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It was not a flashy presentation overall, but happy that Wade was present to keep things on topic and mostly waffle-free. I'm looking forward to adding the new edition of Xenos to my collection. Also really chuffed that Danie Ware is finally releasing her first full-length sisters novel, her Bloody Rose novellas thus far have been great reads. Also somewhat interested in the Sigismund novel, as I quite liked what he became in Warhawk, the quote from the book itself perfectly nails him.

And I will again echo the sadness that Eight Lamentations will not be continued, as it was one of the few AoS novels that really got me into the setting. It was sold as a "big dumb Summer action movie" thing and it is the perfect way to get into the setting when Stormcast are not your thing.

 GaroRobe wrote:
I thought eight lamentations ended because the author left.

I liked the series, even though Grugni's depiction wasn't for me. And it was kind of a nostalgia bait book, sort of like Gotrek. We got:

*Grombrindal
*Fimir
*Krell
And a lot more Warhammer fantasy name drops, allusions, and nods

I could be remembering wrong, but I think Josh said he wanted to continue the series but it didn't sell well enough for the suits to commission another.

Rihgu wrote:
Was Saturnine not already in paperback? I have a paperback copy of Saturnine...

I believe they're referring to the 'proper' paperback, the MMPB issue that some of us still collect it in.

 farmersboy wrote:

Rihgu wrote:
Was Saturnine not already in paperback? I have a paperback copy of Saturnine...

I believe they're referring to the 'proper' paperback, the MMPB issue that some of us still collect it in.

The Siege novels only come in one form of paperback I’m pretty sure. Limited edition, hardback and paperback.

I have the first "Siege" book in MMPB, but the next 4 I got in that annoying "Trade Paperback" format.

So, maybe they're no longer releasing them in MMPB?

I have the first three in MMPB. IIRC GW said the series would be in all three formats, as they were aware a lot of people had collected everything up to that point in MMPB, as that was the only format it was first printed in (and why I've stuck with MMPB).

I’ve only ever seen paperbacks on the GW site with the cheaper MMPB price, weirdly (£8.99 or whatever rather than the £12.99 that the bigger paperbacks were).

What's the difference between MMPB and Trade Paperback?

size,

trade paperbacks are basically hardbacks in paper covers

MMPBs a normal bog standard paperback (although a lot of US publishers are moving to a slightly taller slightly narrower MMPB format)

Ahhh, then I think my Saturnine is a Trade Paperback.

Thanks for clearing that up!

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
size,

trade paperbacks are basically hardbacks in paper covers

MMPBs a normal bog standard paperback (although a lot of US publishers are moving to a slightly taller slightly narrower MMPB format)

And, more importantly, price.

MMPB also don't really "make enough money" to be the main thing available anymore, hence the awful Trade Paperback size and price that we're apparently mostly stuck with now.

Still, better than only having digital!

Freshly added to Coming Soon.

Also a fresh article on two new Guard novels:


They were nice enough to add versions without the cover text too!

I love the ''Dead Man Walking'' so the second Krieg novel is a must read for me.

And if i remember the end of Dead Men Walking well enough,

Seeing the Hunt for Voldorius mentioned up there...

...that is not a good book, at all.

Yikes!

For those interested in paperback versions of Abnett's Pariah and Penitent:

- Book Depository has 17 February '22 as the publication date of Pariah.
- Amazon UK has 12 May '22 as the publication date of Penitent.

According to Track of Words the release dates given by Book Depository and Amazon are a bit later than the Black Library release dates. So I'm guessing Pariah will be released halfway February and Penitent early May.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/02/02/black-library-celebration-2022-another-year-of-incredible-models-and-engrossing-stories/

February 19th is when the celebration will take place, happy I got that day off, but still annoyed GW doesn't announce these dates well in advance. Here's hoping I can secure a copy of Xenos.

Good luck!

Personally I really hope GW starts to put a bit more behind AoS. I feel like the last few BL events are mostly "HORUS HERESY" and "40K" with something AoS tacked onto the side. Esp since they lost Josh Reynolds who seemed to be a one-man writing machine for the AoS setting.

It's not that AoS hasn't got books, but that they don't seem to get the quality writer attention of 40K nor the same marketing push.

The loss of Josh is still felt IMHO, as the current bevy of AOS books are, at least from what I recall, mostly about Stormcast and big battles? Could be wrong here, but that's how it feels to me. The setting would be so much better served with some more books along the lines of (I can already hear the nimrods groan ) Eight Lamentations, books that take you places and aren't just about big battles. But then again, I could be completely wrong.

I'll also be glad when the Horus Heresy is over, just two more books to go, hopefully 2023 we'll get the next one.

40k at least, not mostly astartes novels thankfully. Would love for another Severina Raine novel / novella, or for BL to finally commission another Imperial Knights novel. Could do with more crime from Chris Wraight as well. And Pandaemonium obviously.

 BrookM wrote:


I'll also be glad when the Horus Heresy is over, just two more books to go, hopefully 2023 we'll get the next one.

Y'know, until The Scouring starts.

It's not just Stormcast, I'd honestly say AoS has a good covering of other factions. The main issue is that right now they've a feel of either being unknown names writing short stories (which is no bad thing everyone has to start somewhere and most of the BL authors started that way); or people writing books for specific event releases. Eg a book for a new Warcry or Underworlds major release.

There's only one series standing on its own and that is Gotrek.

Josh going certainly squashed a lot of those as he had several potential series in the making and I kind of get the feeling that I think one of the reasons he did leave was perhaps because he wasn't being allowed to explore his own characters in depth. That BL was more focusing on one and done book releases perhaps.



I don't know, all I do know is that for the last few years the BL EVENT has been a 40K event. Heck they don't even release a Stormcast model for it.

The open submissions thing was AoS centric this time. Might be that it starts what we've seen with the Crime and Horror genres.

 BrookM wrote:

I'll also be glad when the Horus Heresy is over, just two more books to go, hopefully 2023 we'll get the next one.

There's already at least one book's worth of short stories with Horus Heresy branding, and I'm sure we'll get at least one more hardback novella in the Siege Of Terra series, then a book collecting those and other SoT shorts.

Then roll on The Unification Wars!

For those interested in Warhammer Horror, the last sentence of newly released Gothgul Hollow is something of a bombshell for those of us who have been here since the start of Warhammer fiction.

Read at own peril :

Well I want to click this.
But I’m gonna read the book. So shouldn’t..

Will have to make it top of the queue I guess..

The Bookkeepers Skull was a fun read as well.

Outside of the horror parts, its still a good glance at the duties of an Enforcer and serfdom on an Imperial agri-world.

I’m on chapter two of GH

Dries_Lee wrote:
For those interested in paperback versions of Abnett's Pariah and Penitent:

Definitely among the top 10 Eisenhorn books out there. No one would dispute that. And if you're ever planning a walking tour of the architectural wonders of Queen Mab these are the books for you.

#totallynotdisappointed




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JSG wrote:
Then roll on The Unification Wars!

I could get behind that. Yeah. Just read the (absurdly overpriced) Valdor book and I really like the idea of techno barbarians fighting over the dusty ruins of Earth.


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 nels1031 wrote:
For those interested in Warhammer Horror, the last sentence of newly released Gothgul Hollow is something of a bombshell for those of us who have been here since the start of Warhammer fiction.

Read at own peril :

Spoiler:

“Genevieve,’ she said slowly. ‘My name is Genevieve Dieudonné.”

Unless the books are by



There's no reason to be interested. The character mentioned went on to live a much more interesting life in

Hard pass on Krieg for me. I read Lyon's Dead Men Walking and I really don't like his over the top dehumanized approach. Also he went through the battle descriptions like some sort of Forgeworld Cart check boxes. I'll grab it once the inevitable next Guard Omnibus hits (that will probably again completely ignore any name and numbering pattern by it's predecessors)