Black Library Era of Ruin anthology leak

[Petitioner's City]

20 minutes ago, Joe said:

I'm glad to see ADB again - I know he's had some fairly significant health issues (mentioned on his blog) that've prevented him from writing for a while (hence the hiatus on the Black Legion series and the second Spear of the Emperor novel). Hopefully a sign he's bouncing back and doing well. :)

 

He's GW's head of narrative now, according to his LinkedIn, which probably also gets in the way of writing while giving a safe,stable and well paying employer

 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-dembski-bowden-3a2b9027

 

He's been in position since October 2022.

 

Earlier that year there had been the 40k head writer position advertised, but as I understand the difference between that position and this more general 'head of narrative', this position is above that. 

Edited January 22 by Petitioner's City

[m_r_parker]

I can’t wait to read another piece of ADB’s work.

However, having managed to get all the other SoT novels in LE format (whilst avoiding giving scalpers a single penny), I had hoped I wouldn’t need to jump through those hoops again. Have they mentioned that this is the final book?

[Wormwoods]

I haven't even been able to get my hands on parts 2 and 3 of End and the Death yet, bloody hell. 

 

Someone who gets to this before I do, let me know if any Perpetuals show up, I'll need to emotionally prepare myself if they do.

[OpossumStrong]

22 minutes ago, m_r_parker said:

Have they mentioned that this is the final book?

"While the climactic battle may be over, the story has not finished, and the next Siege of Terra book from Black Library is Era of Ruin"

Edited January 22 by OpossumStrong

[Burni]

Going to wait for reviews on this. Found SoT a real slog at times and haven't read the last two books yet.

 

Am interested in the period after the siege though, so cautiously hopeful for the series.

[grailkeeper]

1 hour ago, Nephaston said:

I do like the artwork, but it is quite the surprise that warhound titans come knight sized. Ridiculous that anything could call itself a "titan" at *quick google* 17 METERS?!? how? who thought that sounded impressive? Did they just take the miniature proportions of a titan and compared it to a guardsman figure while forgetting that their vehicles were at a different scale?

What is this, a warhound for ants?

[The Yak]

Bloody tournament pattern Warhound loadouts as usual. Could have at least given one of them an Inferno Gun!!

[Robbienw]

4 hours ago, Petitioner's City said:

 

He's GW's head of narrative now, according to his LinkedIn, which probably also gets in the way of writing while giving a safe,stable and well paying employer

 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-dembski-bowden-3a2b9027

 

He's been in position since October 2022.

 

Earlier that year there had been the 40k head writer position advertised, but as I understand the difference between that position and this more general 'head of narrative', this position is above that. 

 

Interesting, wonder if he was behind recent Custodes developments.

[The Praetorian of Inwit]

YES.

 

Super excited for this. I love the HH and the SoT series was brilliant. 

[dalmer]

Agreed, very exciting and thoroughly enjoyed the SoT series. 

[N1SB]

In case anyone wanted to cross-reference the original John Blanche design with the new cover art like I did:

 

[The Praetorian of Inwit]

John Blanche's artwork is the epitome of grimdark aesthetic for me. I love the new artwork too but Mr Blanche's stuff is just so gritty and visceral. 

[Joe]

On pre-order next Saturday, plus the limited edition pre-order will be shifted to Tuesday (plus queue).

[Matcap86]

This one is up for preorder June 7th.  

 

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/yvrlx5af/sunday-preview-chaos-knights-crush-the-competition/

 

And FINALLY, they're giving the limited edition a seperate release window on Tuesday 10th. Let's see if the site implodes again...

 

Having sold my collection I'm glad to not have to stress over this. The continuous fighting both scalpers and GWs just abysmal site (Still! After a year!!), coupled with the fact that the series just bloated out of proportion stole all fun for me.

 

Good luck to those that are still in the fight.

Edited yesterday at 05:10 PM by Matcap86

[son of the forest]

The ltd edition being on sale on a Tuesday morning makes it even easier for the scalpers to get copies, well done GW!

[Son of Rawl]

Gonna try, but have little confidence this going to go well.

[m_r_parker]

I hoped that they would do something akin to making only purchasable at Warhammer World for UK orders - and maybe that will still end up being the case.

Tuesday 10th will be a bloodbath. Technically the stores will skip the queueing system from their dedicated terminals, but their doors don’t open until 10am anyway…

I managed to fluke my way into getting one last time around, and I think my only hope will be a repeat of what happened with the last one; a bunch of scalper orders get cancelled, and they’re physically sold at WHW. It’s a real shame, because I thought I had completed the collection (and without giving a single penny to a scalper), and I find myself back here again.

[Joe]

I flogged my LE collection (bar Sons of the Selenar and Fury of Magnus which I just found randomly sat in a draw?) after missing Echoes of Eternity and Garro: Knight of Grey. I thought the resale market was insane at the time, but a quick glance at eBay has just had me do a double-take. Insane what people will pay for them now.

[Matcap86]

1 hour ago, Joe said:

I flogged my LE collection (bar Sons of the Selenar and Fury of Magnus which I just found randomly sat in a draw?) after missing Echoes of Eternity and Garro: Knight of Grey. I thought the resale market was insane at the time, but a quick glance at eBay has just had me do a double-take. Insane what people will pay for them now.

 

Absolutely, I sold a complete collection recently and went under regular market value and still thought it was insane pricing. I just wanted 8 fancy books on my shelf, not 13-14-however many they decide to add of priceless things I'd be afraid to touch.