Coming Soon!

Here is a run down of what we can expect from the Black Library in the foreseeable future. For each I am rating (Must Have Now!, Looking Forward to It, Yawn) - each self expanatory. All dates are UK dates with US one month later.


Blood Angels : Red Fury byJames Swallow Sep 08 - Looking Forward to It. The third Blood Angels book. I heard an excellent interview on 40kRadio with Swallow about the book. He described it as a family reunion gone horribly wrong. It is supposed to include many of the Blood Angel successor chapters.

Only in Death (Softback) by Dan Abnett Oct 08 - Read it. Fair to middelin Gaunt's Ghost Book.

Titanicus byDan Abnett Oct 08 - Must Have Now! Giant sized Sabbat Worlds Crusade book plus a Titan legion! Also there are ties between this book and the next Horus Heresy book (Mechanicum)

Ciaphas Cain : Cains Last Stand by Sandy Mitchell Nov 08 - Must Have Now! I think Mitchell is one of the best authors in the Black Library. I have loved nearly every Ciaphas Cain book. I hope that this is not the last.

Horus Heresy : Mechanicum byGraham McNeill Dec 08 - Must Have Now! McNeill has written the best of the Horus Heresy. I can't wait (although his Mechanicum short story in the Collected Visions book was middelin).

Dark Disciple byAnthony Reynolds Dec 08 - Looking Forward To It. The second Word Bearer book. The first was a nice departure. Stars the worst of worse and true 40k bad guys- the Word Bearers.

Ice Guard by Steve Lyons Jan 09 - Yawn. Most of the IG books have been poor in my mind. There are positives for Fifteen Hours. But the other books have been poor. See the Catachan book (Death World) where the lone wolf hero is Sly Marbo (which funny enough is the same letters for Rambo and Sly for Stallone) and the Tallarn Book (Desert Raiders) which read like an agonizingly long short story. Rebel Winter was "just ok." Lyons has a tall order to have the Valahallans measure up to the Valhallans in Sandy Mitchell's books.

Innocence Proves Nothing bySandy Mitchell Feb 09 - Looking Forward To It. Sequel to Scourge the Heretic. I really like Mitchell's prose. I though Scourge the Heretic was mostly a succesful book. I look forward to this one.

Gunheads bySteve Parker Mar 09 - Yawn. "an armoured company is sent to recover a long-lost battle tank from a planet overrrun with orks." I feel like I have read this book before...twice.

Dawn of War : Dawn of War II by Chris Roberson Mar 09 - Yawn. I am struggling to get through the Dawn of War Omnibus. I don't think a novelization of a story built for a game will work a second time (it sure didn't the first).

Souldrinkers : Hellforged by Ben Counter Apr 09 - Looking Forward To It. I have enjoyed the adventures of Sarpedon and company. I want to see where Counter is going with it.

Horus Heresy : Tales of Heresy Nick Kyme, Lindsey Priestley Apr 09 - Looking Forward To It. I am not the biggest short story fan. However short stories on the Heresy should be good.

The Grey Knights Omnibus by Ben Counter May 09 - Read It. Mostly enjoyed it.

Gaunts Ghosts : Blood Pact by Dan Abnett May 09 - MUST HAVE NOW! Added the all caps. Of all the books on the list, this is the one I want. I can't wait.

What is not on the official list? Abnett said in a 40kRadio exclusive that he and Graham McNeill are working on companion Heresy novels concerning the sacking of Prospero. Abnett also said that he is doing a third trilogy on Inquisitors. He dubbed it "Eisenhorn versus Ravenor." I dub it (to be) the most anticipated book from Black Library since Horus Rising. Also Mike Lee is doing a Heresy novel on the Dark Angels.

Stay tuned...