HH Novel - Fear To Tread.

[Sqallum]

I myself am looking forward this, and I enjoyed the extract I can't wait for Ralodron with the Spear of Telesto. Relic Blades killing daemons are always fun.

[iceviper]

I think it will be interesting to see how the initial engagement goes between the Blood Angels and the Daemons. I'm hoping the author will not go down the predictable route of , marines come up against something they've never faced before and get massacred, rally and then fight back to claim the victory. I hope he gives the legion more credit, after all these astartes were close to completing the conquest of an entire galaxy so they would have come up against numerous weird and deadly xenos threats. Astartes are supposed to be the ultimate soldiers so their ability to adapt to any given combat situation is what makes them superior to other armed forces in the galaxy.

[shadowhawk2008]

Except that the Word Bearers are with the Blood Angels Its NOT gonna be pretty at all, especially since the novel clocks in at a magnificent 520 pages!!!!

[ThePope]

Extract up

http://www.blacklibrary.com/Blog/fear-to-read.html

[Asbjorn Nightrunner]

Extract up

http://www.blacklibrary.com/Blog/fear-to-read.html

Nice! I always enjoy the pre-herasy flashbacks, ads to the Betrayal!

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[MiyamatoMusashi]

I've just finished this. I'm not going to review it, and I'm not going to spoiler it, so don't ask. What I will say is this: I strongly recommend that you read Bloodline (Games Day 2010 chapbook) before reading this novel. If you don't, I guess it won't be the end of the world, but there are definitely a few events/moments for which you'll be wondering "wha...?" if you've not read Bloodline.

[edit] Oh - and since someone mentioned The Outcast Dead - yet more irrefutable proof in this book that TOD got the Isstvan/Prospero timeline wrong. Simply wrong. Y'know how the Lost Legions are purged from Imperial records? They need to do the same to TOD.

[Londinium]

I've just finished this. I'm not going to review it, and I'm not going to spoiler it, so don't ask. What I will say is this: I strongly recommend that you read Bloodline (Games Day 2010 chapbook) before reading this novel. If you don't, I guess it won't be the end of the world, but there are definitely a few events/moments for which you'll be wondering "wha...?" if you've not read Bloodline.

[edit] Oh - and since someone mentioned The Outcast Dead - yet more irrefutable proof in this book that TOD got the Isstvan/Prospero timeline wrong. Simply wrong. Y'know how the Lost Legions are purged from Imperial records? They need to do the same to TOD.

If you're not going to review it, can you give a brief hint as to it's quality? Battle for the Abyss level or A Thousand Sons? Thank god there's more evidence that TOD screwed up Isstvan/Prospero though, the way it's written in TOD totally destroys a big chunk of Magnus' story.

[MiyamatoMusashi]

Erm... very briefly, I enjoyed it, but it was not without its flaws; and as the 20th(?) HH book, a lot of the "ooh spooky daemon" stuff was a lot spookier to the characters in the story than it was to the reader, who has seen it all before and then some. The ending was decent though.

Comparisons to other books is tricky. I don't think it's as good as Swallows' 40K Blood Angel books, but then I really enjoyed those and I think the consensus of internet opinion says they are rubbish. OTOH I think it's much better than the previous HH novel, Know No Fear, but that's in part because I thought KNF was a waste of dead trees, whereas the majority of this forum seems to gush over it.

So, yeah. Brief quality hint: I enjoyed it, but.

[BlackLegion]

I've just finished this. I'm not going to review it, and I'm not going to spoiler it, so don't ask. What I will say is this: I strongly recommend that you read Bloodline (Games Day 2010 chapbook) before reading this novel. If you don't, I guess it won't be the end of the world, but there are definitely a few events/moments for which you'll be wondering "wha...?" if you've not read Bloodline.
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So i have to hunt down a limited edition book which is OOP for two years to fully understand this story?

[ThePope]

Not as good as his BA books? Meh I am in the group of utterly detesting them...

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[nagash66]

So its a book that needs another book to fully understand it AND from what you say is less then Swallows usual 'quality'? Nice .

[shadowhawk2008]

Erm... very briefly, I enjoyed it, but it was not without its flaws; and as the 20th(?) HH book, a lot of the "ooh spooky daemon" stuff was a lot spookier to the characters in the story than it was to the reader, who has seen it all before and then some. The ending was decent though.

Comparisons to other books is tricky. I don't think it's as good as Swallows' 40K Blood Angel books, but then I really enjoyed those and I think the consensus of internet opinion says they are rubbish. OTOH I think it's much better than the previous HH novel, Know No Fear, but that's in part because I thought KNF was a waste of dead trees, whereas the majority of this forum seems to gush over it.

So, yeah. Brief quality hint: I enjoyed it, but.

Its the 21st actually, not counting the audio dramas and the novellas.

So, its not as good as the 40k BA novels, which you really liked, but it is better than Know No Fear, which you really did not like. So.... it was an average novel for you then?

So i have to hunt down a limited edition book which is OOP for two years to fully understand this story?

http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-prod...ine-ebook.html

It is available as an eBook and is also in the First Blood Angels omnibus.

[MiyamatoMusashi]

So, its not as good as the 40k BA novels, which you really liked, but it is better than Know No Fear, which you really did not like. So.... it was an average novel for you then?

Basically yeah.

[Pandion40]

There is a much more detailed and positive review over on the blood angel section of the bolter and chainsword. It contains some detailed spoilers but they are covered for those who just want an overall impression of the book.

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/i...owtopic=255581

[MarcusAurelius]

There is a much more detailed and positive review over on the blood angel section of the bolter and chainsword. It contains some detailed spoilers but they are covered for those who just want an overall impression of the book.

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/i...owtopic=255581

Wow, very nice find. I am totally stoked.

[stormblade]

Yeah, this actually looks interesting.

[Sqallum]

This looks brilliant. Ooh, Amit I never had any doubts about this book, and this review has made me very impatient to get it. Damn, October delivery Amazon..

[Soul Hunter]

Reading it now, its damn great thus far and i'm only at p.g 172.


SH

[Soul Hunter]

Finished the novel. Its bloody fantastic, best Heresy novel yet imo.

http://thefoundingfields.com/2012/07...ht-bane-kings/

Both I and Bane of Kings review it on The Founding Fields.


SH

[trigger]

Interesting review
"a character every one hates gets some come upance"

God I hope its Erebus ,
" hay Erebus! , I'm raldaron chief bad ass of the blood angels. Hi five ..... In the face ..... With a rock!"

Am so looking forward to this book