Never_born Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 On the twenty-second day of Christmas...Heresy-era White Scars. Brotherhood of the Moon by Chris Wraight - http://trackofwords.wordpress.com/2014/12/22/quick-review-brotherhood-of-the-moon-chris-wraight/ Torghun Khan speaks... NB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaeron Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 On the twenty-second day of Christmas...Heresy-era White Scars. Brotherhood of the Moon by Chris Wraight - http://trackofwords.wordpress.com/2014/12/22/quick-review-brotherhood-of-the-moon-chris-wraight/ Torghun Khan speaks... NB I think if I only pick up one or two after - this'll be on that list... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never_born Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 On the twenty-second day of Christmas...Heresy-era White Scars. Brotherhood of the Moon by Chris Wraight - http://trackofwords.wordpress.com/2014/12/22/quick-review-brotherhood-of-the-moon-chris-wraight/ Torghun Khan speaks... NB I think if I only pick up one or two after - this'll be on that list... Definitely worth it. To be fair, I'd say pretty much anything Chris Wraight puts out is worthwhile...but Torghun is a particularly interesting character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never_born Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 On the 23rd day of Christmas...a Gaunt's Ghosts ghost story. Forgotten by Dan Abnett - http://trackofwords.wordpress.com/2014/12/23/quick-review-forgotten-dan-abnett/ This might just be the best one in the advent calendar so far NB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoebus Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Yeah, good little story. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never_born Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 Hi folks. It's the 24th day of the Black Library advent calendar, which means the short stories and audios are now over - the final instalment is The Watcher, an audio drama involving the Knights Errant, some Space Wolves and an ill-advised attempt to follow orders regarding Konrad Curze. The Watcher by CZ Dunn - http://trackofwords.wordpress.com/2014/12/24/quick-review-the-watcher-cz-dunn/ Just tomorrow's novel to go now Surprisingly enough, chances are I won't be posting a review of that tomorrow! I'll see if I can't write something though Thanks to everyone who's been reading these! NB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriegsmacht Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Ooo can't wait to get that one. Should be interesting. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tymell Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Hi folks. It's the 24th day of the Black Library advent calendar, which means the short stories and audios are now over - the final instalment is The Watcher, an audio drama involving the Knights Errant, some Space Wolves and an ill-advised attempt to follow orders regarding Konrad Curze. The Watcher by CZ Dunn - http://trackofwords.wordpress.com/2014/12/24/quick-review-the-watcher-cz-dunn/ Just tomorrow's novel to go now Surprisingly enough, chances are I won't be posting a review of that tomorrow! I'll see if I can't write something though Thanks to everyone who's been reading these! NB I certainly enjoyed this one, and this last drama has me curious as to the legion of the Knight-Errant we see. Apart from Garro mentioning him in Shield of Lies (just when listing names of Knights-Errant) I don't recall any word of him elsewhere. I'm guessing Thousand Sons. He mentions detesting his primarch, which suggests a traitor legion. The description on the BL website tells us he was a librarian in his former legion, which likely rules out Death Guard and Emperor's Children as they didn't have them. He mentions fighting alongside the Night Lords as "another legion", so they're out, and he also says his first time fighting alongside the Space Wolves was before his primarch had been found, so Luna Wolves also unlikely just since Horus was found so early on. Lastly, he mentions seeing the Space Wolf's blood staining his plain armour red, and that reminding him of being apart from his legion now. While it's possible he's referring to the plainness of the armour itself, I'd guess this is a hint at his legion's colours being red, suggesting Word Bearers or Thousand Sons. I'm guessing the latter since librarians were so common among them, and the Word Bearers only took on red colours late on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaeron Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Reckon that you won't get the Khârn eBook if you don't order now? Wondering if best to get my order in before midnight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn Eremon Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 They've done post-advent bundles in the years previous, I don't see why they wouldn't do that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaeron Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Aye, I just wondered if the 'exclusive' eBook would be for that or not! Just weighing up if it's worth it for all of them... Hmm, I've added all that I think I'd want, basically all the Heresy and a few extras - and it's only £33.86. I doubt the 'exclusive eBook' would retail for £32! But, perhaps the completionist in me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaeron Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Ah, it's KHÂRN: EATER OF WORLDS (EBOOK) by Mr. Reynolds. Tempting - I might just save £20 though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scribe Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Very tempted, will see if I can keep myself busy or if I feel the need to read something. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoebus Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 I'm probably going to get Khârn, but this needs to be said: the cover art is amateur hour. A year or two ago, the standard for pretty much any artwork for a Black Library novel was impressive. That, unfortunately, is no longer the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaeron Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Some are deliberately stylised like that. I wouldn't get a print of it personally... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoebus Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 It's only covers by one or two artists, and their work is generally reserved for "up and coming" Black Library authors. Hence why I was surprised to see a cover of this caliber for Reynolds. He's an established writer, and has written broadly popular material for the setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never_born Posted December 26, 2014 Author Share Posted December 26, 2014 Hi all. I didn't (unsurprisingly) manage to read Khârn and get my review up on the day it was published, but I was only a day late! So... On the twenty-fifth day of Christmas, Black Library gave to us... Khârn: Eater of Worlds - Anthony Reynolds - http://trackofwords.wordpress.com/2014/12/26/Khârn-eater-of-worlds-anthony-reynolds/ One *major* thing to be aware of is that this is a decidedly short novel. At a very rough guess I'm saying about 80k words. I thoroughly enjoyed it, but I'm not convinced BL should be selling it for £9.99... Very interested to see what everyone elselse thinks of this! NB PS I'm in total agreement with Phoebus - shockingly poor cover art for this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaeron Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Cheers NB - may save my money then and pick up the HH and other good looking bits... And save myself £20! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkChaplain Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 The most shocking part about Khârn's cover art, for me, is that the artist is Nacho Molina. You know, this guy: http://nachomolina.deviantart.com/gallery/ He did the covers for the Sanctus Reach campaign books and novellas, as well as The Eternal Crusader (which had an incredible amount of skulls in it). Considering his past work for BL, I cannot fathom why this one is so poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaeron Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Wahey, they're splitting them! Cheers BL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never_born Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share Posted January 5, 2015 A bit of a recap on the Advent Calendar as a whole - http://trackofwords.wordpress.com/2015/01/05/recap-black-library-advent-calendar-2014/ Anyone got a favourite from the selection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarKnight Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 No way I would've paid $15 US for this if I realized how short it was. Great story but I was so surprised when it ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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