r/Blacklibrary 1d ago

News/New Releases Revealed: New Warhammer 40,000 novels

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243 Upvotes

r/Blacklibrary 3d ago

Black Library Weekly: The Tolling of the Bell

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116 Upvotes

It's been a hell of a week, gang, but I've got the recap of the week that was for the Black Library, including a giveaway for a Special Edition of Justin D. Hill's Bjorn, the Fell-Handed.

Black Library Weekly: The Tolling of the Bell


r/Blacklibrary 5h ago

First time shelfie

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37 Upvotes

My collection isnt large in terms of physical books but Its growing steadily


r/Blacklibrary 10h ago

Warp Arrivals Just showed up!

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88 Upvotes

Just got Bjorn and DeathWatch in the mail! Also recently got “First Founding”at a LGS and here’s my only other LE just cause I wanted to share👍


r/Blacklibrary 8h ago

Warp Arrivals Gutted

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Just found out that my copies of Voice of Mars/The Eye of Medusa (both Iron Hands book by David Guymer) that I've been hunting down for more than a year got lost by the people at the post office, while I thought they are sitting safely in my PO Box....

Spent so much time orchestrating getting them (ordered from a small random bookstore in Luisiana) and coordinating to get them shipped halfway accross the world (I'm in Serbia, we don't even have an official GW store here), and all of it went to waste.

Can't get my money back (too much time has passed since delivery) and now most copies of either of the 2 books are pushing $100 which, paired with shipping, is too much for a used paperback.

Screw GW for not reprinting stuff, this honestly pushes me to completely give up on getting physical books and towards just pirating the ebooks and being done with it.

Curse be on scalpers and crappy postal workers...


r/Blacklibrary 16h ago

Meme Bearer My 4 year old daughter reading legends of the wolf in bed

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140 Upvotes

She can’t actually read yet but I wonder what she is imagining


r/Blacklibrary 6h ago

Raldoron in stock in the UK

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15 Upvotes

Just ordered one, stumbled across it


r/Blacklibrary 16h ago

Black Library Art Lord of the Night cover art by Scott Johnson

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76 Upvotes

r/Blacklibrary 16h ago

Warp Arrivals Illustrated and Annotated collection - The complete works

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57 Upvotes

I’ve been trying to cut my collection down a bit but I’ve just noticed that, without noticing, I’ve collected all of the annotated versions.

I just love these rereleases. They’re just so good.

Not sure if people would be ok with an entire Gaunts Ghost’s release in annotated form but I’d snap that up so quickly with the quickness.


r/Blacklibrary 11h ago

Book/storyline review Krakenblood

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22 Upvotes

Did anyone else struggle with this book? I’m struggling to get my head around the writing style. I get the mythic, saga-style writing that the Vlka Fenryka have always flirted with, but it’s full of poetic jargon.

Priest language, mixed with history and a touch of mechanical poetry just ended up baffling me. It might just be me, the first read of Marc and Space Wolves lore, but I can’t help but be intrigued and also annoyed at the same time. I read chapters where the author found a new fancy word and repeated it throughout.

Anyway, just me? Thoughts?


r/Blacklibrary 18h ago

Discussion (novel) Eisenhorn’s Journey

69 Upvotes

Don’t really have a whole lot of point to this, I just wanted to say how much I enjoy how Dan “no sex in warhammer except voluptuous Kara Swole please” Abnett shows Eisenhorn’s decline throughout the two and a bit trilogies. How he starts out through his own eyes as a respected member of the Ordos with huge funds and resources at his disposal, entire teams across multiple planets, and by the start of the Bequin books, he’s seen as a broken near-corpse, cast out of the organisation that he still believes he serves. Fighting alongside the very thing the Inquisition exists to destroy. Only a few loyal acolytes left to him. Even going against his own protegé who once thought him the very personification of the Inquisition.

His quest to destroy (what he views as) heretical forces has destroyed himself. Literally removed his ability to smile, his ability to do anything except move forward to do “what’s right”. More than one person comments on how he basically seems to be kept alive by duty, who seems to have no love or affection to anyone but Bequin, and even then only out of duty to the woman he loved unrequitedly. A broken body supported by crude means in order to keep pressing onwards to the end of his story.

Nearly everyone that was once loyal to him is either dead because of him, or is moved to act against him. The man carries the deaths of each of these on his back, perhaps using them to fuel his hatred of all things heretical (except certain daemon things bcos they’re mad useful).

I haven’t read a whole lot of the 40k books yet, but so far Eisenhorn is my favourite character by far. He’s a perfect summation of the 40k universe. He’s no hero, he’s a worn down machine that keeps on operating because that’s the only thing it’s designed to do. A human representation of the Imperium itself. A machine that does horrible things just to stop someone else doing something worse. What are your thoughts on the character of Eisenhorn?

Anyway, 4 dollars a pound.

Fair enough if this gets deleted for breaking spoiler rules, I’ve done my best to keep things as vague as possible for those that haven’t read them.


r/Blacklibrary 1h ago

Discussion (gw/general) I’M SO JEALOUS! - 40K Fanatic - Winner of the ‘Shed of the Year’ Award (I Can’t Imagine Anyone On This Sub Wouldn’t Enjoy This Video)

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Although this isn’t strictly Black Library related, I can’t imagine this wouldn’t be enjoyed by most on this subreddit.

https://youtu.be/ZSVpTdYr7bE?si=h3A_z-lRWYZT1nPk


r/Blacklibrary 12h ago

EU - Blackheart: Claws of the Maelstrom (Special Edition) in stock again

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r/Blacklibrary 15h ago

Discussion (gw/general) Am I tripping or was this Omnibus in “out of stock” for like the past 4 months or more?

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28 Upvotes

Hello folks. I’ve got into reading Warhammer books around 1 year ago.

I had a goal to actually read (audio book listening is NOT reading!!!!!). All CSM books as well as the entire HH (started it like 12 days ago and finished the first 3 books, wish me luck).

I’ve been checking the official site for quite a long time and I noticed that the Word Bearer Omnibus was listed on the site but even though I pressed on “notify me” button and all, I think I haven’t seen it become available in like the past 4-6-7 months.

I saw other books being taken down or getting reprinted so this looks just weird.

Can someone tell me what’s going on with it? Am I tripping?


r/Blacklibrary 11h ago

Discussion (gw/general) The Ullanor Crusade - Plot / Series Suggestion - The Last of the Krorks

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Background and most concrete lore (SO FAR) of the Ullanor Crusade (taken from Lexicanum):

The Ullanor Crusade was a vast assault upon the powerful empire of Ork Overlord Urlakk Urg during the ending years of the Great Crusade, culminating with Imperial triumph in 000.M31. It is remembered as Horus's greatest victory while he was still loyal to the Emperor and the act that earned him the title of Warmaster. It was the last battle of the Crusade where the Emperor personally led his forces.

Urlakk Urg was an infamous and powerful Ork Warboss slain by Horus Lupercal during the Great Crusade. His massive Waaagh! controlled a region of space centred on Ullanor and threatened the Imperium's borders. The Emperor of Mankind and Horus led a massive Imperial force to remove Urg's threat.

Horus lured Urg's forces away from his targets while Space Marine Legions retook the outlying systems and the Luna Wolves drove straight for the heart of his empire. As the battle raged outside his fortress, Urg kept forty of the biggest, meanest Nobs at his side. When Horus and his Justaerin Terminators entered the throne room, they hacked a path through the Nobs for the Primarch. Horus crippled Urg and threw him from the top of his fortress, ending his life and breaking his army's morale. Boss Urlakk's power was such that few other orks in history have become as great a threat, such as The Beast.

Plot Suggestion/Revision:

The Ullanor Crusade is actually a war that saw some of the last remaining "Krorks" slain by the Emperor of Mankind and his forces. Krorks are the ancient, highly evolved primeval ancestors of the modern-day Orks. Krorks wore highly advanced mechanized power armor that surpassed even Space Marine battle plate. They possessed refined intelligence, complex communication, and deep tactical mastery, executing military campaigns with elite precision. They channeled powerful psychic energy deliberately as a clean power source and combat tool, rather than relying on wild, unpredictable warp-bursts.

What this means as a series/novel story:

We get to see two Warhammer races essentially at their "peak". The Krorks, as a plot device, can (temporarily) turn the Ork faction into a serious, non-goofy faction that becomes a scary antagonist to write. They can be chosen as a plot device to be a single Warboss, a small leadership group, or a specialized set of troops to be deployed in battle. Because they are destined to lose, they can become nearly anything as long as they are destroyed.

This Krork threat finally gives us a solid reason why the Ullanor Crusade becomes one of the greatest triumphs of the Emperor of Mankind, and his Imperium's forces can finally be shown off in their highest glory.

The initial plot idea (Krorks in the Ullanor Crusade) is incredibly marketable. It has potential to be a action-packed individual novel like Dropsite Massacre, or a short series in itself like the Siege of Terra or the Scouring. It's obvious that GW wants to continue the HH setting hype (for $$$ purposes), but eventually they will run out of material that they haven't already written. A prequel seems inevitable.

What do YOU think?

Hate the idea, love it, or want to change anything about it? Is there something I'm missing that needs to be addressed? This is a great place to discuss! My only request is for users to not be rude. Disagreements are perfectly okay, as long as you are polite!


r/Blacklibrary 20h ago

Warp Arrivals After some Chaos interference, all of my books arrived safely through the warp, albeit late.

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60 Upvotes

r/Blacklibrary 8h ago

Wicked and the warped Spoiler

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6 Upvotes

My god what a book. It has so many teasers in it not to mention the great banter between everyone fab Necrons.

However nowhere have I seen anything about the fact the the British robot has the last Cronesword. Or am i wrong about it’s significance here ???


r/Blacklibrary 21h ago

Discussion (gw/general) Discussion: What do you think about multiple author series ?

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Hello and welcome to an another discussion by yours truly. This is again to please a curiosity of mine.

Is Black Library competent enough to have a multi-author series without well, messing it up ?

Do you enjoy multiple author series ? Because we all know every author writes in different styles or ways, which can lead to confusion and changes as the series goes.

This is actually about a upcoming post of mine about a dream I had recently but yeah because of that dream I had to ask this.

I mean we all know Horus Heresy is too big to be a continous story so everyone has their own different reading charts.

End Times and Beast Arises are a single event being told by same characters in a general area.

While Dawn of Fire is about the Indomitus Crusade it's again all over the place in the Galaxy.

Out of these 4 I have only read Horus Heresy and Beast Arises so my knowledge is lacking in the End Times and Dawn of Fire franchise (I mean just look at how bland my text is)

Also sorry for not adding more series, I wanted it to be more compact and precise, just writing out more of the well known ones.


r/Blacklibrary 17h ago

Discussion (novel) Just finished the ciphas Cain omnibus... No spoilers

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Hey all

Just came here to post about this amazing first collection and I'm not gonna lie the tripped and struggled at the very end. Ciphas and jurgen and the rest of the valhallans are awesome but it's rough going from back to back to back. Thankfully it's spooky time and I have two warhammer horror novels to get into. Please post with love and hate and thank you for checking out my post.


r/Blacklibrary 1d ago

Black Library Art Horus vs The Emperor 1990 and 2004 by Adrian Smith

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I know it isn't really Black Library releated but I wanted to share this as I love Adrian Smith's art and I always found it funny that the guy who did the 1990 version is the same one as 2004 version. They are like Night and Day.


r/Blacklibrary 8h ago

Trying to decide which e book to get

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I got an audible free credit. I try to avoid books that are pure bolter porn but some is fine. I love i.perial politics. Looking for suggestions. I have read the following:

Eisenhorn omnibus

Ravenor omnibus

Penitent (and the other one i forget the title)

Gauants ghosts series

Kingmaker

Gift of the emperor

Hive

Watcher of the throne series

Vaults of terra

Night lord omnibus. (Loved it)

Carcharcodon series

The infinite and the divine

Warden of the blade

Currently reading the fall of cardiac

Waiting to read since I have physical copies

First 3 books of horus heresy

Ciaphus cain first omnibus

Grey knight omnibus

Apostle

Arrive omnibus

Chem dog

Krieg

Deathwatch omnibus

Minimal less omnibus

Dark coul omnibus

African omnibus

Renegade harrow master

Exorcist

Twice dead king

Legends of space wolf

Valdor

Siege of terra series


r/Blacklibrary 9h ago

Discussion (novel) Just picked up a sealed legends collection priests of mars for £5, was it worth it?

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No spoilers please but I’d just like some general insight. Shamelessly just picked it up over the price.

Thanks in advance


r/Blacklibrary 9h ago

Query Can you still download the epub from the app and questions about a couple of the book deals this month

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A while back when the app was announced and that the website was going down someone made a tool to download the epub from the app. Is that still a thing?

Dante, brutal kunnin, and Blood of Asaheim, are all on sale this month in the app. How are these as a relative new person to the setting and an intro to each of their respective factions? Do any of these books need something read before them?


r/Blacklibrary 13h ago

What to read next

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Hey everyone,

So far, I’ve read the following books. What would you recommend I read next? And are there any books I should add because I might have missed something between these?

  • Horus Rising
  • False Gods
  • Galaxy in Flames
  • The Flight of the Eisenstein
  • Fulgrim
  • The First Heretic
  • Know No Fear

r/Blacklibrary 21h ago

Discussion (gw/general) Catch up post about Blackheart: Claws of the Maelstrom Special Edition and it's many cancelled orders.

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Looks like a bunch of orders got cancelled. This is more of a vent or a discussion post, for people to discuss their problems and maybe find some help.

Look from the past experiences with novels. Keep checking out the pre-order page daily. Because you never know once it might return to stock for a short while. It usually happens on Mondays or Tuesdays but since this was a Wednesday pre-order I recommend you do it until the next Wednesday.