shinros Posted December 24, 2019 Posted December 24, 2019 Since I am normally a grouch, decided to make a positive topic. In any order what's your favourite Black Library books released in 2019? I will start. Also since this is well...an AOS forum I do think it would be fair to at least have an AOS book on the list. Thinking of doing a topic like this near the end of every year. Dark Harvest by Josh Reynolds Requiem Infernal by Peter Fehervari Gloomspite by Andy Clark
Whitefang Posted December 24, 2019 Posted December 24, 2019 Dark Harvest by Josh Reynolds Gloomspite is also good
Carnelian Posted December 24, 2019 Posted December 24, 2019 Mine is also Hamilcar but I don't think I've read any other 2019 releases yet as I got so far behind. (I'm halfway through the Shadespire book!) I've just started listening to The Court of the Blind King and its good so far!!
Carnelian Posted December 24, 2019 Posted December 24, 2019 I forgot that the Red Feast came out this year. My fav black library book of the year by a country mile!
Gecktron Posted December 24, 2019 Posted December 24, 2019 12 hours ago, Whitefang said: Dark Harvest by Josh Reynolds Gloomspite is also good I just started reading Dark Harvest today, and Its a strong contender for my book of the year.
shinros Posted December 24, 2019 Author Posted December 24, 2019 15 minutes ago, Gecktron said: I just started reading Dark Harvest today, and Its a strong contender for my book of the year. Gah, so many positive reviews for the book, I am going to make sure I get it this week.
Deepkin Posted December 24, 2019 Posted December 24, 2019 I will second (third?) Dark Harvest. Excellent example of Age of Sigmar as a grimdark setting, and a great sort of hardboiled crime/folk horror genre combo as well! Got some strong Laird Barron vibes as well, which is only ever a good thing.
Bayul Posted December 25, 2019 Posted December 25, 2019 Somebody had the same idea: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/12/25/favourite-novels-of-2019gw-homepage-post-3/ I am really interested in Hamilcar: Champion of the Gods, but should I read Age of Enlightenment first? What's the chronological order here?
Whitefang Posted December 25, 2019 Posted December 25, 2019 18 minutes ago, Bayul said: Somebody had the same idea: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/12/25/favourite-novels-of-2019gw-homepage-post-3/ I am really interested in Hamilcar: Champion of the Gods, but should I read Age of Enlightenment first? What's the chronological order here? No champion of gods first.
michu Posted December 25, 2019 Posted December 25, 2019 I have read only those novels this year, so I say Bone Desert.
Clan's Cynic Posted December 25, 2019 Posted December 25, 2019 I've yet to read Dark Harvest but it's on the list. Gloomspite was surprisingly good. If we're listing 40k releases, Requiem Infernal and The Anarch.
Kramer Posted December 25, 2019 Posted December 25, 2019 First good of you to defeat the inner grouch. Two I think I read everything released this year but only 3 titles pop immediately into my head 🧐 (which I’m not even sure were released this year) 1. Gloomspire. Sure Bossgrot was fun but that’s always how trots are portrait. Gloomspite though... ****** me I developed a mushroom trauma and want to collect the army now. 2. Bone Desert: a short story about Gotrek where some KO are send to kill him and are such badass mercenaries. I changed my basing for my KO because of that story. (Ghoulslayer vied for this spot as well) 3. Code of the skies. If it was a full novel it would haven taken top spot. Such good writing and fleshing out of a faction. Imo the foremost reason for black Library to exist is these types of books... but longer thanks for the dark harvest suggestion missed it and now very interested.
michu Posted December 26, 2019 Posted December 26, 2019 16 hours ago, Kramer said: 2. Forgot the name but a short story about Gotrek where some KO are send to kill him and are so badass mercenaries. I changed my basing for my KO because of that story. (Ghoulslayer vied for this spot as well) That's Bone Desert.
Carnelian Posted December 26, 2019 Posted December 26, 2019 Now I'm making my way through Thieves Paradise this Christmas break. It would make a great setting for Warhammer Quest!
Kramer Posted December 26, 2019 Posted December 26, 2019 13 minutes ago, Carnelian said: Now I'm making my way through Thieves Paradise this Christmas break. It would make a great setting for Warhammer Quest! Oh man, Send them that idea! Makes instant sense from narrative to gameplay, and even the characters write themselves Because I’m so ready for a new warhammer quest in AoS but now with the learnings of blackstone fortress, hammerhal and silver tower. i
Carnelian Posted December 26, 2019 Posted December 26, 2019 1 minute ago, Kramer said: I’m so ready for a new warhammer quest in AoS but now with the learnings of blackstone fortress, hammerhal and silver tower. 🍆 🍆 🍆 Heeeeelllllll yeahhhhhh
Kramer Posted December 26, 2019 Posted December 26, 2019 3 minutes ago, Carnelian said: 🍆 🍆 🍆 Heeeeelllllll yeahhhhhh The emoticon choice makes it slightly sexual and awkward but hell yeah indeed 😍
Carnelian Posted December 26, 2019 Posted December 26, 2019 4 minutes ago, Kramer said: slightly sexual and awkward 😍 As intended! The idea of all those bsf and rogue trader models for aos is pretty 🍆
Kirjava13 Posted December 28, 2019 Posted December 28, 2019 I like that we're finally feeling the awkward sexual energy we all knew the Age of Sigmar had all along.
Paladin of Khorne Posted December 28, 2019 Posted December 28, 2019 Gloomspite was great fun. Loved the body count. Am looking forward to future works by the author for sure!
robinlvalentine Posted December 28, 2019 Posted December 28, 2019 Gloomspite's definitely my favourite of the year, and I think maybe my favourite AOS novel so far. It does such a good job of making the core characters really likable, and then dropping them in a bunch of really horrible, dangerous situations that have you really invested in their fates. Started Dark Harvest over Christmas and really enjoying that too, it's like a Warhammer version of The Wicker Man!
shinros Posted December 30, 2019 Author Posted December 30, 2019 Finished dark harvest, it's my book of year. Bloody awesome. If you are an AOS fan I recommend that you give it a read.
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