A Host Of Black Library Pre-Orders Announced
April 20, 2021 by avernos
Games Workshop may have announced a two-week moratorium on new releases and pre-orders but the Black Library are filling that void with a slew of titles coming up for order in a variety of formats.
Siege of Terra: Mortis // Black Library
Mortis is the fifth book in the series, and the second by John French, who kicked it all off with The Solar War. The story picks up after Rogal Dorn’s daring actions in Saturnine brought the loyalist defenders of Terra a decisive victory against a traitor sortie that might have ended the war at a stroke.
Yet there is no time to enjoy their success, for Horus controls a spaceport and is bringing his greatest weapons to bear: the colossal Titans of Legio Mortis.
Inferno
Inferno! Volume 6. This latest edition of the short fiction anthology contains 10 tales from the Mortal Realms and 41st Millennium, including the Black Library debut of award-winning science fiction author Adrian Tchaikovsky.
Alongside the two new books Ciaphas Cain is coming to audiobook with the novel Duty Calls. A cast of six actors bring to life over nine hours of adventure as Cain and the Inquisition take on a rebellion.
Pre-Order Your Copy at Store.OnTableTop.com
Gotrek & Felix Second Trilogy // Black Library
French Language Editions
French readers also have something to look forward to with three newly translated books. We start off with a compilation of the plucky pair Gotrek and Felix, as they take on a dragon, a Chaos invasion, and sinister vampires.
40K fans can also pick up Heralds of the Siege, an anthology of 16 Horus Heresy short stories that set up a whole load of characters and Legions for their roles in the battle for Terra.
Younger Readers
There are also two books for young readers in the 41st Millennium, Zelia and her companions face a daemonic invasion of a forge world in Plague of the Nurglings, or if you prefer your fiction to be fantasy then Fortress of Ghosts by Tom Huddleston sees Kiri and her friends betrayed, imprisoned, and haunted by vengeful spirits.
I on occasion dip into the HH books – mainly to read the books / short stories that feature Konrad Curze (you would think I would prefer Corvus Corax as I like the work of Poe – but no Night Haunter for the win!) anyway, Solar War should have been called “Borer War” what a snooze fest!
To be honest the other books haven’t exactly been great in the Siege series, I am only reading them as I am a completist.
Also the only other book I read by John French was “Slaves to Darkness” and that was a slog as well.
Ooh I may have a chance to get the book’s I’ve missed.
Are we still waiting for the Dark Imperium reissues (retcons if you like)? Or did I sleep through that?
still waiting, I am sure I saw an interview with Guy Hayley saying he was done updating the books to tie it into the early part of the Indomitus crusade. Maybe they are awaiting the 3rd book being done then release them all at once?
Cheers. I’m keen to get into them but there’s no shortage on the “to read” pile
That HH book looks interesting but I have no experience from that author’s writing style.
Burnt through Mortis Friday night/Saturday morning and oh my – a beast of a book with some substantial revelations sprinkled around the intense action.