#40k-book-club

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tall phoenix
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then Kelly's novel pops in like that unwanted relative

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LMAO

bright slate
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its not my favorite

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the first book was okay

severe trail
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Actual good novel

bright slate
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definitely the best

severe trail
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Vs kelly slop

bright slate
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the other two idek

severe trail
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Phil kelly isn’t even a bad writer

bright slate
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gave up on the second

severe trail
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He just sucks at writing Tau lmao

wintry blade
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I didn’t really mind it, it was ok, but I’m a sucker for any enclaves content or xenos in general

bright slate
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i can see others enjoying it, but god they are NOT my favorite

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the story of a sm novitiate was fire

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especially of the sw’s

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the later narratives were meh

severe trail
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Yeah but I don’t want mid books ever

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I want good books

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WARHAMMER CRIME RELEASE ANOTHER NOVEL AND MY LIFE IS YOURS

bright slate
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AGUSTO

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i need agusto back

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my personal favorite novel is prob the second Eisenhorn book

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Malleus? idr

wise yew
severe trail
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Why not

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I don’t care

bright slate
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hey

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admech are awesome

severe trail
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I’ll play admech regardless of if they’re shit tier or not

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I played the faction when it had a 27% winrate

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You do not scare me

bright slate
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hey hes committed

severe trail
wise yew
severe trail
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Why not

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Lol

bright slate
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whats wrong with a challenge

wise yew
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Hmm

severe trail
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I don’t tilt from league

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I’m immune to such weaknesses

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Anyways GW please release better books on average

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If we’re gona have so few releases

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I miss 8e when we got a fuck ton of books constantly

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Even if like over half of them were mid to awful

wise yew
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What the hell was gw cooking on that one

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A primarch book

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Where the focus is not the primarch

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There is cooking then there is food poisoning

bright slate
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i need Pandemonium

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now

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i was actually discussing a theory with a friend

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the yellow king is Malc

wintry blade
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Elemental council was very good though

bright slate
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and even if they dont have crazy importance, i really want to see more of the Immateria Collegia

wintry blade
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My question about the farsight books is where does Fire and Ice piece into the order

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I think Peter Fehervari writes Tau well

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I did like Blade of Truth for its brief glimpse of how oppressive tau society is

severe trail
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Dark coil is peak

wintry blade
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Hell yeah

bright slate
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i didnt know Dan wrote an Aliens short story

wise yew
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Maybe i should try reading noah's aos book

bright slate
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mf is in everything

wise yew
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If elemental council is good

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I wonder how much he cooked on those

severe trail
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He’s good at writing

wintry blade
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What’s the name of the planet that’s largely Gue’vesa in the enclaves?

wise yew
tawdry crane
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I miss karkasy

bright slate
safe plover
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why do i have to listen to some random perpetual make a random ""space marine"" killer weapon that i know will never be refrenced outside of the horus heresy

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what was the name? fo something?

tall phoenix
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actual goldfish attention span

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Also because Abnett wanted to be Abnett. And his name is Basilio Fo

safe plover
tall phoenix
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He literally fucking says he just slightly extends his lifespan with gene-science lmao

final adder
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WHERE IS OMNI MAN?!?

safe plover
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he said hes been alive since the dark age of tech

tall phoenix
tall phoenix
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I NEED YOU MALCADOOOOR

tall phoenix
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💀

safe plover
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🙄

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dawg its the same

tall phoenix
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keep rolling those eyes

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gonna fall out eventually

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goofy ass

wise yew
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As usual just like eternal reward he thinks he is never wrong

safe plover
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nuh uh

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i believe i am close enough

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eternal believed (emperor rest his soul) that he was 100% correct

final adder
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Its not immortal, he's

simple cloud
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but he will not return

tall phoenix
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Very tragic.

oak pollen
fringe thorn
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Which novel is abbreviated as EaTD?

tall phoenix
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The End and the Death.

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the 3 ending Volumes of the Horus Heresy

fringe thorn
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aaaah, okay
Thank you, sah

tall phoenix
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🫡

brittle tapir
tall phoenix
forest spruce
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Harrowmaster was good

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I legit stopped in place listening to it at the twist... Holy shit

tall phoenix
severe trail
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Yes

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The brooks one

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Aka brooks didn’t write mid for once/hj

forest spruce
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Yeah great book love all mikes books so far

tall phoenix
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I think what makes his books special is they arent too serious and acknowledge that the setting itself is pretty goofy.

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Like I love the beginning bit where the Alpha Legion marines are like:

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"Hey lets use that Hydra cannon to shoot down the planes."

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"Hehe, hydra, like our thing."

severe trail
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“YOU ARE NOT ALPHARIUS”

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Lol

tall phoenix
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"GUNLEAN MAN GUN LEAN"

forest spruce
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I am alpharius

I highly doubt that

tall phoenix
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I love how Akura is like

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"yeah they arent but PLEASE be nice to each other"

severe trail
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the average AL dude is absolutely sick of the I am Alpharius bit nowadays

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It’s so funny

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Over 10,000 years

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Of some asshole every warband

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Muttering about “I am Alpharius”

tall phoenix
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I love how they also say AL who act like they are "loyalists" while achieving basically nothing are idiots.

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its such a funny book

forest spruce
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The penatient sons are gold

severe trail
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I am Alpharius

wise yew
forest spruce
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The inquisitors being idiots was also funny

severe trail
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I mean

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They often are

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Lol

tall phoenix
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also the blackmailing was hilarious

forest spruce
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Honestly smart, I'd have done the same thing

tall phoenix
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Yeah it was great

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like I said the book has enough dose of seriousness while being very silly which is how most 40k books should be imo

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some novels just take theirselves WAY too seriously

severe trail
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Average inqusitor’s day off setup

tall phoenix
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(the pistol is for him to blow his brains out with depression)

severe trail
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Yes that’s the joke

tall phoenix
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Shut up nerd

severe trail
forest spruce
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"you want it clean or dirty?"

"Clean"

"That was a trick question I don't have anything clean to get us out of this situation"

tall phoenix
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LOL

severe trail
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Lol

tall phoenix
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I do love how much of a broship Akurra has with that lady

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its great

tall phoenix
severe trail
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I did read them

forest spruce
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Lowkey couple goals

severe trail
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And I think a chunk of them are ass

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Lol

tall phoenix
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I love how every book opens with

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LORD DORN WE ARE GONNA LOSE

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No.

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Ok thanks lord Dorn.

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♻️

severe trail
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The end and the death

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The end and the death

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I am the end and the death

tall phoenix
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of my sanity yes

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It is the end and the death

forest spruce
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Speaking of bad writing.... Do I read hand of abbadon

tall phoenix
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Eh

severe trail
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It’s not

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Awful

tall phoenix
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Its just a mid book

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like

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mos of Dawn of Fire

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its such a lackluster series

severe trail
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Sea of souls

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Was decent tbh

forest spruce
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Well apparently it's got some lore relevance (that will probably go nowhere)

severe trail
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Honestly sea of souls

tall phoenix
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Just read Shaskais review

severe trail
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Feels like warhammer horror

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That got shoved into Dawn of fire

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Lol

runic root
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Imma produce a Clad take and say i enjoyed wolftime the most

severe trail
tall phoenix
tall phoenix
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LOL

forest spruce
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Wolf time and gate of bones just had moments where the dry comedy absolutely killed me

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Like that primaris wolf leaping naked out of a gunship cause he got called a bad shot lives rent free in my head

runic root
tall phoenix
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Its a fucking big robot

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Custodians arent invincible

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we literally have examples of them being overwhelmed by worse things

forest spruce
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I've literally seen more stodes die than ive seen get victories

tall phoenix
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You clearly havent been reading the right books

severe trail
tall phoenix
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also

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these "defeats" are like

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3 custodians die

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imperials still win

forest spruce
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The six dark angels

tall phoenix
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that was 1 custodian

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and he killed like

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6 out of 10 of them

severe trail
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Nah we gotta wank custodes even more

tall phoenix
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also got repeatedly hit by a rocket to the chest

severe trail
runic root
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Yeah, but you cant hype him up as that badass only to kill him in a very short fight. At least let him kill one or two of the robots

severe trail
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Unless their refractor shield ate it

tall phoenix
severe trail
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Which I guess it prolly did huh

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LOL

tall phoenix
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the Iron Kingdom is also like

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such a whatever book

forest spruce
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I skipped iron kingdom xF

runic root
tall phoenix
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literally NOTHING happens in

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go to rebellious system

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system is indeed rebellious

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kill nameless boring antagonist rebels orw hatever

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woohoo we won

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thats it lol

forest spruce
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I read kingmaker instead

tall phoenix
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BASED

severe trail
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Dawn of fire is so shit

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Lol

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There’s like

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3 good books total

tall phoenix
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out of like 12

runic root
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Basically a filler Episode

severe trail
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I won’t say that I didn’t enjoy

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Some. Of the bad books

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Because haha funny mindless bolter porn but like

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Meh

forest spruce
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Lowkey might relisten to watchers of the throne

runic root
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Talking about bolter porn, i am almost done with oaths of damnation.

forest spruce
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Love me some stodes

severe trail
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Which is nice

runic root
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I like how it flashes out the exorcists

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Like i new that they were invisible to deamons before thx to yt lore vids but i didnt know how or at what fucking cost

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Like dayum, that Initiation process, even compared to regular space marines sucks ass. I Imagine only the mortifactors/death spectres and the Grey Knights to be worse

severe trail
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THE PURGATOMB

runic root
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The writing sounds a bit pompous but i guess thats just 40k.

Our of all the space Marine stuff ive read, ive only enjoyed Guy Haley. A bit of pomp and pathos, but also dry enough.

Worst was gav Thorpe, but that is a Thorpe problem. That guy could write a Phonebook and still would sound like the 14 year old who just discovered Shakespeare....

slow pilot
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Guy Haley #1

tall phoenix
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hes definitely a Guy, but a good one

slow pilot
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what do you mean "but a good one"

tall phoenix
runic root
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Alright, oaths of damnation by Robbie MacNiven has been read to completion:

Pro's:

  • nice lore dive into the exorcists. - Semi decent to decent world building for the chapter, definetly a "gateway-drug" If one wants to read further about the exorcists (If there is more to read, i havent checked) .
  • decent writing style. Not as pretentious and vain and vapious as other space marine books.
  • If youre tired of the lores standard space marines like ultramarines and the like, this is a very unique chapter in many many ways

Cons:

  • characters are sometimes a bit one dimensional, which however is understandable given that they dont have much of a soul left that could be explored
  • plot is a bit flat and unimaginative at times. If you dont like bolterporn and you dont care for the characters and the metaphysical struggle they are in, you might find this book bland/boring
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I would rate it overall 7.5/10 and recommend it to those who like the occult and space marine side of 40k

slow pilot
tall phoenix
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thats a reach but ok I guess

slow pilot
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"But a good one"

runic root
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@slow pilot for your own good, irregardless of If youre right or wrong, do yourself a favour and never argue with the mods

  • it will yield you nothing
  • No one will care/you will change nothing
  • and even if youre right you might get banned
slow pilot
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Has pronouns in the name so its probably a dude

runic root
tall phoenix
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What are you even talking about

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💀

paper maple
runic root
paper maple
tall phoenix
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My guy legit pulled the "Blocked."

paper maple
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It did make me laugh ill admit

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a strange person

tall phoenix
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Hate to see bookclub argue

safe plover
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u love it

runic root
tall phoenix
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Its not the same without Eternal though

paper maple
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I do miss him

safe plover
paper maple
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and his contrarian ways

tall phoenix
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He is sorely missed by a lot of people

safe plover
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had classes until 2 hours ago

tall phoenix
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(this is a lie but still)

paper maple
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He did have his habits

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in big quotations

tall phoenix
paper maple
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Back to the depths he goes as the 12th only Iron Hands fan in existence.

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🫡

tall phoenix
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🫡

runic root
tall phoenix
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Honestly he was fine in here aside from like uh

safe plover
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ye relaxing rn

tall phoenix
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arguing about HH being "peak" constantly

paper maple
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yeah that got annoying lol

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him defending the Siege books was probably the worst part

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also Abnett's entire dumb language usage 💀

tall phoenix
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Maybe we just cannot understand peak 😔

paper maple
severe trail
safe plover
paper maple
severe trail
paper maple
safe plover
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my wolf of ages........

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my mod of ages...........

paper maple
tall phoenix
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Lmao

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shut up

severe trail
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That’s not English

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I think

paper maple
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its uh

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ancient egyptian for lapis lazuli i think

severe trail
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lol

tall phoenix
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I love how people defend that shit with like

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"you can just google it"

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have you considered i wanna read a book

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and not look up shit on synonym every 5 pages

paper maple
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Yeah thats my point too lol

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anyway can that anthology come out yet

tall phoenix
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Uhhhh

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I dont think so

paper maple
stray root
tall phoenix
shy lark
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Well, Fulgrim Perfect Son was okay. Andrew Spooner did a great job at narrating though

tall phoenix
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the book is like

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obviously written for commercial reasons with the model releases, it felt super empty to me somehow which sucks.

shy lark
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There's some genuinely good parts in there and the Black Templars come across as cool, too bad it's in an EC book and too bad Fulgrim barely shows up either

tall phoenix
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DUDE

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THEY DID THE SAME SHIT WITH THE ANGRON NOVEL

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Main character title

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No chapters of his own

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Barely does anything in his "own" book

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fuck off

shy lark
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It's uh, a decision for sure

tall phoenix
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also the protagonist just being one of their chaos champion

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like... it all matches

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I hate it.

shy lark
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Tamaris' arc is at least pretty funny, it's very sunday morning cartoon villain all over

tall phoenix
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Yeah I laughed at it for the wrong reasons I think

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I really feel like Jude was looking at the paper going "Yeah im cooking good."

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Meanwhile im wondering how much is Tamaris gonna bitch about not being perfect or some shit again.

shy lark
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Yeah, well until things go to shit. That's only really when I got interested in him as a character, before then I'd just been wanting to go back to just about anything else

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Jude can cook a little bit at times, then seperates it with oceans of okay

tall phoenix
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Yeah alas, always a dart throw with these authors most of the time.

shy lark
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At least we can take solace in a new Krieg book by Steve Lyons coming sometime

tall phoenix
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I hate how this is suppose to be a joke but is 100% true lol

shy lark
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not even a joke

tall phoenix
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Oh fuck off

frigid osprey
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I feel like people forget that BL is a publisher of tie-in fiction first and foremost

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They don't really give a shit if it's good or not, it's about churning stuff out

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If something is good, that's a bonus, but I don't think they really give a shit as long as it sticks to the brief and is delivered on time

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If they really cared about quality more then there wouldn't be so many cases of authors being told they can't talk about X (even though it's super relevant), or being kept out of the loop with regards to upcoming releases etc

runic root
safe plover
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sooooooooooooo

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the emperor had to take a little break from the golden throne to ||fight samus|| but ||loken can just fight him no problem?||

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dawg who is writing this

tall phoenix
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Hes the person beside you

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Hes the person behind you

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WATCH OUT, ABNETT IS HERE

safe plover
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why the fuck do people like him

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his books arent good GW just gave him the best stories

tall phoenix
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Because hes a great writer.

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He just has obnoxious tendencies.

safe plover
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hey nick imma need you to write a story about one salamander fucking around for 3 books
hey aaron imma need you to write a story about sangui fucking around in the void
oh also dan you need to write EVERYTHING ELSE

reef nacelle
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Abnett slander staregryn

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The real issue is that you're reading 30k books

safe plover
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wrong

severe trail
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wrong

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CLAD stop reading 30k

wise yew
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Even if you point a gun on his head he would rather jump off a cliff then stop reading 30K

frigid osprey
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30k is shit

tall phoenix
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To ashes and blood?

More like to ashes and mimir.

shy lark
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At least the trailer was hype

zinc crystal
# tall phoenix

I wonder if custodians see this and are like " yeah space marines are a mistake"

safe plover
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thats how custodes say good morning to eachother

runic root
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Btw the ytber is an official voice actor. Did some work for black library. Havent heared any of it though, someone else needs to confirm wheter it is good or bad

rotund bane
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Only Dan Abnett should be allowed to write 40k books.

shy lark
tall phoenix
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😔

safe plover
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i have a friend thats been into warhammer for years ahead of me and hes a big danguy

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i only hope i learn enough to fix him 🙏

tall phoenix
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"learn"

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bro you cant even remember plot points from a previous book you read

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😭

safe plover
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its ok

tall phoenix
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no

safe plover
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once i finish end and death vol3 ill start over again

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and take notes

tall phoenix
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you cant even read Legion

safe plover
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yes

tall phoenix
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your quest is terminated

safe plover
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i physically can not

tall phoenix
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read?

brittle tapir
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he doesn't read dilara he looks at the pretty pictures

tall phoenix
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Yes.

safe plover
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legion fucking sucks dude

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i couldnt even listen to it on audiobook

tall phoenix
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It really doesnt.

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You just got bad takes

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and thats alright

safe plover
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books 2 and 3 are the only ones i read read

brittle tapir
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why does it suck clad

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describe it

tall phoenix
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he didnt even get through like Chapter 2

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i dont think its worth asking

safe plover
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dude the first two chapters are some of the worst writing ive ever seen

tall phoenix
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Yeah. Bad excuse.

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boooo!

brittle tapir
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what specifically made it bad writing

safe plover
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it was so bad i couldnt even listen to it

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it was a lot of incomprehensible yapping and bad usage of random non english words

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are you a native english speaker?

brittle tapir
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no i speak american

safe plover
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ok imagine you're reading a book in english

tall phoenix
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he got caught up by like

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1 middle-eastern word

safe plover
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and every other paragraph theres a random spanish word written there

tall phoenix
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dont listen to this faker

brittle tapir
safe plover
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but its americanized

tall phoenix
safe plover
tall phoenix
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this guy needs to go to jail

tall phoenix
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Get over it.

safe plover
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no

tall phoenix
tall phoenix
safe plover
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NO

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I SHANT

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YOU CANT MAKE ME

tall phoenix
brittle tapir
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clad would hate blood meridian because people sometimes say single phrases in spanish

safe plover
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if it fits in the context im not opposed to it

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but in legion it stuck out like a sore thumb

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"AH YES THIS IS THE DESET PLANET"

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"LETS GET SOME DESERT SLOP IN THERE"

tall phoenix
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it really didnt

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you are just whinging for the sake of whinging

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boooo!

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🗣️

safe plover
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like when white people say gracias in asian resturants

tall phoenix
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yeah but thats not that comparable

brittle tapir
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what the fuck

safe plover
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🙄

tall phoenix
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stop rolling your eyes

safe plover
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no

tall phoenix
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mfer acting like a chibi doll

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get them fixed

brittle tapir
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clad crop your pfp

safe plover
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no

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its fine

brittle tapir
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literally the worst person

safe plover
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i will not crop my profile picture and i WILL NOT read legion

tall phoenix
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You will and you will.

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Theres no escape.

safe plover
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no

tall phoenix
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Yes.

safe plover
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IM NOT WICKED IM NOT IM NOT

tall phoenix
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this is you

safe plover
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I WONT DO IT YOU CANT MAKE ME

tall phoenix
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you are not a daemonhost

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you are not a good reader

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you will go through Legion

safe plover
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im litearlly her/him

tall phoenix
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You are cook/cooked

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and so is your shark pfp

brittle tapir
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omg he wrote he/he

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i want to strangle

safe plover
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ill never be him as dilara claimed

tall phoenix
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you are neither him or Him

safe plover
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i had so much of those little fish they sell on the streets in istanbul i puked

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i couldnt eat sardines for a long time

tall phoenix
brittle tapir
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dilara is pissed because you're the only person in this server who reads the 40k books consistently and who forms opinions on them

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and you're also the worst

safe plover
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we literally agree on like 80% of everything else

brittle tapir
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did you like the salamander books

safe plover
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mainly vulkan lives

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the rest were not that great even if i liked salamanders

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deathfire was painful but i feel like the writer wanted us to feel as shitty as numeon did

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i actually think it was written not as a book but more as "this is how he felt"

brittle tapir
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one day i'll finish a 40k book

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i started like 6

safe plover
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you know you can start out small with audio dramas....

brittle tapir
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40k books are slop

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way too padded

safe plover
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Our Martyred Lady is so fucking good

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its like a 2 hour audio drama

reef nacelle
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~10 hour books are padded apparently staregryn

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You've seen nothing KEKW_ogryn

runic root
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Well, just finished reading the chat of the last 9 hours.

That was entertaining.
🍿

simple cloud
forest spruce
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Is oath of damnation the exorcists book any good or is it just more bolter porn

runic root
runic root
# forest spruce Is oath of damnation the exorcists book any good or is it just more bolter porn

This was my original review two days ago:

Alright, oaths of damnation by Robbie MacNiven has been read to completion:

Pro's:

  • nice lore dive into the exorcists. - Semi decent to decent world building for the chapter, definetly a "gateway-drug" If one wants to read further about the exorcists (If there is more to read, i havent checked) .
  • decent writing style. Not as pretentious and vain and vapious as other space marine books.
  • If youre tired of the lores standard space marines like ultramarines and the like, this is a very unique chapter in many many ways

Cons:

  • characters are sometimes a bit one dimensional, which however is understandable given that they dont have much of a soul left that could be explored
  • plot is a bit flat and unimaginative at times. If you dont like bolterporn and you dont care for the characters and the metaphysical struggle they are in, you might find this book bland/boring
forest spruce
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Guess I'll give it a read after I finish rereading watchers of the throne

simple cloud
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Based reread

forest spruce
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Love me some stodes

runic root
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Btw which one was the book where ten darkangels threw hands with a custodes? Does anyone have an excerpt of that fight scene?

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Never mind. Reddit had the answers. ||So basically its "custodes kills 6 of them in usual combat until the DA Librarian (barely) holds him with the powers of the warp for long enough that the remaining ones can shoot him apart with missiles and bolterfire.||

runic root
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||the entire exchange takes like a minute or two from start to finish, which just shows you how lethal and fast both parties involved are.||

tall phoenix
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Them killing that custodian is one of the funniest parts of the book

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The entire plot feels like a fever dream tbh.

paper maple
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no wait what was it uhhh

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Cypher whoops

tall phoenix
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Yeah Lord of the Fallen.

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Its pretty short and I "enjoyed" reading it I wanna say but in an ironic kind of way.

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Cypher is also such a funny edgelord protagonist.

paper maple
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I love reading his POV in stuff and also the silly twist at the end he does to the Librarian.

tall phoenix
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Its not the best payoff but I agree on the goofy bits lol

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The entire novel also kinda accomplishes nothing aside from confirming he jumps off of Terra so thats alright I guess.

paper maple
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Well he needs a reason to wander the galaxy somehow staregryn

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I do remember the buildup to it though and how that dumbass Valrak made it seem like "DARK ANGELS ATTACK THE IMPERIAL PALACE".

tall phoenix
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GOD

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I fucking hated that video

paper maple
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Yeah its such a dumb leaker thing compared to what happens in the actual book.

tall phoenix
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Ye I love the entire infiltration plan into the palace itself its very Mission Impossible, also the whole uh

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Dark angels; undercover

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Still wear green armor even with no markings

paper maple
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Guess it must've been the Salamanders

tall phoenix
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guh

tall phoenix
runic root
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Yeah, ive added both "Watchers of the throne" and "Cypher - Lord of the Fallen" to my booklist. I need to visit my local Warhammer Store, hit up the terminal and see If Nottingham has those in english in stock and If they will deliver it to Germany (i have obtained the night lords trillogy, Ahriman trillogy and a few of the dawn of fire series books that way in english despite living in Germany).

runic root
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That accent is just unbearable to my audio receptors

tall phoenix
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TODAY WE ARE JUST ABOUT TO LEARN*

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Bro shut up 😩

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actual Star Wars youtuber tier shit

wise yew
runic root
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Honestly if a farmer milked a cow the way valrak milks the lore he would be charged with animal abuse. Ive never seen so many nothing-burger-lorevideos in my life ever across any lore channel, and that includes the Stupendous Wave Channel.

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Wolf Lord rho is just as bad though. 💀

Titles promise so much while delivering so little

zinc crystal
runic root
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Honestly, the only lore Youtuber i still consistently watch for 40k is majorkill, and that just for the entertainment and the edgy jokes, not for the lore which is very superficial and milk-toastesque

quaint canopy
runic root
quaint canopy
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Pretty much 😔

forest spruce
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Loved cypher Lord of the fallen, because it got me thinking about the emperor and the consequences of his vigil

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Also the other custodes talking about "yeah none of us could ever go against the principle so why didn't he kill cypher"

quaint canopy
forest spruce
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I like listening to the books tho

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I've submerged myself in enough 40k lore from YouTube and such that I don't even care to watch videos any more id much rather read the books myself

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Lowkey though a few times about just making my own YouTube channel to talk lore. At least I'd be pulling directly from the source unlike a lot of loretubers who just grab from the lex

runic root
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As a matter of fact i would watch the shit out of a Youtuber who'd just cite the specific passages out of their books directly. There are a few of that but not to the scale and topics id like such as: "today i am gonna read you all passages out of the lore that showcase space marines losing to humans".

forest spruce
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My favorite moment of that is in the second dark imperium book where a bunch of guardsman jump a plague marine in there trench and manage to kill him but his corpse lands on one of there buddies who they have to rescue

tall phoenix
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I took nothing in it really seriously so i think it helped my reading experience

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"Ah yes a faulty door hinge made at mars and placed in the exact specific cell i was put in the imperial dungeons let me escape"

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like that is peak goofy comic book shit I love lol

forest spruce
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Cypher "I'm always ten steps ahead" Fallen

tall phoenix
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I love that too

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the ultimate twist is how the entire book was him recounting his memories to the Librarian which gives him brain damage

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legit made me laugh

forest spruce
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That actually caught me so offguard

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Made me think "how the hell you know what the warden was doing" xD

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Tbf cypher was probably talking out his ass

tall phoenix
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Honestly he prob was

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hes a complete jackass lol

forest spruce
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Yeah, can't wait for him to never meet the lion

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Because gw can never give me anything nice

runic root
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Given how utterly humorless the lion still is he would probably just thank Cypher for his service and then either leave him be or give him the nemiel treatment

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If they ever were to meet

forest spruce
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Cypher would insist he gets to keep the sword

runic root
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Given that they lion has a new one he probably wouldnt care

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Big E just had one conveniently laying about in warp storage lol

forest spruce
#

I think the watchers put that there

runic root
forest spruce
#

They are our allies as far as I can tell

runic root
forest spruce
#

Daemons are terrified of them so that's all I need to know to protect our little jawas

runic root
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That one sequence where the most annoying deamon of tzeench encounters one and is like "nope, above my paygrade, time to dip without grace or humor" was quite something to read

forest spruce
#

I should read more into them

safe plover
#

anyone know where the chaos gods have "mock" battles with horus before giving him power?

tall phoenix
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Where as in which book?

safe plover
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yee

tall phoenix
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Vengeful Spirit

safe plover
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oh

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i was zoned out for 90% of tht

tall phoenix
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literally took a 5 second google search

safe plover
#

my bad ill never say anything ever again ||that was a lie||

tall phoenix
#

Thank god

runic root
runic root
shy lark
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never read legion

sullen anvil
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||Fischig has left the party SAD ||

tall phoenix
final adder
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I want one

runic root
#

Where would you even get one? Official gw Shop?

final adder
runic root
#

Around 15-19€ depending on the vendor. Not too bad for a plush

runic root
safe plover
runic root
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I mean, Realtalk, in my humble opinion, overall, the novel isnt bad but it isnt great either. However, it is pretty convoluted sometimes. I just skimmed over the Paragraphs i found to obnoxious to dilligently read

final adder
ivory cobalt
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there are any good drukhari lore books exept path of the dark eldar??

runic root
shy lark
tall phoenix
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^

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Lukas the Trickster is not a Dark Eldar book at its core since its Space Wolf oriented but the dark eldar are very good in it and arent there just to get their asses kicked.

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The novel also takes care not to humiliate either side, its very fun for both faction enjoyers

runic root
wise yew
tall phoenix
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Thats not even funny because its depressingly true lol

wise yew
runic root
#

Here, have realization 🚬

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To numb the pain

runic root
#

Dead chat. @safe plover , we need some commotion, please say something so half the people in here lose it again. Thx

safe plover
#

I FUCKING HATE KUBERNETES AND GO WHY THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT NOT COMPATIBLE WITH ANYTHING

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ALSO FUCK PROMETHUS

uneven crane
#

I still gotta read that Necromunda Ogryn short story

quaint canopy
#

I now imagine Clad, who can't pay attention to two pages of text or recall any of the stories, navigate k8s 😂 Must be hell on earth for you.

safe plover
quaint canopy
safe plover
quaint canopy
safe plover
runic root
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Currently reading the martyrs tomb. Few Pages in, lotsa bolterporn, not a whole lot of story. Is the entire book that way?

tall phoenix
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Yes lol

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Its not a good book 💀

runic root
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Roger. I'll brace myself. I just wanna finish the series. Being the completionist i am

tall phoenix
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God speed 🫡

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Its very much just a bolterporn templar/sister book that also just doesnt really do much with the given narrative.

runic root
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Thx. I can live with bolterporn. Not every book needs to be a deep and intriguing piece of world literature. Sometimes, greasy gas station pizza+ uludag does the job. I guess this is just a Michel bay-esque book.

tall phoenix
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Yeah its not the worst so you'll live.

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Wolftime is probably the most bad Dawn of Fire novel id say anyone to skip so lol

runic root
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Clad take, i actually liked wolf time the most. Not because it was good, but the wolves stubbornness and the plot, If you can call it that was funny as fuck . Oh, and gaius sub story was ok i guess. Still funny that a Primaris with an ultramarine name becomes a badass space wolf lol

tall phoenix
#

At least you admit it with the clad-take, ill take what I can get 😩

severe trail
#

Please Dawn of fire

runic root
#

I never said it was good. I just liked it the most. Sometimes i could just die for some trash fast food

severe trail
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End on something good

tall phoenix
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I think the general issue is just

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why are we not covering anything happening regarding the fucking era we are in instead of some dumbass slop planet plot.

brittle tapir
#

no overarching plot except book series

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only side quests that we're supposed to care about

tall phoenix
#

^

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perfectly put thanks

safe plover
#

dawg why am i catching strays

tall phoenix
#

your tastes are TRASH

safe plover
#

we litearlly agree on everything aside from vulkan lives and legion

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oh and battle of the abyss being (readable instead of trash)

runic root
#

I couldnt resist

mental cobalt
#

night lord trilogy worth?

runic root
#

YES

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I have read quite a few space marine trillogies. The double one from ventris. The blood angel one, the dark Empire omnibus. The first of two Ahriman trillogies. And the night lords. The night lords definetly take my top spot in those books. (And i am an matt wardt level Ultramarine fanboy)

What the night lord trillogy does really well is making the night haunter legion utmost approchable, which is difficult fir space marines, let alone chaos, never mind the deranged 8th.

tall phoenix
#

^ Absolutely worth it yeah.

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its a trilogy that ironically transcends the faction its advertising sometimes

brittle tapir
#

meanwhile angron's story tries to depict him as a misunderstood sad boy who you should be crying over

tall phoenix
#

Its one of the biggest things i hate with the World Eaters as awhole, same with their fanbase.

runic root
drowsy urchin
#

Finished The Reverie the other day, I enjoyed it quite a lot, but I feel I might have gotten more out of it if I had gone through other Dark Coil books prior to it. I'll probably re-listen it later, not only because of the things I might've missed from other books but I feel the book has still more to give on a repeat. I just wish the narrator weren't John Banks, I don't think he fit really well to the atmosphere the book is going for.
Requiem Infernal will be next on my list because it's the last one they've released as an audio book, really hoping the rest of the series will come on audio sooner rather than later

safe plover
runic root
#

Off topic, small little detail, but i like the fact that the black templar Dreadnought in "martyrs tomb" uses a special dreadnaught sized sword, made specifically at his VEHEMENT request to the tech priests/tech marines of his chapter fleet.
That thing is as tall as a space marine in armor...

safe plover
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peak

random marlin
drowsy urchin
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Anthologies sometimes do, was hoping the two planned for the Dark Coil would as well, but we'll see

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And it isn't too rare for a standalone short story to get one too

random marlin
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Ok, I didn't know that, that's good news for the Dark Coil then, as the short stories make it even richer.

tacit trail
#

Should I read fabius bile, eisenhorn, or night lords first?

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(ive already read nearly the entire horus heresy)

hybrid turtle
#

Imo night lords, i really liked those

simple cloud
#

Eisenhorn.

tall phoenix
reef nacelle
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No bad choice out of that selection

tall phoenix
#

I like Eisenhorn but its one of the most overrated series' ever imo.

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to the point that i kinda get tired of seeing it everywhere

reef nacelle
#

But...

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It has minimal space marines thumbsup_ogryn

tall phoenix
#

ı guess.

simple cloud
#

Eisenhorn.

cerulean peak
#

When does the infinite and the divine gets better? I'm halfway and it's not bad but it's clearly not as hyped as people make it to be

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Trazyn and Orikan ||just got sentenced to work together|| is where i'm at

tall phoenix
#

😔

cerulean peak
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It's a good book. It's just not THE book that was hyped to me. I'll finish it before giving my final impression

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But I don't consider it a waste of my time so that's good

tall phoenix
#

Yeah the public extremely hyped it up because a few years ago it was like "Oh hey trazyn book that might be neat."

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its still a very fun book i think but i was one of those people were seeing it extremely blow up kinda made me do a double-take

cerulean peak
#

I have been bamboozled by the 40k memes again

tall phoenix
#

And the shipping memes

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😔

cerulean peak
#

Trazyn is a fun character

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I'm in his team

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Fuck Orikan

tall phoenix
#

Orikan is a cuntier cunt than Trazyn its true

cerulean peak
#

I love the necrons dynamics

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We don't have enough

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I've just read the twice dead king beforehand and it was nice

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Indomitus is offensive

mental cobalt
#

i just read chapter 6 of warhawk and was wondering if Sigismund was given the blade and does that now make him an Emperor's champion

tall phoenix
#

Hes the first Emperor's Pogchamp

mental cobalt
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That's what i was thinking when it happened

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i wonder what the blade is made out of

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and how many they have

tall phoenix
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As many as the plot needs.

mental cobalt
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LOL

tall phoenix
#

Mostly because Emperor's Champs need them so

mental cobalt
#

how many champs are there

tall phoenix
#

As many as the plot demands.

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Black Templars operate in unnumbered amount of Crusade Fleets for homebrew reasons, they are way beyond a normal Chapter size but its not really known how many there are in total, most usually have at least 1 Champion.

mental cobalt
#

is sigismund alive in 40k still

tall phoenix
#

He gets killed by Abaddon in the first Black Crusade.

mental cobalt
#

NOOOOOOOOOOOO

tall phoenix
#

Generic McMarine

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😔

#

taken so soon

mental cobalt
#

i keep reading and see that kharn is still alive 😌

tall phoenix
#

: )

shy lark
#

Can confirm Joe Abercrombie has cooked good with The Devils

severe trail
runic root
lilac crown
tawdry crane
#

Guess who cut their book while opening the package

#

God damn it

drowsy urchin
#

oof

tawdry crane
#

Luckily the actual story is intact

#

How dumb can i be

random marlin
drowsy urchin
#

Richard Reed's narration does elevate it even further, he does such a great job voicing the characters

cerulean peak
wintry blade
#

Do we know when the grotsnik book is out?

tall phoenix
#

Nope.

shy lark
#

I've heard 3rd of July a few times but Idk

safe plover
#

l-last book in....

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also why is no one mentioning starchild more malcador outright says that ||the emperor's humanity after he split it from himself will grow||

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i feel like warhammer end game is gonna be the emperor ||getting killed by dorn to finally resurect then he tries to remerge with the other parts of himself||

tall phoenix
#

you are like 2 years late

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This isnt a spoiler

safe plover
#

theres plenty of people who come here starting the series

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u cant gatekeep spoilers not my fault you cant click

tall phoenix
#

The Emperor dies

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😔

safe plover
#

erm teknikally thats not tru

tall phoenix
brittle tapir
#

this guy is actually going to read the end and the death

#

the sheer commitment to slop

tall phoenix
#

Ikr, also he finished it almost

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which is impressive

fringe thorn
drowsy urchin
#

Afaik only the cover art, no differences within the text

safe plover
#

page count is different 🤔

drowsy urchin
#

different font size, spacing or page size

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my guess

safe plover
#

🤔

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isnt that standard for blacklibrary now?

drowsy urchin
#

Don't know really, I've only owned two physical BL books

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and those were different sizes

safe plover
#

when were those books released?

drowsy urchin
#

uhh somewhere in the middle 00s

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or early 10s

safe plover
#

i think the standardization is recent-ish

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like all the HH books i see online seem like theyre the same size

drowsy urchin
#

well the Founding Anthologies in question were released in 2008 and 2017

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so the original one may as well be non standard, if even the 2017 is

safe plover
#

yeah i have no idea i was talking out of my ass

drowsy urchin
#

there are 18 editions of that omnibus in total, all have different page counts

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some are translations

safe plover
#

"this has been my end and my death"

tall phoenix
#

Hahaha loser

safe plover
#

welp

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we did it reddit

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now time to start again and make a list of slop/readable/gold according to my own personal view

tall phoenix
#

Cant wait for it to go into the incineration chute

runic root
safe plover
#

nah i dont mind repetition i just have to figure out a way to keep notes on the books i listen to

runic root
reef nacelle
#

This chat won't be the same when Clad actually finishes hate reading the Heresy books

runic root
#

Dilara is still gonna tear him apart for his takes whenever she can

tall phoenix
#

"Dilara"

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you mean like half of the users here

wise yew
runic root
runic root
severe fiber
#

Can't wait to start reading the books and have horrendous takes

runic root
#

The chat is gonna love you for it.

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Just read anything Nick kyme/gav Thorpe and say that you loved it and that it was good and see the chaos erupt...

severe fiber
#

Idk what I wanna rea

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Read

tall phoenix
severe fiber
#

Gotta watch some lore videos and pick a certain aspect or faction to obsess over first lol

tall phoenix
#
#

Id recommend some Arbitrator Ian if you want concise and simple explanations

severe fiber
#

Lockdown huh

runic root
safe plover
forest spruce
#

Jeez

reef nacelle
runic root
#

Lol, ive barely made it to halfway of fallen Angels as of yet, having read every single book before that

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But i will finish the entire series eventually

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And i actually had the grit to finish Legion (it wasnt that bad)

runic root
#

Dear God emperor, nothing pisses me off more than ai voiced lore channels of any kind, 40k lore included. If you do need to fuck up my dopamine receptors with your 60sec lore slop, at least have the decency to lend that steaming pile of mediocrity your own fucking voice.....

simple cloud
#

$20 says Clad actually finished Legion ages ago and this is a bit

tall phoenix
#

Considering his past messages and how he cant even read rulebooks + his outbursts over Abnett's writing I very much doubt it.

cosmic forum
#

any other 40k audiobooks in a style similar to "watcher in the rain"?

wise yew
#

To have read legion?

hearty niche
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Magnuuuuuuuuuuuus!!!!!😡🔥💥
Credit to: @wotye_drawin
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Likes

688

tall phoenix
safe plover
tall phoenix
severe fiber
safe plover
#

listened to the last church

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my god the emperor is such <words i am not allowed to say here>

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"there are no god :3 lemme just heal you and your church real quick"

forest spruce
drowsy stone
#

Just got to the last fragments part of the end and the death

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Hoo boy

#

What a ride

tall phoenix
#

It was a lot of ends and deaths for sure.

brittle tapir
#

riveting material

runic root
#

mY kInG oF aGEs

drowsy urchin
#

Two weeks, pretty interested in this one

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Haven't really read any AoS books prior

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maybe one or two

wise yew
#

you know what i respect that

drowsy urchin
#

yeah he's great

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the little lore what I know of him is some of the best of AoS

wise yew
drowsy stone
#

Got so many ends and deaths, what else did y'all expect

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It's in the title duh

wide mica
#

I love Ushoran and his emotional support blanket made out of people

shrewd silo
#

So aos books any good I'm just listening to G&F rn

runic root
#

Aight, martyrs tomb conquered

Decent bolterporn. Would love to say more, but there isnt.

Lots of death. Lots of sacrifice. Lots of pompous words.

The Imperium has found another semi-reliable way into imperium nihilus. Maybe. A custodes died.

Overall, c-. Readable slop for those of us who enjoy mindless Michael Bay-esque bolterporn. If youre looking for deep characters, flawless worldbuilding and a keen narrative that pushes the plot of the 40k universe in a logical and coherent way, dont read this book.

Anyway, its 2:30 am. I am going to bed. Bye

wise yew
#

You get yourself some of the good ones you have with that

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but there are those that are outright bad

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and just like 40K it depends

shrewd silo
#

Ok thanks

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I will say sometimes the bolter porn of 40k is pretty boring

wise yew
shrewd silo
#

I remember reading the first few horus heresy books and been far more invested in the remberancers

#

Funny thing is I remember listening to the dark imperium trilogy and thinking it was ok then listening to warboss and loving it

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Son of the forest and dark imperium are just kinda bad books in my mind

shrewd silo
wise yew
#

you only have that with their gotrek books

shrewd silo
#

I'm currently finishing off GF city of the dammed and after that the rest of the GF books then I was thinking of trying the gotrek books

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They good or do they need felix to carry it

wise yew
#

so you kind of need to have read those to understand what the fuck he's doing

shrewd silo
#

Ah OK I know no spoilers for GF yet so all I know is he's alive after the world blew up because God said he was a good boy and to get killing

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But idk how much of that's true

wise yew
#

it's a collection of multiple stories

shrewd silo
#

Thanks

wise yew
#

the main characters in here are dwarves

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or well Duardin

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GW1needed to find a way to copyright it you see

simple cloud
# shrewd silo Thanks

If you’re gonna read aos books read the only two worth your time: Dark Harvest, Blood of the Everchosen

severe trail
simple cloud
#

No

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Oh yeah Realmslayer

severe trail
#

Godeaters son

simple cloud
#

Ok haven’t read but it looks promising. Blood of the Everchosen is good because it’s about chaos mortals.

runic root
simple cloud
#

Aka Clad but right

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I used to think Strachan was the savior of AoS lit but he kind of fell off with the witch hunter books

#

Great raw material just weak characterization

#

I think maybe subconsciously I just have higher standards for fantasy books bc you know

#

There are a lot of good ones what with Tolkien and all haha

wise yew
#

The writing has the accuracy of a shoota

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Sometimes it hits sometimes it doesn't

#

Perks of a war game setting

simple cloud
wise yew
#

I don't really think wolf time is the pinnacle of writing

brittle tapir
#

it's wolf time

unborn merlin
#

Just started Spear of the Emperor.

simple cloud
cerulean peak
#

@safe plover

#

Made a meme just for you

safe plover
tall phoenix
#

You'd mix up Legion with a cookbook

cerulean peak
#

Won't read Legion yet he speedran through the end and the death 🤔

reef nacelle
#

Clads motives are beyond our understanding

safe plover
#

i am a great cook

cerulean peak
#

Prove it staregryn

safe plover
#

ughhhhhhhh

runic root
#

#thetakesyourecookingup

forest spruce
#

While listening to hand of abbadon I'm listening to infinite and the divine every few chapters

#

All to keep myself sane

zinc remnant
#

is there any books that I could read for anything that is related with dark age of technology and cybernetic revolt?

mellow knot
#

I always enjoyed dabbling in WHF, never got the chance to do any AoS stuff though

wise yew
mental cobalt
#

reading a little warhawk and wonder if i get to see mortarion vs jaghtai

tall phoenix
#

Hmmm

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Looking at the cover I'm gonna say nah probably not.

simple cloud
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Fades to black just as they’re running at each other

uneven crane
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They kiss

drowsy urchin
drowsy urchin
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oh nice, I had just finished the two Void Shark novels

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The Carcharodons are insular even for Astartes, spending their time hunting the enemies of humankind at the dark edges of the galaxy. When Chaos forces led by Datagnost Voldire, a dread disciple of Vashtorr the Arkifane, attacks the forge world of Daiamantus, Bail Sharr and the Carcharodons’ Third Company must come in from the cold and take up arms with the Adeptus Mechancius to drive back the heretics.

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Neat cool

wise yew
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Or only some of them

drowsy urchin
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the first few are, the rest are new

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oh The Silent King is the final novel in the Dawn of Fire series

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damn

wise yew
drowsy urchin
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yes

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well both we knew were coming

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but aren't out yet

wise yew
drowsy urchin
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yes

wise yew