Aaron Dembski-Bowden is a new author for The Black Library, Games Workshop’s publishing arm. Though only three novels into his Black Library writing career, he has fast developed a devoted following of both die-hard Warhammer …
Continue readingAuthor: Phillip Sobel
Phillip is an Existential Psychotherapist and Teacher by day and a writer, gamer and all round geek in the hours of darkness. He claims to be enjoying the creative process enormously and secretly harbours the hope of publishing a novel one day...
Mark Charan Newton Interview – The Legends of the Red Sun
Mark Charan Newton is an urban fantasy author who’s currently two novels into his writing career and, judging by the sheer tonnage of critical acclaim which now includes a place in Library Journal’s top 5 …
Continue readingDan Abnett Interview -In the Black Library
For me this is the interview to end all interviews. It’s not often one gets to interview a personal hero; I suspect this is mostly because heroes don’t enjoy mopping up fanboy drool, and frankly, …
Continue readingBattle of the Fang by Chris Wraight Review
Though not billed as such, this book is the last part of an unofficial trilogy. Battle of the Fang effectively bridges the story begun in McNeill’s A Thousand Sons and Abnett’s Prospero Burns to the …
Continue readingEmbedded by Dan Abnett – Review
Embedded is Abnett’s second independent novel for Angry Robot Books and one of the most original and compelling SF stories I’ve read in quite some time. In fact, I’m drawn to a grossly overused cliché to describe …
Continue readingIron Company by Chris Wraight – Review
I’ve been meaning to review this little beauty for a while, so, straight to business. Iron Company was Chris Wraight’s first Black Library novel and yet somehow managed to tick almost all the boxes for …
Continue readingUltramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie | Review
At last, the holy grail of Warhammer 40k fans the world over has arrived–a 40k movie! Penned by the master himself, Dan Abnett, produced by Codex Pictures and directed by Martyn Pick, it tells a …
Continue readingProspero Burns + Embedded 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 …
Continue readingCity of Ruin + Nights of Villjamur by Mark Charan Newton Review
This review is based upon the assumption that you’ve read Nights of Villjamur, the first book in this series. If you haven’t I think you’re missing out on some of the most groundbreaking urban fantasy currently …
Continue readingSword of Justice + Iron Company + Battle of the Fang by Chris Wraight Review
As my gaming interests have turned more towards Warhammer Fantasy than Warhammer 40k, my reading has followed suit. Worry not, dear reader, I haven’t lost my love of the 40k universe, it’s just that I …
Continue readingGrimblades by Nick Kyme Review 40k
I must begin this review with a teensy confession. I bought this book by mistake. I was actually after Iron Company by Chris Wraight, and what with the very similar covers and the fact that …
Continue readingSoul Hunter + Helsreach + Blood Reaver 40k by Aaron Dembski Bowden Review
Let me start by saying that this isn’t a book I would normally pick up. It tells a dark tale from the perspective of what I’ll call the “bad guys.” I could not conceive of …
Continue readingA 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 …
Continue readingThe Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie Review
It was only after watching a great deal of House M.D. that I discovered that Hugh Laurie had penned a novel (published about a decade ago, now). I was intrigued. Clearly the man is an …
Continue readingFallen 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 …
Continue readingSons of Dorn by Chris Roberson Review
This being my first review for BSC, I wanted to say one thing straight away: objectivity is a myth. I have none. My reviews will be guided almost exclusively by my enjoyment, or not, of …
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