RobMac

I'm sure I remember a story where a power sword or big chainsword is described as specifically shearing through pauldrons, backpad, head and all. I do now feel like I need to have characters make a joke about how hard it really is to behead a Space Marine now.

Thanks DC! I also feel like it's already out in German but haven't been able to find a trace of it... I'll ask and get back to you. And re. a sequel, I'd sure love to get the Master of Blades back into the action at some point, but unfortunately it's not on my radar at the moment. Yo dude what you working on next spill the beans man You know I would if I could!

I also feel like it's already out in German but haven't been able to find a trace of it... I'll ask and get back to you. And re. a sequel, I'd sure love to get the Master of Blades back into the action at some point, but unfortunately it's not on my radar at the moment.

Thanks, glad you liked it!

Incredible.

Procrastinating from editing is a terrible thing - I just search all my novels for "swayed aside" and didn't find a single instance, proud I do however seem to use "for a moment" or "in a moment" a great deal. It'll be editorially purged from here on in.

Red Tithe came out in 2017 as well ;)

Nothing to add but great list!

Four times apparently Smarty pants! Maybe it was just a unique word that I noticed. It wasn’t as bad as some other book I read from the new setting. That one had the word “enfilading” in it loads of times. I can’t remember which one that was though! In fairness yeah, it's not a common word but it's one I quite enjoy so it stands out if it features more than a couple of times. I dread to think how many times "void" features in Carcharodon stories.

Four times apparently

Re. the age debate, no Ultramarine characters outside the Fulminata are mentioned, except Guilliman and a few "historical" Ultramarines.

Not to take my word on here as lore, but I think it's pretty generally accepted that the Codex-standard "1000 Space Marines per Chapter" is correctly defined as "1000 combat-effective battle-brothers." So no, not including vehicle drivers, auxiliary command staff, ect.

Alas no. Voitekans, Zoishens, Namarians, Pyran Flamers, Kelestan Stormers, Faeburn Vanquishers and Vostroyans among others, but no Auxilia. This campaign is outside Ultramar.

This one is just Primaris (and Imperial Guard), hoping to deal with the regular v. Primaris situation in any sequels, assuming people like the first book enough.

50 extra Marines existing outside the formal structure of the Chapter organized into a strike force...wow quite a radical departure from the codex. Though it does make sense since Guilliman did mention he was going to make major revisions to the Codex Astartes. Yep. The arrival of the Primaris is going to subvert a Chapter's Codex structure no matter what, either adding them to the companies brings them over 100 Space Marines, or forming new companies pushes them over ten in a Chapter. The Fulminata ("Thunderbolts") are a composite strike force outside the usual ten-company structure. I explore the impact all this change has on Ultramarine philosophy a bit, there's essentially a split between old and new, with a lot of the previous command echelons none too pleased with the new additions, which are understandably championed by the Primaris.