hummus Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 saw this on amazon cool cover http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ahriman-Exile-John.../ref=pd_sim_b_4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Furyou Miko Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 WANT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excessus Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 WANT! +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Nihm Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Oooh, John French, ooooh! I dig. Now to clear out the bookshelf a little, to make room for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune Priest Ridcully Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Looks good, hopefully it will show a bit more of how he went from wanting to restore his legion to the emperor to Dr Manhatten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Furyou Miko Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Hopefully. It's not a Horus Heresy book though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dammeron Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Very interested in this, but also very cautious. Ahriman is arguably one of my favourite 40K characters full stop, especially after his portrayal in A Thousand Sons, in which he is an astute and considered metaphysician; a humanitarian scholar who seeks the transcendence of humanity via any means available. I want that retained, even into the depths of his "damnation." Alone of all the Chaos special characters, Ahriman still seems to act with regards to his original idealism and philosophy: he is not some fanatic or corrupt megalomaniac; he seeks mastery of the Warp; to bring Chaos itself to heel and use that as the basis for founding a new condition of humanity, or rather, to allow the species to transcend that very definition. What I don't want to see is moustachio twirling villainy. When "sacrifices" have to be made by Ahriman, when evils are committed, they are necessary; paling into insignificance next to what he feels he could potentially achieve come their fruition. Okay, he may be a deluded pawn of the Jackal God, but it's this motivating factor that makes him interesting; not his status as a "villain." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hummus Posted December 25, 2012 Author Share Posted December 25, 2012 its out now http://www.blacklibrary.com/ebooks/new-titles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Furyou Miko Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 Only as a black library ebook... dammit, it's probably an error (especially at that price) and I can't get at my card! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeratil Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Looks to be a Christmas present from Black Library ahead of them printing it. I've bought it so I should have some (non-spoiler) comments in a couple of days, I have a long train trip tomorrow so I imagine it'll get read pretty quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Furyou Miko Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Same, lol. >> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Ambroz Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 This'll be good! Now to find a platform to be able to read it on.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Furyou Miko Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 You can download a free E-reader program for your computer. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastern barbarian Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 i got the ebook and will be reading it soon. Hopefully it will be good. I will not forgive them if they ruin Ahriman :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Furyou Miko Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Well, he starts out kind of whiny and emo, but he does get better... the other characters are well put together. I'm not all the way through yet, but I'm hoping that we'll at least learn what chapter the renegade Marine characters are from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excessus Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Is Hathor Maat in it? You gotta love a super-vain sorcerer! B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Furyou Miko Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Not yet, although other A Thousand Sons characters have been mentioned (Tolbek, Ohrzmud, Amon). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Furyou Miko Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Well, I was gonna review it on Amazon, but apparently they don't allow that until the official release date. Ahriman: Exile is the story of how Ahriman transitions from a guilt-wracked wreck of his former self, hiding under a false identity to the again-proud Sorcerer we know from the game. Despite this lofty goal, the book starts slowly, provoking feelings of frustration in the reader. The book begins with the title character in an existential crisis he's apparently been struggling with for ten thousand years, crawling and subservient to an unworthy wretch of a chaos lord, acting in a manner that makes a reader want to slap him around the back of the head. For the first half of the book, it's the supporting characters who make the story, even after circumstances leave Ahriman the master of his own destiny once more. The book's climax is as epic as you could desire from a Warhammer 40,000 novel, but the ending leaves the reader with most of the questions we had hoped to see answered unresolved. The transition of Ahriman and the Rubricae from red armour to blue occurs in an almost Final Fantasy-esque sequence of grand change as their allegiance and attitude - from despair to hope and from destruction to salvation - change with their master. The ending leaves us hanging, wanting some form of resolution. As it is, the book has an epic climax - but it's a middle-of-the-story kind of pivotal moment, like the Council of Rivendell if it had been resolved as a duel between Gandalf and Galadriel. Ultimately, Ahriman: Exile answers few of the questions fans of Ahriman and the Thousand Sons hoped would be answers. An enjoyable story once you get past Ahriman's 'Shinji Syndrome', but definitely more for general consumption than aimed at dedicated fans of the character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctus Cornix Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 like the Council of Rivendell if it had been resolved as a duel between Gandalf and Galadriel. Why is this not a thing?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excessus Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 like the Council of Rivendell if it had been resolved as a duel between Gandalf and Galadriel. Why is this not a thing?... Suddenly, Noctis discovers the wonders of doujinshi and fanfiction... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Furyou Miko Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Geez, I type up a whole review and that crappy analogy is the thing you pick up on? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hummus Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 review up on founding fields http://thefoundingfields.com/2012/12/ahrim...iew-lord-night/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethrion Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Oooh awesome! I'm offline for the xmas and New Year holiday and the first thing I see when I reconnect with the world is this! a book about my buddy ahriman, yes yes :tu: looks very cool indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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