Maerlen Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Hi all, I just finished reading baneblade and shadowsword. I really enjoyed them and was wondering what other titels you recommend. Preferably in the same style, imperial guard and or tank regiments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMac Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Gunheads by Steve Parker is a tanker classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkChaplain Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 William King's Angel of Fire / Macharius trilogy has a good focus on tankers. I've only read Angel of Fire myself, but I liked it well enough, with the caveat that Bill's style is pretty oldschool both in his prose and the way he approaches 40k. Which is to be expected, I guess, and I can't say that I dislike that anyway. It is, however, more basic on the technical aspects than Guy Haley's tank stories (there are also some shorts, I'd recommend picking those up for more! Generally, though they're not tank-crew stories, I'd recommend more Haley out of principle. A lot of what made Baneblade so good continues on in his other works, like Death of Integrity. If you want to go Horus Heresy and haven't read it yet, I'd also highly recommend John French's Tallarn: Executioner. It's just a novella but hands down one of the best stories in the series, though I'm afraid Tallarn: Ironclad did not manage to get even close to it's level of quality. Tallarn's also been collected in a numbered entry, which should make the purchase more appealing, even if just for Executioner and the shorts. Executioner captures the claustrophobic nature of being a tanker marvelously, doubly so due to the contaminated surface of Tallarn. For Imperial Guard, it might be worth picking up the current Humble Books Bundle, which includes Astra Militarum, an anthology with Yarrick: Chains of Golgotha (also includes some tank action), and a bunch of shorts, including Justin D Hill's Cadia stories, some of which were pretty lengthy. The bundle expires on Wednesday, so jump on it. Funnily enough, Baneblade is a $1 tier title. https://www.humblebundle.com/books/tales-from-the-worlds-of-warhammer-books Justin D Hill also wrote other Imperial Guard stories, and his stuff appears to be pretty solid in general. Cadia Stands should be especially interesting with the way 40k is developing the past year. And if you want to go very dark and almost into psychological horror with the Guard, Peter Fehervari should have you covered with both Fire Caste and Cult of the Spiral Dawn. I wholeheartedly recommend these both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maerlen Posted April 9, 2018 Author Share Posted April 9, 2018 Cheers for the responds! I'll check them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apothecary Vaddon Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Seconding Gunheads, really good. Damn I wish he was still writing for BL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knockagh Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 I would second the recommendation for Tallarn Executioner. A great tank book. Also one of the few HH books that spend anytime thinking about the mortals that lived and fought during it which I think is a real pitty. No ones recommending the Ghosts which is still my favourite guard series by far. No tanks but plenty of guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMac Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Seconding Gunheads, really good. Damn I wish he was still writing for BL We need a Rebel Winter sequel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manchu warlord Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Seconding Gunheads, really good. Damn I wish he was still writing for BL We need a Rebel Winter sequel! Nay, Sar Mac. We need a Vostroyan trilogy! Oooh! wait a second, speaking about the First Born... We are all, I'm sure, aware of the Vostroyan's history, back 10,000 years ago... ... And the Horus Heresy novel series is still ongoing... If Sar French did a novel on the Tallarns, I don't see why someone couldn't do a novel about the Vostroyan's shameful history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Lunkhead Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Although the tank company itself gets destroyed fairly early in the novel, one of the main plot threads in Dan Abnett's 'Titanicus' follows the survivors. Great characters all, who play a decisive role in this book. One of Dan Abnett's best works imho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allegedlynerdy Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 All of the best books have been covered, but the new audiodrama Titan's Bane is very good. 45 minutes, short and sweet, but very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarvek Val Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 I fully second Brother Lunkhead; Titanicus is a truly wonderful read. You get everything from tank companies to Battle Titans to civilian perspectives on warfare in the 41st millennium. I cannot recommend it enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manchu warlord Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Well, Baneblade does have a sequel, and it is called Shadowsword. So I guess it would make most sense to read it after. EDIT: Sorry, I didn't really you said that you've also read Shadowsword after Baneblade, and just assumed you've read only Baneblade... This post is now obsolete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasmablasts Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Gaunt’s Ghosts is a classic series, which I strongly recommend. Mostly about Infantry, of course, though there’s some nice interplay with an armoured company in Honour Guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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