Catechism of Hate… New Novella from Black Library
December 13, 2011 by beerogre
Here's the first glimpse of the new novella from Black Library... Catechism of Hate!
Among the hallowed ranks of the Adeptus Astartes, few have attained such renown as Ortan Cassius – Ultramarines Chaplain and Master of Sanctity. Hero of the first Tyrannic War, his name is legend. When the hive fleets target the world of Styxia, Cassius leads the defence, marshalling the Ultramarines against the xenos monstrosities.
ABOUT THIS EDITION
- Strictly limited to 1,500 copies printed in English language
- Numbered and hand-signed by the author
- Detailed tactical maps
- Full colour poster insert
- Gatefold Space Marine Battles dust jacket
- Cloth bound cover with Ultramarine blue foiling
- Marker ribbon
The novella will be due out in January 2012, so you better keep your clicking finger poised for the release date if you want one of the vaunted 1500!
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I know his fiction is among the best 40k fiction there is, but unless that book opens with a lengthy apology to CSM players, I’ll pass.
Is that the fellow that scribed the CSM codex? (thumbs threw codex) It is! I got a pitch fork for you @clixbetter I have the torch.
i was under the impression that the SM battle novels were only going to do 1 for each chapter, apparently not, bet no other chapter will get multiple books for this series than the smurfs though.
any word on how much this is going to cost yet?
£30, just check on black library. still dunno if i’ll go for it. i like the SM battle novels but is it really worth it?
There’s a lot of bling attached to it to try to justify that price…I wonder if it will end up like Aurelian, where a ‘cut-down’ version will be released later?
suppose, but some of it i don’t care about (signed and numbered). also the “detailed tactical maps” come with every single space marine battle book so thats nothing special, i’m still not sure about it.
£30 for a novel! ….. Was it made from hometree?
Why make limited copies of a novel. That sounds like a dumb idea to me. Like making limited runs of board games, for example.
Well, Malekith was the only Black LIbrary book I didn’t finish. While I am not privy to the editorial constraint, publishing dead line or whatnot I found it… err not good. While there’s much flak thrown about quite easily, I’ve read the turgid dullness of Dickens, Bronte and the banal annoyance of the pretentious Beckett all the way up to the hilarity of Chaucer (read the Wife of Bath -it’s too funny for words), Plautus and Asher (Neal) and about everything in between. I just found Malekith (and, I’m afraid to say other BL writing) difficult to justify the expense.… Read more »
“xenos monstrosities”
heh
All the 40K books I have read have been very boring when the marines are the heroes. It just isn’t interesting reading about religious zealots with guns in my opinion. If I wrote a novel in the 40K universe it would be from the Ork perspective as they have potential for a action packed book with humor injected also. I mean lets face it marines are religious brainwashed puppets really with dull catchphrases like “We March for Macragge” YAWN!
have you tried dead men walking? no space marines and although the ending was a bit naff i really enjoyed it.
Thanks for the recommendation I will give that one a go.
This looks alright, but have to say the presentation and art of the limited run HH books look better such as Aurelian… Gav Thorpe has a hit and miss record in his novels too in my opinion.