Thursday 15th of September, 2011

Bearers of the word

The past few weeks have seen the Black Library obsessed with the Word Bearers. As well as Aurelian, we have been working on Word Bearers: The Omnibus, a collection of Anthony Reynolds’s three novels featuring the fanatical Chaos Space Marines – Dark Apostle, Dark Disciple and Dark Creed. The omnibus also features a brand new short story epilogue to the trilogy, called ‘Torment’, which is so good that we just had to share the start of it with you:

“Death was nothing to be feared. Death he would have welcomed. It was the in-between place that that filled him with dread. To some it was the Undercroft, Tartarus, or Limbo; to others it was Sheyole, the Shadowlands, or Despair. On old Colchis it was known as Bharzek. Translated literally, its meaning was simple and direct – Torment.

Those condemned to wander its ashen fields were said to be cursed above all others. They lingered there, haunted, confused and lost, suffused with impotent rage, longing and regret. Unable to move on, yet equally unable to move back to the lives they had left behind, they were trapped in that empty, grey wasteland, doomed to an eternity of emptiness.

He knew now that the old stories were wrong, however.

It was possible to come back…

‘Burias.’ That voice was not welcome here. It was an intrusion. He tried to ignore it.

‘Burias-Drak’shal.’”

What has the dastardly daemonhost got himself into now? You can find out when Word Bearers: The Omnibus is released in January, and you can set a reminder here. The three novels are also available now as eBooks.

In other news, Black Library are currently looking for an editor for our German books, along with freelance translators and proofreaders. If you’re interested, and are fluent in both German and English, you can check out the vacancies here.

Posted by The Black Library Team