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Hello everybody,

I just finished reading Word Bearers the omnibus by Anthony Reynolds and I thirst for more novels that cover chaos spacemarines in the 40k universe. I was reading some topics about novels on dakkadakka and came up with a list of novels people seem to really like.

Legion
Dan Abnett

Fulgrim
Graham Mcneill

A Thousand Sons
Graham Mcneill

Storm Of Iron
Graham Mcneill

Like mentioned before Iám really new in this 40k novel scene and any tips are more then welcome.

Updated list of books I ordered already:


A Thousand Sons - Graham Mcneill

Fulgrim - Graham Mcneill

Legion - Dan Abnett

Horus Heresy - Dan Abnett

Horus Rising - Dan Abnett

Night Lords - Aaron Dembski-Bowden

Hereticus - Dan Abnett

Malleus - Dan Abnett

Xenos - Dan Abnett

Greetings Demic

I really reccommend Legion by Dan Abnett, it's one of the better BL books I've read.

Apparently the Night Lords books are really good.

I'd say Night Lords The Omnibus by Aaron Dembski -Bowden. is first book that comes to mind.

Ack I got ninja'd!

I like Wrath of Iron by Chris Wraight a lot. It is a nice change from the "Space Marines are heroes" you see in a lot of other books. There is also a nice variation in different viewpoints, with SM, IG, AdMech and civilian main characters.

If you don't mind audio books, get Ahriman: The First Prince.

Just listened to it, and I think it's pretty good.

Anything by Aaron Dembski-Bowden. His series with the Word Bearers is very enjoyable. First Heretic, Aurelian, Betrayer and a few others that feature the Word Bearers or the World Eaters. And as said before, his Night Lord series and Prince of Crows series. I still prefer Lord of the Night when it comes to Night Lords though.

Check out the short story compilation 'Let the Galaxy Burn,' edited by Christian Dunn and Marc Gascoigne. It's a HUGE collection with a diverse range of authors and topics, some of which even feature characters from novel series. This really helped me identify authors and areas I wanted to read about when I started, plus a few I wanted to avoid.

Thank you all for the great tips and information really appreciate it.

I just ordered some second hand books and i think i got my hands full for now but when iám done reading these I wil probably check out that 'Let the Galaxy Burn' collection that sounds great and anything about word bearers and world eaters sounds good.

Ordered list at the moment:


A Thousand Sons - Graham Mcneill


Fulgrim - Graham Mcneill

Legion - Dan Abnett

Horus Heresy - Dan Abnett

Horus Rising - Dan Abnett

Night Lords - Aaron Dembski-Bowden

Hereticus - Dan Abnett

Blood Reaver - Aaron Dembski-Bowden

Again thank you all for the tips and useful information.

Greetings Demic

I recommend Betrayer by Aaron Dembski-Bowden, it's really good and is about the Word Bearers and the World Eaters.

Mechanicum was superior too.

Hello,

Seeing as I'm dedicated to Tau, I can suggest "Fire Warrior" by Simon Spurrier. I literally picked it up Saturday morning and did not put it down until Saturday night when it was completed.

The great part about the book is that is gives a lot of exposure to Tau culture and philosophy, but it also has strong appearances by Ultra Marines and Chaos Undivided to keep it grounded in that "grimdark" feel of the 40k universe.

There is copious amounts of violence, a range of appearances of various units like dreadnaughts, raptors, and various demons, and good character development to boot.

Check it out!

Have really enjoyed the novels with Commissar Cain - plenty of good 40K action and hilarious as well.

 BattleGamer wrote:
Have really enjoyed the novels with Commissar Cain - plenty of good 40K action and hilarious as well.

But does it chaos?

A couple of them do - The Traitor's Hand, and an earlier short story.

Dan Abnett's Eisenhorn and Ravenor trilogies are worth a read - Eisenhorn especially. There's something about the antagonists' organisation in the Ravenor series that reminds me of Stuart MacBride's Halfhead (which despite being set in a near-future Glasgow would work well transposed to an Imperial hive).

 Demic25 wrote:


Hereticus - Dan Abnett

Have you read Xenos and Malleus? Hereticus is the third book in a trilogy.

I would say the Eisenhorn Trilogy by Dan Abnett is really worth reading, great story, great characters.

I'm currently reading A Thousand Sons (McNeill) and Ravenor Returned (Abnett), both of which are good reads.

Generally speaking (and this is fast turning into an echo chamber in here), anything by Dan Abnett, Graham McNeill and Aaron-Dembski Bowdan are quality works of fiction.

For the love of the Emperor, stay away from -anything- written by C.S. Goto.

Quick question: I'm interested in getting into the Horus Heresy series, but I've heard that some of the books are real stinkers. Which ones should I avoid?

 Demic25 wrote:
Hello everybody,

I just finished reading Word Bearers the omnibus by Anthony Reynolds and I thirst for more novels that cover chaos spacemarines in the 40k universe. I was reading some topics about novels on dakkadakka and came up with a list of novels people seem to really like.

If you want some non-HH era Chaos novels, the best ones out there are by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

The Night Lords series.

You can either get Night Lords: The Omnibus (2014), or each one separately, used probably.

Soul Hunter (2010)

Blood Reaver (2011)

Void Stalker (2012)


Edit: I guess you're way ahead of me. After you read those, if you're still interested in Chaos, there is a series that just started for Ahriman.

Ahriman: Exile and Ahriman: Sorcerer. They're OK, if you like crazy psychers and stuff.

Matter of opinion - personally I found Soul Hunter dreary and couldn't finish it. It just lacked the personality, the verve, of Abnett's books.

But then, I don't like Space Marines.

@Furyou Miko: I haven't and looking to order those now. The merchant wasn't really clear it was a trilogy but thank you for the heads up (ordered Malleus - Dan Abnett

Xenos - Dan Abnett)

@kronk: Ordered Nightlords omnibus and Blood reaver. I wil check out void stalker and soul hunter. (NVM just noticed iám stupid they are the omnibus --> The Omnibus: Soul Hunter/ Blood Reaver/ Void Stalker please forget i said that )
And yes I love Psyker stuff and if i wasn't so in love with Nurgle i would have an Ahriman 1000 sons army for sure.


Thank you all for the tips

 Demic25 wrote:
@Furyou Miko: I haven't and looking to order those now. The merchant wasn't really clear it was a trilogy but thank you for the heads up

@kronk: Ordered Nightlords omnibus and Blood reaver. I wil check out void stalker and soul hunter. (NVM just noticed iám stupid they are the omnibus --> The Omnibus: Soul Hunter/ Blood Reaver/ Void Stalker please forget i said that )
And yes I love Psyker stuff and if i waasn't so in love with Nurgle i would have an Ahriman 1000 sons army for sure.


Thank you all for the tips

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If you got the Night Lords Omnibus, you don't need Blood Reaver, Void Stalker, and Soul Hunter. The omnibus is all of them. Sorry for the confusion.

Edit: NVM. On the same page.

Osseo wrote:
Hello,

Seeing as I'm dedicated to Tau, I can suggest "Fire Warrior" by Simon Spurrier. I literally picked it up Saturday morning and did not put it down until Saturday night when it was completed.

The great part about the book is that is gives a lot of exposure to Tau culture and philosophy, but it also has strong appearances by Ultra Marines and Chaos Undivided to keep it grounded in that "grimdark" feel of the 40k universe.

There is copious amounts of violence, a range of appearances of various units like dreadnaughts, raptors, and various demons, and good character development to boot.

Check it out!

Thanks for the tip but iám not a big fan when it comes to Tau but it does sound interesting.


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 TheNewBlood wrote:
Quick question: I'm interested in getting into the Horus Heresy series, but I've heard that some of the books are real stinkers. Which ones should I avoid?

Wish i could help you but this 40k novel world is all new to me.