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!
Black Library Calendar 2018: $15
A 2018 calendar
Live 2018 to the accompaniment of artwork from across Black Library’s range. See some of the great covers from Black Library titles on a large scale – plus, of course, a handy calendar!
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It’s a calendar – which is always useful, if only to remember birthdays so you don’t upset your mum – with 12 amazing images from a range of titles by some of Black Library’s most talented artists. Get some superlative scenes of slaughter on your wall for 2018 (it definitely beats cats or views of Scottish castles).DESCRIPTION
Have artwork from a host of recent and forthcoming Black Library titles on your wall for the whole of 2017 with the official The Art of Black Library Calendar. Every month brings a fabulous scene of battle that also adorns a Black Library cover, including Titans marching to battle, the primarch Perturabo leading his Legion and Lucius the Eternal proving his swordsmanship skills.FEATURES
– 12 month calendar running from January to December 2018
– Large scale artwork – each piece measures 297×420 mm/11.7″x16.5″
– Includes quotations from each title.THE ART
January – Fulgrim: The Palatine Phoenix by Mikhail Savier
February – Corsair: The Face of the Void by Johan Grenier
March – Eight Lamentations: Spear of Shadows by Johan Grenier
April – The Horus Heresy: Ruinstorm by Neil Roberts
May – Overlords of the Iron Dragon by Johan Grenier
June – The Horus Heresy: Old Earth by Neil Roberts
July – Agent of the Throne: Blood and Lies by K D Stanton
August – Black Legion by Raymond Swanland
September – Hallowed Knights: Plague Garden by Matthias De Muylder
October – Ferrus Manus: The Gorgon of Medusa by Mikhail Savier
November – Dark Imperium by Igor Sid
December – Black Rift by Alessandro Baldasseroni
The Eye of Medusa (Paperback): $16
An Iron Hands novel
When the Adeptus Mechanicus world of Thennos falls into insurrection, the Iron Hands bring retribution upon the traitors. But the taint on the world threatens to destroy the purity of the machine and introduce something dark to the Iron Hands’ universe…
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Themes of the duality between machine and man are at the heart of the Iron Hands, and David Guymer uses a world of the Adeptus Mechanicus that has fallen into heresy as the catalyst for exploring that fascinating battle for the soul of the Chapter.THE STORY
Ever since the dark days of the Great Heresy, the Iron Hands have a long and tortured history. Their years of suffering and war has left them hardened and believing in a brutal tenet – the flesh is weak. Heavily cybernetic, their flesh extensively altered, these warriors of the Imperium are more machine than man, cold in aspect as well as demeanour. Their methods of recruitment are harsh, their rituals arcane, their pride unshakable. So when a world under the protection of the Chapter falls foul of insurrection, the Iron Hands answer with fire and cold retribution. It matters not that Thennos is considered sovereign territory of the Adeptus Mechanicus, for the Iron Hands’ campaign is one of extermination. But there is something dark lurking within Thennos, a horror that defies the purity of cold logic and the machine, and offers something more, something ruinous…Written by David Guymer
Jain Zar: The Storm of Silence (Paperback): $16
A Phoenix Lords novel
Jain Zar, the first of the Howling Banshees, travels to Craftworld Ulthwé to help avert disaster – but Eldrad Ulthran opposes her plans. What path will guide the eldar towards victory: the way of the seer, or the way of war?
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It’s rare to see disagreement between Craftworld Eldar on the right way to proceed, and when one of those involved is the legenday Jain Zar, things are sure to get ugly… and entertaining.THE STORY
The eldar are an ancient race whose mode of war blends spirituality with a unique mastery of technology. In times of need, their entire race will rouse to war – led by terrifying, almost mythological figures – the phoenix lords, immortal beings embody the warrior nature of the eldar. A swift and deadly fighter, Jain Zar can harness the rage of her scream to slaughter any who dare oppose her.When a burgeoning ork empire starts to pose a threat to the eldar peoples, Jain Zar travels to the craftworld Ulthwé to warn them of the danger. However, she finds her plans to divert disaster are opposed by one of the craftworld’s own seers, Eldrad. With so many futures possible, which path should the eldar walk to avert destruction of their craftworlds and put an end to the greenskin menace?
Written by Gav Thorpe.
These upcoming releases are going to be a must for all you lore hounds out there.
