DarkChaplain Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 And an Iron Warrior as well, who I liked a lot. Reviewed the damn thing now. It did for Fabius what The Talon of Horus did for Abaddon. Excellent way to reassess Fabius as a big-name character in 40k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 And an Iron Warrior as well, who I liked a lot. Reviewed the damn thing now. It did for Fabius what The Talon of Horus did for Abaddon. Excellent way to reassess Fabius as a big-name character in 40k. Good review. Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1soul Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Sold. I'm gonna get this based on that thoughtful review Was Chirurgeon really that good though? I can't stand Kyme's prose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkChaplain Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 I thought it was. It gives some Legion history and shows the mad eccentricity of Fabius during the Heresy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandlemad Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 I really can't stress enough how good the audiodrama Repairer of Ruin is as a companion to this book. It's set before Talon of Horus and covers Bile's raid on the Sons of Horus to steal the primarch's corpse. It doesn't add any shocking reveals or anything but the production is amazing. Squelches, gibbering vat-born mutants, all the sounds of Bile's horrors. And Bile's voice-actor himself is incredible. All the swings between being cultured and feverishly insane, all the weird paternal affection ("come along, greedy guts!"), it's amplified a hundredfold by the mad-scientist performance. Genuinely the best BL audiodrama I've encountered. I listened to it before reading this and I really felt the benefit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Sold. I'm gonna get this based on that thoughtful review Was Chirurgeon really that good though? I can't stand Kyme's prose It was so so. As expected - because it was written by Kyme :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkChaplain Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Tell us something new sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Tell us something new sometime. Progidal from Advent is awesome! Due to Fabius success we will get a series - HUSSAH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah32 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 I'm just over half way through this and I must say this is one heck of a 40k novel. Fabius was never a character I cared about, however after reading this, well considered me interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Ciaphas Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Based on the rave reviews offered here, and on account of my nigh total ignorance about Mr. Bile, I have ordered the Limited Edition book, which should have been dispatched to me today...I am well looking forward to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Based on the rave reviews offered here, and on account of my nigh total ignorance about Mr. Bile, I have ordered the Limited Edition book, which should have been dispatched to me today...I am well looking forward to it! Well done - we have done our job well :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aa.logan Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 I've just finished this- I was enjoying it so much I rationed the last half, reading only a couple of chapters at a time. Is there another BL book with people visiting Eldar on a (chaos?) planet to get hold of something, and it goes a bit wrong? That section felt really familiar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loesh Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 I can't gush over this book enough, it's stupidly awesome and shows off tons of what I wanted to see in the Emperors Children for a really long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 I can't gush over this book enough, it's stupidly awesome and shows off tons of what I wanted to see in the Emperors Children for a really long time. AS we all for a long time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah32 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Finished this the other day and I must say its a great story. Loved Josh's depictions of the Emperors children and his character building was second to none. I am very excited to see if we get more Fabius novels in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Finished this the other day and I must say its a great story. Loved Josh's depictions of the Emperors children and his character building was second to none. I am very excited to see if we get more Fabius novels in the future. I declare Fabius and Path of Heaven the best novels of 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1ncarnadine Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 OK, listening to the audio for this and so far it's pretty great. Did anyone else catch the really oddball WFB reference in Mordrek (I might have the book spelling off)? Pretty sure it's a pretty direct homage to a forgotten special character from the 4th edition Chaos army book, and it's amazing. Even his horse is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkChaplain Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Yep, Mordrek was an amazing little cameo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 OK, listening to the audio for this and so far it's pretty great. Did anyone else catch the really oddball WFB reference in Mordrek (I might have the book spelling off)? Pretty sure it's a pretty direct homage to a forgotten special character from the 4th edition Chaos army book, and it's amazing. Even his horse is there. Because it was. And Joshua being the one, who finally slain Mordrek in WFB so no surprises where But his description by Fabius was hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 I've not read this one. Is it good? Is it part of a trilogy or series where I need to read something else first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkChaplain Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Repairer of Ruin by Josh Reynolds is a stepping stone to it, which ties into The Talon of Horus. If you've read the latter, you'll get more out of this one I'd say. Likewise, whatever you've seen of Fabius during the HH series will help too. But in general, no, you can go into it fresh. It just helps to have the references and contrast between works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Repairer of Ruin by Josh Reynolds is a stepping stone to it, which ties into The Talon of Horus. If you've read the latter, you'll get more out of this one I'd say. Likewise, whatever you've seen of Fabius during the HH series will help too. But in general, no, you can go into it fresh. It just helps to have the references and contrast between works. 'Prodigal' short from Advent Calendar would be good to read, cause it goes directly before 'Fabius'. Plus you need to have a LE version cause it contain an amazing story 'The Howling ship' which is a direct prequel to Fabius:Primogenitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkChaplain Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 You don't "Need" to read either of them. Prodigal worked just fine afterwards, as it was released later, and since I don't have the limited edition, I can't comment on The Howling Ship. I'd like to read it, but since it certainly didn't prevent me from enjoying the novel, I'd say that prequel or not, it isn't mandatory at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 You don't "Need" to read either of them. Prodigal worked just fine afterwards, as it was released later, and since I don't have the limited edition, I can't comment on The Howling Ship. I'd like to read it, but since it certainly didn't prevent me from enjoying the novel, I'd say that prequel or not, it isn't mandatory at all. In case of 'need' - you do not 'need' to. But they gave an amazing appetiser for the main story. They show you the length of the way Fabius will follow. And 'why' he will follow it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaguecaster Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Never before have I laughed as much whilst reading than when Fabius was telling the daemon it didn't exist :D Josh Reynolds you are an awesome writer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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