News de la Black Library (France et UK) - 2011

Un extrait de "Régicide" (Les Mondes de Sabbat),
de Aaron Dembski-Bowden.

"Il aperçut, sur la lame, le reflet de ce qui restait de son
visage. Le sourire dont il semblait désormais incapable
de se départir était une bouillie de lèvres fendues et de
gencives sanglantes.
Son visage à elle était recouvert d’un masque de carnaval ; il ne laissait voir que ses yeux, qui n’avaient rien d’humain.
— Ne te débats pas, dit-elle..."

La suite demain sur :
http://www.blacklibrary.com/france

We’ve heard a lot about Gav Thorpe this week. On Monday we showed a trailer for his new Horus Heresy novel. An extract from one of his Age of Legend tales appeared on Tuesday, Wednesday brought you the artwork for his next Path of the Eldar novel. We thought it was about time we heard from the man himself.

We prised him away from his typewriter for long enough to bring you this interview.


BL : Your first Horus Heresy novel is out soon and you’ve been writing a novella for next year’s The Primarchs anthology. How do you approach the Horus Heresy setting as opposed to the more firmly established universe of Warhammer 40,000?

GT : First of all, you have to remember that everyone is a lot less dogmatic and superstitious. When you are steeped in the ritual and doctrine of Warhammer 40,000, it's easy to forget that these are more enlightened times (on the whole), but also somewhat naive times too. As the series progresses, the Imperium's knowledge of, and reaction to, Chaos will be evolving, and so one thing that I have spent some time thinking about is just how much the Space Marines and Primarchs know about the warp and the relationship it has with their universe. They have navigators and astropaths and other psykers, and in ‘The Lion’ there is an encounter with a foe they do not expect or know at all, which leads to some awkward questions about the Dark Angels Librarius and the Edict of Nikaea...

BL : The ‘Path of the Eldar’ series is coming to a close with Path of the Outcast. What can we expect from this final book in the trilogy?

GT : Folks who have read the series so far will know that Aradryan leaves Alaitoc and, through means unknown, manages to annoy a bunch of humans so much that they attack the craftworld. In Path of the Outcast fans will learn why he has to leave Alaitoc, and just what it is that Aradryan gets up to to bring down the wrath of the Imperium on his home. As the conclusion to the trilogy, Path of the Outcast draws together all of the threads of the series, and ultimately resolves the battle for Alaitoc. His adventures take in exodites, dark eldar, harlequins and corsairs, not to mention a few rangers - I tried to get in pretty much everything that isn't craftworld-based.

The most important job of any Horus Heresy book is to add a layer of character and narrative to the existing storyline, examining not just what happened but why. You have to make sure the readers get caught up in the story enough that even those who know how the wider tale plays out can forget that for a while and just enjoy the ride. It is a time of growing darkness, an innocence lost in some ways, and that darkness has to settle on every character caught up in the fallout of Horus's actions.

BL : The blog earlier this week mentioned a top secret novella project. What (if anything) can you tell us about this?

GT :All I can tell you is that...

Sorry Gav, if I let you tell them about the new novella, Marneus Calgar will have my head...

I have spent some time thinking about is just how much the Space Marines and Primarchs know about the warp and the relationship it has with their universe

“L’Empire doit faire face. Nous sommes peut-être exténués, loin de nos foyers, mais par Sigmar, nous allons nous opposer aux hordes qui veulent la destruction des hommes, jusqu’à la moindre goutte de sang, jusqu’à ce que nos lames se brisent et que nous expirions. Le destin du monde dépend de cette bataille. Si les armées de l’Empire ne sortent pas victorieuses de cette guerre, elles n’auront plus rien à chérir.”
– L’Empereur Karl Franz à ses troupes avant la bataille du Mont aux Feux Follets.

A group of Space Marines breaking out of a jail that makes Alcatraz look like a well fortified sandcastle, and escaping with a message that will doom and/or save mankind…
If that isn’t awesome, call me a heretic.
I’m sure many of you have already eagerly read The Outcast Dead, the seventeenth instalment in the Horus Heresy series (and if you haven’t, I’d add it to your Christmas list pronto). We caught up with the author, Graham McNeill, to chat about writing in the epoch-shattering times of the Horus Heresy, as well as a couple of other projects on the horizon.

If you’ve already read the Outcast Dead and can’t wait for more, you can preorder the next novel in the Horus Heresy series, Gav Thorpe’s Deliverance Lost, which will be shipping within a week.
Finally a quick reminder, if any were needed, that Christmas is fast approaching. Here are the last shipping dates for those of you wanting your books in time for the 25th of December.

Maestitia a écrit:Bon le début osef un peu, mais l'annonce d'un autre livre sur l'Adeptus Mechanicus est topissime !!!

La seule question que je me pose c'est de savoir si ce roman s'inscrira dans la saga HH ou si c'est autre chose?

Horus Lupercal a écrit:
J'ai présenté ce roman il y a quelque temps, le 26 octobre dernier, par ICI Priest of Mars.

You should never meet your heroes.
Especially during the Great Crusade, because there’s about a 50/50 chance that your hero is in fact a Chaos tainted psychopath who will kill you and add your skull to his stylish trophy rack.
Relive the moment the Horus revealed his treachery in the new abridged audiobook of Ben Counter’s storming Galaxy In Flames. This latest Horus Heresy release runs across no fewer than five CDs and contains six hours of Space Marines smashing each other into bloody ruins.
As always with our audiobooks, there’s an audio extract on the product page, but we thought we’d bring you a bonus extract from one of our favourite scenes.
Here’s a short clip featuring Lucius, master swordsman of the Emperor’s Children, chopping up the elite bodyguard of the traitor governor of Isstvan.

Dark Apostle a écrit:

Horus Lupercal a écrit:
J'ai présenté ce roman il y a quelque temps, le 26 octobre dernier, par ICI Priest of Mars.

J'allais le dire, et oui c'est plus vraiment une news pour nous!