3 Novellas Explore the Three Games of the Iron Kingdoms
April 8, 2013 by dracs
There was a bit of excitement a while back as Privateer Press had announced that a series of books based in the Iron Kingdoms was in the offing.
Well I just checked back and it seems that we can now explore Hordes, Warmachine and the Iron Kingdoms RPG in three new novellas!
To start off we have the first in the The Walrock Sagas for Hordes; Instruments of War by Larry Correia.
Makeda, Supreme Archdomina of House Balaash, is known throughout the Iron Kingdoms for her leadership of the mighty Skorne Empire, but it was not always so…
For fans of Warmachine we have The Devil's Pay by Dave Gross.
Sam MacHorne and her Devil Dogs need a contract, and when one comes in that leads to the haunted Wythmoor Forest, the company moves out with warjacks and slug guns at the ready...
Finally we have one I am particularly excited about. The Iron Kingdoms RPG is represented by Exiles in Arms: Moving Targets, written by none other than the master of Black Library macabre C. L. Werner.
With the forces of Khador massing for another surge south into Cygnar and the Thornwood Forest, Taryn and Rutger are forced to take a dangerous escape route before borders close for good. Amid the last refugees fleeing the advance, the duo is caught up in an assignment that will prove to be either their salvation or undoing.
These three novellas are currently available in eBook formats and have just recently appeared on Amazon.
The fiction of a gaming world is really what brings it to life so these new books are a more than welcome addition, opening up the world of Iron Kingdoms and hopefully providing us with inspiration to use in our own games.
Are any of you looking for some bed time reading?
Do you know if there are plans to release these as paperbacks?
Asking for a (Luddite) friend.
From what I gather, these stories will stay digital, but other novels will see print.
Cheers.
I’d actually forgot about the novels O.o theres my next payment down the drain…
As a fan of the DD’s I really enjoyed The Devil’s Pay.. though the problem inherent in novellas is that it was over far too soon. I just started reading Moving Targets last night and it looks like it’s going to be just as good if not better.
As for them being paperbacks.. no, I don’t think so unless they release an anthology further down the line. They are planning to release full length novels though and I *think* (but may have mis-read) that those would be in print.
about half way through The devil’s pay and am really enjoying it so far.
As for paper, the Skull Island eXpedition books will be digital only, but won’t be just novellas, a full length book, dark convergence, is on it’s ways (leading up to the release of the convergence of Cyriss on the tabletop)
However, Privateer press are release another series of novels with the publishing company Pyr which will be paperback, which are seperate from skull island X.
Devil’s Pay and Moving Targets were interesting reads, although some of the story elements in the latter and their repercussions and results weren’t overly elaborated on. Could just be that they’re saving the details on those for the next Exiles In Arms book, though. Moving Targets just kind of ends after the climactic fight, hence why I think the repercussions of the book’s events won’t be explained ’til the next book.