by LordMalekTheRedKnight » Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:31 pm
by Spack » Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:33 am
One hundred years ago, the forge world of Chaeroneia disappeared amidst rumours of corruption and civil war. Now it has returned and the once teeming factory planet is now a silent sentinel floating through space. Is it an empty tomb or a foul nest of Chaos? That is the question facing Captain Alaric of the Grey Knights. The elite daemon hunters are charged with a new mission; to investigate Chaeroneia, determine the presence of any daemonic influence and terminate with extreme prejudice. However, nothing can prepare even the Grey Knights for what they find on the planet’s surface. One hundred years of isolation has corrupted the engineer-priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus beyond all imaginings, and their monstrous, possessed machines prowl the surface like predators. In order to complete their mission, the Grey Knights must rely on their faith, and trust a ghost lurking in the machine!
by Andrew » Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:37 am
by LordMalekTheRedKnight » Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:39 am
Anonymous wrote:Thats pretty good not your average story but i Like it very much good work. I asssume you are making a army based on this fluff.
by LordMalekTheRedKnight » Thu Aug 17, 2006 11:47 am
Spack wrote:Hmm, I don't get why the Inquisitor and Machinos would be enemies. It's normal for the AM to be called in when anything like this pops up. Maybe flesh out that part a bit: did Machinos circumvent an Inquisition blockade; was the planet deemed tainted and so prohibited (yet the Explorator teams were allowed, seems strange).
Spack wrote:Have you read Dark Adeptus from Black Library? It's the second book in the Grey Knights series, you might well get inspiration from that storyline to flesh yours out. Here's the blurb from BL:
by Spack » Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:20 pm
LordMalekTheRedKnight wrote:Spack wrote:Have you read Dark Adeptus from Black Library? It's the second book in the Grey Knights series, you might well get inspiration from that storyline to flesh yours out. Here's the blurb from BL:no, i hadnt read (although i suppose il have to now ive read the blurb lol) - do you need to have read the 1st GK book to get the story?
i stopped buying the GW novels after the 2 Blood Angel ones - not because i didnt like them (i loved them) but because it was getting too expensive along with my comics every month. before long things will be back to normal though, so il be catching up on what ive missed.
by LordMalekTheRedKnight » Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:31 pm
Spack wrote:There are a few references to the first book, but only a very few. Just bits about Alaric and what he did. You could easily read the second book on it's own without missing anything.
Spack wrote:I don't have the BA books, from what I've heard they're a mess and the author admitted he new very little about the fluff. I've got a large collection of BL books now, and it keeps growing - I work for book retailer so I get good prices
Spack wrote:I can wangle extra discount (although obviously not as good as I get myself) on the books for everyone else too - check out the stickied thread at the top of the Black Library forum
by Spack » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:30 pm
LordMalekTheRedKnight wrote:oh i really loved the BA ones - couldnt wait for the 2nd one to come out.
the Eisenhorn ones were great too, but my all time faves are the Jaq Draco/ Inqusition Wars books. now they just rock
by LordMalekTheRedKnight » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:46 pm
Spack wrote:Didn't you get annoyed by all the glaring errors? From what I've heard, more Death Company die in one of the books in a single battle than the BA have ever had in fluff.
Spack wrote:Agreed. I read the Draco books when they first came out (got first editions of each book, and Chaos Child signed by Ian Watson).
Spack wrote:I only recently read the Eisenhorn books as I picked up the omnibus edition, but I've also read the Ravenor books too - if you liked Eisenhorn, read Ravenor (2 books atm, 3rd book due early next year).Have you read the first two Horus Heresy books yet? Damn good reading. And I'd suggest the Gaunt's Ghost series too, very good. Double Eagle is also a good read, again a Dan Abnett book.
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