Warhammer 40k

[Halge]

have you read much from James Swallow?

A couple. Flight of the Eisenstein was pretty good. I know I tried reading some of the Blood Angel-related novels, but put them all down about a chapter in. Had nothing to hook me.
Nemesis is a weird one. From what I remember (assuming I'm even thinking of the right book) I really liked the premise. But then I was really put off by the way the novel opened. It introduced a number of Officio Assassinorum operatives and a member of the Adeptus Custodes, but they weren't at all depicted they way I had imagined them. Both the assassins and the custodes were way too human in behaviour, more like secret agents in a spy thriller than the superhuman bio-weapons/demi-gods I had hitherto envisioned. Something was off about the way Malcador was depicted too. I'm real hazy on the details, but I think the point I put the book down was when the Custodes guy was riding around in a hovercraft assembling his team, like something out of Suicide Squad. Bunch of minor stuff that just bothered me, maybe because I simply wasn't in the mood at the time. I probably didn't give the book a proper chance.

 

[Halge]

The only likable night lords

Honestly I hope after the HH novels they expand on the Unification Wars more, Thunder Warriors are badass and it'd be cool to see more light on them

 

[zapataxiv]

The only likable night lords

Honestly I hope after the HH novels they expand on the Unification Wars more, Thunder Warriors are badass and it'd be cool to see more light on them

well i disagree about the night lords

sevatar, Talos, Malcharion, kurze (Bowden writing), are all cool.in my book

i would be down for unification wars thay wouls.be super interesting

 

[zapataxiv]

A couple. Flight of the Eisenstein was pretty good. I know I tried reading some of the Blood Angel-related novels, but put them all down about a chapter in. Had nothing to hook me.
Nemesis is a weird one. From what I remember (assuming I'm even thinking of the right book) I really liked the premise. But then I was really put off by the way the novel opened. It introduced a number of Officio Assassinorum operatives and a member of the Adeptus Custodes, but they weren't at all depicted they way I had imagined them. Both the assassins and the custodes were way too human in behaviour, more like secret agents in a spy thriller than the superhuman bio-weapons/demi-gods I had hitherto envisioned. Something was off about the way Malcador was depicted too. I'm real hazy on the details, but I think the point I put the book down was when the Custodes guy was riding around in a hovercraft assembling his team, like something out of Suicide Squad. Bunch of minor stuff that just bothered me, maybe because I simply wasn't in the mood at the time. I probably didn't give the book a proper chance.

i agree with you about the blood angels novels those are a rough patch.

 

[j123]

i agree with you about the blood angels novels those are a rough patch.

A couple. Flight of the Eisenstein was pretty good. I know I tried reading some of the Blood Angel-related novels, but put them all down about a chapter in. Had nothing to hook me.
Nemesis is a weird one. From what I remember (assuming I'm even thinking of the right book) I really liked the premise. But then I was really put off by the way the novel opened. It introduced a number of Officio Assassinorum operatives and a member of the Adeptus Custodes, but they weren't at all depicted they way I had imagined them. Both the assassins and the custodes were way too human in behaviour, more like secret agents in a spy thriller than the superhuman bio-weapons/demi-gods I had hitherto envisioned. Something was off about the way Malcador was depicted too. I'm real hazy on the details, but I think the point I put the book down was when the Custodes guy was riding around in a hovercraft assembling his team, like something out of Suicide Squad. Bunch of minor stuff that just bothered me, maybe because I simply wasn't in the mood at the time. I probably didn't give the book a proper chance.

Devastation of Baal is pretty good, it does have a slow start to it

 

[zapataxiv]

Devastation of Baal is pretty good, it does have a slow start to it

i do want to read that. i was refering to the "rafen" storyline.
devastation is the next step in the story after the novel series?

 

[j123]

i do want to read that. i was refering to the "rafen" storyline.
devastation is the next step in the story after the novel series?

odd one, DoB is more like a rewrite of old lore so the timeless is weird if we tried to cannonize it. It takes place of a nids invasion on baal with various successor chapters having to work together

 

[zapataxiv]

odd one, DoB is more like a rewrite of old lore so the timeless is weird if we tried to cannonize it. It takes place of a nids invasion on baal with various successor chapters having to work together

yea after the demon came back to destroy the blood angels. they wiped out my favorite successor chapter the knights of blood.
doesn'tit end with the indomitus crusade reaching the baal system?

 

[j123]

yea after the demon came back to destroy the blood angels. they wiped out my favorite successor chapter the knights of blood.
doesn'tit end with the indomitus crusade reaching the baal system?

The Knight of Blood has a cool arc with Gabriel Seth in the novel, and the dude delivers

Yeah, Guillman comes after he gets awaken by his big tiddy Eldar gf blowjob while belasarius cawl records it on imperium hub for views

 

[zapataxiv]

The Knight of Blood has a cool arc with Gabriel Seth in the novel, and the dude delivers

Yeah, Guillman comes after he gets awaken by his big tiddy Eldar gf blowjob while belasarius cawl records it on imperium hub for views

big titty bjs are underrated by the medical community IMO

does mephiaton go full primaris in this novel?

 

[j123]

big titty bjs are underrated by the medical community IMO

does mephiaton go full primaris in this novel?

I don't recall he did, his arc in the novel was basically spiritual shit in the warp

I liked Dante in the novel overall despite it mainly being "baccck in mahhh daaaay"

 

[thoughtsone]

yea he looks like the drum pad guy fpr a early 2000s numetal band. but that is the pict capture from my favorite warhammer book series, the night lords trilogy.

abnett is one of the heavy hitters have you read much from James Swallow?

Abnett gets forgiven for anything that he does that sucks because I am a sucker got the Gaunts Ghosts series. Its super good to me.
Not a big fan of Garro so much of Swallows work I never checked out after that.

I am looking forward to The Infinite and The Divine since its a novel about Necrons from a Necron point of view. I like books from the Xenos view enjoyed the Tau books especially the ones with Farsight as he learns how fucked up the etherals and greater good are.

I also am digging the Warhammer horror books. The anthologies are easy reads and some are stories are actually really good.

The best warhammer book I have ever read though is The Lords of Silence, great book from Nurgle Marines point of view, the Death Guard, and its such cool world building in it. Like one of them has a garden and a house and I think writes poetry, they lords are all kinda friends and they each are not 1 dimensional. pretty great for a warhammer book.

The Fabius Bile triology (I dont think the third book is out yet) is pretty good as well. The harlequin are the main enemies and what a pain in the ass they are, you keep thinking they will get stomped but they massacre everyone.

 

[zapataxiv]

I don't recall he did, his arc in the novel was basically spiritual shit in the warp

I liked Dante in the novel overall despite it mainly being "baccck in mahhh daaaay"

dante is a cool cat but tbey are running the old lion making his last hunt.
i heard some rumors that i cant find now about sanguinius being resurrected.
maybe they do something like they did with marneus calgar and have him becomw the regent of baal and snguinius leading the speartip of the angels fleet towards abaddon. or a sanguinator vs abbadon battle would pretty symbolic fluff wise.

 

[zapataxiv]

Abnett gets forgiven for anything that he does that sucks because I am a sucker got the Gaunts Ghosts series. Its super good to me.
Not a big fan of Garro so much of Swallows work I never checked out after that.

I am looking forward to The Infinite and The Divine since its a novel about Necrons from a Necron point of view. I like books from the Xenos view enjoyed the Tau books especially the ones with Farsight as he learns how fucked up the etherals and greater good are.

I also am digging the Warhammer horror books. The anthologies are easy reads and some are stories are actually really good.

The best warhammer book I have ever read though is The Lords of Silence, great book from Nurgle Marines point of view, the Death Guard, and its such cool world building in it. Like one of them has a garden and a house and I think writes poetry, they lords are all kinda friends and they each are not 1 dimensional. pretty great for a warhammer book.

The Fabius Bile triology (I dont think the third book is out yet) is pretty good as well. The harlequin are the main enemies and what a pain in the ass they are, you keep thinking they will get stomped but they massacre everyone.

sounds inyeresring i do have a preference for traitors

 

[j123]

dante is a cool cat but tbey are running the old lion making his last hunt.
i heard some rumors that i cant find now about sanguinius being resurrected.
maybe they do something like they did with marneus calgar and have him becomw the regent of baal and snguinius leading the speartip of the angels fleet towards abaddon. or a sanguinator vs abbadon battle would pretty symbolic fluff wise.

Yeah I heard about it too, not just glorious 40k Jesus hawkboi, but other loyalist primarchs rumored to come back

 

[zapataxiv]

Yeah I heard about it too, not just glorious 40k Jesus hawkboi, but other loyalist primarchs rumored to come back

they need to have Dorn construct a mega dedense against tyranid tendril around worlds plauged by genestealer cults

 

[j123]

they need to have Dorn construct a mega dedense against tyranid tendril around worlds plauged by genestealer cults

Build the wall
Make Imperium Great Again?

 

[thoughtsone]

sounds inyeresring i do have a preference for traitors

Yah they are alot more interesting. I do like the newer novels with the rift because I enjoy the Death Guard and they are the main enemy in a lot of them. Plus I agree that any novel not from the viewpoint of the empire is pretty interesting. Except the eldar, I just can't get down with the space elves. Space Commies (Tau) are fine, Space Egyptians (Necrons) are fine, Space Hoodlums (Orks) are fine, but the elves...can't do it.

 

[zapataxiv]

Build the wall
Make Imperium Great Again?

build the phalanx

 

[zapataxiv]

Yah they are alot more interesting. I do like the newer novels with the rift because I enjoy the Death Guard and they are the main enemy in a lot of them. Plus I agree that any novel not from the viewpoint of the empire is pretty interesting. Except the eldar, I just can't get down with the space elves. Space Commies (Tau) are fine, Space Egyptians (Necrons) are fine, Space Hoodlums (Orks) are fine, but the elves...can't do it.

i like the horror elements that accompany a traitor novel. the nurgleverse is pretty interesting i like me some good undead zombie demon action