Captain_Loken Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 I have been looking really hard for any novels for either the Alpha Legion or Red Corsairs. Besides the HH novel Legion, does anyone know of a series for either of the legions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1ncarnadine Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 There have been LE novellas, Sedition's Gate (actually a novella-sized anthology) and The Seventh Serpent, but that's about it I think. Maybe some short stories here and there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Loken Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 Well that's a bummer. Could it because they're not as popular as the Word Bearers, BL, and Iron Warriors? Do they have any novels on the World Eaters or Death Guard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1ncarnadine Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 I don't know if it's a lack of popularity for the Alpha Legion. I think it's more due to their secretive, faceless nature. It's hard to construct narratives around them and much easier to throw them around as surprise twist antagonists (which some might say has been done too much already). Betrayer is a great read on the World Eaters, can't think of many others for them. But it makes up for it by being one of the better books in the series. Death Guard only really have Flight of the Eisenstein, the short story Daemonology, and a pretty solid appearance in Scars (as well as the Alpha Legion actually). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sothalor Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Death Guard make a showing in Vengeful Spirit as well, although there's a pretty drastic (and unexplained) change in Mortarion's characterization between his appearance there and in Scars. The Red Corsairs should be the primary antagonists in The Gildar Rift by Sarah Cawkwell, and they have a fairly significant role in Blood Reaver, the second novel in the Night Lords trilogy by Aaron Dembski-Bowden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareddm Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Death Guard make a showing in Vengeful Spirit as well, although there's a pretty drastic (and unexplained) change in Mortarion's characterization between his appearance there and in Scars.It's actually very clearly explained in the story Daemonology... which just happen to come out six months later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Loken Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 Very cool. I've noticed a bunch of these are HH books. Thanks for all the replies, it sure does help! Sucks that there isn't a novel for all the legions, but that's okay so long as there is something more than a short story or novella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 As far as I remember, the Red Corsairs had a short-story which revolved around a Librarian/Sorcerer trying to betray them and return to the Imperium, only for Huron Badlywrittenheart to find out and chain him up in an unlinked Dreadnought sarcophogus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Loken Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 That sounds wondrous. If you happen to remember the name, please let me know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 I'll check my stack of novels. It should be in the same one with the short-story set inside a Tyranid bioship, where an Astartes was captured and chucked into a pool of acid to be dissolved. In fact, I'm pretty sure that's the one with Ragnar Blackmane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Loken Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 Even better. Anything brutal is for me. Maybe you may know. It's unrelated, but what the hell is "bolter porn"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn Eremon Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 "Bolter porn" are books filled with extensive, gratuitous violence and little else. Basically, it's a buzzword for action-oriented stories with little plot and/or poor character development. Most often used negatively, except in the context of when "Bolter porn" is all you were looking for or expecting in the first place. If it hasn't been mentioned already, The Tyrant's Champion was an interesting short about a contest between would-be Champions of Huron. Written by Sarah Cawkwell, who can be seen sometimes on the B&C as Pyroriffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Loken Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 Very interesting. I absolutely love gore, violence, and brutality.... some character development and plot is good. However, too much of both of those isn't my cup of tea. For example, The Flight Of the Eisenstein.... was very boring. Thanks for the recommendation, I have also read a couple books, Talon of Horus included, where the author acknowledges this forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Perils Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Huron makes a bit of an appearance in the Pandorax novel. I didn't particularly enjoy it, but it could have been worse. However, keep well away from The Hunt for Voldorius. It is supposed to have the Alpha Legion in it, against the scars, but they are probably the characters with mustaches twirled so much that they're dropping off their faces, they act much more like marines of the line than recon/subversion/concealment and so forth (the actual things they're supposed to be known for), and they are so completely chaotic that there can be no doubt they are baddies. And I think the only time one of them says "for the emperor" is when Voldorius is dying and taking the mickey out of the White Scar captain. And the white scar doesn't even flinch at the fact that a Daemon Prince is saying that... Even the White Scars are depicted as being so buried in their old ways that they become rather stupid. I haven't got any examples that come to mind though. All in all, a thoroughly disgusting book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tymell Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 As far as HH material goes, we have Alpha Legion: Legion (novel) The Face of Treachery (short) The Serpent Beneath (novella) Liar's Due (short) The Harrowing (short) The Seventh Serpent (novella) Hunter's Moon (audio) Deliverance Lost (novel, not about them but they play a fairly significant role) Tallarn: Ironclad (also not specifically about them, but they feature) Death Guard: The Flight of the Eisenstein (novel, but really more about Garro than the DG legion itself) Daemonology (short) Vengeful Spirit (again, not about them, but they feature a fair bit) Distant Echoes of Old Night (short) And they also have appearances of at least some significance in A Thousand Sons, Galaxy in Flames, Scars, The Lion, Garro: Ashes of Fealty and Deathfire World Eaters: After Desh'ea (short) Lord of the Red Sands (short) Rebirth (short) Butcher's Nails (audio) Betrayer (novel) Khârn: The Eightfold Path (audio short) Heart of the Conqueror (short) And appearances in False Gods, Galaxy in Flames, Immortal Duty and The Face of Treachery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Loken Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 Thanks for the list, Tyrell! That is extremely helpful. I never planned on reading all of the 60+ HH books that there will be by the time it's over, but with a list of the ones that are more important to my tastes, it makes skipping the bad ones much easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Captain_Loken except for the list Tymell has provided to you there are 3 amazing AL stories in w40k, which has a HH roots: 'Long Games at Carcharias' from Rob Sanders. We are One by John French and Truth is My Weapon by Justin Hill and Forge Wolrd book The Horus Heresy - Book Three: Extermination (Imperial Armour) - it include a great campaign fluff and awesome Pre-Heresy AL fluff Also there are AL actions in Deliverance Lost HH novel and good appearance of AL in the first Tallarn novella 'Executioner' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 For the Red Corsars you need to read Gildar Rift from Sarah Cackwell. Huron and company are mentioned heavily in that one. And of course 'Bloodreaver' from A D-B. His Huron depiction is AMAZING! Also there are The Bitter End is a short story by Sarah Cawkwell and her other story THE TYRANT'S CHAMPION Let the Galaxy Burn anthology with 2 amazing stories for the Red Corsairs. Treacheries of the Space Marines have 2 amazing Red Corsairs stories. Tales From the Dark Millennium has 1 wonderful Red Corsairs story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Also Huron Blackheart appears at the The Skull Harvest (Short Story) by Graham McNeill. It is mainly about Honsou - but Huron have an awesome dialog where And, of course - you need to check the Imperial Armour Volume Nine - The Badab War - Part One and Volume 10. There a lot about future Red Corsairs where Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorenus Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Have you read PARIAH by Dan Abnett? I may have said too much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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