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Friday 28th of December, 2012
What's the Script?
Read an extract from ‘The Space Marine Script Book’
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Thursday 27th of December, 2012
An Extract from Exile
Read an extract from ‘Ahriman: Exile’ on today’s blog.
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Tuesday 25th of December, 2012
Merry Christmas 2012
A new book and a mystery video
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Monday 24th of December, 2012
Twas the blog before Christmas
Last day of advent: a new Horus Heresy audio drama
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Sunday 23rd of December, 2012
Czevak to the Dark Tower Came
Inquisitor Czevak returns in Rob Sanders’s advent calendar tale
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Saturday 22nd of December, 2012
Out Caste
A new tau story from Peter Fehevari
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Friday 21st of December, 2012
Not the End of the World
For most of us, it’s the last day in the office before the Christmas break. Therefore, we were all very happy to discover that the world had not in fact ended as the Mayans supposedly predicted it would.
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Thursday 20th of December, 2012
The Black Library Weekender II
Tickets on sale this evening for the highlight of the Black Library events calendar
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Wednesday 19th of December, 2012
On The Heels Of Morkai
Nick Kyme and George Mann wrap up warm to brave the frozen wastes of Fenris.
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Tuesday 18th of December, 2012
The Little Things
Ciaphas Cain makes a triumphant return in today’s advent calendar tale.
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Monday 17th of December, 2012
The Contest
Jordan Ellinger and David Guymer down a pint and talk Gotrek and Felix.
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Sunday 16th of December, 2012
The Devil’s in the (Deliverance) Detail
A new Imperial Guard story from David Guymer.
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Saturday 15th of December, 2012
Honours
James Swallow and David Annandale talk Blood Angels on today’s blog.
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Friday 14th of December, 2012
Ho Ho Horus Heresy
A new Horus Heresy audio-drama and Neil Roberts talks about ‘Unremembered Empire’.
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Thursday 13th of December, 2012
The Third Wise Man
The Iron Snakes return in today’s advent calendar story.
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Wednesday 12th of December, 2012
The Voyage of the Sunspear
The high elves set sail on the tortuous seas of the Old World.
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Tuesday 11th of December, 2012
The Emperor’s Chosen
Mike Lee and Guy Haley talk Black Templars in today’s blog.
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Monday 10th of December, 2012
Thanquol Triumphant
Grey Seer Thanquol returns in today’s advent story. C L Werner and Gav Thorpe share their thoughts.
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Sunday 9th of December, 2012
Last Watch
The Scythes of the Emperor make an appearance in L J Goulding’s advent story, ‘Last Watch’.
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Saturday 8th of December, 2012
Dust
Graham McNeill and C L Werner talk about ‘Dust’, a Thousand Sons story by Graham McNeill.
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Friday 7th of December, 2012
The Warmaster Demands
There’s a feast of Horus Heresy goodies (or should that be baddies?) on today’s blog.
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Thursday 6th of December, 2012
Never Forgive
Mike Lee and Gav Thorpe talk about the sixth story in our advent calendar, ‘Never Forgive’.
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Wednesday 5th of December, 2012
The Quickening
Andy Smillie and James Swallow talk about ‘The Quickening’, a Flesh Tearers short story.
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Tuesday 4th of December, 2012
Failure's Reward
Chris Wraight and Rob Sanders talk about the fourth story in our advent calendar, 'Failure's Reward'
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Monday 3rd of December, 2012
The Riddle of Scorpions
The Horus Heresy Scripts and Day three of our Advent calendar
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Sunday 2nd of December, 2012
Binding
An Imperial Fists story from Ray Harrison
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Saturday 1st of December, 2012
Born to Us
A brand new Eisenhorn story
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Friday 30th of November, 2012
New Releases for Friday
It’s like Christmas come early
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Thursday 29th of November, 2012
Torturer’s Thirst
Quench your thirst for mayhem with this Flesh Tearers short story
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Wednesday 28th of November, 2012
This Month In Digital
A few of our favourite downloads.
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Tuesday 27th of November, 2012
Slaves to Darkness
A classic title now reprinted
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Monday 26th of November, 2012
The Definition of Epic
Why the Time of Legends omnibuses are truly epic.
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Friday 23rd of November, 2012
Black (Library) Friday
New titles available to pre-order
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Thursday 22nd of November, 2012
Into The Breach
Learn how to hunt aliens with the Deathwatch
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Wednesday 21st of November, 2012
Sketchwatch
Check out this awesome new artwork from Stefan Kopinski
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Tuesday 20th of November, 2012
Coming Soon: Titan
A round up of our complete graphic novel range and a sneak peak.
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Monday 19th of November, 2012
The Commissar’s Complete Guide to Imperial Propaganda
An indispensable primer to leading your troops to victory.
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Friday 16th of November, 2012
Farewell to Old Friends
New Hammer and Bolter, and important shipping information.
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Thursday 15th of November, 2012
How it got written: Kraken
Chris Wraight on writing Space Wolves
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Wednesday 14th of November, 2012
Guns + Fire = Cool
Check out this new piece of Space Marine art
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Tuesday 13th of November, 2012
The Saga Continues
Read an extract from Sword of Caledor by William King
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Monday 12th of November, 2012
Warning! Contains Scenes of Graphic Violence
Back by popular demand: Inquisitor Ascendant by Dan Abnett.
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Friday 9th of November, 2012
Fresh From Cretacia
Watch the Flesh of Cretacia video on today’s blog
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Thursday 8th of November, 2012
Garro: an Extract
Listen to an extract from Garro: Sword of Truth
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Wednesday 7th of November, 2012
Iron Within... Green Without
The Iron Warriors come under siege in C L Werner’s Siege of Castellax.
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Tuesday 6th of November, 2012
That Was The Weekend That Was... Awesome!
A review of the first ever Black Library Weekender.
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Monday 5th of November, 2012
A Horus Heresy announcement
A new range of Horus Heresy graphic novels.
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Friday 2nd of November, 2012
The Audio Drama You’ve Been Waiting For... With Baited Breath
A brand new audio drama from George Mann
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Thursday 1st of November, 2012
The Emperor’s Deliverance
Read an extract from Hammer and Bolter 26 on today's blog.
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Wednesday 31st of October, 2012
Zombies, Zombies, Zombies!
Something’s stirring on the blog today.
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Tuesday 30th of October, 2012
It's Almost Here!
Looking forward to the Black Library Weekender.
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Monday 29th of October, 2012
Perfect down to the 'Smallest Detail'
As the countdown to the Black Library Weekender continues, we turn the blog over to editor Graeme Lyon to tell you about the event-exclusive short story anthologies. Take it away, Graeme:
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Friday 26th of October, 2012
An Angel Ascends
Hardback Horus Heresy is here.
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Thursday 25th of October, 2012
Sounds of Heresy
Listen to an exclusive extract from the Angel Exterminatus MP3.
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Wednesday 24th of October, 2012
Men With Vision
We chat to Karl Richardson and Neil Roberts on today’s blog.
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Tuesday 23rd of October, 2012
Where It All Began
We go back to the beginning of the Horus Heresy on today’s blog.
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Monday 22nd of October, 2012
Visions of Treachery
New posters and a brand new piece of Horus Heresy art
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Friday 19th of October, 2012
Words from the Angel Exterminatus
We've got an interview with Graham McNeill on today's blog
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Thursday 18th of October, 2012
The Heresy Begins Anew
Read an extract from Angel Exterminatus on today's blog.
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Wednesday 17th of October, 2012
When Fantasy Meets Reality
A stunning new piece of art from Daren Horley
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Tuesday 16th of October, 2012
I Am Alpharius, And So Am I
A Weekender-exclusive revealed on today’s blog
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Monday 15th of October, 2012
Something for the weekend?
Nick Kyme looks forward to the Black Library Weekender and talks about his two new books that will be available on the day.
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Friday 12th of October, 2012
A weekend in Chestermere
Last weekend, Black Library fans from across Canada, and beyond, descended upon the little town of Chestermere for the first dedicated Black Library event in Canada ever.
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Thursday 11th of October, 2012
A MESSAGE FROM THE INQUISITION
Amberley Vail talks about Commissar Cain and alien treachery.
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Wednesday 10th of October, 2012
An Age of Heroes
Read an extract from The Great Betrayal
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Tuesday 9th of October, 2012
Ravenor Returns
Gideon Ravenor goes under the spotlight on today’s blog
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Monday 8th of October, 2012
Eisenhorn - An Introduction
We take a look at the enigmatic Gregor Eisenhorn
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Friday 5th of October, 2012
Farewell September, We Hardly Knew Ye
Join us as we round-up this month’s great digital content
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Thursday 4th of October, 2012
It's Only A Gameshow
Black Library Weekender: more details revealed
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Wednesday 3rd of October, 2012
Angel Exterminatus
We take a look at the glorious new collector's edition
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Tuesday 2nd of October, 2012
The Horus Heresy and Beyond
Angel Exterminatus and a Games Workshop Exclusive
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Monday 1st of October, 2012
The War of Vengeance
An interview with Nick Kyme
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Friday 28th of September, 2012
Writing the White Scars
Chris Wraight: Mongols, motorbikes and the Horus Heresy
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Thursday 27th of September, 2012
Dreadnoughts and Drop Pods
New Clint Langley art for the Weekender
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Wednesday 26th of September, 2012
The Art of Neil Roberts
Horus Heresy artist Neil Roberts at Games Day
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Tuesday 25th of September, 2012
A Horus Heresy Exclusive
We take a look at Rob Sanders’s new short story
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Monday 24th of September, 2012
Missed Games Day?
Missed out on Games Day? Get the Anthology today.
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Sunday 23rd of September, 2012
Games Day UK
A live update from Games Day UK
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Saturday 22nd of September, 2012
Hard Back Heresy
The Horus Heresy enters a new age
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Friday 21st of September, 2012
A Guide to Limited-Time Editions
Brotherhood of the Storm: order your copy today
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Thursday 20th of September, 2012
The Emperor’s Might
The definitive collection of Space Marines art
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Wednesday 19th of September, 2012
Pariah: An Extract
Read an extract from Pariah on today’s blog
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Tuesday 18th of September, 2012
Enter the Dragon
Check out this new Black Dragon Space Marine
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Monday 17th of September, 2012
The New York Times Shows No Fear
Blood Angels storm onto the blog today
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Friday 14th of September, 2012
Happ eBirthday
A new collection and a new video
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Thursday 13th of September, 2012
Road to nowhere…
Gotrek & Felix return for their thirteenth novel, Road of Skulls.
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Wednesday 12th of September, 2012
The Horde of Chogoris
On today’s blog, Chris Wraight, author of the upcoming limited edition novella Brotherhood of the Storm, takes over to talk about portraying the White Scars Legion in the age of the Great Crusade.
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Tuesday 11th of September, 2012
... And Out Come the Wolves
Check out the cover for Blood of Asaheim
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Monday 10th of September, 2012
Scars heal, glory lasts forever
On the blog today, Rhys Pugh, the artist responsible for much of the internal artwork in the upcoming Horus Heresy novella Brotherhood of the Storm, shares his thoughts on portraying the Space Marines of the White Scars Legion.
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Friday 7th of September, 2012
For a limited time only...
As promised, today we reveal all about the next Horus Heresy novella.
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Thursday 6th of September, 2012
Black Library World Tour
Find out where we’ll be next
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Wednesday 5th of September, 2012
Coming Soon
What we’re excited about in the new releases
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Tuesday 4th of September, 2012
Your Mission, Should You Choose To Accept It...
Listen to a new audio extract
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Monday 3rd of September, 2012
The Writing Motorway
Sarah Cawkwell: Thoughts on a writer’s journey
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Friday 31st of August, 2012
Suffer Not The Alien To Live
A new Direct Exclusive title and audio drama
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Thursday 30th of August, 2012
A Storm Is Coming
Watch the new Horus Heresy video
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Wednesday 29th of August, 2012
The Ascension of Balthas-art
Revealed: Jon Sullivan's stunning cover art
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Tuesday 28th of August, 2012
An Interview With CZ Dunn
CZ Dunn tells us all about Dark Vengeance
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Monday 27th of August, 2012
An Eventful Blog
Nik Vincent: why events are awesome
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Saturday 25th of August, 2012
Vengeance is Yours
An exciting new product
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Friday 24th of August, 2012
Midnight Feast
New pre-orders and a special announcement
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Thursday 23rd of August, 2012
On the Road Again
Get the gen on Gen Con 2012
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Wednesday 22nd of August, 2012
The Die Is Caste
Check out this new Tau art work
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Tuesday 21st of August, 2012
Your new favourite villain
From Garviel Loken to the mysterious Lord Cypher, the Horus Heresy is full of memorable characters.
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Monday 20th of August, 2012
Naming Names
Graham McNeill discusses the importance of names
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Friday 17th of August, 2012
New Hammer and Bolter
How to survive the weekend without the Olympics
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Thursday 16th of August, 2012
The Mark of Calth Continues
Brand-new Horus Heresy cover art by Neil Roberts
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Wednesday 15th of August, 2012
Something For The Weekend(er)
Ten reasons to come to the Black Library Weekender
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Tuesday 14th of August, 2012
Words of the Emperor
An exclusive extract from Chris Wraight’s new omnibus
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Monday 13th of August, 2012
Reasons To Be Cheerful
Read a guest blog from Gav Thorpe
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Friday 10th of August, 2012
Fear To Tread: Read It First
The wait is over. The Blood Angels are here.
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Thursday 9th of August, 2012
Games Day Exclusive
A guide to the Games Day Anthology
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Wednesday 8th of August, 2012
You Sigillite Horus Heresy Art, So Here’s a Brand New One
Check out this new Neil Roberts art
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Tuesday 7th of August, 2012
The Birth of the Witch Elves
Read an exclusive Time of Legends extract
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Monday 6th of August, 2012
You asked, I answered
Graham McNeill answers your questions on the blog
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Friday 3rd of August, 2012
A Hero Returns...
Listen to a new Horus Heresy audio extract
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Thursday 2nd of August, 2012
Enter the Dwarf Holds
Nick Kyme tells us about his latest epic tale
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Wednesday 1st of August, 2012
A Day in The Windy City
Last Saturday, thousands of hobbyists descended upon the Windy City for Games Day USA.
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Tuesday 31st of July, 2012
Neil (Horus Heresy) Roberts
Find out how Neil got on at Comic Con Paris
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Monday 30th of July, 2012
The Visions of Heresy Return
Horus Heresy posters, back by popular demand
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Friday 27th of July, 2012
A Dramatic Conclusion
Unleash your inner Space Wolf
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Thursday 26th of July, 2012
Abandon hope all ye who enter here...
Librarians, cooler than their name suggests
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Wednesday 25th of July, 2012
Roll Call
Summer Reading day 3: a new Imperial Guard novel
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Tuesday 24th of July, 2012
Ten Top Tips For surviving an Ork Waaagh!
Check out our advice, you might need it someday
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Monday 23rd of July, 2012
What will you read this summer?
Brand new Horus Heresy for summer
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Friday 20th of July, 2012
Where angels...
The day that thousands of Horus Heresy fans have been waiting for has finally arrived...
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Thursday 19th of July, 2012
Guardian of the Dark City
Neil Roberts turns his attention to the denizens of the Dark City
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Wednesday 18th of July, 2012
King of the forest
Author Darius Hinks shares his thoughts on writing epic fantasy.
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Tuesday 17th of July, 2012
Ravenor versus Eisenhorn
Read an extract from one of the most anticipated books in Black Library’s history.
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Monday 16th of July, 2012
An Eventful Weekend
What did you do this weekend?
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Friday 13th of July, 2012
Only a few copies left - don’t miss out
Read an extract from the Games Day Anthology
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Thursday 12th of July, 2012
Between Books
Check out today’s guest blog from Graham McNeill
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Wednesday 11th of July, 2012
Black Library goes to Comic Con
Check out what we got up to at Comic Con Paris
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Tuesday 10th of July, 2012
Noise Marines
On the blog today, listen to an extract from 'Perfection'.
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Monday 9th of July, 2012
The High Lords
Chris Wraight takes control of the blog today, to share a story from the dystopian wasteland of a once proud Imperial city.
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Friday 6th of July, 2012
Herald of a blog
Jonathan Green, The Author of the action packed new Path to Victory game book Herald of Oblivion joins us on the blog today to talk about writing a book where the reader chooses their own adventure.
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Thursday 5th of July, 2012
Black Library in Canada
On the blog today, Gemma Noon from Chestermere Public Library in Canada talks about the most exciting thing to ever happen in Canada ever.
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Wednesday 4th of July, 2012
Sugar and spice and slice and dice
A guest blog from Nik Vincent.
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Tuesday 3rd of July, 2012
Baneblade
New artwork of the Iconic Baneblade tank.
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Monday 2nd of July, 2012
An Extract of Treachery
Read a new Horus Heresy extract today
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Friday 29th of June, 2012
An Interview with Andy Smillie
An interview with Deathwolf author Andy Smillie
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Thursday 28th of June, 2012
Old Soldiers Never Die
But sometimes they turn into zombies
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Wednesday 27th of June, 2012
Beginnings and Endings
Gav Thorpe discusses beginnings and endings in today’s guest blog
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Tuesday 26th of June, 2012
Blood and Gore
Read a new Flesh Tearers extract from Andy Smillie
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Monday 25th of June, 2012
Making Believe
Sarah Cawkwell takes over the blog today to discuss 'Making Believe'
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Friday 22nd of June, 2012
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A new video and pre-orders on today’s blog
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Thursday 21st of June, 2012
Sword of Caledor: an Extract
Read your chosen extract from Sword of Caledor
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Wednesday 20th of June, 2012
Swanland Speaks
Raymond Swanland: the man behind the brush
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Tuesday 19th of June, 2012
RavenHeart
Tyrion and Teclis cover art from Raymond Swanland
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Monday 18th of June, 2012
The David Gemmell Awards 2012
Find out what went on at the star-studded event
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Friday 15th of June, 2012
Catch Da Squidgeon
Aerial antics from the Deff Skwadron
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Thursday 14th of June, 2012
The Benefits of Looking Out a Window
Some more musings from Dan Abnett
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Wednesday 13th of June, 2012
It’s official: The Primarchs is awesome
The Primarchs makes the New York Times Bestsellers list.
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Tuesday 12th of June, 2012
Fear to Read
Today: read an exclusive extract from Fear To Tread
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Monday 11th of June, 2012
The Ideas Bag
Find out where Graham McNeill gets his ideas from
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Friday 8th of June, 2012
eBooks and Daemons
Today sees lots of exciting new digital releases available to download from Black Library, all of them with a distinctly daemonic theme.
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Thursday 7th of June, 2012
The Gorequeen Rises
Read an extract from Valkia the Bloody on today’s blog
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Wednesday 6th of June, 2012
All Together Now
Today: Gav Thorpe on the Horus Heresy
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Tuesday 5th of June, 2012
The Lord of Karak Eight Peaks
Check out this stunning piece of art for the cover for a forthcoming novel about Skarsnik.
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Monday 4th of June, 2012
The two hats of Nick Kyme
Black Library author and editor Nick Kyme takes control of the blog today to tell us about his two hats.
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Friday 1st of June, 2012
A Royal Celebration
This weekend, we will celebrate a momentous occasion.
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Thursday 31st of May, 2012
Black Library day in Dublin
Three Black Library authors visit Games Workshop Dublin.
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Wednesday 30th of May, 2012
Book of a Game or Game of a Book?
Graham McNeill takes over on today’s blog.
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Tuesday 29th of May, 2012
If you go down to the woods today...
Read an extract from 'Orion: The Vaults of Winter'
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Monday 28th of May, 2012
Nobody Expects the Imperial Inquisition
Somebody let Dan Abnett loose on today's blog...
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Friday 25th of May, 2012
Blog-spire
Emperor be praised! The first blacklibrary.com exclusive Space Marine Battles audio drama is on sale now.
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Thursday 24th of May, 2012
Wrath of Iron: An Extract
Wrath of Iron: Read this exclusive extract
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Wednesday 23rd of May, 2012
Knowing is half the battle
Chris Wraight battles with writing in today’s blog
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Tuesday 22nd of May, 2012
Gilead's New Look
Today: A brand new piece of art from Stefan Kopinski.
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Monday 21st of May, 2012
Keeping Track
A guest blog on naming, from Sarah Cawkwell
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Friday 18th of May, 2012
Angel of Fire - Hot off the Press
Today we take a look at the new releases available to pre-order
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Thursday 17th of May, 2012
Gilead's Blog
A guest blog from Nik Vincent today
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Wednesday 16th of May, 2012
Scribes of the Emperor
An interview with Laurie Goulding.
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Tuesday 15th of May, 2012
Join the Crusade
Read an extract from 'Angel of Fire' on today's blog
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Monday 14th of May, 2012
Blog of Iron
Chris Wraight takes control of the blog to tell us about his upcoming novel Wrath of Iron
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Friday 11th of May, 2012
The Wolves Return in Hammer & Bolter
Read an extract from the new Hammer & Bolter on today's blog
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Thursday 10th of May, 2012
Questions for the High Lords
Your Horus Heresy questions answered
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Wednesday 9th of May, 2012
Lord of Ravens
Relive Corax's best moments on today's blog
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Tuesday 8th of May, 2012
Chaos Space Marine Battles
Today we take a look at some new Iron Warrior artwork.
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Friday 4th of May, 2012
The book everyone’s been ‘raven’ about
You’ll be pleased to hear that we’re fast running out of Raven Guard puns to use as titles for our blog posts, and that can only mean one thing: The release of The Unkindness of Ravens is almost here!
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Thursday 3rd of May, 2012
stark raven mad
We join the action as the Ravens come under attack from the foul traitors of the Death Guard.
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Wednesday 2nd of May, 2012
The Ravens way
Which of these great heroes is the ultimate champion of the Raven Guard?
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Tuesday 1st of May, 2012
A Covert Extract-ion
Read an extract from ‘The Serpent Beneath’ on today’s blog.
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Monday 30th of April, 2012
One of the Guys
Nik Vincent joins us to discuss being 'one of the guys'.
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Friday 27th of April, 2012
Your Empire Needs You
We have three new Warhammer eBooks for you today - classic tales of heroism in the war-torn kingdom of the Empire, brought back from the vaults by popular demand.
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Thursday 26th of April, 2012
Path of the Scribe
We’ve got another guest blog today, this time from Gav Thorpe. Gav has written ‘The Lion’, one of the novellas contained in The Primarchs (you can set a reminder now to make sure you are among the first to own this latest instalment in the New York Times bestselling Horus Heresy series), but today he’s taking a look at his other passion, the mysterious eldar.
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Wednesday 25th of April, 2012
In the Nick of Kyme
Over the years, there have been several famous headless characters immortalised in fiction: the Headless Horseman, that decapitated villain from Scooby Doo... erm, yeah.
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Tuesday 24th of April, 2012
Iron and Death
A lot of people tell us that they want to see more of the Iron Hands in the Horus Heresy. They’re an interesting Legion – their love for augmetics, their close ties with the Mechanicum and the fact that their Primarch is now just a head in a box makes them well worth seeing more of.
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Monday 23rd of April, 2012
An Event-ful Weekend
This weekend, Black Library continued to celebrate our fifteenth birthday by attending two of the biggest gaming events in the world – Salute in London and Adepticon in Chicago.
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Friday 20th of April, 2012
Attention Horus Heresy fans, check out this video:
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Thursday 19th of April, 2012
Hell's Angels
He’s done it again. Take a look at this awe inspiring new piece of Horus Heresy cover art from series artist Neil Roberts.
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Wednesday 18th of April, 2012
Incoming Vox from the Fourth Company
It seems that no sooner have I blown the dust off my own blog that the fiendish adepts of the Black Library choose that moment to pounce and bundle me off to their dankest scriptorium with orders to pen something for their own blog.
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Tuesday 17th of April, 2012
An Old Friend Returns…
A new Graham McNeill novel is always cause for celebration, and Priests of Mars is no exception. The first of a pair of novels delving into the secrets of the Adeptus Mechanicus, Priests of Mars promises to answer many questions that people have been asking for years. Among these questions are “How do the Adeptus Mechanicus recruit new troops?” and “Whatever happened to…” Well, actually, wait until you get to the end of this exclusive extract and we’ll finish that question:
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Monday 16th of April, 2012
The Raven has landed
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been dropping increasingly unsubtle hints about a brand new Raven Guard product coming this May. Today, we can finally reveal all...
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Friday 13th of April, 2012
Beware the Things that go Bump in the Night
His hands are sheathed in clawed gauntlets. He strikes from the shadows. He is the stuff of nightmares. It’s Friday the 13th and he has returned.
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Thursday 12th of April, 2012
A 'Kraken' Blog Post
What is the Kraken? That’s a good question. Who better to give us an answer than Chris Wraight, a man who has braved the wilds of Fenris to study this mysterious beast in preparation for his latest short story.
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Wednesday 11th of April, 2012
The Art of Warfare
After our video teaser on Monday and our guest blog from George Mann yesterday, there's just one more Raven Guard-related element we need to explore this week: artwork. Karl Richardson (who illustrated the Lone Wolves graphic novel), has been busy recently, drawing jet black, ceramite-clad warriors. Surely this has something to do with what’s to come...
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Tuesday 10th of April, 2012
'Prey' for Deliverance
We showed you a video in yesterday's blog and promised some more news about what's coming on May 7th. To that end, we tracked down our local raven expert George Mann, here's what he had to say:
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Monday 9th of April, 2012
The Ravens are Coming
Today we’ve got a little teaser trailer for you.
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Friday 6th of April, 2012
Open Fire!
Today concludes our play-through of Beneath the City of the White Wolf. At the end of yesterday’s blog, we left you with a choice; concentrate firepower on the beastman shaman attempting to cast a spell, or level a volley at the incoming beastmen horde.
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Thursday 5th of April, 2012
Into the woods
Our play through of the new Path to Victory book, Beneath the City of the Whit Wolf continues. Yesterday you opted to heal a dying man rather than keep one of your precious healing packs to yourself (not our first choice, but I guess we’re not really chivalrous types). Let’s see if your charity is rewarded...
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Wednesday 4th of April, 2012
The adventure continues...
Yesterday we began our play through of the new Path to Victory book Beneath the City of the White Wolf. Our hero Absalom Kross, Knight Panther of the Empire, discovered a village in the Drakwald forest that had been overrun by a horde of beastmen. You had the option of pursuing the beasts, or searching the village for survivors. Voting on our Facebook page, you opted to search the village (a sensible, if not particularly courageous move). Let’s see what our hero found amongst the ruins...
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Tuesday 3rd of April, 2012
Attention, would-be adventurers:
Attention, would-be adventurers: grab a dice and a pencil and get ready for hard choices and action-packed encounters with a new Path to Victory book. Those of you who played the first Black Library game book, Hive of the Dead, will have fond (or possibly terrifying) memories of desperately trying to escape an Imperial hive city overrun with the living dead, using just a single dice and a trusty pencil. You’ll be pleased to know that second title in our Path to Victory range will be out this Friday. Trade your lasgun for a sword as the action is transported into the dark forests and bleak cities of the Old World.
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Monday 2nd of April, 2012
Many happy returns
Well, the last fifteen days have gone by quickly, haven’t they? It seems like yesterday that we were starting the Black Library birthday celebration with Dan Abnett’s Kill Hill, and today we bring you the last of the fifteen short stories, from another of our most popular authors, the mighty Graham McNeill. And while Dan revisited his past with the Iron Snakes, Sword Guardian, featuring the Emperor Sigmar, looks forward to the future…
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Sunday 1st of April, 2012
Army of One
Everyone loves an assassin. Well, except their victims, presumably.
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Saturday 31st of March, 2012
Who Are You Looking At?
The Armageddon Wars are among the most famed battles in Warhammer 40,000 history. Commissar Yarrick’s famous defence of the hive world against the might of Ghazghkull Thraka is legend.
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Friday 30th of March, 2012
Time for Some Spring-Cleaning
It seems a bit dusty around the office today. Maybe we need to get the vacuum cleaner out…
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Thursday 29th of March, 2012
Day "Elven"
Day 11 of the Black Library Fifteenth Birthday brings us back to a character who has been around almost from the beginning.
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Wednesday 28th of March, 2012
Blog for the Blog God!
Today’s Black Library birthday tale, The Weakness of Others, comes from the keyboard of Laurie Goulding and features everyone’s favourite psychopathic murderer, Khârn the Betrayer.
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Tuesday 27th of March, 2012
Horus Heresy, Volcanoes and Cookies
Neil talks to us about the cover for 'Scorched Earth'.
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Tuesday 27th of March, 2012
He Sees Dead People
The rat traps worked and the Black Library birthday continues, with nary a skaven in sight. Well, except the one who is the subject of today’s short story.
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Monday 26th of March, 2012
Free Horus Heresy
Who wants some free Horus Heresy action?
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Monday 26th of March, 2012
For The Fallen
Welcome to week two of the Black Library Fifteenth Birthday Spectacular!
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Sunday 25th of March, 2012
Die Man-Things!
Man-things! The skaven take over blog for Black Library birthday to tell-bring you story about greatest skaven warlord ever to live!
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Saturday 24th of March, 2012
In Search of the Fallen
Just a quick blog today to continue our celebration of Black Library’s fifteenth birthday.
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Friday 23rd of March, 2012
The Celebration's Heating Up
Do you have a burning desire to read another of our birthday short stories?
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Thursday 22nd of March, 2012
15 years and still slaying
We’ve had Iron Snakes, Valkia and Flesh Tearers so far in our Black Library 15th Birthday celebration. What’s next? Well, we couldn’t possibly have a celebration of fifteen years of great stories without a new tale featuring the Warhammer World’s most iconic partnership, Gotrek and Felix, could we?
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Wednesday 21st of March, 2012
ggrrraargh!!
It’s day three of Black Library’s fortnight-long birthday party, and it’s time for another brand new short story! Today we bring you Immortalis, a tale of the Flesh Tearers from Andy Smillie.
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Tuesday 20th of March, 2012
There Will Be Blood...
Welcome to day two of the Black Library Birthday Spectacular! Black Library is fifteen years old, and to celebrate we are releasing fifteen new short stories as eBooks, one per day for fifteen days.
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Monday 19th of March, 2012
Happy Birthday To Us...
Birthdays are always something to celebrated, and particularly when it’s a milestone. This week is just such an event for Black Library – the fifteenth anniversary of our very first published short story. So, we’re celebrating. And as you’d expect, we’re doing so in style.
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Friday 16th of March, 2012
New books and a new video trailer
Maybe you followed a Facebook post or clicked on a newsletter. But the truth is that you were always going to come here. Free will is a cruel illusion, a facade contrived by the great manipulator to cover his tracks. He is The Architect of Fate, and it was he who brought you here, subtly manipulating the strands of destiny* to ensure you arrived here and now and the allotted time. I mean, it just wouldn’t do for you to miss his first ever video appearance.
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Thursday 15th of March, 2012
The sound of vengeance
The Ultramarines are proud warriors, fearless fighters and noble heroes. They face their enemies head on and crush them. But that is not the only way to win a war, as Scout Sergeant Telion knows all too well. Here’s an extract from Eye of Vengeance, the upcoming audio drama by Graham McNeill that features the infamous marksman.
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Wednesday 14th of March, 2012
fateweaver part two
As promised on yesterday’s blog, here are two more extracts from the new Space Marine Battles anthology Architect of Fate.
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Tuesday 13th of March, 2012
Fateweaver part one
Kairos Fateweaver is no ordinary supervillain. Quite apart from the fact that he looks like a sinister two-headed vulture in a toga, he also has mastery over the forces of time and destiny. Architect of Fate contains four linked novellas that feature this Machiavellian greater daemon, and over the next couple of days, we’ll bring you an extract from each one.
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Monday 12th of March, 2012
Extra, extra, the New York Times Knows No Fear!
Authors, like Space Marines bear their medals of honour with pride, and now Dan Abnett can add another one to his banner.
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Friday 9th of March, 2012
The Lion and the Wolf
Explosions, space battles, giant wolves, mosterous villans and power armoured superhumans: What more could you want from a bit of light weekend reading. Well good news, all of the above appear in the latest issue of Hammer and Bolter.
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Thursday 8th of March, 2012
A taste of things to come
With Black Library Live behind us, and the last few copies of this year’s chapbook shipping out to eager readers, it’s time to look ahead to the biggest event in the Black Library calendar.
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Wednesday 7th of March, 2012
The Blood Angels are back
The Blood Angels are back. The stars of the classic Bloodquest graphic novel return in a brand new audio drama. It’s been over a decade since the first Bloodquest graphic novel, and our hero Leonatus was in need of an upgrade. So In time honoured tradition, here’s a before and after.
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Tuesday 6th of March, 2012
From the Shadows of Commoragh
Black Library Live! has been and gone for another year, but if you missed it (or just had such a good time that you don't want to wait for next year) don't worry, there are still tickets left for the Black Library Weekender. After packing away all the boxes, we’ve realised that we have some copies of the exclusive event chapbook left. So we’re putting them up for sale on the website.
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Monday 5th of March, 2012
The Best Weekend Ever?
Once again, the hall in Warhammer World was packed with bibliophiles for the fourth annual Black Library Live!
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Friday 2nd of March, 2012
Tales from the Underhive
Populated by mutants, bounty hunters and feral gangs, the Underhive of Necromunda definitely won’t be appearing on a ‘Top Ten Places to Live’ list anytime soon, but it is an awesome setting for a novel.
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Thursday 1st of March, 2012
The Flesh is Weak
Of the thousand or so Space Marine Chapters in the Imperium, there are very few that we know much about. One of the great things about the Space Marine Battles series is the way it lets us find out more about different Chapters, like the Silver Skulls in last year’s The Gildar Rift or the White Scars in Hunt for Voldorius. Now Chris Wraight (author of last year’s best-selling Space Marine Battles title Battle of the Fang) is taking another largely unexplored Chapter in Wrath of Iron: the Iron Hands.
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Wednesday 29th of February, 2012
Inspiration is the Mother of Invention
Black Library novels are packed full of so many amazing characters and exciting battles that it’s no wonder people are inspired to collect armies based on their favourites.
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Tuesday 28th of February, 2012
Fear of the Dark (Angels)
There can be no more noble and awe-inspiring sight than a fully armoured Space Marine soaring into battle on a jetbike, guns blazing and power sword held high, ready to decapitate the foes of the Imperium.
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Monday 27th of February, 2012
25 Facts for 25 Years
Unless you’ve been hiding under a pile of books this weekend, you’ll know that on Saturday, Warhammer 40,000 turned twenty-five years old.
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Friday 24th of February, 2012
The Lion and Pirates and Slayers – oh my!
It’s nearly Hammer and Bolter time again! We take a look at the new issue as well as all the other great new eBooks out today.
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Thursday 23rd of February, 2012
The Wolf and the Mage
If you’ve not read the novels yet let us fill you in: Prospero Burns and A Thousand Sons are two perspectives on an epic saga of treachery and war. As the Horus Heresy rages, the Space Wolves – a horde of proud, vicious barbarians – are sent to obliterate the Thousand Sons – a brotherhood of warrior-mystics – for dabbling in vile sorcery. A bitter feud begins on Prospero that will last for 10,000 years. To whet your appetite for these incredible sets, here is a short extract from each of the stories.
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Wednesday 22nd of February, 2012
An Artist’s Impression
A book doesn’t need a shiny, spectacular cover to make it a good book, but when you’ve got an artist like Neil Roberts doing the art for you, it’s certainly not a bad thing. Below is the latest example of Neil’s work which will form the cover for the forthcoming audio drama Garro: Sword of Truth.
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Tuesday 21st of February, 2012
Into the Void
The Night Lords have a different method of warfare from most Chaos Space Marines. Not for them the berserk assaults of the World Eaters or psychic barrages of the Thousand Sons – no, the Night Lords are all about lurking in the darkness and stabbing their foes when they aren’t looking. So what would happen when they’re forced into open battle, when they are attacked in such force that their usual tactics simply wouldn’t work? Aaron Dembski-Bowden wondered the same, and decided to explore the idea in Void Stalker, the final book in his Night Lords trilogy:
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Monday 20th of February, 2012
Abnett Shall Know No Fear
On Saturday, Games Workshop Hobby Centres from New Zealand to New York took part in organised Warhammer 40,000 Apocalypse games to celebrate the release of Know No Fear. Nowhere was the excitement more keenly felt than at the Oxford Street Plaza Hobby Centre in London, where Dan himself showed up to sign some books and rain death down upon the foe with a few well-placed orbital bombardments…
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Friday 17th of February, 2012
Space Marines aren’t scared of much
Space Marines aren’t scared of much, but even a hardened World Eaters veteran will be quaking in his boots when he gets a load of these guys:
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Thursday 16th of February, 2012
The longest running series, the shortest hero
Warhammer’s longest running series gets a bit longer next month next month as Gotrek and Felix return in a brand new anthology. Join us as we take a trip down memory lane and look at the past 20 year of this awesome series (this particular memory lane is strewn with the corpses of monsters).
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Wednesday 15th of February, 2012
Everyone loves a villain
Heroes are all well and good, but it’s the villains that make the Warhammer World what it is. In a land filled with hell-spawned daemons, mad sorcerers and insane necromancers, you need to be pretty maniacal to stand out from the crowd. But in this age of tyrants, there is one name that strikes fear into every soul in the Old World and beyond.
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Tuesday 14th of February, 2012
The Lion
Part one of ‘The Lion’, by Gav Thorpe, is in issue 17 of the monthly eBook anthology – available now – and here, prised from the grasp of the editors, is an exclusive extract from part two, as the Dark Angels battle a daemonic incursion on their flagship.
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Monday 13th of February, 2012
Brand new Horus Heresy in Hammer and Bolter
With all Friday’s excitement over the tickets for the Black Library Weekender, you could be forgiven if you forgot that issue 17 of Hammer and Bolter went on sale. It would be a shame to miss this month issue though, as it’s a big one, with tie-ins to several series and more action and excitement than you can shake a chainsword at.
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Friday 10th of February, 2012
Get Your Ticket
Tickets for the biggest Black Library event ever are now on sale. We already have two dozen guest confirmed as attending, more than any previous Black Library event including Dan Abnett, Graham McNeill, James Swallow, William King and many more. Tickets are already selling fast, and while the 18 gold tickets have already gone there are still a few hundred silver tickets up for grabs. Order now for your ticket to all this:
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Thursday 9th of February, 2012
Your wall is missing something
Do you sometimes think your living room wall is lacking that certain something? We have the answer.
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Wednesday 8th of February, 2012
That's the ticket
Look what just arrived! Glorious golden tickets to the venue where all your dreams come true, as long as your dreams involve meeting your favourite Black Library authors, getting your hands on a host of exclusive anthologies, novellas and audio dramas and attending the best Black Library event ever.
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Tuesday 7th of February, 2012
We've Ben Counter-ing down the days till this release
It’s been a long time since we were able to grace our bookshelves with a new Soul Drinkers novel. The last time we saw them, they were being captured by the Imperial Fists in Hellforged and I’m sure you’ve all been on tenterhooks wanting to know what happens next.
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Monday 6th of February, 2012
Feeling The Heat
After trudging through the snow to get to the office today, we felt like we needed a little warming up. What better than a picture of a flaming Space Marine?
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Friday 3rd of February, 2012
Cry Havoc and Let Slip the Dogs of War!
Well, not dogs, but there’s certainly a canine feel to the heroes of today’s release.
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Thursday 2nd of February, 2012
The High Lords of Terra Convene
Today there’s something big going on in the Black Library office. The authors of the Horus Heresy have convened for a top secret meeting that will determine the fate of millions. Over the past few days, you have been posting your questions on our Facebook page; here’s what they had to say.
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Wednesday 1st of February, 2012
I've got a Golden Ticket
We’ve just got the new standing banners in for Black Library Live! 2012. How cool are these?
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Tuesday 31st of January, 2012
And they shall (have) 'Know No Fear'
If you’ve been keeping up with our Facebook page, you’ll know that we’ve decided to start shipping Know No Fear early. That means if you have pre-ordered a copy of Know No Fear, it’s already on its way. If you haven’t had a chance to order it yet, the moment you do, we will send it straight out.
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Monday 30th of January, 2012
Path of the Extract
What do you think of when you think about eldar? Aspect warriors in bright colours wielding shuriken weapons and chainswords? Powerful seers changing the future and using psychic abilities to disorient and destroy their foes? What about the sinister kabalite warriors of Commorragh ? Or do you think of the rangers? Cool figures in trenchcoats, armed with longrifles, rangers are indisputably awesome. They’re also a key feature of Gav Thorpe’s forthcoming Path of the Outcast, the final book in his Eldar Path trilogy. Here’s an extract.
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Friday 27th of January, 2012
Beneath the Flesh
Andy Smillie’s ‘Beneath the Flesh’ hits the virtual shelves today. We managed to grab a moment with Andy (which is harder than it sounds when his day is filled with working, writing, and pumping enough iron to make a Space Marine jealous) and asked him a few questions:
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Thursday 26th of January, 2012
Know No Fear Trailer
This is the book you’ve been waiting for: Dan Abnett brings to life the most pivotal event in the Heresy since the fall of Horus, and sees the two biggest Legions the galaxy has ever seen fight to a bloody standstill across a dying world – awesome. Watch the trailer:
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Wednesday 25th of January, 2012
Gorechild
Continuing this week's theme of power-armoured superhuman killing machines, we've got some awesome new artwork of the toughest, most skull-takingest, bloodlettingest Berzerker this side of the Eye of Terror. Those of you who have been scanning upcoming releases might have noticed the audio drama 'Chosen of Khorne' by Anthony Reynolds (of Word Bearers fame). Who else was it going to be about but Kharn the Betrayer?
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Tuesday 24th of January, 2012
Who is the Ultra Marine?
All the excitement of Know No Fear has got us thinking: who’s our favourite Ultramarine? It’s a hard choice. No other Chapters can lay claim to as many iconic figures and mighty heroes whose deeds are renowned on every world of the Imperium (as well as many a tabletop.) We narrowed it down to our top four, and we’re going to let you pick your favourite.
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Monday 23rd of January, 2012
The Iron Without...
This weekend saw the return of the renegade Warsmith Honsou, with Iron Warriors: The Omnibus going up on pre-order, and we thought it would be cool to have a look back at the different books that have featured this charismatic anti-hero. So without further ado, Warsmith Honsou, this is your life...
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Friday 20th of January, 2012
Calth Burns
We could not be more excited about this book. Not only is it a new Horus Heresy novel, but it’s by Dan Abnett and it features the two largest Legions of Space Marines taking chunks out of each other in one of the most bitter battles of the war. The Black Library office is split down the middle between people who are keen to see the glorious Ultramarines in action for the first time, and those who can’t wait to see the smug smile wiped from Roboute Guilliman’s face when his proud Legion is all but obliterated.
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Thursday 19th of January, 2012
In the grim Darkness of the 1980’s...
On the 25th of February our beloved Warhammer 40,000 celebrates its 25th birthday, which leaves us thinking, where has the time gone? As we begin our preparations for this momentous occasion, we thought we’d go all the way back to the beginning and see just how far we’ve come.
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Wednesday 18th of January, 2012
It’s a kind of magic...
We announced on Facebook yesterday that Raymond Swanland’s fantastic cover art for Blood of Aenarion has been nominated for a David Gemmell Ravenheart award for best for Best Fantasy Artwork/Bookjacket 2011. We thought we’d celebrate this by showing you his stunning cover for the next book in the series, Sword of Caledor. The cover sees Teclis, archmage extraordinaire and all-round magical bad-ass, in the throes of casting some, no doubt, frighteningly powerful spell.
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Tuesday 17th of January, 2012
A Blaze of Glory
Everyone loves knights, don’t they? Valiant warriors on noble steeds, lances lowered, charging at the enemy… and when the enemy are eight-foot tall green killing machines, the knights only seem cooler. See, for example, this extract from Josh Reynolds’s Knight of the Blazing Sun, in which Hector Goetz of the, erm, Knights of the Blazing Sun takes on the monstrous orcs.
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Monday 16th of January, 2012
What’s Happening at Black Library Live
With less than two months to go until our annual celebration in Warhammer World, it’s time to reveal what Black Library Live 2012 will have in store for lucky ticket holders, and how to get the most from your day.
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Friday 13th of January, 2012
If I had a hammer, I’d wish I had a bolter too
On Tuesday’s blog, we showed you an extract from Gotrek & Felix: the Anthology. As a treat for you, we have a second extract this week, this time taken from James Swallow’s Redeemed that features in Hammer and Bolter, and is also available here as a separate download.
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Thursday 12th of January, 2012
To Infinity (well, December), and beyond!
As we mentioned yesterday, today is the day that we announce all of next season’s titles. So, without further ado, here’s what you’ll all be wanting for Christmas next year...
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Wednesday 11th of January, 2012
A Triumvirate of Teasers
At the end of yesterday’s blog, we told you that we would reveal some of the other books that will be hitting shop shelves later this year, but just telling you is no fun, so today we present a sneak preview of the cover art from three forthcoming titles.
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Tuesday 10th of January, 2012
Slayer
Did you know that the first book Black Library published, way back in 1999, was the Gotrek & Felix tome Trollslayer? This was a collection of short stories featuring the Warhammer World’s most infamous adventurers, and over the last thirteen years it has spawned no fewer than twelve novels by William King and Nathan Long, as well as the audio drama Slayer of the Storm God. Well, now the doom-seeking Slayer and his reluctant companion are returning to their short story roots in Gotrek & Felix: The Anthology, featuring ten tales of adventure and battle by a variety of established authors and new Black Library talent. Here’s an extract from Jordan Ellinger’s story, ‘Kineater’:
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Monday 9th of January, 2012
Unleash the Wolves of Fenris
Snarling beasts, massive axes and awesome hairstyles… This can only mean one thing: the Space Wolves are here.
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Friday 6th of January, 2012
Catechism of Hamster
It’s nearly time! The lastest in our range of limited edition novellas – Catechism of Hate by Gav Thorpe – goes on sale in a few hours, and Black Library is a hive of activity preparing for this. The books are packed, the servers are prepared and we’ve been busily feeding the Moulder-bred gene-hamsters who power the website, fortifying them for the evening ahead. Gav Thorpe even sent in his Mechanical Hamster Dennis to add his formidable power to the servers.
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Friday 6th of January, 2012
The Ultimate Weekend
Make room in your calendar folks, because this November we will be holding our biggest event ever. The Black Library Weekender is THE place to be for anybody who’s anybody who enjoys Warhammer or Warhammer 40,000 fiction. The weekend is so packed with activities that we had to hire out an entire hotel and adjoining conference centre to contain it!
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Thursday 5th of January, 2012
bloodsports of Commorragh
The dark eldar are a vicious lot. When they’re not conducting brutal raids on Imperial worlds, killing and maiming innocents, they’re taking part in horrible bloodsports in Commorragh. Even their sporting events are deadly, as this extract from the soon-to-be-released Path of the Renegade shows.
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Wednesday 4th of January, 2012
Will the King become a legend?
Black Library has been very prominent in the David Gemmell Awards in the past few years (Britain’s premier fantasy book awards for those of you who don’t know). 2010 saw, Graham McNeill take home the Legend Award for Best Novel for Empire, the second book in the Legend of Sigmar trilogy. In 2011, the Morningstar Award for Best Newcomer went to Darius Hinks for his novel Warrior Priest.
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Tuesday 3rd of January, 2012
Catechism of hate video
Catechism of Hate is the latest Limited Edition novella, exclusively available here on blacklibary.com. Take a look at this brand new trailer to find out more details. If you know all about the book, watch the trailer anyway because it’s full of pious quotes and pictures of everyone’s favourite half-bionic Chaplain smashing tyranid face.
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