R_F_D Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Does anyone have a suggested reading order? I can see loads of SMB and and Yarrick books but wasn't sure if they were 2nd or 3rd Wars or if they span both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkChaplain Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Yarrick: The Pyres of Armageddon covers the early phases of the 2nd War. Basically the outbreak up until his heroic moment where he gets himself a neat claw. The clean-up via Astartes isn't covered there. Chains of Golgotha, the Yarrick novella (and the micro short Evil Eye that ties into it) is set after the 2nd War but before the third. Helsreach could be seen as one of the main books about the Third War, and is supplemented by The Eternal Crusader by Guy Haley, which plays out parallel and has some crossover. Both also feature Yarrick. There's also Blood & Fire as an extension to Helsreach. During the Third War, there's also a Yarrick short called Sarcophagus, which is a glimpse of his time on Armageddon and ties back into Annandale's Black Dragons. Guy Haley also has a few more short stories set on Armageddon and during the lead-up, which are part of Crusaders of Dorn (which, to my endless annoyance, doesn't include The Eternal Crusader despite clearly having had the artwork used inside, as a placeholder cover and had the page count available to include it to end up as a 400 page paperback). Those stories tie together and show one of the Crusades on the surface. Then there's Angron's Monolith and Dante's Canyon, both during the Third War as side shows. Same goes for Blood in the Machine and Of Gods and Men by Andy Smillie, or Kyme's Marines Malevolent stories Vengeful Honour and In the Depths of Hades. I honestly don't think the order of these matters much after you've read Helsreach and The Eternal Crusader, to be honest. Those stories give a good frame for the rest of the action and the short stories and novellas pad it out and turn it into more of a global war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rendingon1+ Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 There are also Jonathan Green's books: Crusade of Armageddon Conquest of Armgeddon I don't know why people keep on forgetting about these two. They are older than current stuff but I say they are quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mactire Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 ADB's GreyKnight novel covers the end of the 1st war and the defeat of Angron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R_F_D Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Cheers guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 ADB's GreyKnight novel covers the end of the 1st war and the defeat of Angron. Helsreach covers the 2nd war, with his further novella which focus on the fate of Celestial Lions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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