DarkChaplain Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Looks like Black Library is finally back in the groove. First we got Inquisitor Covenant and Eisenhorn via the Summer of Reading, and now a debut short story with yet another new Inquisitor in the main role. http://www.blacklibrary.com/Images/Product/DefaultBL/xlarge/BLPROCESSED-Potentia.jpg An Inquisition short storyWhen a murderous cultist inexplicably turns himself in to the Inquisition, his acolyte-interrogator seeks to learn the reason for the surrender. Within every noble intention there lurks the potential for corruption, with every pious ideal the possibility of falling into darkness... When a murderous cultist inexplicably turns himself in to the Inquisition, his acolyte-interrogator seeks to learn the reason for the murderer's surrender but ends up receiving a very different lesson... http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/potentia-eshort.html Excited to dig into this over the coming days. As always, the backlog is growing, but seeing this and hearing murmors about upcoming releases has me stoked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Looks like Black Library is finally back in the groove. First we got Inquisitor Covenant and Eisenhorn via the Summer of Reading, and now a debut short story with yet another new Inquisitor in the main role. http://www.blacklibrary.com/Images/Product/DefaultBL/xlarge/BLPROCESSED-Potentia.jpg An Inquisition short story When a murderous cultist inexplicably turns himself in to the Inquisition, his acolyte-interrogator seeks to learn the reason for the surrender. Within every noble intention there lurks the potential for corruption, with every pious ideal the possibility of falling into darkness... When a murderous cultist inexplicably turns himself in to the Inquisition, his acolyte-interrogator seeks to learn the reason for the murderer's surrender but ends up receiving a very different lesson... http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/potentia-eshort.html Excited to dig into this over the coming days. As always, the backlog is growing, but seeing this and hearing murmors about upcoming releases has me stoked. How is the prose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkChaplain Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 Read the story, its very short. Full review here. In short: Interrogator, well, interrogating a murderer, who tries to pull a Joker and argue that they're the same, murdering for power and personal advancement. No names being mentioned, its a generic Interrogator dealing with a universal problem. Could've been more, way more, given a larger word count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilofix Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Looks like Black Library is finally back in the groove. First we got Inquisitor Covenant and Eisenhorn via the Summer of Reading, and now a debut short story with yet another new Inquisitor in the main role. http://www.blacklibrary.com/Images/Product/DefaultBL/xlarge/BLPROCESSED-Potentia.jpg An Inquisition short story When a murderous cultist inexplicably turns himself in to the Inquisition, his acolyte-interrogator seeks to learn the reason for the surrender. Within every noble intention there lurks the potential for corruption, with every pious ideal the possibility of falling into darkness... When a murderous cultist inexplicably turns himself in to the Inquisition, his acolyte-interrogator seeks to learn the reason for the murderer's surrender but ends up receiving a very different lesson... http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/potentia-eshort.html Excited to dig into this over the coming days. As always, the backlog is growing, but seeing this and hearing murmors about upcoming releases has me stoked. How is the prose? Descriptions were a little sparse and more generic. For example "a broad smile". And it was mostly verbal back and forth between the cultist and interrogator. It wasn't bad but I feel like given a little more length, it could have been a little more descriptive, the plot smarter and characters deeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkChaplain Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 Aye, it just didn't have the room to really discuss the topic enough, and Mason kept it deliberately generic and universally applicable. That works towards its detriment even if it is easy to see why he did it that way. It feels pretty unpersonal as a result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Read the story, its very short. Full review here. In short: Interrogator, well, interrogating a murderer, who tries to pull a Joker and argue that they're the same, murdering for power and personal advancement. No names being mentioned, its a generic Interrogator dealing with a universal problem. Could've been more, way more, given a larger word count. 1,5 pages for eShort:€3.49 WHAT?????? Are you for real????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkChaplain Posted September 23, 2016 Author Share Posted September 23, 2016 1,5 pages? It is a 1700 word story. You'd have to read it with a very tiny font size to get that on 1,5 pages. The price is ludicrous, yes, but there's no need to exaggerate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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