[Brother Lucian]

http://www.blacklibrary.com/horus-heresy/deathfire-hardback.html

Kinda mystified why theyve swapped to a saturday release day for bigger titles, when theyve had fridays for so many years.

 

[theurge33]

Since when did the hardbacks become $40? Just for the heck of it now? UGH

 

[Brother Lucian]

Since when did the hardbacks become $40? Just for the heck of it now? UGH

The page says 30euro for me, which is about 33dollars.

 

[Khorne's Fist]

The page says 30euro for me, which is about 33dollars.

Only if BL used anything close to realistic and current exchange rates. But they never have and never will.

 

[March of Time]

Since when did the hardbacks become $40? Just for the heck of it now? UGH

It's because Deathfire is 500+ pages long!

 

[Vaz]

500 pages of fire fire anvils fire drakes branding burning flaming fire fire fire fire FIRE FIREYFIRE FLAMERSFIRINGFIREYFIRETHATSETSSTUFFONFIREANDBURNS oh, lets break into the current largest most well defended location that holds the body of our dead primarch in stasis against the most organised and well drilled legion that was able to fight back against having a fucking spaceship catapulted into their planet and their sun turned into a warp-plague star and their planet otherwise burned and scalded into death by the vaporising of its southern seas a decimated titan legion and supported knights all but wiped out and their entire with their high command outside of their primarch missing or dead (their primarch out of action for 10 hours as well), no C2 network or effective ISTAR.

when we've done that, lets go through a fucking warpstorm that is able to block out the light of astronomicon and has some as yet unknown link with those cults of word bearers and their mortal followers with ramshackle ships.

And then when we get to our locations because of plot armour, lets throw a fucking primarch into an eternally erupting supervolcano

Who the fuck writes this shit?

Oh. Nick Kyme.

 

[March of Time]

500 pages of fire fire anvils fire drakes branding burning flaming fire fire fire fire FIRE FIREYFIRE FLAMERSFIRINGFIREYFIRETHATSETSSTUFFONFIREANDBURNS oh, lets break into the current largest most well defended location that holds the body of our dead primarch in stasis against the most organised and well drilled legion that was able to fight back against having a fucking spaceship catapulted into their planet and their sun turned into a warp-plague star and their planet otherwise burned and scalded into death by the vaporising of its southern seas a decimated titan legion and supported knights all but wiped out and their entire with their high command outside of their primarch missing or dead (their primarch out of action for 10 hours as well), no C2 network or effective ISTAR.

when we've done that, lets go through a fucking warpstorm that is able to block out the light of astronomicon and has some as yet unknown link with those cults of word bearers and their mortal followers with ramshackle ships.

And then when we get to our locations because of plot armour, lets throw a fucking primarch into an eternally erupting supervolcano

Who the fuck writes this shit?

Oh. Nick Kyme.

I've like Nick's Horus Heresy story's.

 

[Lord of the Night]

I've like Nick's Horus Heresy story's.

So do I. His Heresy Salamanders are in one of the most interesting positions of any of the Loyalist Legions, and Kyme has done a very good job of exploring that.


LotN

 

[theurge33]

It's because Deathfire is 500+ pages long!

Ahh, I was looking for the page count but didn't see it. That makes more sense.

 

[Brother Lucian]

Deathfire is now available for purchase. Its unbeliveably large. Over 600 pages.

 

[Lord of the Night]

Deathfire is now available for purchase. Its unbeliveably large. Over 600 pages.

Frak me, this is going to be GOOD. :grin:


LotN

 

[Malus Darkblade]

Have you read the extract LoTN?

 

[Lord of the Night]

Have you read the extract LoTN?

Yes, what of it?

Salamanders and Ultramarines fighting Word Bearers on their own ships, Aeonid Thiel returning for real, and an ominous prophecy from Magnus the Red. What's not to like.

LotN

 

[Angel of Blood]

I'm with Vaz. I'll wait out but the plot just sounds ludicrous.

Also I would say Kymes Salamanders are the worst portrayed legion thus far, along with the Blood Angels, courtesy of Swallow the prick.

 

[theurge33]

Ordered. Along with Blades of the Traitor, to save on shipping. How was that btw?

I am actually pretty excited for Deathfire now.

 

[MontytheMighty]

I'm with Vaz. I'll wait out but the plot just sounds ludicrous.

Also I would say Kymes Salamanders are the worst portrayed legion thus far, along with the Blood Angels, courtesy of Swallow the prick.

Fully agree with Vaz and Angel...Kyme might be a swell bloke and all that, but he is a terrible writer, just as bland and unimpressive as Swallow

 

[ckcrawford]

500 pages of fire fire anvils fire drakes branding burning flaming fire fire fire fire FIRE FIREYFIRE FLAMERSFIRINGFIREYFIRETHATSETSSTUFFONFIREANDBURNS oh, lets break into the current largest most well defended location that holds the body of our dead primarch in stasis against the most organised and well drilled legion that was able to fight back against having a fucking spaceship catapulted into their planet and their sun turned into a warp-plague star and their planet otherwise burned and scalded into death by the vaporising of its southern seas a decimated titan legion and supported knights all but wiped out and their entire with their high command outside of their primarch missing or dead (their primarch out of action for 10 hours as well), no C2 network or effective ISTAR.

when we've done that, lets go through a fucking warpstorm that is able to block out the light of astronomicon and has some as yet unknown link with those cults of word bearers and their mortal followers with ramshackle ships.

And then when we get to our locations because of plot armour, lets throw a fucking primarch into an eternally erupting super volcano


Who the fuck writes this shit?

Oh. Nick Kyme.

Gollum: Yes.. Yes

Smegal: No! No! Its to risky! Its too risky!!!


Yeah I think I'm going to wait. I have said it before. I think its a bad sign to have one author completely represent one legion throughout the series.

 

[Brother Lucian]

Think you folks are badly overreacting. Ive just finished Deathfire and I found it a rather enjoyable read. Infact I would rate it a good bit higher than Kyme's most recent book, Rebirth which I found to be fairly bland and uninspired.

Deathfire introduces some rather vile word bearers and showing just what the legion is devolving into. And what the sallies encounter inside the Ruinstorm is not your typical daemons, giving a really nice horror vibe as the daemons toy with their victims instead of the usual killmaim type daemons in more bolterporn books.

A couple teasers. The Death Guard, pre Nurgle, features heavilly. and we get a good look at Imperium Secundus.

If I have to give a single niggle to the book. I felt..

That the minor plotline for the grey angel wasn't fully resolved to satisfaction, leaving more questions than answers.

 

[Haskanael]

whats the page count even?

 

[Brother Lucian]

629 pages, not including the afterword.