Ashe Darke Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Is anyone else wanting to read the extract for this? Generally the extract goes up about 3 months before BL says the book will be out. Well the time where I'd expect it to be out has come and gone and books that are coming out at the same time have their extracts up. Maybe it's not getting one or maybe it's assumed it doesn't need one to raise hype? Either way I'd like to have an extract to read. Am I the only one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khestra the Unbeheld Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 I'm a patient scorpion, I can wait two months to strike. Excerpts are nice, but not anything I would demand to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midgard Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Well, an extract would be nice, but in my case, unnecessary. At the risk of sounding unnecessarily flattering, I consider Mr. Dembski-Bowden's name on the front cover a recommendation enough to buy, as evidenced by a trifecta of "Soul Hunter", "Helsreach", and "The First Heretic". If anything, his books have always been consistent, quality-wise, and getting better; while some other BL authors mandate caution due to hit-and-miss nature of their books, so far there's been no misses from him. So come May (or April, if it appears on the shelves then - BL books seem to show up in the stores here about a month before the "official" release date), I know what I'm getting. Although naturally, a little something to whet the readers' appetites would be nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashe Darke Posted March 15, 2011 Author Share Posted March 15, 2011 Don't get me wrong, this is a must buy either way. I'm just wondering why it isn't there, and wondering why it isn't there makes me wanna read it. Kestra, following the usual pattern of releases it should be in stores in April. The BL release dates tend to be their own release dates from what I can see, not the local stores which tend to get them an month early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khestra the Unbeheld Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Don't get me wrong, this is a must buy either way. I'm just wondering why it isn't there, and wondering why it isn't there makes me wanna read it. Kestra, following the usual pattern of releases it should be in stores in April. The BL release dates tend to be their own release dates from what I can see, not the local stores which tend to get them an month early. I'm going off BL's site, which has it pegged for May. I have yet to see a book arrive sooner than one week prior to BL's posted date (at least where I am, other places may have better fortune), so BL's date is consistent with arrival at my location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashe Darke Posted March 15, 2011 Author Share Posted March 15, 2011 Ahhh fair enough, I guess I must be lucky in my area. I always got confused why the BL site would say Pre Order Now when I had finished the book. EDIT: Either that or it feels earlier than it really is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khestra the Unbeheld Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Ahhh fair enough, I guess I must be lucky in my area. I always got confused why the BL site would say Pre Order Now when I had finished the book. EDIT: Either that or it feels earlier than it really is. Either that, or it's because you're in the UK and get first dibs while the rest of us dodge spoilers for a month. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caboosebe Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Either that, or it's because you're in the UK and get first dibs while the rest of us dodge spoilers for a month. :D Ignoring armor AND invulnerable saves! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chengar Qordath Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Either that, or it's because you're in the UK and get first dibs while the rest of us dodge spoilers for a month. :( Ignoring armor AND invulnerable saves! So we do get cover saves against spoilers? Good to know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khestra the Unbeheld Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Either that, or it's because you're in the UK and get first dibs while the rest of us dodge spoilers for a month. ;) Ignoring armor AND invulnerable saves! So we do get cover saves against spoilers? Good to know... Only if it's at least 50% obscured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevak Dal Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 I'm looking forward to this book. I really liked Soul Hunter as it portrayed Chaos Space Marines differently than how I had seen them shown previously. They are barely hanging on, fighting for scraps of armor and resources and shows of desperation, yet dogged determination to keep fighting because that's all they have, and sort of explains how so many end up falling to the Chaos powers. It was also cool to see how the non-astartes crew got along on a CSM ship-I had always figured that astartes crewed their entire ships until I started reading HH books and such. The whole Knight/Serf relationship thing is interesting, and perhaps appropriate. Swabbing the decks is beneath astartes I suppose. Soul Hunter really helped me flesh out some ideas of my own for my Warband and Talos and (most) of his squads' view on the Chaos powers gelled nicely with how I felt, and they did it better than Honsou conveyed in Storm of Iron... Besides all that it was just a damn fun book to read. It will be interesting to see what happens to the characters in Blood Reaver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A D-B Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 The Dark Gods heard your cries. Or something. http://www.blacklibrary.com/Downloads/Prod...bloodreaver.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midgard Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Nice... looking forward to the full novel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashe Darke Posted March 16, 2011 Author Share Posted March 16, 2011 Thanks A D-B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frater Uriah Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Bah! I knew I shouldn't have read the extract! Now I can't wait for the book to come out.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clewz Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khestra the Unbeheld Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 The Dark Gods heard your cries. Or something. http://www.blacklibrary.com/Downloads/Prod...bloodreaver.pdf Sneaking a taste of dessert before dinner is sublime. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar Joe Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Some lucky people already have copies as I've seen people raving about it on Twitter. I'm so freakin' jealous of them I could scream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malika666 Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Looking at the text now...cool! By the way, when it mentions the Night Lords Series it places this one right after Soul Hunter which makes sense, but does this mean that Throne of Lies takes place after Blood Reaver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Taylor Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Just had a read and enjoyed it lots. Now do I read it when I get it or save it for my holidays .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrin Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 The description of Talos' helmet always reminds me of the helmet with the skull painted on it from Halo:Reach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Mechanicum Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 *grumbles at a 2 month delay* Bah, I need my Night Lord fix. Oh and this particular warband is running out of supplies. If there is ever anything written about Krieg Acerbus's warband I bet that one is doing much better than 10th company. But gah good read and now I really need that book...hell I have to replace my copy of Soul Hunter, I've read it to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khestra the Unbeheld Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 http://blagmasterg.wordpress.com/2011/03/2...-reaver-review/ Here's a review, not by me because my eyes have not beheld the novel. :P All my hate to those who've already read this book; may your fields be blighted, your cattle stricken with the pox, and your women be made barren! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Taylor Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 http://blagmasterg.wordpress.com/2011/03/2...-reaver-review/ Here's a review, not by me because my eyes have not beheld the novel. :lol: That's quite a nice review as it doesn't really give much away about the story and highlights why everybody loves ADB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hummus Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 dont want to sound like a complete fanboy but I left Tokyo recently because of the radiation worry as I have a 3month old son and the only book I took with me was Soul Hunter so I could reread for the third time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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