Black Library fiction Dawn of Fire: Hand of Abaddon [Nick Kyme]

[Shield-Captain]

Think we should all talk about how much we want to read this and the special edition of it and just hype it up so scalpers rush in and buy the LE and then we don’t buy them off the scalpers who are left holding the bag. 
 

But yeah, the series is pretty lackluster. I didn’t even realize some of the books were connected. 

[Noserenda]

Scalpers wouldnt be left holding anything, they would just return the books for a refund if they cant sell them surely? 

[OpossumStrong]

1 hour ago, Noserenda said:

Scalpers wouldnt be left holding anything, they would just return the books for a refund if they cant sell them surely? 

SE of Sea of Souls is still available on GW website 

[Petitioner's City]

So I might be the only one excited by this (and the series in general)?

[beefeb]

On 2/15/2024 at 9:40 AM, Doctor Perils said:

Wait, the audiobooks are abridged?!

 

 

not according to audible they arent.....or are you talking about the black library audio books.?    Audible version clearly states on its entry that it is unabridged versions.

[Remain_Indoors]

12 hours ago, Petitioner's City said:

So I might be the only one excited by this (and the series in general)?

I’ve found the series hit and miss, mostly miss if I’m brutally honest but Chris Wraight, Guy Haley and Marc Collins contributions have been good. But I don’t rate Nick Kyme as an author or editor, and the series overall has gone nowhere. We‘re on the penultimate book and the story has barely moved from where it started. 

Edited February 17 by Remain_Indoors
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[Waaagh?]

Nick Kyme = Skip!

[Doctor Perils]

3 hours ago, beefeb said:

 

 

not according to audible they arent.....or are you talking about the black library audio books.?    Audible version clearly states on its entry that it is unabridged versions.

Apparently the book-books have appendices that aren't in the audio version - does that count as abridged? I don't know

 

I thought audible just uses the black library version for these though?

[Noserenda]

Yes, normally the book is the same text, possibly missing author afterwords (Also annoying) but the Dawn of Fire books (As mentioned further back in the thread if you kept reading...) are missing appendices from the books, which might not technically be abridged, but missing text is missing text imho.

[Jareddm]

The opposite of this was the Assassinorum: Kingmaker audiobook which included the reading out of every single Imperial Knight classification with all weapon configurations in full. It was a little much to say the least 

[beefeb]

2 hours ago, Noserenda said:

Yes, normally the book is the same text, possibly missing author afterwords (Also annoying) but the Dawn of Fire books (As mentioned further back in the thread if you kept reading...) are missing appendices from the books, which might not technically be abridged, but missing text is missing text imho.

 

 

So what is in the appendices that you refer to?

[Remain_Indoors]

1 hour ago, beefeb said:

 

 

So what is in the appendices that you refer to?

Breakdowns of what the Indomitus Crusade Fleets are doing and where they’re headed. The previous book for example goes into Fleet Secundus.

Edited February 17 by Remain_Indoors

[beefeb]

11 hours ago, Remain_Indoors said:

Breakdowns of what the Indomitus Crusade Fleets are doing and where they’re headed. The previous book for example goes into Fleet Secundus.

 

 

Ahhh, I didnt know that...thanks....Im a strictly audiobooks reader/listener these days.  Another example of why this series is so weak and lacklustre.....doubles down the validity of my decision to just ignore it.  An example of either ignorance or intentional poor treatment of customers by GW again.