Upcoming BL Stuff 2026

[Bestkeptsecret]

8 minutes ago, darkhorse0607 said:

Apostle is up on Audible

 

 

A 5 star review was posted on Audible: "What an amazing experience of a book. Getting to witness something so rarely seen in the Warhammer universe, the slow gradual corruption of a group, then of a populous and then finally of a world. Narrator out here doing the true God‘s work too, fantastic choice for the story. My favourite legion getting the spotlight they deserve and the main character on the cover is probably one of the best and most charismatic representations of a corrupting influence I’ve ever seen." (Wordbearers fans eating good)

 

I am getting my physical copy tomorrow in Alberta, Canada. Looking forward to it! I have decided that when it comes to Chaos, I will only buy books about those factions which embrace Chaos instead of opposing or rejecting it. So, I will not pre-order the Ghost Legion book by Mike Brooks tomorrow because I know that the Alpha Legion reject Chaos worship. I bought the hardcover copy of the Remnant Blade by Mike Vincent and found out that the Night Lords also do not see Chaos in a positive light and do not embrace its pantheon. That means for CSM, I will only buy books on the specific god aligned factions (World Eaters, Death Guard, Emperors Children, Thousand Sons) and the Word Bearers and perhaps the Black Legion because although Abaddon personally rejects Chaos worship, some of his lieutenants and comrades in the Black Legion have embraced a specific Chaos god. I think maybe most Iron Warriors also reject Chaos, except for some legionaries embracing Khorne and now they will introduce Vashtorr who is mostly for machines and does not represent humanity. 

[darkhorse0607]

I mean unless they listened to it on ultra-fast speed or got up at midnight, think I am going to take that review with a grain of salt. The book is 10 hours long so I doubt they got through it that fast. Who knows though 

 

 

For the record, there were chaos worshipping Alpha Legion warbands in Harrowmaster, most notably a Khorne one but also a Dark Mech aligned one, and I think one or two others along with a chemical weapons warband that might as well have been dedicated to Nurgle

[Felix Antipodes]

On 2/9/2026 at 12:57 PM, Felix Antipodes said:

Well it will seem like the BL Celebration here (Oz) as we haven’t had a BL release for awhile due to shipping delays.  I notice none of this week’s pre-orders are marked as  delayed.  If we get the delayed books (as well as the new stuff & the Maelstrom box) next Saturday it will be an expensive day for all, just like the BL celebration week of old. 

 

Well, I picked that right.  We just got every preorder from Apostle onwards released locally in one hit.  Throw in the Maelstrom release as well and that is almost AUD500 if you were after it all! 

[The Praetorian of Inwit]

I feel like the scary aspect of religious fanatiscm doesn't really get explored enough in Soritas books. 

 

So it looks unlikely BL celebration is happening. Or perhaps it's just going to be moved to a different time of the year? 

 

Either way it is a shame. With Horus Primarch novel seemingly dead, the horror series having just been left in limbo and with BL evenys/interactions being so scaled back it almost feels like GW has stopped caring about BL altogether. 

 

Hopefully they haven't and we see some cracking books this year 

[Bestkeptsecret]

Friends in Canada and fellow Canadians, PLEASE buy this book: https://www.warhammer.com/en-CA/shop/hb-apostle-eng-2026?queryID=63968ad91b4762509dce7d28dea0011f

 

It is still available for purchase. I got the hardcover from a mall Warhammer store in Alberta today. And I also got access to the audiobook. It is a really good book. You will not be disappointed. It is also getting good Goodreads reviews. It will be a very worthy purchase. It is not :cuss: like Annandale's Horus Heresy books. Actually Apostle might be David Annandale's BEST book yet. A true gem. You will not regret my recommendation. Please strongly consider purchasing a legal copy either on the Audible audiobook or the physical hardcover on Warhammer.com. I have listened to about 70% of the audiobook till now and it is truly amazing!