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https://amzn.eu/d/0fujoTna Lords of Silence by Chris Wraight finally releasing in paperback. Did the original hardcover ever get a mass market paperback release? This is the German version releasing in January next year, so the English version is probably releasing in December 2026.

German Amazon gives new information about possible release dates of new BL novels: https://amzn.eu/d/0fdtIF50 Hive 1 shown in Black Library Celebration https://amzn.eu/d/02YXhDzc Hive 2 One releasing in August, one in September: German versions. Maybe this indicates that the English version will release in either June or July? https://amzn.eu/d/0erYkBwa Brand new book, author is TBC. No description.

https://amzn.eu/d/08LuLLug According to the German Amazon, False Gods by Graham McNeill, the German version in paperback is coming out in June 2026. That means the standard hardcover and the collector's edition will come out in May 2026. I am basing this on the fact that the Horus Rising German paperback edition is coming out in April 2026, but we got the standard hardcover and collector's edition in March. So, if Amazon is saying that the paperback edition of False Gods releases in June, so maybe the standard hardcover and the collector's edition releases sometime in May.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Blacklibrary/s/AoT6OIvY70.

Friends in Canada and fellow Canadians, PLEASE buy this book: https://www.warhammer.com/en-CA/shop/hb-apostle-eng-2026?queryID=63968ad91b4762509dce7d28dea0011f It is still available for purchase. I got the hardcover from a mall Warhammer store in Alberta today. And I also got access to the audiobook. It is a really good book. You will not be disappointed. It is also getting good Goodreads reviews. It will be a very worthy purchase. It is not :cuss: like Annandale's Horus Heresy books. Actually Apostle might be David Annandale's BEST book yet. A true gem. You will not regret my recommendation. Please strongly consider purchasing a legal copy either on the Audible audiobook or the physical hardcover on Warhammer.com. I have listened to about 70% of the audiobook till now and it is truly amazing!

A 5 star review was posted on Audible: "What an amazing experience of a book. Getting to witness something so rarely seen in the Warhammer universe, the slow gradual corruption of a group, then of a populous and then finally of a world. Narrator out here doing the true God‘s work too, fantastic choice for the story. My favourite legion getting the spotlight they deserve and the main character on the cover is probably one of the best and most charismatic representations of a corrupting influence I’ve ever seen." (Wordbearers fans eating good) I am getting my physical copy tomorrow in Alberta, Canada. Looking forward to it! I have decided that when it comes to Chaos, I will only buy books about those factions which embrace Chaos instead of opposing or rejecting it. So, I will not pre-order the Ghost Legion book by Mike Brooks tomorrow because I know that the Alpha Legion reject Chaos worship. I bought the hardcover copy of the Remnant Blade by Mike Vincent and found out that the Night Lords also do not see Chaos in a positive light and do not embrace its pantheon. That means for CSM, I will only buy books on the specific god aligned factions (World Eaters, Death Guard, Emperors Children, Thousand Sons) and the Word Bearers and perhaps the Black Legion because although Abaddon personally rejects Chaos worship, some of his lieutenants and comrades in the Black Legion have embraced a specific Chaos god. I think maybe most Iron Warriors also reject Chaos, except for some legionaries embracing Khorne and now they will introduce Vashtorr who is mostly for machines and does not represent humanity.

I am going to try to pre-order the standard hardcover edition of Ghost Legion. I love following @theSpirea's advice and they say that Mike Brooks is not a good author. So, I will go for the standard hardcover because I like getting the perspective of the CSM legions.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/lke65sad/sunday-preview-huron-blackheart-sets-sail-from-the-maelstrom/ Ghost Legion by Mike Brooks: Alpha Legion warlord Solomon Akurra returns in the follow-up to Renegades: Harrowmaster, as his ambitions grow ever-greater following the unification of many feuding warbands and the conquering of entire star systems. Now he sets his sights on his grand plan – to shatter the Imperium and rebuild a stronger humanity from its pieces – but power such as Akurra’s attracts many enemies, and the God-Emperor’s servants are ready to make their counterattack. The trials and tribulations of the Alpha Legion continue in Ghost Legion by Mike Brooks, and you can pick it up in a beautiful Special Edition release next week. The striking cover – depicting a hydra coiled around the Pale Spear, purported to be their Primarch’s own weapon – is etched with aqua blue foil and features printed page edges, a matching ribbon page marker, and is signed and numbered by the author. This product is available while stocks last. Death Rider by Rhuairidh James: Most Commissars are concerned with driving their forces into an attack – but not Valian Hesh, who finds himself desperately trying to prevent a suicidal assault by the Krieg 472nd Siege Regiment on T’au Empire lines. The world they’re on is doomed to an agonising death at the hands of an Imperial battleship, and as smoke and poison leeches into the atmosphere, Commissar Hesh knows that the only hope he and the entire regiment have of survival is if he can curtail their zeal long enough to withdraw from the front lines.

Can I ask fellow Fraters, that we know that Nurgle's actual goal is to turn human worlds into extensions of his Garden of Decay, Khorne's goal is to kill people, etc.....what this means is that Chaos is not like a political ideology or system of government at all. It is a fantasy supernatural daemon world destination for each of the Chaos gods, and apart from what individual villains like Abaddon or Perturabo want, Chaos is not a real alternative for humanity since it turns life abnormal. While reading the Nurgle Dark Imperium novels, have you ever thought that if Nurgle takes over a world and turns it into his Decay Garden, then normal life completely stops. There is no employment, there is no going to university or school (education), there is no romance or human reproduction (because your body is fully diseased and necrotic), there are no babies and daycare, no politics or political parties, no building infrastructure....normal life completely collapses and gets transformed into a bizzaro daemon world. To me, it seems that if someone does not want to work at a job, they are tired with the drudgery of normal life, then they choose Nurgle. But Nurgle, means all self improvement stops, all ambition to become somebody, to get a career, to get married, to have children, all of it goes down the drain. So Nurgle is not a political ideology or alternative form of government like say Socialism or Capitalism, but stepping into the realm of complete fantasy. Neither the Lords of Silence novel by Chris Wraight or the Dark Imperium novels, adequately showed why for baseline humans following Nurgle has any appeal at all, besides escaping physical pain and becoming undying and forever rotting. There is no school, no job, no marriage, no children, no normal life under Nurgle. Only the most desperate individual will choose Nurgle. Regarding Khorne, a normal person will land in jail if they choose to follow the Blood god. Regarding Slaanesh, someone can engage in their base desires such as drinking, smoking, recreational drugs, prostitution, clubbing, but the more extreme it gets, the more chances of landing in jail or the psychiatric ward. It becomes an obsession. So, neither Slaanesh nor Khorne are alternative political ideologies or systems of human government. One only kills, the other ruins himself through engaging in extremely corrupt activities. Only the Imperium of Mankind offers a system of human government, where it is possible to lead a normal human life (be educated, get married, have a career, reproduce, create something). So, to actually find alternative systems of government or political systems we have to turn to the Xenos factions namely the Aeldari and the Tau. What I am asking is to find a "way of running things which includes normal human activities, but has a political system and a governance philosophy different than the Imperium of Man"...do any Fraters think or can suggest which books offer such an alternative? or has this thought ever occurred to you that Black Library fiction needs to offer us alternative political/governmental systems which function and run differently than the Imperium and are better than the Imperium? I am thinking in the positive side, i.e. a more regulated, more comfortable, more predictable, and more desirable where it is possible to engage in all normal human activities.

https://amzn.eu/d/8rz4R9K Carnage Unending (Warhammer 40,000) by Dan Abnett (21 April, 2026)

Typhus for the Death Guard is something I would very much like to read

Does not the Horus Heresy series have 52 books in total? I do not understand why we had to wait till the series ended to get the following revealed in the Dropsite Massacre.

Are there any rumors of Black Library's new novels announcement/reveal event in December or in Q1 next year?

https://amzn.eu/d/c8EJPZk New novel by Mike Brooks. The German version is releasing in April next year. Solomon Akurra, Renegades: Harrowmaster sequel?