Upcoming BL Stuff 2026

[darkhorse0607]

Raldoron is up on audible now, it's a short one coming in at 5 hours and 41 minutes, Nathaniel Priestley (did the new Armageddon book, Valedor, etc) is the narrator. 

[Adeptekon]

On 9/13/2026 at 12:08 PM, Tolmeus said:

 

 

Just my opinion: This special edition is ugly. Has a cartonish style that isn't funny and makes me wonder why anybody would choose this for Warhammer40k (you know, the Grim Dark future where it is all about despair and war?)

 

Also, the trend (if it if is one anymore at this point) is set for another launch on a Wednesday

This doesn't give me a lot of Hope.

[Ubiquitous1984]

19 hours ago, darkhorse0607 said:

Raldoron is up on audible now, it's a short one coming in at 5 hours and 41 minutes, Nathaniel Priestley (did the new Armageddon book, Valedor, etc) is the narrator. 

It should never be anybody but Keeble narrating 30k, he is ‘the voice’ (other than Longworth for Garro!)

[DarkChaplain]

I would not trade Andrew James Spooner in Luther: First of the Fallen for Keeble even if you were to offer me a free Brawlers of Behemat box

[theSpirea]

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/agovgmhm/neave-blacktalon-stars-in-new-black-library-novel/

[darkhorse0607]

Maybe next week for Scouring 2

 

Yes. Next week

 

I am going to manifest it. The power of positivity 

Edited September 16 by darkhorse0607

[theSpirea]

I'm a bit confused with Blacktalon, each book different author (I don't mind/care) but each completely different cover style, I'm not even sure where they all sit in relation to the animated series. 

[grailkeeper]

2 hours ago, darkhorse0607 said:

Maybe next week for Scouring 2

 

Yes. Next week

 

I am going to manifest it. The power of positivity 

 

By Nick Kyme.

 

I'm using the power of negativity.

[Lathe Biosas]

3 minutes ago, grailkeeper said:

 

By Nick Kyme.

 

I'm using the power of negativity.

 

Ghostwritten by C.S. Goto.

 

I'm using the power of insanity. 

[Krelious]

54 minutes ago, grailkeeper said:

 

By Nick Kyme.

 

I'm using the power of negativity.

Maybe we will get one issue of the Scouring each December and it will be finished in 2046 concluding the Horus Heresy after 40 years. 

[Havoc]

When should we expect the Raptor book to go on preorder?  Newer to 40k, I'm not familiar with the lag between an announcement and the actual posting of the preorder.  

[Tolmeus]

5 hours ago, Havoc said:

When should we expect the Raptor book to go on preorder?  Newer to 40k, I'm not familiar with the lag between an announcement and the actual posting of the preorder.  

 

Every sunday you get a preview on the Warhammer Community website. This preview presents all the items, that are going to be released the next saturday. Once the Raptors book shows up, you will know its release date.

Edited Monday at 09:07 AM by Tolmeus

[Nagashsnee]

On 9/15/2026 at 3:26 PM, Ubiquitous1984 said:

It should never be anybody but Keeble narrating 30k, he is ‘the voice’ (other than Longworth for Garro!)

 

I dont agree with locking whole settings off like this. Letting new talent try out on should be encourage especially when the story calls for it. 

 

This kind of thinking (oh Swallow called dibs on BA, or Thrope is the Raven Guard bro) really harmed the HH book series. 

[Lathe Biosas]

On 9/21/2026 at 1:03 AM, Nagashsnee said:

 

I dont agree with locking whole settings off like this. Letting new talent try out on should be encourage especially when the story calls for it. 

 

This kind of thinking (oh Swallow called dibs on BA, or Thrope is the Raven Guard bro) really harmed the HH book series. 

 

I got into such a rutt when it came to only reading certain books by authors, that when I saw a Dark Angels Horus Heresy book not written by Gav Thorpe,  I skipped it... and I've never read it to this day 

[Ubiquitous1984]

On 9/21/2026 at 6:03 AM, Nagashsnee said:

 

I dont agree with locking whole settings off like this. Letting new talent try out on should be encourage especially when the story calls for it. 

 

This kind of thinking (oh Swallow called dibs on BA, or Thrope is the Raven Guard bro) really harmed the HH book series. 

Fair enough and a valid point.  I’m just an absolute whore for Keeble’s narration!  

[Adeptekon]

On 9/16/2026 at 9:50 AM, theSpirea said:

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/agovgmhm/neave-blacktalon-stars-in-new-black-library-novel/

Who would win? women in AOS or women in 40k?

[Nagashsnee]

51 minutes ago, Adeptekon said:

Who would win? women in AOS or women in 40k?

 

Honestly had to check i wasnt on reddit when i read this. 

[darkhorse0607]

No book reveal this week. 

 

I tried to manifest Scouring 2

 

Sorry guys

 

This is why the legions turned traitor

[Tolmeus]

On 9/15/2026 at 3:56 AM, Adeptekon said:

This doesn't give me a lot of Hope.

 

Well, it is still available 

[Adeptekon]

2 minutes ago, Tolmeus said:

 

Well, it is still available 

Pun was intended, or not. I don't know let me look at the price tag and report back.

[Krelious]

2 hours ago, darkhorse0607 said:

No book reveal this week. 

 

I tried to manifest Scouring 2

 

Sorry guys

 

This is why the legions turned traitor

I dont think they are going to shadowdrop something like that without some sort of article announcing it a month beforehand. 

[wecanhaveallthree]

Gonna keep banging this drum: we're nearly at the end of September now without a whisper of the next Scouring novel (or even if there will be another Scouring novel). I believe the last update was the timeline article on WarCom back in early March. 

 

I still don't get it. The Heresy was a flagship series. The Siege was a flagship series. They sold a bajillion books. Every community was jonesing for the Scouring. Look at how Dawn of Fire was advertised (as literally the new/next Heresy series) and compare it to the dead air surrounding the Scouring. And, sure, I know it hasn't quite been a year since Ashes was released, and Dawn of Fire had one or two books per year, but man, I would expect something- some kind of hype building, some advertising, anything!

 

If it gets the 'article a month beforehand' treatment, I fully believe it's going to be a two-book 'series' like Black Legion, Iron Hands, Dark Heresy, etc. that will be quietly forgotten about.

[Felix Antipodes]

I am so aggrieved WRT the lack of acknowledgment from GW/BL that their is even going to be a second Scouring book, let alone a series.  To my mind, there are a couple of possibilities that could explain it.

Firstly, they may have given up on the multi-author route and John French is madly punching the keyboard as we speak.  Hopefully for a pre-Christmas big release like the days of yore (we can Wishlist the final Abnett Inquisition book for a twin release while we are here!).

The second is that book one sold so badly (it took millions-seconds instead of nano-seconds on the FOMO express) that they have canned it.

The third is that someone ‘upstairs’ decided that the series would reveal some secret the company was planning for 2040’s 21st Edition, similar to why the aforementioned Abnett book got shunted to the back of the file cabinet.