Somerandomidiot Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Is anyone else as excited as I am about this? https://aarondembskibowden.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriegriss Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 is this real Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1ncarnadine Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 AD-B posted it on his blog and facebook. So yes, yes it is :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millicant Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Yes, yes I am. My excitement is probably going to manifest itself in the form of large Forgeworld purchases. Damn my lack of self-control... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marine7312000 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 My reaction in order.... This may be the first special edition I buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pounder Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Could it be a story in His own words!!! Need more information pleeeease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon2027 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Is this a special edition? Thought it was going to be a full novel. Have been looking forward to it for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helterskelter Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 I know AdB novels are good but I'm awfully fearful most of this book is gonna be about dorn/malcador/point of view custodian, and only a little emperor action. Like the audio the sigilite, malcador was in it at the end and the picture had nothing to do with the audio like BL were trying to hint. Not getting my hopes up til the book is in my hands, and avoiding spoilers from the americas/Europeans like the plague Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adra'Melek Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Given what ADB has said in the past, about some of styles he likes, I would be willing bet heavy (if I was a betting man), that it WON'T be from the Emperor's point of view and it will be from someone close to him. Bernard Cornwell style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon2027 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 I imagine it would be hard to write from the emperors point of view. I mean, how many compaints do we get about how primarhs are written, the Emperor is even more complex. It would be trying to write a POV for a god. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizzdougs Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Yeah, expecting it to be from the Emperor's point of view seems to be more than a little unrealistic... If ADB is writing from the Emperor's perspective, he is either the bravest or most foolish man in the world. I'd just be happy to hear some more about the Emperor, from other character's perspectives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helterskelter Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 I'm genuinely not expecting emperor POV. What my implication was is that the emperor is gonna be the guy in the background, then 3/4 chapters toward the end you see him lay demon smack down while someone sees him from nearby, and that will be about it. Though I could be entirely wrong of course and the emperor could start explaining the way he did things whilst in conversation with primarchs I. E. 18 paragraphs throughout the book where the big E is having 1 on 1's with each of his sons. The few things I've read from BL haven't really got my hopes up yet I'll admit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor Kravin Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 This book has been in the works for a long time. I had the privilege of discussing it with ADB at some length in May 2014 and shared quite a bit in this epic post:http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293819-horus-heresy-weekender-big-review-resurrected/ Obviously a lot of details could have changed since then but I'm sure the central principle that we can't get inside the Emperor's head will hold true. It would wreck the setting. As it stands you can argue in favour of either side by viewing the Emperor as a truly good, if flawed, visionary who puts mankind ahead of himself OR as a bloodthirsty, callous egomaniac. Also, you're all jumping to the conclusion that the title refers to The Emperor. Aaron, by his own admission, loves ambiguous titles. Look at The First Heretic, that obviously means Lorgar, or does it? It could equally be Erebus or Kor Phaeron since they corrupted Lorgar. Or Argel Tal, first of the possesed marines. Or the Davinites? If anything TFH showed that there was no one first heretic, nobody you could point to and say, "If it wasn't for him none of this would have happened". Betrayer - on the face of it the title refers to Khârn but Khârn doesn't betray anyone in it. Skalathrax is still years away. Based on the events of the book Lorgar and Erebus are both more suited to the title. In this vein, the Master Of Mankind could be Malcador or even something less tangible. To the far flung Expeditionary Fleets word from Terra IS the word of the Master Of Mankind but in practice most instructions will be nothing to do with the Emperor. They'll be the product of a mass of committees and a bureaucratic quagmire of competing political and commercial interests. A theme of the book could be that the idea of a single Master of something as vast as Mankind is a covenient myth. The subtitle makes it clear we are going to get apocalyptic war between daemons and demi-gods but ADB writes so much more than bolter porn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon2027 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 True, Master of Mankind doesnt necessarily mean the Emperor, but seing as its about the webway war i feel its a good bet to be based around him. Going back briefly to what Helterskeleter said on the audio drama Malcador, being inside his head would no doubt potentially ruin the setting to, I get the impression he knows most, if not everything, the Emperor is working towards, pluws the secrets of the past, such as the real story of the primarch creation and disapearence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor Kravin Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Oh I agree the Emperor will be central to this, I'm not suggesting a complete bait and switch. I'm just saying to expect to come away with more questions than answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1soul Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Its about effin time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathspectersgt7 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Really have been disappointed at the way the Heresy books have been. There are some shining lights but other than that disappointed. So no I'am not excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterofMankind Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Well, it's subtitled "The War in the Webway" and ADB has already stated that the Webway is his most favourite piece of Heresy fluff, so I think that it's happening on Terra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depthcharge12 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Really have been disappointed at the way the Heresy books have been. There are some shining lights but other than that disappointed. So no I'am not excited. Yeah we can barely get past Isstvaan or the shattered legions. Vengeful Spirit and UE moved the plot up a bit, but it still feels stuck in "Oh crap! There are traitors!!!" Rather than "Let's go fight some traitors and get to Terra!" Just my feelings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriegriss Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 don't rush it bro I can't have the heresy be over before I finish my army and that might take 20 years lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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