Dan Abnett Interview – part 2
At last, part two of my interview with Dan Abnett which, as was hinted at in part 1, takes the form of a Skype conversation between us. I really enjoyed our conversation and feel that the content of, and revelations during, our dialogue will hopefully compensate you for the occasional interruption by my squeaky chair…a [...]
GrimDark II: Loose Canon
To: Aaron Dembski-Bowden Subject: Space Marine Power Armour Dear Mr. Dembski-Bowden, In your novel ‘I Remember When I Totally Puked That Time’, you said that power armour functions by X going into Y. But in Dan Abnett’s novel ‘Writhing in Unholy Chutney’, he said power armour functions by A going into B. Both of these [...]
Prospero Burns by Dan Abnett – review
Perhaps the most eagerly awaited book of the Horus Heresy series, Prospero Burns is the fifteenth book in this New York Times best-selling collection. Though initially slated for simultaneous release with Graham McNeill’s A Thousand Sons, unforeseen circumstances in Mr. Abnett’s life prompted a delay, much to the disappointment of fans across the world. The [...]
A Thousand Sons by Graham McNeill – review
One of the most keenly anticipated books of the bestselling Horus Heresy series, A Thousand Sons tells one half of the epic story of the destruction of Prospero, the Thousand Sons’ homeworld, from the perspective of the Thousand Sons themselves. The other half of the story, told from the point of view of the Space [...]
Fallen Angels by Mike Lee – review
Mike Lee’s Fallen Angels is the eleventh book in the hugely popular Horus Heresy series and continues the story begun in Mitchel Scanlon’s excellent Descent of Angels. Did I just say excellent? Yes. I know that this is the mother of all minority opinions, but the first novel suffered from the all too common “it [...]
Contest – Warhammer 40000: Horus Heresy (all 9 books – 2 sets!)
Nobody makes Monday better than BookSpotCentral. In my last contest announcement I told you of my tales on the high seas in my efforts to bring reading treasure to our readers and there was no rest for the wicked today, as this time I infiltrated the dreaded Black Library on a mission of literary espionage. [...]
