Hytanthas Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 What BL, chaos themed books do you recommend? I'm itching for a book to read and was wondering what one I should get? If you have a favorite let me know and post it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Caerolion Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Can't go past the Soul Hunter series, really. There's also the Heresy series, obviously, and if you really want, there's the Badab War books from Imperial Armour. They're not actually novels, admittedly, and they're fairly expensive, but damn they're awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPetersson Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I second the Badab books from FW, and also Storm of Iron. Probably my favourite from a chaos perspective. The Eisenhorn and Ravenor books deal with a fair bit of chaos stuff from the baddies' POV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Nihm Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Execution Hour. Storm of Iron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordsloth Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Soul hunter was very good. One of my favourites. Its sequel was good as well though I preferred the first. Lord of the night is an excellent read also. Dark apostle was also good. Didnt much care for Dark Disciple. Dark Creed was horrible. Daemon world is .. interesting. I struggle to call it good because the execution was flawed in places but the concept was very cool. Definately worth a read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dammeron Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 - Soul Hunter - Blood Reaver - Storm of Iron - Horus Rising - The First Heretic Ones to avoid like the plague: - Battle for the Abyss - Any of the "Dark Apostle" books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda_ Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Black Legion must have : - Horus Rising Many people talks about Storm of Iron. I think it's more Iron Warriors More Night Lords, but excellent - Lord of the Night - Soul Hunter - Blood Reaver More World Bearer, but excellent - First Heretic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snejk Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I enjoyed reading the following: Soul Hunter Blood Reaver Storm of Iron Legion First Heretic Dark Apostle was so-so. And I don't plan on reading any of the other. For some reason I also enjoyed reading Daemon World. Perhaps because of the grossly fat slaanesh queen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hytanthas Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 Thanks for the input. I'm on the BL web page perusing the books suggested. THANKS!!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Tezdal Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Storm of Iron and Blood Gorgons are probably the best CSM novels about "Modern" chaos marines IMHO, Blood Pact was a pretty good chaos read even if not about Marines. I would also second the IA books about Vraks, although they are crazy expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sviar Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 If you missed the Iron warriors collectors edition, and you do not feel of buying Heroes of the space marines and Planetkill to get more Honsou stories then you should buy this: http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/i...rs-omnibus.html (Storm of iron is included, and that book is awesome) In the aoudio book: The dark king and the lightning tower, there is a good story of the Night lords primarch Konrad Curze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godspear Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Fulgrim is probably the most comprehensive and beautifully described descent into depravity and Chaos you're likely to find in a single novel. For spikey Chaos war fluff, I'd look toward: Storm of Iron Execution Hour Dark Apostle (Don't bother with the rest of the trilogy, the good parts are all in the first book.) Blood Gorgons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkMark Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Its worth noting that the Iron Warriors and Word Bearers are getting the ominbus treatment, and so its probably best to wait a bit for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Caerolion Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 If you missed the Iron warriors collectors edition, and you do not feel of buying Heroes of the space marines and Planetkill to get more Honsou stories then you should buy this:http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/i...rs-omnibus.html (Storm of iron is included, and that book is awesome) In the aoudio book: The dark king and the lightning tower, there is a good story of the Night lords primarch Konrad Curze. Meh, I never really liked Dark King. It portrayed Night Haunter as a little too much "Muahahaha I am teh evulz!" To have his entire character reduced to "Oh yeah, he was really a psychotic murderer who just wanted to kill all along, he just made Curze to fool everyone" was a little disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incinerator950 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I recommend burning any copy of Demon World you stumble upon. As for actual imput, get Storm of Iron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khurdur Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 definately soul hunter and storm of iron, and the word bearer series, especially the first and third, dark apostle and dark creed. First heretic, and the first three of the horus heresy series to see how the fall to chaos happens. Why all the hate for the word bearers trilogy? I loved them, especially the first and third....though they are a bit gory and zealous ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Storm of Iron, without the shade of a doubt. Something I mentioned in a different thread a while back when someone was asking about a good BL book... Storm of Iron won't just cause Iron Warrior collector craze. You will have the urge to actually buy artillery pieces and lay waste to your worst enemies' house, while chanting 'Iron Within, Iron Without', as the elementary school kids you hired dig trench lines and traverses, and you hold in reserve a pack of vicious Pomerainians to carry the breach... Sooooo....yeah. Storm of Iron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Ambroz Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Storm of Iron won't just cause Iron Warrior collector craze. You will have the urge to actually buy artillery pieces and lay waste to your worst enemies' house, while chanting 'Iron Within, Iron Without', as the elementary school kids you hired dig trench lines and traverses, and you hold in reserve a pack of vicious Pomerainians to carry the breach... This actually made me chuckle. +1 For Storm of Iron really does give you a good idea of what chaos is all about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Tezdal Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Storm of Iron, without the shade of a doubt. Something I mentioned in a different thread a while back when someone was asking about a good BL book...Storm of Iron won't just cause Iron Warrior collector craze. You will have the urge to actually buy artillery pieces and lay waste to your worst enemies' house, while chanting 'Iron Within, Iron Without', as the elementary school kids you hired dig trench lines and traverses, and you hold in reserve a pack of vicious Pomerainians to carry the breach... Sooooo....yeah. Storm of Iron. I don't know, Storm of Iron almost tempted me into making a Imperial Fists army, till I realized painting a decent yellow is a pain in the but. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firestorm40k Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 'Storm of Iron' is great, not only is it a decent portrayal of how formidable a Chaos force is when focused upon taking an objective, but I liked how (at the time) it tied in with the development of the 40k background that was about to happen through the 'Eye of Terror' campaign. 'Blood Gorgons' is excellent, in fact I recommend the rest of the 'Bastion Wars' series, but that one particular is an excellent portrayal of renegade Marines that have aligned themselves to some extent with Chaos. The author has clearly given their background a lot of thought, down to how they maintain their numbers, the organisation, and particular 'quireks' of characters which makes them what they are. Highly recommended. Also, the AD-B Night Lords sequence, but that goes without saying :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khestra the Unbeheld Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Storm of Iron Lord of the Night Dark Apostle Blood Gorgon Soul Hunter Blood Reaver The whole of the Horus Heresy series is rife with origin stories relevant to the Chaos Legions. I'd say you can't really go wrong with any of the above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Validar Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I am currently reading a wonderful little short story in tales of heresy featuring Angron and Khârn. Must read for any khorne/WE man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artein Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I am currently reading a wonderful little short story in tales of heresy featuring Angron and Khârn. Must read for any khorne/WE man! After Desh'ea. It's an awesome story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatcrusade08 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 good BL books? anything by A D-B im told mcneill has written some good iron warriors books too, but i havent got round to those yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castiel Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Storm of Iron is probably a must for any Chaos player, the Night Lords books are really good, The Dark Apostle series is debatable, I'd recommend the first and second ones, I wasn't too keen on the 3rd one. Blood gorgons is also good. And as mentioned the Heresy books are really goos for the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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