The newest titles from The Black Library is now available for pre-order. Let’s dive right in and see what’s new this week on the lore side of things!
Knightsblade (Hardback): $27
Imperial Knights Book 2
Now fighting as a Freeblade, Imperial Knight Luk Kar Chimaeros faces his past and a dreadful decision that will decide his future.
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The story continues as Andy Clark continues the saga of Imperial Knights in a tale of courage, honour and betrayal.THE STORY
Since the fall of House Chimaeros to heresy, Luk Kar Chimaeros has renounced his heritage and his name to become the Knight of Ashes. For five arduous years, the Freeblade has pursued his treacherous step-mother across the stars alongside a band of fellow Exiles. Just as their hunt appears to be nearing its conclusion, a terrible destruction descends upon his home planet of Adrastapol. The Knight of Ashes must decide whether to continue his quest to exact justice and restore his honour, or aid the Noble Houses of Adrastapol and risk being branded a heretic evermore.Written by Andy Clark
Gaunt’s Ghosts: The Saint Omnibus (Paperback): $21
A Gaunt’s Ghosts Omnibus
From a deadly trek across a fallen world to the defence of a holy city alongside Saint Sabbat herself, this second Gaunt’s Ghosts collection contains four novels of classic Astra Militarum action.
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It’s in these stories that the Gaunt’s Ghosts series become true classics. Story arcs take shape, characters rise and fall and shock abound.THE STORY
In the blood-soaked Sabbat Worlds Crusade, the massed ranks of the Imperium battle the dark forces of Chaos for dominion. At the forefront of this conflict are the Imperial Guard – untold numbers of ordinary soldiers fighting to preserve the Emperor’s holy realm. Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt and the men of the Tanith First and Only are at the heart of this struggle. Forced to flee their planet before it was destroyed by Chaos, their specialist scouting role has earned them the nickname ‘Ghosts’, along with any dangerous mission their commanders choose to throw at them. Follow Gaunt’s epic adventures as he and his men storm into battle with their war cry: ‘Men of Tanith, do you want to live forever?’Written by Dan Abnett
CONTENTS
Honour Guard
The Guns of Tanith
Straight Silver
Sabbat Martyr
Lucius The Faultless Blade (Paperback): $16
A Chaos Space Marines novel
With his armies exhausted by unending war and consumed by their own twisted iniquities, Lucius the Eternal turns to an erstwhile brother of the Emperor’s Children to rebuild his strength.
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He’s died a thousand times, but for Lucius the Eternal, there’s something worse than death on the horizon unless he can control the forces that threaten to annihilate all that he has worked to build.THE STORY
He is Fulgrim’s champion, the Soulthief, and the Scion of Chemos. His name is whispered and cursed across both time and space, a peerless blademaster who even death cannot threaten. He is Lucius the Eternal, blessed by Slaanesh and the greatest swordsman of all the fell Legions imprisoned within the Eye of Terror. With his armies exhausted by unending war and consumed by their own twisted iniquities, Lucius turns to an erstwhile brother of the Emperor’s Children to rebuild his strength. Faced with betrayal from without and even from within his own flesh, will Lucius discover something that even one who cannot know death should fear?Written by Ian St Martin
These upcoming releases are going to be a must for all you lore hounds out there.
