Izlude Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Was curious for impressions to see worth getting considering:1. Have loved all of Chris Wraight's stuff.2. Not a SW fan but don't mind reading about them. Read Thousand Son, Wolf king etc. The only book left is Prospero burns is which I am reading now.3. Not a 40k book person, read a few but have not liked. I really try to confine myself to HH setting due to money and time.So with that in mind it looks like even though it is tagged as 40k it is says it is 32k so 1 only a thousand years after the HH timeline and also a sequel of sorts to Prospero burns/thousands sons.Thoughts? Coverart is pretty deft though. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321345-war-of-the-fang/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandlemad Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 It's good. Better than Wraight's later SW stuff. Quality fighting (including a daemon primarch), good characters, well-paced plot, dark secrets, hints of what might have been, and a brilliant ending. It's a siege narrative, almost the entire book, so think something like Helm's Deep for tone. I'd say go for it. It is indeed set in 32k but seeing as the only places depicted are Fenris and a few other worlds the Wolves are razing, it doesn't appear too different to the 41st millennium. In terms of themes though, it's sort of the bridging piece between the 30k and 40k depictions of the wolves. A lot of the stuff you see Russ dwelling on in Wolf King have come to pass or are underway. In a certain light, it looks like a coda to A Thousand Sons and Prospero Burns. You're definitely going to get a lot more out of Battle of the Fang than someone who hadn't read them. I didn't think Hunt for Magnus added much to Battle of the Fang; it more or less covers the same ground as the chapters about Ironhelm but it's decent action. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321345-war-of-the-fang/#findComment-4361468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveNYC Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 The very end of the battle isn't super hot. Not horrible, but it's a primarch battle, and those guys are pretty unbalanced. Pretty good writing all the way around though. If you liked A Thousand Sons, you'll probably like it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321345-war-of-the-fang/#findComment-4361608 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carach Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 indeed if you are a fan of the thousand sons and space wolves then you will probably enjoy the siege - as mentioned, this is largely a siege tale, with some decent fights and some good little gems of conversation between some of the thousand sons with magnus included. Additionally some alluding to what if scenarios Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321345-war-of-the-fang/#findComment-4362012 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redrandy93 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 I thought it was a terrific book! You will enjoy reading it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321345-war-of-the-fang/#findComment-4373433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
veterannoob Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Haven't read my copy of Hunt for Magnus yet but the novel portion was excellent. Wraight is a rising star. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321345-war-of-the-fang/#findComment-4374430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 War of the Fang is still the best Space Marines battles book, with the Legion of the Damn as closest second. Wraight is a star writer, which he had shown with a masterpiece of 'Path of Heaven' Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321345-war-of-the-fang/#findComment-4386969 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izlude Posted May 6, 2016 Author Share Posted May 6, 2016 I just finished reading it. Never been a fan of the 40k stories...hard to read those when you have the HH with the Emperor and Primarchs milling about. This is definitely good and I am not even a SW fan. It is well written and having just read Scars I found the reference Bjorn makes when fighting a dreadnaught that he felt sorry for the poor bastards ha ha and I think other comments about being in enclosed space with him as a Dreadnaught in Battle of the Fang. Great battles and love the Magnus stuff. Look forward to getting my copy of Path of Heaven. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321345-war-of-the-fang/#findComment-4387075 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 I just finished reading it. Never been a fan of the 40k stories...hard to read those when you have the HH with the Emperor and Primarchs milling about. This is definitely good and I am not even a SW fan. It is well written and having just read Scars I found the reference Bjorn makes when fighting a dreadnaught that he felt sorry for the poor bastards ha ha and I think other comments about being in enclosed space with him as a Dreadnaught in Battle of the Fang. Great battles and love the Magnus stuff. Look forward to getting my copy of Path of Heaven. You will love it Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321345-war-of-the-fang/#findComment-4390496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 I've just finished reading it and thought it was good. I was a bit confused by Magnus kind of almost forgetting he was a Primarch though! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321345-war-of-the-fang/#findComment-4404190 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluntblade Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 One objection - I don't like the look of Greyloc in the artwork, having really liked his character. My mental image of him was more Witcher, and he looks too old after those "whelp" jibes. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321345-war-of-the-fang/#findComment-4415160 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 One objection - I don't like the look of Greyloc in the artwork, having really liked his character. My mental image of him was more Witcher, and he looks too old after those "whelp" jibes. Same here Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321345-war-of-the-fang/#findComment-4416335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelborn Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Is there an artwork in the omnibus? Haven't seen one until now. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321345-war-of-the-fang/#findComment-4416643 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluntblade Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Yep. Magnus (with an axe, not the sword the book describes him using) and a moustached Wolf who I assume is meant to be Greyloc. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321345-war-of-the-fang/#findComment-4417145 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelborn Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Naaaaah. That's Ironhelm. When you zoom in, you'll see a plate on his head. Furthermore did Greyloc use an axe, while Ironhelm had two power fists if I'm not mistaking. http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/18/44/36/39/110.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321345-war-of-the-fang/#findComment-4417436 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedarkprincesnun Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Naaaaah. That's Ironhelm. When you zoom in, you'll see a plate on his head. Furthermore did Greyloc use an axe, while Ironhelm had two power fists if I'm not mistaking. http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/18/44/36/39/110.jpg Is the dude in gold magnus? Because he doesn't look very daemony Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321345-war-of-the-fang/#findComment-4417454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelborn Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Jep, that's Magnus. Would say that powerful as he is, he can shape his look as he wants to. That's why he can easily grow in size, etc. Something I haven't heard of Angron or Mortarion for example. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321345-war-of-the-fang/#findComment-4417462 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkChaplain Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Magnus in Battle of the Fang is fractured with lots of bits of himself spread throughout the galaxy. The point of the prologue / the hunt for him was that by "killing" that one fragment, they unchained him and allowed him to invade Fenris. He's fragmented in Deathfire during the Heresy already, or rather, has been ever since Prospero and his warp-gazing from the Planet of Sorcerers. He's lost a hold of his physical form, hence the freedom to appear as he wants to. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321345-war-of-the-fang/#findComment-4417548 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluntblade Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Naaaaah. That's Ironhelm. When you zoom in, you'll see a plate on his head. Furthermore did Greyloc use an axe, while Ironhelm had two power fists if I'm not mistaking. http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/18/44/36/39/110.jpg Suddenly I'm a lot happier about the artwork Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321345-war-of-the-fang/#findComment-4417740 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 It's definitely Ironhelm. The scene during that fight is described exactly as you see it. Although fragmented pscyhe or not, a Primarch is a Primarch and the thought of someone harming one is laughable. They are described as being above an Astartes as an Astartes is to a standard Human. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321345-war-of-the-fang/#findComment-4418035 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkChaplain Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 And a standard human can kill an Astartes if he gets lucky or has the right tool for the job. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321345-war-of-the-fang/#findComment-4418075 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarl Kjaran Coldheart Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 and that fight wasnt a one on one, but a pack of Wolves attacking Magnus. (which including a Great Wolf, a Wolf Lord, and Bjorn the freaking Fell-Handed) and they all died. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321345-war-of-the-fang/#findComment-4418126 Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronDrake28 Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 and that fight wasnt a one on one, but a pack of Wolves attacking Magnus. (which including a Great Wolf, a Wolf Lord, and Bjorn the freaking Fell-Handed) and they all died. Bjorn died? As in got interred into the Dreadnought? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321345-war-of-the-fang/#findComment-4418327 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluntblade Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Nah, Bjorn was the sole survivor and needed major repairs. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321345-war-of-the-fang/#findComment-4418347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 He fell off the cliff because he had stumpy legs. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321345-war-of-the-fang/#findComment-4418484 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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