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[theSpirea]

Another LE next week but I'll try getting this one. Dominion Genesis was fantastic

 

[Tolmeus]

I'm not particularly fond of these comic-style covers. LE's style used to be more grimdark. It's probably just another marketing decision.

The style of the hardcover book, on the other hand, is fine.

Edited September 21 by Tolmeus

[Krelious]

On 9/21/2025 at 1:21 PM, Tolmeus said:

I'm not particularly fond of these comic-style covers. LE's style used to be more grimdark. It's probably just another marketing decision.

The style of the hardcover book, on the other hand, is fine.

Honestly I dont even like the new design for the Necrons, this guy looks like hes getting ready for a Larping photoshoot rather than actually being a Necron lord with some semblance of being a technologically advanced ancient terminator  alien race, the modern Necrons are just lame. And I mean this coming from playing the Dawn of War games, these are just not the same Necrons at all and i wish GW would push back on their modern designs wheres everything is just way too much and ostentatious without thought of like hey does this thing this guy has on his armour actually have a practical purpose.

 

The old necrons were deadly this guy looks like hes gonna have a chat about how much hes depressed that his artifact thingy doesnt work because the scale is off balance and now he has to go find some other Mcguffin from some zany Necron who has lost their mind a little bit. 

[Tolmeus]

9 hours ago, Krelious said:

And I mean this coming from playing the Dawn of War games

Ah I get that from where you are coming from. IMO the starting trailer for Dawn of War: Dark Crusade was the epitome of picturing the Necrons as cold killing machines. And the Flayed Ones showed that even more (I mean, nobody took their ‘disguise’ seriously, but that made them all the more sinister). 

[Bestkeptsecret]

https://a.co/d/9UHEBgW  Dropsite Massacre by John French moved up from December to November 18

 

https://a.co/d/0N7dvam  The Dark Coil: Ascension launching November 4

 

https://a.co/d/0JHvKNh  This is the most significant delay: Ashes of the Imperium by Chris Wraight moved from next month, October, to December 16

 

https://www.fnac.com/a21832736/The-Horus-Heresy-Les-Cendres-de-l-Imperium-Chris-Wraight  According to Fnac Ashes of the Imperium is releasing even later in January 2026

 

https://www.fnac.com/a21597727/Warhammer-40-000-Maitre-des-Rites-Rob-Young  Master of Rites by Rob Young moved to December

[darkhorse0607]

Wondered where Master of Rites ended up. Thanks for doing the good work

 

Also, not mad that Dropsite Massacre and Ashes of the Imperium swtiched places. That way we all have something to complain about over Christmas. That, and I think while I am a tried and true Wraight fan, I'm looking forward to Dropsite Massacre a bit more. 

[Fedor]

I wonder what approach the Dropsite book will take.

 

The epic Know No Fear approach, with a big cast and viewpoints from most of the legions?

 

The usual medium-scale HH/BL fare, with some of the huge players + captains and some Guardsmen/a Titan crew?

 

A more in-depth look at it through the eyes of a smaller cast?

 

400 pages of first-person Ferrus?

 

 

[The Praetorian of Inwit]

Disappointed that Ashes is delayed. Must be a printing issue at this stage as the actual writing must be finished, if not finished some time ago (presumably they have a least 2 or 3 books in this series written already). 

 

Looking forward to Dropsite Massacre. 

[darkhorse0607]

9 hours ago, Fedor said:

I wonder what approach the Dropsite book will take.

 

The epic Know No Fear approach, with a big cast and viewpoints from most of the legions?

 

The usual medium-scale HH/BL fare, with some of the huge players + captains and some Guardsmen/a Titan crew?

 

A more in-depth look at it through the eyes of a smaller cast?

 

400 pages of first-person Ferrus?

 

 

 

From the blurb 

"We’ll follow old faithfuls such as Maloghurst the Twisted and Khârn of the 8th on Isstvan V, alongside newer characters like Castrmen Orth of the Iron Hands and Kaedes Nex, the Blood Crow."

 

I feel like its going to be similar to how he did Slaves to Darkness with jumping between the various characters individual stories before the conclusion

[System Sound]

14 hours ago, Fedor said:

400 pages of first-person Ferrus?

First 50 pages or so are him getting to Istavan and dueling Fulgrim. The rest are just blank... 

Edited September 26 by System Sound

[Krelious]

On 9/25/2025 at 3:19 PM, The Praetorian of Inwit said:

Disappointed that Ashes is delayed. Must be a printing issue at this stage as the actual writing must be finished, if not finished some time ago (presumably they have a least 2 or 3 books in this series written already). 

 

Looking forward to Dropsite Massacre. 

I like to imagine its likely the Scouring Series has limited editions planned and they want to have a system in place to stop the scalping issue before releasing it.  It also seems like theres a huge demand for hardcover novels so its possible a printing issue is also a factor which also pertains to the issue that people will scalp the hardcovers as well. 

[Felix Antipodes]

Black Library had the digital versions of Tomb World up on their site well before the usual pre-order time again this week.  I wonder if this is another error, like we assumed when it happened last week, or a new release policy?

[skylerboodie]

re: Yarrick boxset -

 

CONTENTS
– Imperial Creed (novel)
– The Pyres of Armageddon (novel)
– Chains of Golgotha (short story)
– A Plague of Saints (short story)
– The Wreckage (short story)
– Evil Eye (short story)
– The Gallows Saint (short story)
– Sacrificial (short story)
– Sarcophagus (short story)

 

Annoying that again Black Library have excluded short story "Concordat" from the Yarrick box set; they seemed to forget it from the paperback omnibus and not corrected it here either. Sigh.

 

[darkhorse0607]

Dreadwing coming to audio makes me happy

[Tolmeus]

 

No Limited Edition for Dropsite Massacre has me surprised

[Bestkeptsecret]

https://a.co/d/1Dwaoxz

 

How come this book is releasing on November 18 on Amazon Canada? and October 25 (pre-order on October 11) from Warhammer.com? Two different dates for the same book? What is the strategy?

[darkhorse0607]

2 hours ago, Bestkeptsecret said:

https://a.co/d/1Dwaoxz

 

How come this book is releasing on November 18 on Amazon Canada? and October 25 (pre-order on October 11) from Warhammer.com? Two different dates for the same book? What is the strategy?

 

Maybe it has to do with them switching the Dropsite Massacre and Ashes of the Imperium release dates and the supply chain catching up? It's weird

[Felix Antipodes]

11 hours ago, Tolmeus said:

 

No Limited Edition for Dropsite Massacre has me surprised

 

Because they are still looking for a solution to the scalper problem?  

 

Did the McNeil Siege of Terra side stories get special editions?  To be honest I don’t remember offhand.  Maybe because they are treating HH 2.0 tie-ins differently to the book series.

[darkhorse0607]

44 minutes ago, Felix Antipodes said:

 

Because they are still looking for a solution to the scalper problem?  

 

Did the McNeil Siege of Terra side stories get special editions?  To be honest I don’t remember offhand.  Maybe because they are treating HH 2.0 tie-ins differently to the book series.

 

Fury of Magnus and Sons of the Selenar both did but I think youre right

 

Granted they've done LEs since then, I cant imagine it'd go over well if they announced an LE for this before they've even redone the LE for Era of Ruin 

[System Sound]

Chtonias Reckoning didn't have a LE either and that was a HH 2.0 tie in, as this is a tie in for 3.0, I don't expect it to get an LE. 

 

I would be surprised if Ashes doesn't get an LE however.

 

FALSE!

Edited October 6 by System Sound

[Tolmeus]

1 hour ago, System Sound said:

Chtonias Reckoning didn't have a LE either

 

It did had a Limited Edition. That is the cause of my surprise regarding Dropsite Massacre having none.

[System Sound]

4 hours ago, Tolmeus said:

 

It did had a Limited Edition. That is the cause of my surprise regarding Dropsite Massacre having none.

Huh, I must have been living under a rock then... My mistake.

[theSpirea]

And it didn't sell well at all. Heck, I saw it months later in regular stores discounted

[63-19]

Around 1-2 years ago there were scalpers on ebay selling them less than msrp, something like 30 usd. So yeah, sold poorly with no interest. First time I've seen scalpers eat it for les.

[The Scorpion]

On 10/5/2025 at 10:13 PM, Felix Antipodes said:

 

Because they are still looking for a solution to the scalper problem?  

 

Did the McNeil Siege of Terra side stories get special editions?  To be honest I don’t remember offhand.  Maybe because they are treating HH 2.0 tie-ins differently to the book series.

I think the HH tie-ins will be great for the lore.

 

GeeDubs released to day a video with a very tired looking French, where he hypes the book, and I agree with his idea that knowing the end of the story will bring richness and depth to the HH set "before the Siege but after the Siege."

 

There will be less of a burden on writers to move the "grand" story forward, and more freedom to explore what each individual event means for the setting. In other words, to write better books.