Black Library Recommendations?

[orkward2.0]

Also if it is chaos you are after the word bearers trilogy is a great read.It has an epecially lovable magos/demon in it.

[Animus Silvanna]

Black Library Decision Tree:

Is it written by Dan Abnett?
If yes ------> READ IT, READ IT NOW!!!
If no -------> You're on your own...

But seriously everything he writes is great. The first three Gaunt's Ghosts omnibuses (The Founding, The Saint, and The Lost) and the Eisenhorn and Ravenor trilogies (also all available in omnibuses) are great stories all around. There are certainly other good writers (I was being hyperbolic above) but Abnett is a great writer and story teller and you can't go wrong starting with his books.

The only thing I can about that is i would have agreed with you before the Ultramarines fiasco... Now I question his sanity.

[Just_Me]

The only thing I can about that is i would have agreed with you before the Ultramarines fiasco... Now I question his sanity.

Now now, you can't blame a screen writer for a cinematic disaster. The story even had the bones of some promise to it but the follow through was... blah... The whole movie felt like it got chopped down to half size and rushed to release before post-production was finished. On the whole Abnett's record is solid...

But yeah, why did you even have to bring Ultramarines up? Leaves a nasty taste in my mouth to think about it. I was so excited that I preordered it and everything then just kinda blocked it out of my memory after watching it. XP

[Anggul]

Now now, you can't blame a screen writer for a cinematic disaster. The story even had the bones of some promise to it but the follow through was... blah... The whole movie felt like it got chopped down to half size and rushed to release before post-production was finished. On the whole Abnett's record is solid...

But yeah, why did you even have to bring Ultramarines up? Leaves a nasty taste in my mouth to think about it. I was so excited that I preordered it and everything then just kinda blocked it out of my memory after watching it. XP

Like the stasis-field Crozius, needing the Apothecary to turn on his searchlight to see in the dark when they have their helmets, Black Legion just running into bolter fire and growling and snarling like animals, a 'daemon prince' who isn't a daemon prince, he's just possessed, newly appointed battle brothers acting like hot-headed youngsters despite having that kicked out of them long before they can become battle brothers, bolters going through power armour like paper, and goodness knows how much else?

Yeah, not the writer's fault at all. :P

The animation was also absolutely terrible, but that one isn't his fault.

[Godless Zealot]

Got 'The Founding' omnibus of Gaunts Ghosts for crimbo and loving it thanks for the recommend guys even though I didn't expect it to be a collection of short stories at first. Haha I recently watched that Ultramarine movie too, even to a newcomer of 40k like me it seemed a little naff.

[dark messenger]

Not to turn this tread into an Ultramarines bashing but.... yeah. I can swallow much from the GW mill but that just took it too far. Killed any and all hope I had for a decent expansion into film

But where Abnett is concerned, he is certainly one of the finest writers they have. His books are little bit like marmite but love 'em or hate 'em you can't deny the man has a way with words.
His books are well worth a read as I think, by this point, they make up about a third of the "core" GW fluff books.

[Psychosplodge]

The last chancers trilogy is a good read.
The Eisornhorn/Ravenor series is very good.
The Ciaphas Cain series is worth a read if you like your violence with a slice of dark humour.

[Godless Zealot]

After I've finished The Founding I have the first Ciaphas Cain novel borrowed from a new friend ready to go. I like the idea of the 'cowardly' but highly respected commissar, sounds like a good read!

[Psychosplodge]

More "Enlightened self interest" than cowardly...

[Wolfshade]

I love the Cain novels They make me smile and add some levity to the Grim Darkness, my favourite is the reference to the children's song "The Tracks of the Land Raider crush the Heretic" (In my mind at least sung to the tune of the Wheels on the 'bus)