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Hammer and Bolter
The Best of Hammer and Bolter: Volume 1
The best of new fiction short stories from the Black LibrarySample the best short fiction from Black Library’s monthly magazine, from our most popular established authors and a host of new talent. Available for the first time in print.
Stories Within
A Place of Quiet Assembly • [Gotrek and Felix] • (2012) • novelette by John Brunner
Action and Consequence • (2012) • Sarah Cawkwell
Aenarion • (2011) • Gav Thorpe
Bitter End • (2012) • Sarah Cawkwell
Cause and Effect • (2012) • Sarah Cawkwell
Charandis • (2012) • Ben McCallum
Commander Shadow • (2012) • Braden Campbell
Exhumed • [Deathwatch] • (2011) • Steve Parker
Feast of Horrors • (2012) • Chris Wraight
Flesh • (2012) • Chris Wraight
Grail Knight • (2012) • Anthony Reynolds
Hunted • (2012) • John French
Manbane • (2012) • Andy Hoare
Marshlight • (2012) • C. L. Werner
Mountain Eater • (2012) • Andy Smillie
Primary Instinct • (2011) • Sarah Cawkwell
Questing Knight • (2012) • Anthony Reynolds
Shadow Knight • (2012) • Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Sir Dagobert's Last Battle • (2012) • Jonathan Green
Survivor • (2012) • Steve Parker
The Arkunasha War • (2012) • Andy Chambers
The Barbed Wire Cat • (2012) • Robert Earl
The Carrion Anthem • (2012) • David Annandale
The Dark Path • (2012) • Gav Thorpe
The First Duty • (2012) • Josh Reynolds
The Gods Demand • (2011) • Josh Reynolds
The Iron Within • [The Horus Heresy] • (2011) • novella by Rob Sanders
The Last Charge • (2011) • Andy Hoare
The Last Remembrancer • [The Horus Heresy] • (2011) • novelette by John French
The Long Games at Carcharias • (2011) • Rob Sanders
The Rat Catcher's Tale • (2012) • Richard Ford
The Strange Demise of Titus Endor • (2012) • Dan Abnett
Tower of Blood • (2012) • Tony Ballantyne
Virtue's Reward • (2012) • Darius Hinks
Waiting Death • (2011) • Steve Lyons
We Are One • (2012) • John French
Stories Within
A Place of Quiet Assembly • [Gotrek and Felix] • (2012) • novelette by John Brunner
Action and Consequence • (2012) • Sarah Cawkwell
Aenarion • (2011) • Gav Thorpe
Bitter End • (2012) • Sarah Cawkwell
Cause and Effect • (2012) • Sarah Cawkwell
Charandis • (2012) • Ben McCallum
Commander Shadow • (2012) • Braden Campbell
Exhumed • [Deathwatch] • (2011) • Steve Parker
Feast of Horrors • (2012) • Chris Wraight
Flesh • (2012) • Chris Wraight
Grail Knight • (2012) • Anthony Reynolds
Hunted • (2012) • John French
Manbane • (2012) • Andy Hoare
Marshlight • (2012) • C. L. Werner
Mountain Eater • (2012) • Andy Smillie
Primary Instinct • (2011) • Sarah Cawkwell
Questing Knight • (2012) • Anthony Reynolds
Shadow Knight • (2012) • Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Sir Dagobert's Last Battle • (2012) • Jonathan Green
Survivor • (2012) • Steve Parker
The Arkunasha War • (2012) • Andy Chambers
The Barbed Wire Cat • (2012) • Robert Earl
The Carrion Anthem • (2012) • David Annandale
The Dark Path • (2012) • Gav Thorpe
The First Duty • (2012) • Josh Reynolds
The Gods Demand • (2011) • Josh Reynolds
The Iron Within • [The Horus Heresy] • (2011) • novella by Rob Sanders
The Last Charge • (2011) • Andy Hoare
The Last Remembrancer • [The Horus Heresy] • (2011) • novelette by John French
The Long Games at Carcharias • (2011) • Rob Sanders
The Rat Catcher's Tale • (2012) • Richard Ford
The Strange Demise of Titus Endor • (2012) • Dan Abnett
Tower of Blood • (2012) • Tony Ballantyne
Virtue's Reward • (2012) • Darius Hinks
Waiting Death • (2011) • Steve Lyons
We Are One • (2012) • John French
640 pages, Paperback
First published June 26, 2012
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Christian Z. Dunn
140 books62 followersChristian Dunn, sometimes credited as C.Z. Dunn, is a senior editor for Black Library.
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
August 9, 2016
Wow I finally finished this one! Lol
I actually started this book over a year ago, though I only recently added it. I got back to this and really dug in. This book is a collection of the Hammer and Bolter magazine, created by Games Workshop. There are 12 issues in volume 1 and this collection pulls around three average from each issue, making a total of 37 stories. These stories take turns from Warhammer 40k to Warhammer Fantasy, also known as the Old World.
The Warhammer Fantasy tales range from the frozen Chaos Wastes in the north, to Grail Knights serving the Lady of the Lake. An Ogre Hunter is featured in one story, and many stories involve mass battles against Chaos, the Vampire Counts, the Undead, etc. The last story involving the old World is a sad tale about Aenerion, the Hand of Khaine, who sacrifices himself to the Bloody Handed God and becomes the doom of the Elves.
Now let's talk about Warhammer 40k. There are tales about several different Space Marine chapters in these stories. There is a three part connected set of stories involving the Silver Skulls. There are stories about Huron Blackheart, a Chaos Lord pretty much. There are stories about the Imperial Guard, the Inquisition, and the constant struggle of life within the Imperium of Man, 40,000 years from now.
This book fires the imagination and fills one full of Warhammer. It was an extremely enjoyable read, but pack a lunch, because this little gem is almost 900 pages. Every story was interesting and I can't wait to dig into volume 2. It's looking at me right now as if to say "what are you waiting for?" Don't all books do that to us though? Lol
Danny
I actually started this book over a year ago, though I only recently added it. I got back to this and really dug in. This book is a collection of the Hammer and Bolter magazine, created by Games Workshop. There are 12 issues in volume 1 and this collection pulls around three average from each issue, making a total of 37 stories. These stories take turns from Warhammer 40k to Warhammer Fantasy, also known as the Old World.
The Warhammer Fantasy tales range from the frozen Chaos Wastes in the north, to Grail Knights serving the Lady of the Lake. An Ogre Hunter is featured in one story, and many stories involve mass battles against Chaos, the Vampire Counts, the Undead, etc. The last story involving the old World is a sad tale about Aenerion, the Hand of Khaine, who sacrifices himself to the Bloody Handed God and becomes the doom of the Elves.
Now let's talk about Warhammer 40k. There are tales about several different Space Marine chapters in these stories. There is a three part connected set of stories involving the Silver Skulls. There are stories about Huron Blackheart, a Chaos Lord pretty much. There are stories about the Imperial Guard, the Inquisition, and the constant struggle of life within the Imperium of Man, 40,000 years from now.
This book fires the imagination and fills one full of Warhammer. It was an extremely enjoyable read, but pack a lunch, because this little gem is almost 900 pages. Every story was interesting and I can't wait to dig into volume 2. It's looking at me right now as if to say "what are you waiting for?" Don't all books do that to us though? Lol
Danny
November 16, 2012
It wasn't terrible but alot of these stories were printed in other Black Library anthologies. If you havent read alot of other Warhammer stuff there is alot of good stories in here but I found myself retreading alot of ground. Not that thats a terrible thing either.
August 31, 2012
The book is a total waste of you buy any other short stories collections. The 2 horus heresy stories are in other books and I'm sure that every other story in here is too
November 26, 2012
A very enjoyable read.
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