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I think I'll swerve that one.. doesn't really grab my interest. forgot to buy dante last week. damn. I'm hoping they do a gotrek and felix one for cheap at some point.

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
For those that have wanted them todays free short story give us clearly traitor Primeris

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/04/20/psychic-awakening-consequences/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=40K&utm_content=40kpafiction1904020&fbclid=IwAR3yfxHe3YW3lnIFshgkmtpGRkbyCBwOlSUyCmo-OziCNaIMZfO8KzTsPBc

No chaos worship yet, but it's the route to ruin of many space marine chapters previously

In the Grim darkness of the far future, everyone's an idiot.

How did any of these officers get promoted with these sort of decision making abilities?

Yeah, can't say I've been a fan of this batch. Why would Primaris rebel over a chapter they've never even met yet? It's already been established that there are some integration issues.

Finished Karl Jericho: Sinner's Bounty. I was never interested in gang wars in a hive city so I picked it solely based on the author which previous books I really liked (End Times, Fabius Bile). I really recommend this one. Light, fast paced, action packed, with dark humour and some very fun characters. Nice break from the usual 40k.

via

https://twitter.com/blacklibrarium/status/1250758064862568448

https://twitter.com/MikeBrooks668/status/1250763437128507394

Fine. I was obeying Black Library’s wishes on this one, but since the Germans have let the squig out of the bag...

YES, I HAVE WRITTEN AN ORK 40K NOVEL!

It isn’t called The Path of the Orks in English, but it *was* undoubtedly the most fun I have ever had writing a novel.

What *is* it called in English? Well, what would *you* call the first Ork-POV novel?

BRUTAL KUNNIN’

*obviously*

WAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHHH!

https://twitter.com/RobWritesPulp/status/1250764351813771266

he secret’s out!

My upcoming 40k novel is a Trazyn vs. Orikan book called THE INFINITE AND THE DIVINE.

Just to be clear, it actually takes place after biotransference, but I don’t want to say more than that or I’ll risk spoiling the surprise!

be interesting to see how these turn out.

Oh good, lets do more Trazyn vs. Orikan because we haven't just had War in The Museum or anything...

I wonder if Trazyn won't be a gibbering incompetent who's museum gets trashed AGAIN in this one..?

Two xenos focused books together..interesting... I wonder if this sits with the Pariah Psychic Awakening book which seems to return the focus to Xenos as a major threat to the Imperium.

I think one core difference is that the old mandate to have most/all books by BL focus on the Imperium is over. AoS has shown that a broader approach results in boosted sales.

i still have my 1st edition of Drachenfell's. one of the best books from GW imo.

 Overread wrote:
I think one core difference is that the old mandate to have most/all books by BL focus on the Imperium is over. AoS has shown that a broader approach results in boosted sales.

Hope you are right! AoS is looking very vibrant at the moment!

I have the ebook of Drachenfels, and the Genevieve omnibus.
But will grab the audio of it for 99p.
Worth a listen I think, it was a great read.

cant complain at both both £1.98. will be buying. I'm hoping that they put one of the gotrek and felix novels in the 99p deal soon. want to read one but dont want to shell out full price.

The Gotrek and Felix Omnibus editions are very good value and contain several books and short stories each. Whilst not down to the £1 level of cheap they are certainly very affordable.

oh yeah I will probably get some of them at some point, but I have a ton of books to read first.

Decided to get both Drachenfels and Honourbound, was in dire need of something new to listen to while working.

Only downside still is, Black Library still hasn't implemented Paypal as a payment option.

Black Library is pushing some Tyranid based stories in the email this week - though do take note that BL is being as confusing as ever with collected editions*

First up is the digital editions of Leviathan and Exterminatus. Be interesting to know from any who have read them if they are worth getting in digital for their art and stories alone (since the rules are for older editions of the game) Both for £10 this week.

https://www.warhammerdigital.com/all-products/shield-of-baal-the-collection.html


They also plug a few books in the email, of note there's Shield of Baal which I noticed crosses over a good few books with their The Great Devourer Omnibus edition.

Shield of Baal £7.99


Unique Content
A Son's Burden £2.49

The Great Devourer: The Leviathan Omnibus ebook £11.99


Unique content -
Valedor (only sold in eldar book sets not on its own)
The Last Days of Ector £3.99


So not even sure if there is a better purchase here as both options miss one or two bits from the other. The Great Devourer does at least let you get Valedor without having to buy one of the Eldar book sets, though otherwise the story differences between the two appear to be short rather than major stories.


* I'm convinced they do this on purpose....

 queen_annes_revenge wrote:
cant complain at both both £1.98. will be buying. I'm hoping that they put one of the gotrek and felix novels in the 99p deal soon. want to read one but dont want to shell out full price.

Where were you a year ago. I condensed my BL collection in physical form right down and sold everything off.
I have it all in eBooks now (the curse of swapping my study round with the kids room, lost a lot of storage room).
I barely have any left still to sell, but G&F, they were fast sellers.

 BrookM wrote:
Decided to get both Drachenfels and Honourbound, was in dire need of something new to listen to while working.

Only downside still is, Black Library still hasn't implemented Paypal as a payment option.

I got honourbound on audible and had to give it back after the first chapter. The narrator is awfully dull. Just couldn’t have listened for hours on end. This is probably only the second book on audible I’ve returned, most of their narrators are top class. I was looking forward to honourbound and was jumping it up the reading queue by going for the audio version. Definitely will still read it, it’s been getting great reviews.

 Knockagh wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Decided to get both Drachenfels and Honourbound, was in dire need of something new to listen to while working.

Only downside still is, Black Library still hasn't implemented Paypal as a payment option.

I got honourbound on audible and had to give it back after the first chapter. The narrator is awfully dull. Just couldn’t have listened for hours on end. This is probably only the second book on audible I’ve returned, most of their narrators are top class. I was looking forward to honourbound and was jumping it up the reading queue by going for the audio version. Definitely will still read it, it’s been getting great reviews.

I'm an Audible member and have some audio books but I definitely lean more towards full cast audio dramas rather than single narrator books. Having a book read to me doesn't hold my attention as much and I stopped listening to them whilst driving overnight.

 Overread wrote:
First up is the digital editions of Leviathan and Exterminatus. Be interesting to know from any who have read them if they are worth getting in digital for their art and stories alone (since the rules are for older editions of the game) Both for £10 this week.

The story of Shield of Baal is a bit derpy (diamond coated Tyranids... just... why?)

Some of the new artwork included in them is pretty good, but a lot of other pieces are terrible (Proportions? What are those?)

Exterminatus is basically all of the information on the Mephrit Dynasty Necrons we have, so it might be worth it for that.

It wouldn't have killed them to chuck in Deathstorm too while they were at it.

alphaecho wrote:

 Knockagh wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Decided to get both Drachenfels and Honourbound, was in dire need of something new to listen to while working.

Only downside still is, Black Library still hasn't implemented Paypal as a payment option.

I got honourbound on audible and had to give it back after the first chapter. The narrator is awfully dull. Just couldn’t have listened for hours on end. This is probably only the second book on audible I’ve returned, most of their narrators are top class. I was looking forward to honourbound and was jumping it up the reading queue by going for the audio version. Definitely will still read it, it’s been getting great reviews.

I'm an Audible member and have some audio books but I definitely lean more towards full cast audio dramas rather than single narrator books. Having a book read to me doesn't hold my attention as much and I stopped listening to them whilst driving overnight.

Audio books are for when I can’t sit and read. While walking and at work etc.

It all depends on the narrator for sure.
But you’ll never get a full cast audio of course, but the dramas are a good compromise there.

(Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson does have two readers though, and that’s pretty good).

I like audio as I’m working outside by myself everyday and I can listen to pass the time. I can go back over chapters when I loose my train of thought which happens fairly often, so mostly I will reread a book I’ve read physically as details don’t matter so much second time round.
I exchanged honourbound for a Ciaphas Cain book I read years ago. It’s great so far. The dramas are great but far too short and poor value for the cost. They also tend to be very action oriented, probably because of the length, and I’m not so much into action movies or dramas.

 Knockagh wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Decided to get both Drachenfels and Honourbound, was in dire need of something new to listen to while working.

Only downside still is, Black Library still hasn't implemented Paypal as a payment option.

I got honourbound on audible and had to give it back after the first chapter. The narrator is awfully dull. Just couldn’t have listened for hours on end. This is probably only the second book on audible I’ve returned, most of their narrators are top class. I was looking forward to honourbound and was jumping it up the reading queue by going for the audio version. Definitely will still read it, it’s been getting great reviews.

It takes some getting used to, but she had me in stitches when she did an American accent for one of the other regiments involved in the story, going from cowboy to old-timey gangster for their officers and soldiers.

But yes please, do give the novel a chance, it's a great read.

Interestingly Amazon Uk is dispatching Saturnine.

Wut?!

My usual place, the Book Depository lists it with 70 days to go before it's released. Also sadly €1,22 more expensive than what it normally should go for.

Amazon have another batch of cheap e-books on the Kindle store.

The Great Work is the most recent one, but there was also Cadia Stands and The Lost and The Saint GG's omnibuses. All £1.99.

Some of the previous sale items are also back on sale, like the Night Lords omnibus.

Following on from the discussion above about audio books vs dramas and so on, I have noticed a whole series of 40K audio drama collections available from Audible. Example link below:

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Astra-Militarum-Audio-Collection-Warhammer/dp/B0855HGQ78/ref=sr_1_20?dchild=1&keywords=warhammer&qid=1588419363&rnid=1642204031&s=digital-text&sr=1-20


Retailing at £30.62 full price, this allows you to pick up seven audio dramas including the three "...of Elysia" ones for 1 Credit (£7.99 UK price). These are available singly but are also 1 credit each.


Collections are also available for Space Marines, Dark Angels, Space Wolves and Xenos amongst others.


If one has never tried an Audible Free Trial, it will cost nowt and the dramas are yours even if you never continue with the sub.

Made to Order Skaven books are now shipping from GW in the UK!

The 99p audio this week is an AoS one.
Sacrosanct & Other Stories.

I guess people have some of the stories from other places potentially, not sure, but I’ve not read any. I’ll give them a go.

See how the Mortal Realms is to listen to

My Ratmen book arrived! Also included was the BL Week free book which was nice to get considering how long ago it was and that the Ratmen book was a made to order product.


Interesting observation is that on the back of the Ratmen book it says "Printed in the UK".