Reyner Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Cool, hopefully I'll finish Mechanium before this comes out sounds good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakiwis Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 cool! I'm reading mechanicum too, I didint like the decent of Angels and am not a fan of Gav Thorpe (his writing, his rules, his everything) but I'll still be reading his story anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Khammon Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Good. We finaly will know that the "homeworld" of the World Eaters was Desh'ea. And that before they found Angron they where the War Hounds Legion. Thank you GW to update my Legion's fluff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malika666 Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Can anybody tell me some more about the Word Bearers story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrantDaKiller Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Can anybody tell me some more about the Word Bearers story? Here you go, read if you dare............... The Word Bearers lead the purging of the planet Fourty-seven Sixteen, to liberate them from their 'false god'. After Kor Phaeron orders a devastating orbital barrage which kills 190 million people, the Word Bearer strike force lead by Sol Talgron defeats the planets armies of artificially intelliget robots(They are kinda like small versions of the robot in War of the Worlds). The battle is long and costly as the robots shields are immune to all but the most concentrated heavy weapons fire and their weapons can melt a marine in one shot. After Talgron destroys a shield tower which is protecting the planets only remaining city the Word Bearers advance into the city, destroying more of the robots. When they find the planets last inhabitants they find out that the planet worships a manifestation of The Emperor. Suddenly Erebus and Lorgar show up with the entire 1st company. He is then shocked as Lorgar orders the 1st company to slaughter the planets last remaining 40000 inhabitants. Lorgar then tells Talgron that this planet was wrong to worship The Emperor. The story closes with Lorgar saying " Do you remember the Old Gods that were worshipped on Colchis..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verythrax Draconis Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 SoS and Custodes? YAY! Hope it gets released SOON! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moranimal Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 My local hobby store here in the States had it delivered Thursday afternoon. I picked up my copy yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sons of Horus Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 originally i wasn't planning on buying this but after reading all of that i'm definitely buying it. the last church has soooo interested in fact almost all of those have me really interested. thank you A_B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacific81 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 i really can't recommend it strongly enough, it pads out the great crusade with so much more character, and theres barely a poor story in the entire book (which is pretty rare in compilations). The stories concerning Space Wolves, World Eaters and Dark Angels are especially cool, so if you're a fan of any of these I'd definately pick it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldenhaller Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Wolf at the Door - Mike Lee = is set just before the Space Wolves muster for the attack on Prospero and follows the 13th company as they bring a world to compliance. There are no well known characters in this story. AB Not quite true Bulveye, the wolf lord from the last space wolf novel is the main character in the novel. Relly like the portrayal of the wolves in this...so much better than that of Battle for the Abyss. Really great background for the 13th...the book is worth it for this alone for any wolves out there (that and having our knowledge of those dirty traitors from caliban confirmed :blush: ) ~O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hrvat Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I have just finished the book and after reading Mechanicus only a few days earlier it leaves a sour taste in my mouth. Both books are great but the more I learn about the Emperor the less I like him (when I started this hobby in the late 90' an older gamer told be the stories rahter than me reading them so everything had a myth like feeling, Emperor the savious, Horus the serpent, Evil gods and Marines in armour) and the fact that I don't like chaos either I am finding an ever shrinking number of characters I like. One of the few individuals that has survived is Logan Grimnar and I hope he doesn't get ruined in the future codex. Apart from the general stories a few things can be learned from this book like what was the name of World Eaters before, the name of Logar, what was the order in which some priamrch's were found etc... Cheers Hrvat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verythrax Draconis Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Too bad it will take five weeks to it arrive here :D Of course, I could order ir online and get it on a couple of days, but I already have a BL order made through a local bookstore here, so I prefered to just throw this one together. @Hrvat: Why you need to LIKE some side? That's why "there's only war": ALL sides of the conflict have several good reasons to beat the other side and vice-versa :P 40K = the least maniqueist universe ever made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacific81 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I have just finished the book and after reading Mechanicus only a few days earlier it leaves a sour taste in my mouth. Both books are great but the more I learn about the Emperor the less I like him (when I started this hobby in the late 90' an older gamer told be the stories rahter than me reading them so everything had a myth like feeling, Emperor the savious, Horus the serpent, Evil gods and Marines in armour) and the fact that I don't like chaos either I am finding an ever shrinking number of characters I like. One of the few individuals that has survived is Logan Grimnar and I hope he doesn't get ruined in the future codex. Apart from the general stories a few things can be learned from this book like what was the name of World Eaters before, the name of Logar, what was the order in which some priamrch's were found etc... Cheers Hrvat Exactly, and I think this is so wonderful! Less black and white, far more shades of grey! :) Remember the background we have always read about the heresy has been from a perspective, from the victors, of 10,000 years in the future. Now we are told the true story of these characters and some of them, even the Emperor, are not such shining white knights that we have been led to believe.. You can really see this in the Wolf at the Door story. What a fantastic short story, I totally agree it paints a great picture of the SW, and also shows the nature of the Great Crusade to be far less benign than we had been previously told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Wolf Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Bought the book during lunch and allready finished reading it...4 hrs later....gonna read it again. It is by far the best colection of stories that I have read by Bllack Library. All the stories are awesome but my favorites were: The Last Church by Graham Mcneill and Blood Games by Dan Abnett. The weakest story, in my opinion, was The Voice by James Swallow but it was still a very good read. I heartily recommend everyone to run out and pick up the book. I am really starting to hate the Calaban "loyal" Dark Angels though...more so than I allready disliked them. I like the fact the the Emperor is being humanized, I never did like all the myth and reverence that had been historically associated with the guy......but then I am an Atheist so I am leery of anything that smacks oof religion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sons of Horus Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 finally the story is being told fairly!! no more "all hail the most holy god-emperor" hello "very very human ordinary emperor" weeee :( this is way better than i thought. the more i learn about these things the more interested i get ;) bye bye false emperor ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
son of nocturne Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 I cannot recomend this book enough! A good comparison i feel is that its like a good episode of lost, a few big questions are answered you get to see some SUPER AWESOME COOL AND WIN stuff and it leaves enough new questions for you to want allot more than your given! bring on the next 2 books and the rest! Ooh and i now love custodes... lots... S.O.N. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verythrax Draconis Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 This book needs to be read in the release order of the HH books, or can I read it anytime? I just finished Horus Rising, and I'm really interested reading this one now. Will I miss some fun if I don't read the other books before this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacific81 Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 I'd say for the most part you'll be ok - all of the stories are told preceeding Istvaan. However, I would always recommend reading the 'big 3' of Horus Rising, False Gods and Galaxy in Flames first, as these describe the main events and will help to put everything else into context. For the short story about Dark Angels, it might be advantagous to read Descent of Angels first (and perhaps even Angels of Darkness, a non-heresy book which it is very closely linked to) but its not completely necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokunator Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 I am slowly digging my way through it (I deliberately only read one story a day to savour them and to avoid mixing them up). So far, I've only read the first one by Abnett and it was tremendous. Nobody does 40k (or 30k) crime stories like Abnett. It did remind me of the best parts of Ravenor and Eisenstein. And the small appearance by the Big E was also great Note that his own bodyguard call him a 'demi-god' despite the Imperial Truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verythrax Draconis Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Thanks for the input :P I really loved to see a 40K tale happening in Brazil :P Already got my copy - my order coincided with their usual BL re-stocking, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malika666 Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Is there any more info on the character Kol Bader from Dark Apostle in the books? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Wolf Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Is there any more info on the character Kol Bader from Dark Apostle in the books? He is a minor character in the Word Bearers Story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metcalfedan Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Just finished blood games, LOVED IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senseilord Ashahara Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 I did like the book but.......as the serise goes on and more authors (of frankly,differing skills), alot feels alittle diluted. Some of the earlier books were very definatly set on the 31st millenium but that special charactor seems to slipping. In short, I prefer their first album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malika666 Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Is there any more info on the character Kol Bader from Dark Apostle in the books? He is a minor character in the Word Bearers Story. Does the Word Bearer story tell anything about his rank and wargear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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