Grey Knight Fiction

[Cryminysakes]

So I'd like to start reading some of the books - drill down specifically into Grey Knight structure and lore beyond the bare bones history from the likes of Luetin and 40 Theories etc.  Wanted to get advice on where to start.  But first...  golly gee this book???

 

 

Also found the Ben Counter series.  Is good? at least affordable lol

 

Any other great suggestions?

[CCE1981]

BlackLibrary.com

 

That ridiculous paperback price is for people to transfer money.  Put something on a marketplace at a ridiculous price no one would pay for it and transfer money from one place to another.

[Reskin]

So I'd like to start reading some of the books - drill down specifically into Grey Knight structure and lore beyond the bare bones history from the likes of Luetin and 40 Theories etc.  Wanted to get advice on where to start.  But first...  golly gee this book???

 

 

 

Also found the Ben Counter series.  Is good? at least affordable lol

 

Any other great suggestions?

I should sell my hardback copy.

 

It's a fantastic book, and there's a nice nod to Dan Abnnet in there. A little Easter egg.

Edited December 18, 2020 by Reskin

[Cryminysakes]

BlackLibrary.com

 

That ridiculous paperback price is for people to transfer money.  Put something on a marketplace at a ridiculous price no one would pay for it and transfer money from one place to another.

HOw strange.  So I should be able to find it at a decent price somewhere??

[Cryminysakes]

duh - Black Library...  got it there but I may want it in paperback at som epoint was where my mind was

[The Woodsman]

The Garro Horus Heresy books aren't strictly Grey Knights, but do tell the tale of their creation and founding. Plus, Garro is a certified badman. Edited December 18, 2020 by The Woodsman

[Reskin]

The Garro Horus Heresy books aren't strictly Grey Knights, but do tell the tale of their creation and founding. Plus, Garro is a certified badman.

Yeah the Garro audio dramas are pretty awesome, they were some of the first stuff I listened to, while I was getting into the hobby, 9 or so years ago. And learning about Malcador and what came to be of the original grandmasters of the chapter is pretty awesome.

[Sothalor]

If you're looking specifically for Grey Knights fiction, the Black Library site is a good place to start, as BL does everything in-house.

 

If you're looking for how to get your hands on physical copies of books, that may be a little bit trickier, as BL does everything in-house.

 

My observation over the years has been that it means all of their print runs are essentially limited editions - and I don't mean the official Limited Editions that come out 6 months before the general release. They order up a certain amount for a publication - and that's it. They're not constantly printing more copies of Book X or whatever - if they ordered up, say (and I'm pulling numbers from my posterior here, not citing actual figures) 20,000 hardcover copies of a novel, that's all there will be. However many end up in consumers' hands, or sit on retailer shelves or in warehouses, that's it. Occasionally they'll do reprints, but those are also discrete batch orders.

 

What this means for you is that you're essentially looking at the second-hand market at this point. I would say check bookseller retailers first - Barnes and Noble if you're in the US, for example. I know B&N carries Black Library books - they often have physical copies of stuff when BL doesn't.

 

Second, check your local game store - whether that be an official GW store or a third party. If they carry Warhammer stuff, chances are they have some BL novels (this appears to be a contractual obligation, from what I can tell).

 

After that, check out any local used book stores. This one is far more of a crapshoot, but you never know. There's one in my city that has a shelf full of old BL stuff going back years - I can still find like... individual novels of the Inquisition War trilogy.

[Shagah]

So the Ben Counter books are good but based on older lore.

The ADB book is really good although I would read the Ravenor books first and before that the Eisenhorn books although both Inquisitor series are not strictly necessary.

Pandorax is OK and the GK cameo is cool.

 

I have not read Sons of Titan, but there are a few short stories around that are pretty good as well.

[The Woodsman]

I've just finished reading the Beast Arises series... a 12-book ride that tells the tale of the largest Ork Waaagh! since Ullanor, and basically the creation of the Deathwatch, the 4th Founding of SM Chapters and how the Inquisition saw its first Ordos come to be, the Ordo Malleus and Ordo Xenos. Throughout the series there is some mention of Titan and our shiny silver lads, but towards the end of the last book (The Beheading) is a nice little Easter egg for us, for those who have the wish to read through twelve books...

[Cryminysakes]

12 books - good gracious!  

[Reskin]

just give us the spoiler please.

[The Woodsman]

I could... we may or may not come across a certain Supreme Grand Master (dare I say the first...), and for those who have read the first of the Heresy Books (Horus Rising, False Gods, etc.), an old friend of iterating qualities may or may not be the (only) Inquisitorial representative to the Knights of Titan... That and we get a first-hand glimpse of Titan and the Fortress-Monastery themselves ;) 

[Telepatrick]

Ah, I've just finished reading of 2 tomes in this series, and waiting for 3rd tome arrival with last few novels somewhere in the end of January as bookstore assured me Edited January 12, 2021 by Telepatrick

[The Woodsman]

Tried to give hints without spoiling... Rest assured you have much to look forward to despite me giving away those tidbits!

[Reskin]

yeah I know who you're talking about then, wasn't the orator also friends with the first saint that was on the eisenstein? or were those two on the same ship as the lunar wolves?

 

No doesnt garro save them? and bring them both with him?

[Telepatrick]

No problemo, brother!

[The Woodsman]

yeah I know who you're talking about then, wasn't the orator also friends with the first saint that was on the eisenstein? or were those two on the same ship as the lunar wolves?

 

No doesnt garro save them? and bring them both with him?

 

Yes, yes and yes ;)

[Brother Lunkhead]

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As this is going to come up sooner or later, I'll bring up the subject of SPOILER TAGS now. In order not to spill the special beans on a story, spoiler tags must be used. This is a requirement across the B&C forum and not just for the BLACK LIBRARY.

 

If you don't know how to use spoiler tags, you can find instructions here on page 2 of the BBCode Guide (post #38) under ++ BOLTER AND CHAINSWORD 101 ++.

 

PM me if you have any questions.

 

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[Sothalor]

Frankly, recommending The Beast Arises series as Grey Knights fiction is really stretching it. They make a cameo appearance at the very end, as a "woops, mea culpa we forgot they :cussing existed for eleven books."

 

It's akin to claiming Iron Man 3 is a Hulk movie because Banner has a scene.

[Reskin]

Frankly, recommending The Beast Arises series as Grey Knights fiction is really stretching it. They make a cameo appearance at the very end, as a "woops, mea culpa we forgot they :cussing existed for eleven books."

 

It's akin to claiming Iron Man 3 is a Hulk movie because Banner has a scene.

He didn’t though? He said it was about the Ork Waaagh with some GK mentions through it?

[The Woodsman]

Frankly, recommending The Beast Arises series as Grey Knights fiction is really stretching it. They make a cameo appearance at the very end, as a "woops, mea culpa we forgot they :cussing existed for eleven books."

 

It's akin to claiming Iron Man 3 is a Hulk movie because Banner has a scene.

 

Yeah, not to clash over details, but I was merely pointing out some cool little tidbits in an otherwise un-related series, although Grey Knights are closely linked to the Inquisition and the series is kind of about the Inquisition. But no, not strictly GK fiction.