Category Archives: Black Library

QUICK REVIEW: Baphomet By Night – Peter McLean

A dark, uncomfortable Black Library debut from Peter McLean, Baphomet By Night is an Astra Militarum short story which takes place after the dust has settled on the Imperial campaign to cleanse the world of Baphomet of a Chaos cult. The Reslian 45th are sent in to garrison the world once the fighting is over, which to Corporal Cully and Sergeant Rachain seems like an easy duty after their last action, despite the inexperience of their new platoon. When unexpected resistance breaks out and the green troopers start dying around them, it becomes clear that Baphomet isn’t the break they expected.

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City of Secrets – Nick Horth

Nick Horth’s Age of Sigmar book City of Secrets, set in the city of Excelsis in the realm of Ghur, was the first to deal predominantly with mortal characters rather than Stormcast Eternals. Armand Callis is a corporal in the Coldguard, one of only three Freeguild regiments left behind to defend Excelsis while the majority of its forces march to deal with a vast gathering of Orruks. After stumbling upon a sinister plot and accidentally experiencing a powerful prophecy, Callis finds himself working alongside the Witch Hunter Hanniver Toll as they race against time to prevent the city’s destruction.

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Black Library Weekly – W/C 21/05/18

Hello and welcome to the latest instalment of Black Library Weekly, my regular look at what’s been happening in the world of Black Library. Once again it’s been a pretty quiet week on the BL release front – a very quiet week in fact – but some intriguing news has provided an unexpected burst of interest nonetheless. As always, from the top…

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Black Library: Where to Start for Younger Readers

I originally wrote this article in 2018, in light of all the discussions regarding the just-announced Warhammer Adventures series of Warhammer books for 8 to 12 year olds, as I had been thinking about where I would suggest younger readers start in terms of the main Black Library range. There had never previously been Warhammer stories published specifically for youngsters (or at least not as far as I’m aware) so the question was whether there’s anything out there in the BL range which would provide a suitable place to start.

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Warhammer Adventures – What’s All the Fuss About?

In a move which seems to be causing quite a stir online, the Warhammer Community site has announced the release of a brand new range of books set in the Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Age of Sigmar universes and aimed at readers aged 8 to 12 – Warhammer Adventures. They’re not going to be released until 2019, and specifics are still thin on the ground, be we do know various bits of information.

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Overlords of the Iron Dragon – CL Werner

Overlords of the Iron Dragon is CL Werner’s third Age of Sigmar novel, and the first to ever feature the Kharadron Overlords. Taking place mostly in the skies of Chamon, it follows sky-captain Brokrin Ullissonn and the crew of the Iron Dragon, a ship with a growing reputation for ill fortune. When they stumble upon the location of a strike of incredibly potent aether-gold, Brokrin’s lieutenants are desperate to go all in and claim a fortune that could spell the end of their troubles. Brokrin, however, remains cautious and suspects that it might just be too good to be true.

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Black Library Weekly – W/C 14/05/18

Hello and welcome to the latest instalment of Black Library Weekly, my regular look at what’s been happening in the world of Black Library. It’s been quite a quiet week on the BL front, with nothing brand new in terms of releases, but there’s been some information about the upcoming Black Library Live event to add a little bit of interest for anyone up for a trip to Nottingham in June. Let’s start at the beginning as usual…

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Peter Fehervari Talks 40k and the Dark Coil – Part One

While not one of the best-known Black Library authors, Peter Fehervari has been quietly building a reputation for complex, dark and brilliantly-constructed stories for some years now. With two novels to his name so far – Fire Caste and Cult of the Spiral Dawn – as well as a novella and a range of short stories, all of which are connected in some way to one another, Fehervari is a unique voice within the Black Library. [Note: since publishing, Peter’s third novel – Requiem Infernal – has been released…and it’s fantastic! Check out my review here.]

Here on Track of Words I’ve been a fan of Peter’s writing for a long time, and recently I’ve been catching up on writing reviews of as many of his stories as I can. I’m delighted that Peter has agreed to an interview about his work, in which we discuss a wide range of topics all revolving around the intricate, interconnected worlds he’s gradually unveiling. As usual I wanted to cover lots of different topics, so the questions range from his early influences that informed his strong, uncompromising style, to joined-up storytelling carrying similar themes across multiple stories, and lots more.

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QUICK REVIEW: The Resolute – Josh Reynolds

One of two Josh Reynolds short stories originally published in the Legends of the Age of Sigmar: Sylvaneth anthology, The Resolute is a story of both the sylvaneth and the Hallowed Knights. The reed-city of Gramin, long ago ravaged by the armies of Nurgle, is once more befouled by the presence of the Order of the Fly. Felyndael and his fellow tree-revenants hasten to recover the dormant seed-pods slumbering beneath the city, but such are the forces set against them that they are begrudgingly forced to accept the aid of Aetius Shield-born and his Stormcast Eternals.

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Blackshields: The Red Fief – Josh Reynolds

Following on from the excellent Horus Heresy audio drama Blackshields: The False War, Josh Reynolds returns to ex-World Eater Endryd Haar in a second audio, Blackshields: The Red Fief. In the aftermath of his mission on Xana-Tisiphone, Haar is being courted by Malcador, who wants to make use of Endryd, or the weapons he recently acquired, as part of the loyalists’ defence against Horus. Wracked with indecision about whether to commit to the Sigillite’s goals, Haar leads his warriors in a raid on a World Eaters fief world to gather supplies and hopefully recruit an old ally to his cause.

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