Black Library 2017 News/Rumours Thread : Xmas Advent

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**BobtheInquisitor**

When does the Chris Wraight book come out in paperback?

**reds8n**

.. One assumes it'll be the usual 9-10 months or so from now.

**VeteranNoob**

If keeping with previous schedule 9 months but. That's the MMPB yes? The trade paperback in 4-6 months? Something like that..

**VeteranNoob**

Primarchs book 1 on sale an hour ago. I guessed the price right

http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/roboute-gulliman-hb.html

**kronk**

I'm looking forward to the MMPB versions.

**ImAGeek**

It's only 176 pages? Basically a novella.

**Hulksmash**

The price, for your legion, honestly isn't to insane for me.

That said I won't buy the limited's most likely and I might buy the hardbacks if I like the presentation like I do the Beast series. But it'll depend on the appearance because for a 176pg book I'm loathe to pay to much.

**VeteranNoob**

Waiting for hardback myself.

**Alpharius**

Hulksmash wrote:
The price, for your legion, honestly isn't to insane for me.

That said I won't buy the limited's most likely and I might buy the hardbacks if I like the presentation like I do the Beast series. But it'll depend on the appearance because for a 176pg book I'm loathe to pay to much.

I'm with you there - sadly!

When the ALPHA LEGION one comes around?

I'll be in!

**Yodhrin**

I'll likely do what I always do these days; read the ebooks on my sucker pal who buys everything BL do's kindle, then buy the paperback later if it's any good.

**Knockagh**

VeteranNoob wrote:
Primarchs book 1 on sale an hour ago. I guessed the price right

http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/roboute-gulliman-hb.html

You did indeed, sadly my guess was way out. It's certainly an expensive little toy for the size of it but they have definitely gone all out with the quality by the look of it, although bonded leather like the Horus heresy big books would have been nicer than leather effect. Which has a slightly tacky sound to it. I'm not sure as the series goes on they will mange to sell 2500 per special edition at £40. Particularly if the hardbacks come out at a reasonable price

**Sir Samuel Buca**

Even for a hardcore Ultramarines fanboy, who loves limited edition books so much that he has the entire exclusive range of the Realmgate Wars novels, I am in two minds about whether I can shell out £40 for Guilliman.

**Alpharius**

Of course you can!

Should you?

Maybe not...but...

...will you regret it if you don't?

**VeteranNoob**

Knockagh wrote:
VeteranNoob wrote:
Primarchs book 1 on sale an hour ago. I guessed the price right

http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/roboute-gulliman-hb.html

You did indeed, sadly my guess was way out. It's certainly an expensive little toy for the size of it but they have definitely gone all out with the quality by the look of it, although bonded leather like the Horus heresy big books would have been nicer than leather effect. Which has a slightly tacky sound to it. I'm not sure as the series goes on they will mange to sell 2500 per special edition at £40. Particularly if the hardbacks come out at a reasonable price

I was ... Surprised when the actual product page loaded. I knew it was smaller 50,000 words but 176 pages stopped me, but the text is bigger in TBA books so maybe that's what seemed off? Anyway, as usual, for any collector it's awesome but will be the first time I wait for the hardback...sounds like heresy when I say it

**Sir Samuel Buca**

Alpharius wrote:
Of course you can!

Should you?

Maybe not...but...

...will you regret it if you don't?

Hit fewer than 200 copies and I caved. The book looks too nice to pass up.

**BrookM**

They've dug out the old BOOM! comics again: http://www.blacklibrary.com/graphic-novels

Shame, but hopefully they'll re-release more of their own stuff from Warhammer Monthly at a later date.

**farmersboy**

I'll wait for them to come out in limited edition faux-leather signed eBook format...

**BrookM**

I am surprised by the restraint they show in releasing these as trades as opposed to fancy hardbacks, but then again, these were never that great to begin with.

**MacMuckles**

Out of all the Graphic Novels BL has, which ones are good/entertaining/enjoyable?

**BrookM**

I prefer their inhouse productions myself, which while in black and white, were excellent stories with a stronger editorial control, like Blood Quest, Daemonifuge, Deff Skwadron or the anthology series with loads of short stories, but opinions on what's good or not will vary greatly.

The more recent Macragge's Honour is also a good one.

**ADarke**

The Boom comics were awful.

**BrookM**

I was annoyed when they passed off Valhallans as Vostroyans in the Cadian comics.

**Knockagh**

MacMuckles wrote:
Out of all the Graphic Novels BL has, which ones are good/entertaining/enjoyable?

My opinion none.... I love BL for novels graphic novels I collect Conan and judge dredd. Graphic novels require a very different writing style than novels and not many BL authors can pull it off, obviously mr abnett is an exception but I even then I'm not sure the setting suits comics, I will just stick to the novels.

**BrookM**

This may be heresy to many, but I never was impressed by Dan's work as a comic book writer.

**Knockagh**

http://www.blacklibrary.com/Home/cassius-remind-me.html

Another limited edition... When does special stop being special and just become another one?? Bet I will end up buying it....

**Thamor**

I have to say that The Path of Heaven is one of the best Heresy novels I've read. Really interesting and uncovers a few mysteries for me.

Major Spoilers

Spoiler:

**ArtIsGreat**

Deff skwadron was short and entertaining, if you can take an entire comic of orkspeak.

Abnett's work on Guardians of the Galaxy and Annihilation was pretty great.

**Looky Likey**

I brought the Guilliman book, and the picture of the cover, well I am a massive UM fan boy. Its a nice enough limited edition, but typically light on pages. I'm still reading Path of Heaven but I'll be reading it next.

**Nova_Impero**

http://www.blacklibrary.com/Home/cassius-remind-me.html

**reds8n**

http://www.blacklibrary.com/new-titles/new-feat/young-wolfs-return-eshort.html

The Young Wolf's Return

Part 2 of the Legacy of Russ series

With daemons infesting the worlds of the Fenris system and the Space Wolves fighting for their very existence, a new threat emerges: a coalition of Space Marine Chapters ready to destroy the taint of Chaos and all it touches… led by the Dark Angels.

READ IT BECAUSE
Ten millennia of enmity between the Space Wolves and the Dark Angels comes to this: the fate of Fenris and the sons of Russ might lie in the hands of the children of the Lion. What will happen? We can barely begin to guess.

THE STORY
As the Fenris System is beset on all fronts by a vast daemonic incursion, the Space Wolves fight with redoubled savagery and heroism. A conflict of such magnitude cannot remain unnoticed by the wider Imperium however, and over a dozen other Space Marine Chapters, the Dark Angels foremost amongst them, stand ready to enforce the ultimate sanction against those planets drowning under the endless waves of warp-spawn. Worse, the Great Wolf himself, Logan Grimnar, is still missing. Will salvation arrive in time for the Sons of Russ, or will their Chapter suffer a blow from which they might never recover?