The Black Library

[Lady Blodwynn]

I got the info from Gav's blog. wink  

[Sissy Fairy]

Oh yeah, Gavin Thorpe's Mechanical Hamster called Dennis lol  

[Lady Blodwynn]

Dennis. biggrin

I like his stuff, despite what most of the community seems to preach otherwise. Malekith has been most educational and Path of the Warrior has been a great insight into Eldar society.  

[Sissy Fairy]

Agreed, I love the books that give you an insight into a culture or race, like you said with Malekith and Path of the Warrior. I'm going to be keeping a close eye on the Eldar series, and I cant wait for the conclusion to the Sundering.  

[Lady Blodwynn]

I still need to read Shadow King, which I'm told is really good and more of a combat oriented novel than Malekith.  

[Sissy Fairy]

One thing I've noticed with the Sundering is that it follows a similar style to the Horus Heresy series. Horus Rising is a political piece, and building up to the action, same with Malekith. False Gods introduces an action element and the darker side to the overall story much like Shadowking, and with Caledor, it tells of the war between the Dark Elves and High Elves, same way as Galaxy in Flames.  

[Lady Blodwynn]

From what I've been told Imrik is going to get really mean with the Druchii.  

[Sissy Fairy]

I must admit I cant wait to see how it ends. The story behind the Dark Elves and High Elves has always been something I loved about the Warhammer Fantasy storyline. Most stories in the Warhammer Fantasy universe all involve the same old story in fantasy. Dwarfs and Orcs and Goblins being the key example, as well as Dwarfs and Elves. The Sundering to me is unique, I haven't seen it in Fantasy lore.

Luckily with my birthday coming tomorrow I can get some money to spend on Aenarion, and then I'll have the current complete collection.  

[Lady Blodwynn]

A book on the War of the Beard would be great, especially seeing as Grombrindal plays an important role in it.  

[Sissy Fairy]

That would be awesome, maybe it would be the next series of the Time of Legends.  

[Lady Blodwynn]

Yes, I'm surprised they haven't relabelled the Von Carstein novels into a Time of Legends trilogy. A trilogy revolving around the three Emperors would be neat.

While we're on the subject of history, 40k could use its fair share of historical novels as well. We've got two about the Gothic War, so why not the first two wars for Armageddon, the Macharian Crusades and the Age of Apostacy.  

[Sissy Fairy]

I would like to see the rise of the Von Carsteins, you have so much to work on in the Warhammer Fantasy universe. War of the Beard, The Islands of Albion would make an interesting setting and maybe even the battle between the Wood Elves and the Beasts of chaos. Maybe the Von Carsteins will be put into the Warhammer Heroes series.

For Warhammer 40K the closest thing to history is the Space Marines battle series, although I was disappointed with Helsreach, Rynns World and The Hunt for Voldorius really worked well and I am excited for The Purging of Kadillus and The Fall of Damnos.
I do think that a series of novels bridging the gaps between the Horus Heresy and current storyline. I would love to see the Macharian Crusade shown in a series.  

[Lady Blodwynn]

Three generations of Von Carsteins have been handled in their own trilogy a few years ago, which details their rise and fall(s). I haven't read it yet but our resident BL junkie has really enjoyed it. Albion is a place that they really need to revisit! They had a world-wide campaign involving it years ago, so a novel about the events taking place there would be great.

From what I've been told Helsreach is a bit of a downer because Grimaldus isn't really acting like a Chaplain but more like a spoiled manchild who is unhappy about his assignment. Now the Purging of Kadillus is classic history, the events during which the famous Scout Sergeant Naaman lost his life. I'd love to read about that.  

[Sissy Fairy]

Hmm I wonder if they'll re-release the trilogy, or reinvent it but that would be a bit difficult considering it already has been established in the official canon, but who knows. I remember the Islands of Albion, i researched it for a report linking Albion (former name of England before the Romans came on) and fiction and it was the first campaign I joined after started Warhammer.

I've never been that much of a fan of Black Templars so I went into the book without knowing what to expect from the characters, I only read it after being a fan of Rynns World. I managed to get a copy of the Kadillus campaign pack online and I really enjoyed the storyline. Naaman was a great character, and it would be interesting to see how his story changes.  

[Lady Blodwynn]

Seeing as Gav will be writing it I'm sure he will do Naaman and the Angels justice. He wrote the classic Angels of Darkness novel, which if I am to believe our BL junkie is something of a mindf**k, pardon the language, in regards to what is the truth and what is not.

Though in the end, a lot of what is told in that novel might actually wind up in one of the future Horus Heresy novels dealing with the Dark Angels.