Joe Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 (edited) And there's the next Primarch novel. It's a POV novel, exploring Alpharius' origins. Edited December 5, 2020 by Joe Aztek, Silas7, Redrandy93 and 3 others 6 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/368026-hh-alpharius-head-of-the-hydra/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
grailkeeper Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 This explores Alpharius before he met the Emperor. Tbh I'd much rather that remain a secret. I'm sure there'll be some "actually none of this is true" twist, possibly right from the outset. Still this is material which is better left untouched. Slave to Darkness 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/368026-hh-alpharius-head-of-the-hydra/#findComment-5640341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trokair Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 We are Omegon. This should be interesting. Redrandy93 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/368026-hh-alpharius-head-of-the-hydra/#findComment-5640343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noserenda Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Eeeexcellent, i had wondered what the book would cover, glad to hear its in safe hands too! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/368026-hh-alpharius-head-of-the-hydra/#findComment-5640345 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 This is one of the ones I am really interested in, the Primarch series has dried up in releases a bit this year, so hoping for the rest to come out soon. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/368026-hh-alpharius-head-of-the-hydra/#findComment-5640393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandlemad Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 This explores Alpharius before he met the Emperor. Tbh I'd much rather that remain a secret. I'm sure there'll be some "actually none of this is true" twist, possibly right from the outset. Still this is material which is better left untouched. Normally I'd agree with you but there's still the possibility ("the secret origin... or is it?") that it'll be self-contradictory and full of fiction, etc. That could be done well or not but we'll see. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/368026-hh-alpharius-head-of-the-hydra/#findComment-5640473 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Really apprehensive about this one. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/368026-hh-alpharius-head-of-the-hydra/#findComment-5640514 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Marshal Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Not expecting much more than a, "Or maybe everything I just told you was a lie? [Winks At Camera]" grailkeeper 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/368026-hh-alpharius-head-of-the-hydra/#findComment-5640526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Nord in Gravis Armour Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Not expecting much more than a, "Or maybe everything I just told you was a lie? [Winks At Camera]" Yep - or another swerve where the main character turns out to be neither Alpharius nor Omegon, but one of their agents. Meanwhile I'm still out here wondering who the THIRD head of the hydra is. grailkeeper and skylerboodie 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/368026-hh-alpharius-head-of-the-hydra/#findComment-5640550 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACK BLΠFLY Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Would die laffing if he gets the Calgar treatment . Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/368026-hh-alpharius-head-of-the-hydra/#findComment-5640573 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagrath Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Not expecting much more than a, "Or maybe everything I just told you was a lie? [Winks At Camera]" That would be horrible. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/368026-hh-alpharius-head-of-the-hydra/#findComment-5640574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arendious Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Much better twist - have the story be completely off-the-rails and ridiculous, then have someone 'reliable' in setting (Dorn, or pre-Istvaan Ferris, or Perturabo, maybe?) walk on and confirm the whole thing. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/368026-hh-alpharius-head-of-the-hydra/#findComment-5640689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urauloth Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Absolutely phenomenal cover art. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/368026-hh-alpharius-head-of-the-hydra/#findComment-5640703 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucerne Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Honestly they seem to be playing it safe with this one which...okay I guess? It'd have been nice to get a concrete, specific, reliable story but another AL origin story seems fun enough. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/368026-hh-alpharius-head-of-the-hydra/#findComment-5640706 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petitioner's City Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Mike Brooks is an exciting choice for this if given the space for worldbuilding at this scale, I think - Wanted Dead was such a great novella. His Rites of Passage and Brutal Kunnin seem to be vwry well-received, as is Road to Redemption (where he takes on some difficult subject matter - although I find it a tad pulpy, but that is the nature of its western-esaue style). Overall a really exciting and promisinf choice of author for the book. He's also close to the SG team, plays in their necromunda campaigns, for example. Finally has anyone read his non-BL work; what's it like? http://www.mikebrooks.co.uk/publications/ byrd9999 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/368026-hh-alpharius-head-of-the-hydra/#findComment-5640787 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagoth Ur Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Honestly, very excited for this one. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/368026-hh-alpharius-head-of-the-hydra/#findComment-5640862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WARMASTER_ Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 (edited) I’m very nervous about this going to Mike Brooks instead of say John French his work so far hasn’t been great and I fear knowing alpharius’s origin story ruins the mystery a little, time will tell I guess Edited December 6, 2020 by BladeOfVengeance Bat33.1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/368026-hh-alpharius-head-of-the-hydra/#findComment-5641124 Share on other sites More sharing options...
smileyjim Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 This explores Alpharius before he met the Emperor. Tbh I'd much rather that remain a secret. I'm sure there'll be some "actually none of this is true" twist, possibly right from the outset. Still this is material which is better left untouched. I disagree i love the alpha legion and as long as they don't mess it up it will be awesome to see more on it all. There's so much in the 40k world that there will always be stuff left vague, doesn't mean it all should be though. I mean alpha legion are actually interesting rather than *cough* dark angels or ultramarines chapter spin-off No 6845 Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/368026-hh-alpharius-head-of-the-hydra/#findComment-5641239 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Father Ferrum Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Not expecting much more than a, "Or maybe everything I just told you was a lie? [Winks At Camera]" Yep - or another swerve where the main character turns out to be neither Alpharius nor Omegon, but one of their agents. Meanwhile I'm still out here wondering who the THIRD head of the hydra is. If you're referring to the Black Book insignia showing an alpha, an omega, and a sigma together, I'll point out that sigma is the mathematical symbol for "sum" and probably represents the rest of the Legion as a whole. Skalpynock 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/368026-hh-alpharius-head-of-the-hydra/#findComment-5641268 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 (edited) Not expecting much more than a, "Or maybe everything I just told you was a lie? [Winks At Camera]" Yep - or another swerve where the main character turns out to be neither Alpharius nor Omegon, but one of their agents. Meanwhile I'm still out here wondering who the THIRD head of the hydra is. If you're referring to the Black Book insignia showing an alpha, an omega, and a sigma together, I'll point out that sigma is the mathematical symbol for "sum" and probably represents the rest of the Legion as a whole. I was always a fan of the Sigma[r] theory. I haven't read any of Mike Brooks's work, initial reaction was confusion that John French wasn't handling it, as he seems to be able to handle complex stuff, writing the Ahriman series and Cthulu mythos stuff, but open minded. Just this book then the Sanguinius one to get my collection of 'Primarchs of interest'. Edited December 7, 2020 by Xenith Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/368026-hh-alpharius-head-of-the-hydra/#findComment-5641292 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandlemad Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Not expecting much more than a, "Or maybe everything I just told you was a lie? [Winks At Camera]" Yep - or another swerve where the main character turns out to be neither Alpharius nor Omegon, but one of their agents. Meanwhile I'm still out here wondering who the THIRD head of the hydra is. If you're referring to the Black Book insignia showing an alpha, an omega, and a sigma together, I'll point out that sigma is the mathematical symbol for "sum" and probably represents the rest of the Legion as a whole. There's no real doubt in my mind that the resemblance between sigma and Sigmar is a happy coincidence someone spotted during the writing of Extermination, and which was gleefully made prominent in the insignia to put the cat amongst the pigeons. BLACK BLΠFLY 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/368026-hh-alpharius-head-of-the-hydra/#findComment-5641300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
smileyjim Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Not expecting much more than a, "Or maybe everything I just told you was a lie? [Winks At Camera]" Yep - or another swerve where the main character turns out to be neither Alpharius nor Omegon, but one of their agents. Meanwhile I'm still out here wondering who the THIRD head of the hydra is. If you're referring to the Black Book insignia showing an alpha, an omega, and a sigma together, I'll point out that sigma is the mathematical symbol for "sum" and probably represents the rest of the Legion as a whole. I was always a fan of the Sigma[r] theory. I haven't read any of Mike Brooks's work, initial reaction was confusion that John French wasn't handling it, as he seems to be able to handle complex stuff, writing the Ahriman series and Cthulu mythos stuff, but open minded. Just this book then the Sanguinius one to get my collection of 'Primarchs of interest'. Bit of a sidetrack but what's the Ahriman series like? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/368026-hh-alpharius-head-of-the-hydra/#findComment-5641336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grailkeeper Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 (edited) Just finished this. Its the first Primarch Novel I finished (I left the Perturabo one in a pub and someone nicked it ) I quite enjoyed it. I particularly liked the use of very short chapters- I found that very engaging. I said before this was material better left untouched. There's a very large twist pretty much at the start. Other than that its a great exploration of the material and gives a very good insight into the protagonists thinking. It was a little short but I'd recommend this. Edited December 10, 2021 by grailkeeper Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/368026-hh-alpharius-head-of-the-hydra/#findComment-5771348 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 I found this one one of the better ones, it goes very well with the Valdor book. I have read most of them now but I couldn't finish the Ferrus Manus one for some reason. Only a few left now. mc warhammer 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/368026-hh-alpharius-head-of-the-hydra/#findComment-5771367 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinsanity Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 My personal favorite bit is that the book takes all 3 rumours presented in FW's HH3 (right?) regarding the origin of Alpharius and manages to mesh all 3 together into a single story that works. It also explains why the XXth was singled out as a special Legion (again, per FW's blackbooks series), so fits very well with the existing material. Of course, this is the XXth, so we know it's all veiled falsehoodsb and half-truths... DarkChaplain 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/368026-hh-alpharius-head-of-the-hydra/#findComment-5771370 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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