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 reds8n wrote:

 BrookM wrote:

Does anybody know if BL is having another Summer of Reading this year? I quite liked last years selection of shorts.

apparently they are :
Day One: Two Metaphysical Blades by Chris Wraight
Day Two: Blacktalon: When Cornered by Andy Clark
Day Three: A Company of Shadows by Rachel Harrison
Day Four: The Armour of Fate by Guy Haley
Day Five: The Learning by David Guymer
Day Six: Lightning Run by Peter McLean
Day Seven: Prologue to Nikaea by David Annandale

Two Metaphysical Blades, dodgy title aside, is a great little short about Valdor and Russ’s Spears.

 ImAGeek wrote:
Two Metaphysical Blades, dodgy title aside, is a great little short about Valdor and Russ’s Spears.

ohh it's about VALDOR? I was wondering who was second spear carrier was.

D'ya think they'll ever go back to solidifying what was happening with the Alpha Legion, or will that remain forever vague?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
D'ya think they'll ever go back to solidifying what was happening with the Alpha Legion, or will that remain forever vague?

It's a good question really. every gaming setting needs it's mysteries. and the alpha legion is, right now, certainly one of 40ks. assuming the Alpharius Gulliman is credited with killing is Omegion the Alpha Legion loses it's heads, I kinda like the idea that they played such a complex game, and the right key players died that the Alpha Legion of 40k, is full on chaos, no longer actually knows the game that is being played and have long since lost sight of the long term plot.

https://twitter.com/jmswallow/status/1031835802488074240

My definitive Nathaniel Garro novel Weapon of Fate (featuring adaptations of all his audio stories to date & the novella Vow of Faith) is out this week in a mass-market paperback edition, from all non-Heretical bookstores.

https://www.blacklibrary.com/the-horus-heresy/novels/hh-garro-weapon-of-fate-ebook.html

would appear to back this up.

Should be on its way to me now, will be good to have it all in one book now, saves me the bother of hunting down the other audio dramas and that novella.

Are the BL library hardcovers now a GW online exclusive? I don't see them going to other online retailers (like Amazon) any more...

 ImAGeek wrote:
Two Metaphysical Blades, dodgy title aside, is a great little short about Valdor and Russ’s Spears.

Am I misreading this story or

Correct, this seems to be the case.

I've also read Armour of Fate so far, which is about..



Still need to read the rest.

 BrookM wrote:
Correct, this seems to be the case.

I've also read Armour of Fate so far, which is about..

Spoiler:

Guilleman wanting to take off the armour because after wearing it for years he really needs to scratch that itch and get a decent bath!

Still need to read the rest.

I honestly read it and was left with a feel of wanting more... it felt.. I dunno.. incomplete?

It's left as an open ending that will probably be worked into a future novel or plot development from GW prime proper.

 BrookM wrote:
It's left as an open ending that will probably be worked into a future novel or plot development from GW prime proper.

Or as something Haley is planning to address himself given the Dark Imperium sequal is due out in a month

How's the Idoneth short story? Should I be diving in?

Could be.

The Blacktalon - When Cornered is a direct prequel to the upcoming novel later this year, I may pick it up, but we'll see. It was an okay story, though it was pretty neat to see a Stormcast character not being angsty about being reforged.

I did enjoy the A Company Of Shadows which is a nice sequel to Execution and plants a few seeds for a potential third short story, though I am hoping for the author to be given the chance to turn this all into a novella or full blown novel at some point.


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 Kanluwen wrote:
How's the Idoneth short story? Should I be diving in?

Still need to read it, maybe tonight before sleep.

The Idoneth short story is okay I suppose, not my bread and butter, the story is a bit predictable, but it is a bit of world building at least.

I'm a bit annoyed that my Summer of Reading file hasn't been updated with today's story yet, I am looking forward to this one, but I've got a feeling we won't be seeing the last two short stories until Monday afternoon. :\

Anyone snag "Of honor and iron" yet? it any good?

BL updated their Summer of Reading file yesterday, so went through the last two stories before sleep.

Prologue to Nikaea is just that, Malcador looking into the psyker problem and how to best handle it.

Lightning Run is okay, certainly a personal favourite in this bunch alongside A Company of Shadows and maybe even the darkest with how real it ended? Only real annoyance is that the logo up front, which is supposed to be the Imperial Navy, has an Astartes flyer worked into it.

All in all, not as great as the previous year, only enjoyed three out of seven stories, but still okay.

3/7 good?

That doesn't sound promising - or 'worth it' either!

Well, it's always a bit hit and miss, these bundles usually are a mixture of samplers / prequels to upcoming novels and random shorts. It's also a good opportunity for BL to showcase some of their newer, less known authors.

Last years bundle was a 4/7 good for me personally, YMMV, but it didn't feel like a total waste of money. Weakest segment of this bundle, IMHO, is the Horus Heresy selection. Two out of three 40k stories were ace and the Neave story was good as well, good enough for me to get the big novel later this year.


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Right, on the nightstand right now are the Tainted Heart and from a friend, the Horusian Wars: Incarnation. Started with the latter, hopefully this one will not take the good part of a year to get through.

Hey, didn't want to create a new thread for this question and since this is a place where people are interested in BL I thought I would ask here. I'm getting back into AoS and want to read more of the Lore, which BL books do you recommend? I'll be reading via kindle. Thanks in advance.

City of Secrets. Spear of Shadows. Hammerhal and Other stories. And Soul wars after those three.

I’ve just read city of secrets recommended to me by nels1031 after asking the same question as overtyrant.
It was brilliant would definey recommend! I wasn’t expecting it to be good at all!

Lord Kragan wrote:
City of Secrets. Spear of Shadows. Hammerhal and Other stories. And Soul wars after those three.

All good reads

I am about three quarters of the way through Callis and Toll: Silver Shard which is a sequel to City of Secrets. So far it is excellent and quite a bit better than the previous book.

Thanks all!!

Just a little heads up
Audible UK is doing a 40% off everything sale which ends on Friday 31St. That makes the shorter audio dramas £2.07 each and the longer ones about £5. I may have just bought 14 of them.

i finished Lords of Silence. it's not the best written thing in the world and it starts off sort of shakey, but it picks up towards the middle and by the end left me wanting more. that's always a good thing.

i give it a solid 5.5/7

About to say "odd score", but I see what you did there..

 BrookM wrote:
About to say "odd score", but I see what you did there..

I'll admit it, I didn't catch it until you commented