a couple of days ago...
it's a good read...
it even distracted me from Lords of Mars for a minute...

the Ad-Mech, Novamarines, and Blood Drinkers combo made for some interesting dynamics...
the Blood Drinkers revelation is HUGE...
some will love it, and some will hate it, but very interesting, and maybe even controversial...

time to finish Lords of Mars now...
even more Ad-Mech goodness!!!

cheers
jah

If anyone is curious about the revelation, DO NOT go read the Blood Drinkers article on Lexicanum, it already contains that spoiler.

For a chapter named the Blood Drinkers that is incredibly unimaginative.

Dun-dun-duuuuuuuuuun! comes to mind.

 Lint wrote:
For a chapter named the Blood Drinkers that is incredibly unimaginative.

Actually that's not the big revelation, the big revelation is the thing that happens to some members of the chapter, 18 so far (dun dun dunn!!!), and who is the cause behind it.

It's a nice twist if you ask me.

 BrookM wrote:
It's a nice twist if you ask me.

Makes me interested to see how it works out

 Alfndrate wrote:
If anyone is curious about the revelation, DO NOT go read the Blood Drinkers article on Lexicanum, it already contains that spoiler.

Thanks for the tip. You saved me a google search as I wanted that spoiled!

Jah, it never ceases to amaze me how fast you burn thru These books. I envy that!!!!

 cincydooley wrote:
Jah, it never ceases to amaze me how fast you burn thru These books. I envy that!!!!

I've been burning through them at about a book a week, and that's only dedicating about 6 hours a week (lunch time and time before I get to work)

For me it depends on the author, I used to burn through Dan's books really fast, until his stuff got old. Now it's AD-B's books that are fast burners for me. So far, aside from Helsreach, all in under a week.

I guess I did read Vulkan Lives in 2 days.

Helsreach is still my favourite Space Marine style story. The Black Templars in it seem to portray what I'd imagine the typical space marine to be perfectly.

AKA, a bit of a **ck. Which makes the marines like the Salamanders (also in the story) and the Space Wolves far more interesting.

Got through 'Of Gods and Men' in about 2 weeks which I thought was pretty impressive..

Didn't find any revelation about the Blood Drinkers on the Lexicanum page - I demand the right to spoil the story for myself, god damn it!

 Pacific wrote:
Got through 'Of Gods and Men' in about 2 weeks which I thought was pretty impressive..

Didn't find any revelation about the Blood Drinkers on the Lexicanum page - I demand the right to spoil the story for myself, god damn it!

Look down at the "sources" section of the blood drinkers page, you're looking for anything that uses, "[9]" as a source... (check below the picture on the right hand side of the page).

 cincydooley wrote:
Jah, it never ceases to amaze me how fast you burn thru These books. I envy that!!!!

reading is the only way for me to decompress after painting every night...
it distracts my mind from all the worries of the day...

i also read all the books at least twice...
the first time is a fast read, almost like a movie in my head...
the second read is much more in-depth...

anyway, BL books are pretty much the only fiction i buy...
even only buying BL books, the collection grows too fast...
the digital change is a blessing for saving space, and cutting down on all the boxes...

once i finish Lords of Mars, i'll have to decide what's next...
maybe the Dreadfleet novel by Phil Kelly!!!
hahahahaha...

cheers
jah

 Alfndrate wrote:

 Pacific wrote:
Got through 'Of Gods and Men' in about 2 weeks which I thought was pretty impressive..

Didn't find any revelation about the Blood Drinkers on the Lexicanum page - I demand the right to spoil the story for myself, god damn it!

Look down at the "sources" section of the blood drinkers page, you're looking for anything that uses, "[9]" as a source... (check below the picture on the right hand side of the page).

Thanks very much!

Without having read the book..

 jah-joshua wrote:
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maybe the Dreadfleet novel by Phil Kelly!!!
hahahahaha...

cheers
jah

It's okay, it has its moments, but it was really just that, a bit of rather meh tie-in fiction.

The Tallarn: Executioner HH book mentioned on the last page is another one of those order for a week limited novellas, according to the e-mail updated for the Scorched Earth Novella that I just received.

xowainx wrote:
The Tallarn: Executioner HH book mentioned on the last page is another one of those order for a week limited novellas, according to the e-mail updated for the Scorched Earth Novella that I just received.

That's annoying was looking forward to picking it up at GD. I don't know if this has already been happening but it looks like BL are going to start re-publishing the SM battle novels in hardback.

Here is the full blurb from the scorched earth email:

I could not bring myself to wait for the normal paperbacks so I have started buying the audio versions, I just listened to Betrayer and I must admit I think I quite like them, they seem to have improved since my last one a while back.

Are all the books out in audio format ?

For a chapter named the Blood Drinkers that is incredibly unimaginative.

Actually that's not the big revelation, the big revelation is the thing that happens to some members of the chapter, 18 so far (dun dun dunn!!!), and who is the cause behind it.

What book?

 Rayvon wrote:
I could not bring myself to wait for the normal paperbacks so I have started buying the audio versions, I just listened to Betrayer and I must admit I think I quite like them, they seem to have improved since my last one a while back.

Are all the books out in audio format ?

I don't think they've released them all yet but a lot of them are available but the first three are only available in abridged version . I've been listening to Betrayer myself while at the gym and I've been quite surprised too by how good they are, the only downside is that I'm not a big fan of the voices they give some of the characters.

 Pyriel- wrote:

For a chapter named the Blood Drinkers that is incredibly unimaginative.

Actually that's not the big revelation, the big revelation is the thing that happens to some members of the chapter, 18 so far (dun dun dunn!!!), and who is the cause behind it.

What book?

Death of Integrity by Guy Haley

So I just finished Sword of Truth and loved it. It's the best Audiobook I've listened to so far but it certainly made me think of the conversation a few pages ago about The White Scars impeccable loyalty.