DarkChaplain

I would not trade Andrew James Spooner in Luther: First of the Fallen for Keeble even if you were to offer me a free Brawlers of Behemat box

I think he's actually got a point. When we had Space Marine Battles, there was an actual place for all the bolterporn, action set pieces and Chapter XYZ doing one-liner from Codex. That could draw pressure away from other novels, allowing them not to cater to that formula all the time. If they know they got a flagship Space Marines Doing Space Marine Things series with regular releases already, they can allow for more leeway elsewhere and let authors write, like, books about Inquisition, or dare I say, Eldar. I think it's quite hilarious that they canned Space Marine Conquests right alongside Master of Shadows(?), the novel by that author they cut ties with over supposed leaks. Like they had ONE book in the SMC-lineup they couldn't release anymore, and then threw their hands up in the air and said "screw it, I got a bad taste in my mouth now, we're not going to commission another after this". And that dropped the axe onto their own foot.

I won't forgive them for axing the oh-so-fully-planned Murghast Quadrilogy. Book three barely even connects to book two, and book four never even got officially cancelled or mentioned again. Just dead silence. Yes, and they were generally excellent. Both even had audio dramas before they axed those!

Voice of Command being so soon after the initial reveal mere days ago makes me hopeful for Fehervari's Cold Covenant dropping in September, too. Makes a full re-read of the novels difficult, though.

That business on Cato Neimoidia was turned into a canon novel by Mike Chen, titled Brotherhood, btw. It also served as the canonical, chronological first appearance of Asajj Ventress and was a very early Clone Wars adventure where both Obi-wan and Anakin struggled with their close bond, now that Anakin was actually freshly knighted. Was a pretty good read!

I'd suggest just picking up either omnibus until then. Big chunky brick full of words that should come cheaper than the new book, I'd wager. Thankfully the community seems good with spoilers for Fehervari works, but I expect discussion about the new book to blow up a bit, if preliminary interpretations of what we're told and see on the cover are anything to go by.

Some small content-speculation, looking at the cover, description and previous Coil works.

Pick up either (nah, both!) of the two Dark Coil omnibuses, Damnation/Ascension, and go to town on content that'll tickle your brain instead of mindless bolter action and model kit namedropping. Fehervari is a TREAT

I shouted in delight the moment I read the name on the cover, and then B&C :cuss: the bed again with it not loading the reply box, or basically half the page. Go figure. I'm also VERY happy that Blindsight will be put in print here, since it was skipped in the omnibuses. The cover is also very Fehervari, putting the planet - which is ALWAYS a significant member of the cast, even if it doesn't appear directly in the Dramatis Personae - in scene, while keeping the characters as ill-defined silhouettes. They're swallowed by the landscape, and the horror in the distance, in a way. It's wonderful! Still a shame Warcom didn't have the guts to put it as the header image for the article, instead of Cadia cover #934...

I actually think I prefer this cover over the original Flight of the Eisenstein, actually. That one really was wrong, with how it features a Legion of Imperial Fists (only one of which is clearly visible on the novel cover, the rest is on the back / the full art) and... they're up against a Great Unclean One, also on the backside. Where's the flight? Where's the Fly Guy? I'm not sure what Garro is looking at, might be the Choral City or the Somnum Citadel on Luna, but either way, it evokes him as a bystander, not in an action scene but as a witness. The Aquila on his chest is framed to be looking slightly towards the scene in the backdrop, implying that the Imperium sees it now. The clenched fist shows resolve while his expression shows regret and conflict without him having to hold a Boltgun. It's also more focused on the character Garro, who has been absent from the old cover while being very prominent on later covers. The back of the art has the other Death Guard and a navy bloke look at a star map projection, and half at Garro, who has turned his back on them and towards the massacre. So he's actually aboard the Eisenstein here. They feel out of sorts, in shock, even just from their stances. One MAJOR criticism I have of the new covers is that they DROPPED THE SUBTITLES. Horus Rising: The seeds of heresy are sown False Gods: The heresy takes root Galaxy in Flames: The heresy revealed The Flight of the Eisenstein: The heresy unfolds Fulgrim: Visions of Treachery The First Heretic: Fall to Chaos Prospero Burns: The Wolves unleashed Know No Fear: The battle of Calth Betrayer: Blood for the Blood God Praetorian of Dorn: Alpha to omega The Master of Mankind: War in the webway Slaves to Darkness: Chaos undivided Those bylines actually got better as the series progressed, and they generally give you a decent idea of what it's going to be about. Dropping them for the 12 book redux is lazy.

The hell? Your post was completely inoffensive and in complete good faith. There's no reason why it should have been retroactively removed. Moderation here truly is more arcane than 40k's bureaucracy.... If anything, I'm more excited having read that comment yesterday to get that book onto my reading pile than I already was.

I mean, Ghazghkull is PROPHET OF THE WAAAGH, the bloke everyone believes to be IT, and we all know how Ork faith works. Him surviving against Ragnar Blackmane despite losing his head has only cemented their belief that he's unkillable. So yeah, Ghazghkull *is* Ork Jesus to the Orks. That being said, he's also the closest thing 40k has to the "Primorks" of way back when, during the War of the Beast. And those, funnily enough, smoked Vulkan (and might have caused him his hopefully final death due to the Waaagh energy consuming him. Don't you dare bring him back, GW).

How many more times will they change the author for a Huron Blackheart novel? We went from Sarah Cawkwell to Mark Clapham to Mike Brooks to now Marc Collins. Not that I mind who writes him now, but come on, Huron Blackheart has had it rough with author retention.... I expect the NEW NOVEL thread on the News subforum to pop up any minute and result in a half-dozen discussion posts we'll never see as actual activity on this board when the book actually releases, by the way.

Especially since loyal customers end up doing word of mouth marketing for the company anyway, winning new customers through positive vibes and peer pressure :')

Don't worry, we probably still have around a month before they check back in and close this one, too :^) We should enjoy our little book club on this ENTIRE BOARD while we can. Personally, I have no idea about most authors mentioned here, but I'm taking notes!