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Grarg wrote:
WOW, this is the best non-HH related novel since Pariah in my books.

Ehhh....

Because they think their customers are pea-brained yokels, and that if you took their combined I.Q. and multiplied it by a hundred you might have enough intelligence to tie your shoe, if you didn't drool all over yourself first. GW can't stand those sniveling maggots. They make Kirby want to puke. But, there is one good thing about selling to a hobby full of mindless sheep. GW always knows they have us exactly where they want us.

Knockagh wrote:
Looks like the salamander 1st Ed book isn't quie the hot cake that Talin of Horus was. Can't understand why they released it so quickly after the ToH.

Poor Nick Kyme. Talon of Horus sold out in what, 3-4 hours? They'll be lucky if Rebirth sells out in as many months.

Maybe ADB can lend his name to these things. "Aaron Dembski-Bowden presents: Rebirth First Edition by Nick Kyme"

I blame the apostrophes!

Too many apostrophes!

Does anyone know what happened to an audio CD that was listed on Amazon as an advance order a few years called "The Keeler Image"?

I've always wondered if it was binned because it took the HH in a direction they decided to drop or if it has been delayed because of the expansion of the storyline (Imperium Secundus and the like).

Or is everything I've been told a lie?

It was due out a few years back -- 2011 IIRC ? -- but got delayed initially due to Mr Abnett's other work commitments ( Dr Who novel.. and very good it is too !) and has then, alas, been lost somewhat in the shuffle.

It was supposed to be an Eisenhorn story relating to an artifact from the HH , one assumes that it may well reappear one day, perhaps as/when ( ..if ..?) we see some more releases relating to Eisenhorn.


That was some chatter a little while ago about some BL Inquisition themed releases alongside a print version of the Inquisition codex .... but I wouldn't hold out too much hope either way there personally.


Whilst we're here : It seems that BL : Live 2015 has been cancelled -- due to the ongoing building works apparently. People who already had tickets should be being contacted and offered either a refund, credit or money off a BL : Weekender ticket. This is a shame, the event has always been enjoyable in the past, hope it's not gone for good.


In better news however Mamzel Cawkwell has a new Silver Skulls novel out -- digital format only for the foreseeable future.
http://www.blacklibrary.com/new-at-bl/new-silver-skulls-novel.html

 reds8n wrote:
It was due out a few years back -- 2011 IIRC ? -- but got delayed initially due to Mr Abnett's other work commitments ( Dr Who novel.. and very good it is too !) and has then, alas, been lost somewhat in the shuffle.

It was supposed to be an Eisenhorn story relating to an artifact from the HH , one assumes that it may well reappear one day, perhaps as/when ( ..if ..?) we see some more releases relating to Eisenhorn.

So it was never a Horus Heresy release as such. Thanks for that, I knew I hadn't imagined it.

I was really digging the idea of a female 40K author, and had high hopes for Srah Cawkwell. I even bought Gildar Rift rather than stumbling across a copy that'd fallen off the back of a truck or renting it like I do with most of my BL books.

It was a terrible book, though. It was generic and by-the-numbers even for a Space Marines Battles novel, which is saying alot.

It was okay, nowhere near as bad as say, Lucien Soulban's stab at Necromunda, where he turned it into a generic cyberpunk setting.

Didn't help the cover gave away the ending,

That was the worst thing I could say about the Sarah Cawkwell, it was nicely written but instantly forgettable. I felt that she must have had each page and section read through by a 'commisariat', hovering behind her while writing.

Lucien Soulban - I assume BL have finally started allowing writers to have pen names? (something I have always found rather funny about them).

It's his real name actually. He wrote two 40k novels I think, one a forgettable Necromunda cyberpunk novel about retrieving body parts and another about the Tallarn Muslims in spaaaaaaaace with an ending that I predicted before I was even halfway through.

Which is odd really, as the guy is also responsible for the fething excellent Farcry 3, a game I love to pieces. Well, not the protagonist in any case, but damn it, it's an amazing game imho.

Wow that's incredible, how could his parents have known he would grow up to be a BL author?

Unless it's one of those 'self-fulfilling prophecy' kinds of things, i.e. Dr. Evil was only ever going to grow up and have his own private army and live in a hollowed out volcano..

(i'll stop waffling now!)

 Looky Likey wrote:
Is anybody genuinely pleased about the introduction of the trade, hardback and limited editions?

Yes... I actually am pleased with the trade sized paperbacks. They have a slight increase in the text size which improves their readability for me. I have really bad vision though. No where near needing large print editions, but the slightly larger typeface is nice. I did resist at first but I picked up Angel Exterminatus with a 20% off coupon from B&N and I havent loooked back.

A funny aside though would be more with B&N... they periodically send me out said 20% off coupons but they ALWAYS seem to send them out the weekend before anything I want gets released and you can not use them on pre orders. Damn you B&N... Damn you!!!

Fallen668 wrote:

 Looky Likey wrote:
Is anybody genuinely pleased about the introduction of the trade, hardback and limited editions?

Yes... I actually am pleased with the trade sized paperbacks. They have a slight increase in the text size which improves their readability for me. I have really bad vision though. No where near needing large print editions, but the slightly larger typeface is nice. I did resist at first but I picked up Angel Exterminatus with a 20% off coupon from B&N and I havent loooked back.!

You should seriously think about getting a Kindle/E-reader - You can make the font on my Kindle so fething large that it only gets about once sentence on each 'page'!

Fw more odds and sods...

http://www.blacklibrary.com/warhammer-40000/space-marine-terminators

New Terminator stories this week, SW today, ULtras on Wed and looks like BT's on Friday.

The latter tying nicely, one assumes, with Mr Haley's recent BT work -- which will also feature a brand new novel featuring them next year :

http://www.blacklibrary.com/warhammer-40000/black-templars

Few more titles have been spotted on Amazon/similar too :

http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Hunters-Umbra-Paul-Kearney/dp/1849708444/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410735837&sr=8-1&keywords=Dark+Hunters%3A+Umbra+Sumus+by+Paul+Kearney

The Space Marines of the Dark Hunters, descendants of the White Scars and their savage primarch Jaghatai Khan, are called to battle on the world of Ras Hanem, a world they thought long since liberated from the grip of heresy and returned to Imperial rule. Many years ago, he Dark Hunters defeated the traitor warband known as the Punishers on that world, in a conflict that left deep wounds in the Chapter. But now the Punishers have returned, seeking vengeance upon their would-be destroyers. Captain Jonah Kerne of Mortai Company is sent to annihilate the traitors once for all, but the cost of victory may be too high for him to bear -

http://www.amazon.com/Raptor-The-Horus-Heresy-Thorpe/dp/1849708746/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1410735929&sr=8-2&keywords=raptor+gav+thorpe -- audio drama

After the decimation of his Legion on the killing fields of Isstvan V, the primarch Corax sanctioned an accelerated implantation process to create new Raven Guard - a process subverted in secret by his enemies. But in spite of their horrendous mutations, the warriors of the Raptors still stand ready to do their primarch's bidding. When a watch-pack of Space Wolves legionaries arrives unannounced, it falls to Lieutenant Navar Hef to greet their warlike kinsmen and decide whether or not they might be hiding flaws of their own.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Unforgiven-Gav-Thorpe/dp/1849708541/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410735860&sr=8-1&keywords=the+unforgiven+gav+thorpe

The Legacy of Caliban echoes down through the ages, and the secretive mission of the Dark Angels continues: to atone for the sins of their forefathers and capture all of the renegades and heretics known as the Fallen. With the most famous of these Fallen Dark Angels - the elusive Cypher - now firmly in their grasp after his unexpected surrender, the Dark Angels are given fresh hope that they can redeem themselves in the eyes of the Emperor. But what game is Cypher playing? What plans does he have? And can the Dark Angels ever really atone, or will they always remain the Unforgiven?

Couple of reprints :

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Warriors-Ultramar-Ultramarines-Graham-McNeill/dp/1849708703/ref=tmm_pap_title_3?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-1&qid=1410736285

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Xenos-Dan-Abnett/dp/184970872X/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1410736212&sr=8-5&keywords=xenos+dan+abnett

the latter there oddly timed IMO....

Few more details on this previously mentioned release :

http://www.blacklibrary.com/horus-heresy/garro-shield-of-lies-audiobook.html


and more HH audio stuff...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Eagles-Talon-Corpses-Horus-Heresy/dp/1849708673/ref=pd_rhf_gw_s_cp_34_VA9C?ie=UTF8&refRID=0MVBAKDZ13V7K3E8N4FB

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Master-First-Night-Horus-Heresy/dp/1849708630/ref=pd_rhf_gw_s_cp_33_VA9C?ie=UTF8&refRID=0MVBAKDZ13V7K3E8N4FB

http://www.blacklibrary.com/new-at-bl/the-horus-heresy-book-xxxi.html

Breakdown of the contents of the forthcoming " legacies of Betrayal"


mainly print versions of audio shorts, novellas etc

Brotherhood of the Storm – Chris Wraight
Serpent – John French
Hunter's Moon – Guy Haley
Veritas Ferrum – David Annandale
Riven – John French
Strike and Fade – Guy Haley
Honour to the Dead – Gav Thorpe
Butcher's Nails – Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Warmaster – John French
Kryptos – Graham McNeill
Wolf's Claw – Chris Wraight
Thief of Revelations – Graham McNeill
The Divine Word – Gav Thorpe
Lucius, the Eternal Blade – Graham McNeill
The Eightfold Path – Anthony Reynolds
Guardian of Order – Gav Thorpe
Heart of the Conqueror – Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Censure – Nick Kyme
Lone Wolf – Chris Wraight

warmaster is my favourite one of these, least in audio form.

...very much the Horus Monologue

Reds8n, if I could ask, what's the content of Warmaster like? Is there actually any description of why Horus decided to turn against the Emperor and start the Heresy?

It's the one (rather large!) thing that has always been missing from the series for me, we have 'stabbed by evil sword' as the pre-cursor for the entire Heresy happening (and by extension the whole 40k universe really!), and it's always been a big omission that there wasn't really any cause and effect thing going on there.. does that story change any of that? (I remember ADB saying on a forum at one time that he would love to have written a background on Horus' decision..)

..hmmm.... not as such.

Touches on it -- briefly -- and it is a short piece, 9 minutes of audio.

It's more him ruminating upon/about his fellow primarchs and the situation he now finds himself in.


Original : http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/warmaster-mp3.html


I liked it though. A lot.

OK cheers for that, will give it a try.

Finished Talon of Horus, can see this being a great series if they don't milk it too much. Lots of little titbits given away that follow on from the Great Scouring.

 reds8n wrote:
http://www.blacklibrary.com/new-at-bl/the-horus-heresy-book-xxxi.html

Breakdown of the contents of the forthcoming " legacies of Betrayal"


mainly print versions of audio shorts, novellas etc

Brotherhood of the Storm – Chris Wraight
Serpent – John French
Hunter's Moon – Guy Haley
Veritas Ferrum – David Annandale
Riven – John French
Strike and Fade – Guy Haley

Honour to the Dead – Gav Thorpe
Butcher's Nails – Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Warmaster – John French
Kryptos – Graham McNeill
Wolf's Claw – Chris Wraight
Thief of Revelations – Graham McNeill
The Divine Word – Gav Thorpe
Lucius, the Eternal Blade – Graham McNeill
The Eightfold Path – Anthony Reynolds
Guardian of Order – Gav Thorpe
Heart of the Conqueror – Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Censure – Nick Kyme
Lone Wolf – Chris Wraight

warmaster is my favourite one of these, least in audio form.

...very much the Horus Monologue

Pretty miffed, to put it mildly that they are putting brotherhood of the storm in there. I bought it once in hardback as I have bought all the heresy books so far. Have no desire to buy another copy even if it's slightly different. But I'm hoodwinked into buying it to get the other shorts that havnt been release yet in hard back. Ragin!!

http://www.blacklibrary.com/new-at-bl/free-hour-of-audio.html

FREE HOUR OF AUDIO

Hey readers,
Today we’re giving you a free hour of audio, with the Black Library Audio Preview 2014.



This free MP3 download collects together extended extracts from some of the best of our recent audiobooks and audio dramas, and also includes a preview of our new serialised radio play.

Included in this are The Talon of Horus, Rebirth, Horus Rising, Blood in the Machine, and many more. Download the full preview here:

One question we get asked a lot is: What is the difference between an audio drama, an audiobook and a radio play? We’ve put together a helpful audio guide to explain. Check it out here:






That’s all for today,
Thanks for reading,

- The Black Library Team

Thought for the day:
“Woe betide.”

Knockagh wrote:


Pretty miffed, to put it mildly that they are putting brotherhood of the storm in there. I bought it once in hardback as I have bought all the heresy books so far. Have no desire to buy another copy even if it's slightly different. But I'm hoodwinked into buying it to get the other shorts that havnt been release yet in hard back. Ragin!!

This is why I have stopped buying the LE ones, I knew they were going to be releasing them later down the line as part of the series, but I wasn't expecting them to release them in hard back, like the silver edition ones. If they are going to be doing this sort of thing I am going to just stop buying them all together.

 Pilau Rice wrote:

Knockagh wrote:


Pretty miffed, to put it mildly that they are putting brotherhood of the storm in there. I bought it once in hardback as I have bought all the heresy books so far. Have no desire to buy another copy even if it's slightly different. But I'm hoodwinked into buying it to get the other shorts that havnt been release yet in hard back. Ragin!!

This is why I have stopped buying the LE ones, I knew they were going to be releasing them later down the line as part of the series, but I wasn't expecting them to release them in hard back, like the silver edition ones. If they are going to be doing this sort of thing I am going to just stop buying them all together.

Good. The more people do that, the sooner there's a chance, however small, that BL with stop padding out their release schedule with all this "super ultra special limited ultra awesome mini novel-ish novella!" nonsense and get back to releasing, you know, books.

Still, at least they have the decency to eventually release the fiction as a compilation, for those of us who noticed the individual novellas were a ripoff at the outset.

http://www.blacklibrary.com/new-at-bl/new-horus-heresy-editions.html


Outcast Dead gets the formal hardback treatment .... still find it odd there's earlier books waiting still ...?

"Damnation .." gets a new style softback format release.

Brotherhood of the storm -- see above -- becomes an audio book.

And Oct. sees the legacy/as it was edition format release of "Scars". Which is nice.

Just got this in the old inbox:


This week - THE BLACK LIBRARY WEEKENDER - PRODUCTS ANNOUNCED | NEW FIRST EDITIONS | WARHAMMER FEST THIS WEEKEND
The Black Library Weekender III

Only One Month to Go!
Excitement is building at Black Library Towers as the highlight event in our calendar approaches. Today we can reveal part of the lineup of pre-release titles, available first from the Weekender Shop.
Pre-releases Announced
Amongst the releases are Black Library First Editions, two new Horus Heresy audio dramas, the return of Ahriman of the Thousand Sons, new Flesh Tearers fiction and more. And that's not even all of it – as well these new titles, we've saved a few surprises for the day itself!


Find Out More
Honour of the Space Marines

New Event Anthology Announced

Honour of the Space Marines is this year's new event anthology, launched at the Weekender Shop. It contains new fiction from John French, Guy Haley, Nick Kyme, Graham McNeill, Gav Thorpe and Chris Wraight.
Gold ticket holders will receive a complimentary copy of the book, and it will also be on sale at the Weekender Shop.


Order your ticket by this Sunday, and you'll get the opportunity to pre-order your books ready to pick them up on the day. This is a great way to beat the queues, and to make sure you get your hands on any limited titles. If you've bought a ticket, we'll be contacting you next week with details of how to pre-order for the event.

Order Ticket
Two New Black Library First Editions
Premiering at the Black Library Weekender III
Sabbat Crusade
Sons of Wrath

The Weekender will be the first place you can get your hands on these two limited edition titles.
The first of these is Sons of Wrath, a new Flesh Tearers book that reveals the origins of the Chapter in the bloody aftermath of the Horus Heresy. The second is Sabbat Crusade, a new anthology of stories that features new fiction from Dan Abnett, Aaron Dembski-Bowden, Matthew Farrer, Nik Vincent, John French and more.

Both of these new Black Library First Editions will be on sale at the Weekender Shop, and available later in November for those who couldn't attend, exclusively from blacklibrary.com

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Anybody know if this honour of the space marines malarkey has horus heresy stuff in it or is kind of like space marine battles?

Bah, I was so excited when I saw the Tanith badge in that email.
I suppose a Sabbart Crusades book will be good too.

Unless it's a rerelease in hardback, wasn't there already one of those?

OK, BL is putting out some new novels (not novellas, or audio-books, or shorts), good, good!

Exclusive, and/or First Edition $80 hardbacks!

Sigh. One step forwards, three steps back, BL.

And what happened to Sandy Mitchell?

Further to the above...


http://www.blacklibrary.com/exclusive-products/sons-of-wrath-first-edition.html

This is the story of the origins of the Flesh Tearers Chapter, forged in the bloody aftermath of the Horus Heresy. With the Blood Angels Legion divided, first Chapter Master Amit must unite his Chapter with a new purpose lest they fall prey to the curse of their blood.


"Darkly soulful and streaked with gore, Andy's Flesh Tearers are the savage heart of the Blood Angels' bloodline."
- Aaron Dembski-Bowden

ABOUT THIS EDITION
The Sons of Wrath First Edition is presented as a luxurious hardback, presented in a magnetised display-case. Alongside Sons of Wrath, you’ll also find the bonus paperback Born of Rage, featuring new Warhammer 40,000 and Horus Heresy Flesh Tearers stories. The First Edition of the hardback itself is individually numbered and contains unique internal illustrations.

note though : £45 .



ouch. Too steep for me, but not going to that event anyway.

http://www.blacklibrary.com/exclusive-products/sabbat-crusade-first-edition.html

Sabbat Crusade is a new anthology, edited by Gaunt’s Ghost author Dan Abnett. The stories within take place during the legendary Sabbat War, made famous by the heroic exploits of Commissar Gaunt and the Tanith First and Only.


ABOUT THIS EDITION
The First Edition of Sabbat Crusade is presented in a large format premium hardback contained within a camouflaged slipcase with Tanith iconography. The hardback itself features stunning new artwork from award winning artist Raymond Swanland, and the pages of the book are black-edged with a matching satin market ribbon. Inside, the book also features a unique, internal colour section depicting characters from the anthology.

Note however : £50






not paying that.

.. which means I'll wait for the regular release, and having waited that long I'll just wait for the eventual paperback release.

Hell waited long enough for this series so what's a wee bit longer yeah ?

.... Guess we might hear or see about more releases this weekend.


see pic for book size :