Clunker wrote:
Hm, I'm in the US, and have never attempted to call internationally before...

Thanks, I'll see what I can do with this.

Clunker wrote:
Pardon for the threadjack; wasn't sure where a better location for this would be.

Found I'm moving soon - and need to switch the email address associated with my Black Library account.
(The site doesn't seem to offer that option within the Account Settings)

I've emailed them twice in the last week and a half, with no response...

Any ideas?

There is Only War!

What a mighty tome the Black Library has unleashed upon an unsuspecting world! Written by the cream of Black Library’s talent, this anthology contains 41 short stories, is 992 pages long, and weighs over half a kilo.
And how about this for a contents list:

One Hate – Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Kraken – Chris Wraight
The Iron Without – Graham McNeill
Deus ex Mechanicus – Andy Chambers
Pestilence – Dan Abnett
Torment – Anthony Reynolds
Cold Trade – Andy Hoare
The Relic – Jonathan Green
Faces – Matthew Farrer
Beneath the Flesh – Andy Smillie
Even Unto Death – Mike Lee
Orphans of the Kraken – Richard Williams
Black Dawn – C L Werner
Unforgiven – Graham McNeill
Shadow Knight – Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Survivor – Steve Parker
Emperor’s Deliverance – Nick Kyme
The Last Detail – Paul Kearney
Master Imus’s Transgression – Dan Abnett
The Long Games at Carcharias – Rob Sanders
Helion Rain – George Mann
Echoes of the Tomb – Sandy Mitchell
Voidsong – Henry Zou
We Are One – John French
Bitter End – S P Cawkwell
Mistress Baeda’s Gift – Braden Campbell
Flesh – Chris Wraight
Twelve Wolves – Ben Counter
Suffer not the Unclean to Live – Gav Thorpe
The Lives of Ferag Lion-Wolf – Barrington J Bayley
Snares and Delusions – Matthew Farrer
Gate of Souls – Mike Lee
The Wrath of Khârn – William King
The Returned – James Swallow
A Good Man – Sandy Mitchell
Hell Night – Nick Kyme
At Gaius Point – Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Midnight on the Street of Knives – Andy Chambers
The Carrion Anthem – David Annandale
Playing Patience – Dan Abnett
Apostle’s Creed – Graham McNeill

With so much great content, There is Only War is perfect for Black Library fans new and old. If you’ve never experienced tales from the grim darkness of the Warhammer 40,000 universe before, this is a great starting point.

Containing short stories from many of Black Library’s best authors, including Dan Abnett, Graham McNeill, Aaron Dembski-Bowden and Chris Wraight, it offers a great introduction to the heroes and villains of the far future. For those of you already familiar with Warhammer 40,000, this is the first chance to own many of these stories in printed form. Whether its short stories by your favourite author, or a chance to discover something new, this is a great addition to your Black Library collection.

There is Only War will be in stores in December, and makes a wonderful Christmas gift. You can find other great Christmas ideas on our gift list, all of which give you the opportunity to take advantage of our free shipping offer which runs until Christmas.

- Mal and Phil, Black Library cheerful chappies

 Begel Dverl wrote:
Out of all of those, to be honest, Survivor would be the one of the best.

 JWBS wrote:

 Begel Dverl wrote:
Out of all of those, to be honest, Survivor would be the one of the best.

Which one's that again? Sounds familiar. Some sort of horribly ironic twist at the end is it?

Pestilence by Abnett is good. I think all his shorts are good, I think it's cos when he's at his best he's excellent, and he can't really go far wrong with a short story so it's pretty much guaranteed to be good.

 PredaKhaine wrote:
Hang on... Do you mean his first name isn't 'Commisar'?!

DUTY CALLS

Hey everyone,

We’ve got two great releases to talk about today:

Today’s Digital Mondays offering is Duty and Honour from Chris Wraight. This story originally featured in Swords of the Emperor, the collection of Sword of Justice, featuring Ludwig Schwarzhelm and Sword of Vengeance, featuring Kurt Helborg. And we enjoyed it so much we thought we’d release it separately as an ebook for you to download.

Talking of duty, our next Space Marine Battles book, Malodrax, features a captain who is the very embodiment of the term “duty”. Lysander has served his Chapter for many hundreds of years and Ben Counter’s latest novel featuring the Imperial Fists facing off against their arch enemy, the Iron Warriors, compounds this even further.

Ben joined us to talk about his experience whilst writing Malodrax:

“Malodrax is the story of Lysander – it's an origin story of sorts, taking him from a relatively new Imperial Fists captain to the utterly uncompromising man of the character's current iteration. The very basics of this story were laid down in Lysander's background as it exists in Warhammer 40,000, but the details were up to me.

For me, Lysander has evolved from a miniature and special character in the game to a character who lets me make a big statement about the Warhammer 40,000 universe. His defining feature is that he will do anything for victory. Malodrax let me explore that further as Lysander is ripped away from his Chapter and thrown onto a hostile world where every decision has consequences well beyond the immediate need to survive. In the Warhammer 40,000 universe, mankind must do abhorrent things to survive – Lysander, similarly, must decide how much to sacrifice for victory, and the question of how far is too far in the pursuit of his goal was a great central theme to work with.

The biggest challenge was taking a recognisable character, especially someone who is very emblematic of what a Space Marine is, completely out of context. At the start of Malodrax, Lysander doesn't have any fellow Imperial Fists around and he's stripped of all the resources a Space Marine officer can usually call upon, yet he still has to remain recognisably the same character. Fortunately the structure of the book, which switches between Lysander's adventures alone on Malodrax and his return in the company of an Imperial Fists strike team, let me show Lysander both on his own and as a part of a Space Marine force.

The difficulties were secondary to the opportunities Lysander afforded me. I love to take one tiny corner of the universe, in this case Lysander's backstory, and use it to explore a theme that is central to the whole Warhammer 40,000 background. Malodrax let me do that, while at the same time perhaps packing in a few surprises about a character it's easy to assume we know everything about.

One of my major aims in the book was to show that Lysander is a lot more complicated than his miniature or rules suggest.”

Space Marine Battles: Malodrax hits the stores on Saturday 14th December and is available to pre-order now.

Don’t forget that you can take advantage of our free shipping offer and place your order for Malodrax today.

-Adam,

THE STORY
After the destruction of Monarchia and the Emperor’s reprimanding of the Word Bearers Legion, the primarch Lorgar spent many long years searching the stars for the universal truths of the cosmos – when he finally came to gaze deep into the Eye of Terror, with grim inevitability he found that the Eye stared back. Now, guided by the daemon Ingethel, he undertakes a spiritual journey into the heart of Chaos itself and sees that the entire destiny of mankind and the Imperium could rest upon just a few nexus events. As the Great Crusade burns itself out in treachery and deceit, Lorgar weighs the cost of his ambitions, and sets his course for eternal damnation.

ABOUT THE BOOK
Available for the first time since its Limited Edition release, Aaron Dembski-Bowden's Horus Heresy novella is presented in a stunning hardback format.

THE STORY
The Thousand Sons – a Legion whose destiny was irrevocably altered at Prospero, and yet who now seem to dance only to fate’s tune. Ahzek Ahriman and Magnus the Red cast their psychic sight over the galaxy, seeking any clue as to what the future might hold and where their true allegiance should ultimately be placed.

ABOUT THE AUDIO
A Horus Heresy audio drama written by Graham McNeill.Running time approx 35 mins.