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**Pacific**

kronk wrote:
Thanks, Shade. I just figured that out.

Sweet picture. How big are these prints. they don't say on the site.

It's nice but I don't think even close to the two previous Adrian Smith works of the same scene.

**Brother SRM**

The gallery prints are neat, but it's readily apparent that they're covers to books meant to wrap around the back. All the action is on the right side and the left is where the back cover blurbs are supposed to go. Not necessarily a bad thing, just kind of obvious I think!

Personally, I'd rather see prints of work from Adrian Smith, John Blanche, or one of the other main GW artists, but this is still neat. More 40k/Fantasy art being available is only a good thing.

**nels1031**

Pacific wrote:
kronk wrote:
Thanks, Shade. I just figured that out.

Sweet picture. How big are these prints. they don't say on the site.

It's nice but I don't think even close to the two previous Adrian Smith works of the same scene.

Ya, the one with Horus and the Emperor about to square off on the steps is probably my favorite piece of WH40k artwork.

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Looky Likey wrote:
What's come out recently that isn't a HH book that is worth reading? I'm off on holiday and need some reading material..

The Archaon book is pretty good.

**reds8n**

In other news:

To celebrate the launch of Warhammer 40,000, Black Library have asked a selection of their authors to pick their favourite Warhammer 40,000 novels to be released as eBooks. This essential collection will be updated every day this week on the Black Library site.

http://www.blacklibrary.com/

Titanicus half price for today, and a free e-short too.

**reds8n**

Few updates and snippets of info

http://www.blacklibrary.com/new-at-bl/The-First-Champion.html

Friday 30th of May, 2014

HORUS HERESY - THE FIRST CHAMPION

Hi readers,
It’s an exciting day for fans of the Horus Heresy as a much anticipated character makes his battle début in a brand new audio drama by John French.

Templar focuses on the famed hero of the Imperial Fists, Sigismund, and sees the First Captain face-to-face with traitor Space Marines for the first time.
Here’s a short extract to give you a brief taste of the action, where our yellow-clad hero tests his blade against a battle brother from another Legion.

LISTEN TO AN EXTRACT NOW

Templar is available to download now as an MP3. This audio drama is currently exclusive to blacklibrary.com and is available a full six months before it will be released in stores as a CD.

That’s not the only new addition to the Heresy today. John French’s other VII Legion story, The Crimson Fist, is now available in a new hardback format to match the rest of your Horus Heresy Collector’s editions.

This novella was first printed in the anthology Shadows of Treachery.
For those of you who haven’t read it yet, the story describes a brutal naval engagement between sworn enemies the Iron Warriors and Imperial Fists.
It also introduces another Imperial Fist captain whose legacy will extend well beyond the events of the Horus Heresy, Alexis Polux – the eponymous Crimson Fist.

That’s all for today,
We’ll be back next week with more news, extracts and new releases.
Thanks for reading.

Heard quite good things about this audio drama, believe it's mainly told in flashback .

http://www.blacklibrary.com/new-at-bl/The-Victims-Dance.html

new e-short SW story.

... short being the key word there yeah ?

And thanks to Messrs Scion of Chemos, Soul Hunter and Death Nikorps for digging up these future releases

Legacies of Betrayal (HH)
http://www.amazon.com/Legacies-Betra...1742861&sr=1-2

Master of the First / the Long Night (HH)
http://www.amazon.com/Master-First-N...1742861&sr=1-3

Angels of Darkness(reprint?)
http://www.amazon.com/Angels-Darknes...1742861&sr=1-4

Curse of the Phoenix Crown (ToL)
http://www.amazon.com/Curse-Phoenix-...1742861&sr=1-5

Defenders of Mankind
http://www.amazon.com/Defenders-Mank...1742861&sr=1-8

Dark Eldar Omnibus
http://www.amazon.com/Path-Dark-Elda...1742861&sr=1-9

Deathblade: A Tale of Malus Darkbalde(Malus spinoff kinda like the G&f spinoffs?)
http://www.amazon.com/Deathblade-Mal...742878&sr=1-13

Garro: Shield of Lies (HH)
http://www.amazon.com/Garro-Shield-L...742878&sr=1-14

Angels of Death
http://www.amazon.com/Angels-Death-C...746314&sr=1-11

The Eagles Talon / Iron Corpses
http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/1849...A1X6FK5RDHNB96

**BobtheInquisitor**

Have they had any good novels with Tyranids lately?

**kronk**

reds8n wrote:

That’s not the only new addition to the Heresy today. John French’s other VII Legion story, The Crimson Fist, is now available in a new hardback format to match the rest of your Horus Heresy Collector’s editions.
This novella was first printed in the anthology Shadows of Treachery.
For those of you who haven’t read it yet, the story describes a brutal naval engagement between sworn enemies the Iron Warriors and Imperial Fists.
It also introduces another Imperial Fist captain whose legacy will extend well beyond the events of the Horus Heresy, Alexis Polux – the eponymous Crimson Fist.

I picked this up at GenCon. Short book, but a good read. Dorn and Sigismund brood, and some stuff happens in space with the Imperial Fists and Iron Warriors.

**reds8n**

BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Have they had any good novels with Tyranids lately?

None springs to mind, alas.

They did do this bundle

http://www.blacklibrary.com/warhammer-40000/tyranids-ebundle-2014.html

a short while ago but most , if not all , of them are old with the possible exception of some of the short stories.

http://www.blacklibrary.com/warhammer-40000/deathwatch-xenos-hunters.html

came out in Feb. this year

whilst
http://www.blacklibrary.com/warhammer-40000/deathwatch-2013.html

was from last year.

**Rob Sanders**

Edit - Your post was nothing to do with Black library, do not spam (rule #2). - MT11

**BobtheInquisitor**

Did Dakka just delete the words of a Black Library ~~bestselling~~ author? What happened?

How far must BL have fallen. Remember when A Thousand Sons and Prospero Burns came out and BL authors had our respect, or even admiration? Now all they want to do is tell you why you shouldn't buy paperbacks any more.

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...Having said that, does anyone know when the next Ciaphas Cain novel comes out?

**gigasnail**

lol wtf, over

**Harriticus**

BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Did Dakka just delete the words of a Black Library ~~bestselling~~ author? What happened?

How far must BL have fallen. Remember when A Thousand Sons and Prospero Burns came out and BL authors had our respect, or even admiration? Now all they want to do is tell you why you shouldn't buy paperbacks any more.

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...Having said that, does anyone know when the next Ciaphas Cain novel comes out?

I remember when the BL was about publishing stories and not collectors item. I don't blame the authors or editors really. Somewhere along the way, GW execs got a stranglehold of them.

**Rob Sanders**

Hi All - I fudged that first post. Apologies! : ) Take two. A bit of context - my name is Rob Sanders (*pleased to meet you*) and I'm a Horus Heresy, 40k and Fantasy author for Black Library - among other things. I'm a regular blogger and enjoy the forum conversation that results. I tend to include a good deal of original content relating to my BL fiction and Warhammer 40K in general. It's enjoyed in other places and I was wondering if it would be the same on Dakka Dakka. No hard feelings, if not! : D Recent examples include the comedy comic strip 'There is Only War' (http://rob-sanders.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/there-is-only-war-comic-strip-short-my.html ), a Warhammer 40K Galaxy map... sort of (http://rob-sanders.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/warhammer-40k-galaxy-map-sort-of.html) and 'Which Traitor Primarch Are You? Take the Test' (http://rob-sanders.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/horus-heresy-weekender-and-which.html). I'd love to know which primarch you got - some turned out to be more popular than others and not necessarily the ones you would think! The post I fudged yesterday was the most recent entry - a Space Hulk strategy game based on one of my short stories (http://rob-sanders.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/play-cleanse-and-burn-space-hulk_4154.html). Anyway, intro over. Glad to know you. : )

**jah-joshua**

welcome to Dakka, Rob...

i've enjoyed your BL novels...
Legion of the Damned could have used more Legion of the Damned, though

...
Atlas Infernal was pretty rockin', and i liked Redemption Corps, too...

i'm looking forward to reading Archaon...
i haven't got my hands on that one, yet...
i have a feeling it's going to be good...

cheers
jah

**Alpharius**

Welcome Mr. Sanders!

Also, I took the test and, I kid you now, I am Alpharius!

(Though admittedly I could kind of see where *some* of the questions were going with that one!)

**Hulksmash**

Welcome to Dakka Rob. I quite enjoyed Redemption Corps.

@Thread

I'm thinking I might pick up Crimson Fist in it's novella. I think I have Shadows of Treachery somewhere but having the anything Iron Warrior in a seperate stand alone is better for me.

Also who's excited for another Garro audio!!!!!

**the shrouded lord**

finished shadows of treachery and angewl exterminates. reading betrayer now. enjoyment +.
I am horus lupercal.

**reds8n**

http://www.blacklibrary.com/new-at-bl/i-was-there.html

Hey readers,

There’s good news for Horus Heresy fans today, as the first novel in the series is released for the first time as a fully unabridged audiobook and the full collection of paperback editions comes back into stock.

The Birth of Heresy

Horus Rising by Dan Abnett is the most popular Black Library book ever released – and with good reason as it’s totally awesome. The first Horus Heresy sets the scene for what has become our longest and most read series.

In the most recent Horus Heresy novel Vengeful Spirit we saw Horus at his apex, as master of the Traitor Legions. As the Warmaster begins to tighten the noose and his armies close in on Terra, what better time to look back at where it all began?

I was there…
Horus Rising has been an audiobook before, but previously in an abridged format. Since its first release we’ve had fans requesting a full and and unabridged version, and today those requests are answered.

Voiced by the talented Toby Longworth, Horus Rising clocks in at over 12 hours of audio. Here’s the opening few minutes to give you a sound bite of what to expect, including the Immortal line:

“I was there, the day Horus slew the Emperor…”

Listen to an extract:

Horus Rising is just one of dozens of books in our Horus Heresy audiobook series. Together they represent over 200 hours of audio. These audiobooks are perfect for long drives, or as background listening whilst painting an army of Citadel Miniatures. (What could be more appropriate?)

Paper is Back!
We also have some good news for fans of paperback books.

The Horus Heresy series has grown to be over two dozen novels long. We know that many of you who started reading at the beginning of the series are keen to complete your paperback collection, so we’ve re-printed every novel in the series to ensure you can get your hands on all of them.

The new prints all have a platinum blue sheen (following on from the gold of the first print run, and the silver and bronze of the second and third prints).

Check out the full range here to pick up any that you might have missed.

That’s all for this week.
Check back on Monday when we’ll be back with a new Quick Read and another week of news and new releases.
Thanks for reading,

- Eddie
‘I was there, the day Horus Rising was released as an unabridged audiobook’

http://www.blacklibrary.com/horus-heresy/horus-heresy-paperbacks

**Alpharius**

I guess 'good news' really is a relative term!

**farmersboy**

"I was there, the day zzzzzzzzzzzzzz"

**Malika2**

Psst...

http://aarondembskibowden.wordpress.com/2014/06/15/the-talon-of-horus-and-an-fsog-interview/

**Temujin**

Lush announcement in August? Am I cynical if I assume that means limited edition price gouging announcement? I'd rather mail ADB a cheque so that I don't have to reward BLs antics.

**Orinoco**

Rob Sanders wrote:
Hi All - I fudged that first post. Apologies! : ) Take two. A bit of context - my name is Rob Sanders (*pleased to meet you*) and I'm a Horus Heresy, 40k and Fantasy author for Black Library - among other things. I'm a regular blogger and enjoy the forum conversation that results.

A sequel to atlas infernal, please !!! I really liked it and the short story.

**Alpharius**

I'd like one of those two.

And some 'modern' Alpha Legion stuff that isn't in the 'mustache twirling' category.

With some more (OK, a lot more) of the ambiguity that Abnett brought in - maybe they really are "For the Emperor!"

**fullheadofhair**

Despite the books now being available in "normal" paperback I find myself quite underwhelmed to the point of "meh".

When BL moved to the more expensive format I stopped buying as I just didn't think almost adequate pulp fiction was worth spending more that $8 or $9 on. As a consequence I have no idea what is going on in the HH and cannot even be bothered to start finding out where I need to start especially as stories are only available in certain formats or not available at all.

What I then found is stopping reading regularly about the WH universe (both fantasy and 40k) has caused my interest in both those games to die off.

I cannot be the only one who this has happened to.

**BobtheInquisitor**

You are not.

**warboss**

fullheadofhair wrote:

When BL moved to the more expensive format I stopped buying as I just didn't think almost adequate pulp fiction was worth spending more that $8 or $9 on. As a consequence I have no idea what is going on in the HH and cannot even be bothered to start finding out where I need to start especially as stories are only available in certain formats or not available at all.

What I then found is stopping reading regularly about the WH universe (both fantasy and 40k) has caused my interest in both those games to die off.

I cannot be the only one who this has happened to.

For me, it was the reverse... a dislike of 6th edition and the BL format switch over caused me to stop reading and buying (respectively) the novels. Just to catch you up, Horus is still rebelling but I still suspect the Imperium will win in the end.

I'll still occasionally read (or more accurately skim till the last quarter) while reading coffee at books stores but I no longer buy the books like I used to. I'm behind on both my commissars unfortunately and frankly I miss those titles a bit more than the HH stuff that more frequently shows up in the book store many months after I read about it here in this thread. Over in the HH , you haven't missed too much other than

Spoiler:

**Pacific**

Alpharius wrote:
I'd like one of those two.

And some 'modern' Alpha Legion stuff that isn't in the 'mustache twirling' category.

With some more (OK, a lot more) of the ambiguity that Abnett brought in - maybe they really are "For the Emperor!"

I would like that too. Was there ever really a story that followed on from what happened in Legion?

**Alpharius**

The Legion has made some appearances after LEGION, but for me, they've been disappointing.

No one really picked up the baton from that novel and carried it forward.

Yes, I am biased, and yes, I would've LOVED for the Legion to have been the 'too clever by half' double agents, working to their own purposes, but really "For the Emperor!" (or 'humanity', if not "imperium").

And maybe they still are?

But...DELIVERANCE LOST and the few short stories since then haven't necessarily filled me with much hope in that regard.

Not to mention the full on 'baby to forehead stapling' that's been going on with the Legion in 'modern' 40K Fluff...

**Azreal13**

If there were a Legion that could be both baby-staplers and super-secret-squirrel loyal agents of the Imperium simultaneously, and be unaware of their own dual nature, it would be Alpha Legion.