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From the blurb about the new Reid novel 

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In the dying days of the Second War, Major Ambrosius Roth faces a task that seems destined to fail – to hold the walls of the doomed hive against a massive xenos assault. Lacking resources and reinforcements, Roth finds himself outnumbered, outgunned, and rapidly running out of time.

As Armageddon burns and Tartarus begins to break, Sister Superior Sabreen of the Order of Our Martyred Lady is the last protector of a saint’s precious relics. But an evil has seeped into the foundations of Tartarus, one that will force her to make an impossible choice.

Brother Gavriel, a headstrong young Blood Angel, finds death and glory in equal measure amidst the ruins of the broken hive. With Imperial forces crumbling around them, the Angels of Death must fight their way to the dark heart of Armageddon on a merciless quest for revenge.

Facing annihilation, each of them must decide what their sacrifice will be worth.

 

 

Second war? Can anyone with more knowledge about Armaggedon clarify? Wouldn't that imply that this isn't set in the time of the launch box? Or do we think this is three different POVs from three different time periods?

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6 hours ago, Felix Antipodes said:

Tempestus fell during the 3rd War (Helsreach novel for ref) so at least part of it is past history.  Some past terror resurfacing during this round of battles?

Yeah, I thought that or the Imperial Guard one is during War 2, and the other two POVs are set later

 

But then above the synopsis on their website it says

 

"In the Second War for Armageddon, glory is fleeting and death is everywhere"

 

So now I am thoroughly confused, because that basically says this is in War 2

 

*edit.

I went back and reread the WHC article with Reid because I just skimmed it the first time 

 

"From the start, this novel was always going to be a love letter to Armageddon throughout the ages, so I really wanted to tell a story that spanned generations, but was one where we could see the chains of history, of cause and effect, and how the deeds of one person ripple down through the years"

 

So I guess it is split between the wars and whoever wrote the store page kind of goofed

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1 hour ago, Tolmeus said:

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/s7gr9dmd/sunday-preview-dawn-of-the-new-edition/

 

"Armageddon: Season of Fire" gets its Limited Edition treatment.

 

 

A nice Black Library FU to anyone who pre-ordered the standard HB yesterday.

This could be the new release order to take the scalper heat out of the LE release.  The Hive HB came out before the POD LE as well.  Mind you, that release was such a :cuss:fight it’s hard to use as part of an emerging pattern :sweat:.  We will need to see a few more releases to see if this is the new release order.

I agree that doing this without announcement is two fingers to their target audience, but they will claim they are trying to fool the scalpers.

Meanwhile, at the GW morning/weekly huddle (if they even have one, because it often seems like nobody communicates with each other at that company), they're wondering why people are suddenly cancelling their hardback orders of Armageddon: Season of Fire

It's a nice symbol, I was a fan on Malogurst's model, and I'm a fan here

 

That being said, re-re-re-releasing False Gods as a LE that most people won't be able to get, when we still have no word of any BL release other than the Armageddon tie-in just makes me roll my eyes.

 

This would be a nice treat on top of more releases. Now? Meh. 

19 hours ago, darkhorse0607 said:

Preorders this week:

 

False Gods again (LE, audio, hardback)

 

Horus Rising again (paperback)

 

Gloomspite (hardback)

Another version of Horus Rising!  I think only the bible has more versions.  Abnett must be rivalling Musk’s wealth from royalties from this one book alone!

Frankly the Gloomspite hardcover re-release is most surprising to me.

 

Horus Rising and False Gods, as much as they're memes at this point, are the lead books of the Heresy line. And Heresy sells, we've all seen. 

 

A one-off Age of Sigmar novel from six years ago? Where did this decision come from? 

28 minutes ago, Sothalor said:

Frankly the Gloomspite hardcover re-release is most surprising to me.

 

Horus Rising and False Gods, as much as they're memes at this point, are the lead books of the Heresy line. And Heresy sells, we've all seen. 

 

A one-off Age of Sigmar novel from six years ago? Where did this decision come from? 

The BL release randomiser!  You might get a simultaneous hardback/paperback/audio release.  Or you might get a hardback but no audio.  Or you might get an audio two years later.  You might get a random SE for a long-released book that was never popular.  You might even get a final book in a planned trilogy!  Or you might get nothing for three weeks.  

4 hours ago, Ubiquitous1984 said:

 You might even get a final book in a planned trilogy!  

 

14 minutes ago, darkhorse0607 said:

 

Come on, now you're just being unrealistic 

 

Well played.......

 

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