Lord Samper's Library

I was doing a spot of Christmas shopping, on Amazon, and came across this blurb; 'The Splintered Sun' won't arrive until October next year but I thought it was worth sharing in the meantime... ;o) From the much-loved, Sunday Times bestselling author comes a thrilling new tale set in the legendary world of Osten Ard. This fast-moving adventure follows bandit and chieftain Flann Alderwood - a mythic, swashbuckling figure whose name is whispered across the realm-and his band of misfit rebels as they navigate a kingdom menaced by dark sorcery and war. With the old King of Hernystir's health failing, warlords carve up the land and rival factions clash over the rightful heir. Into this chaos steps Flann, joined by allies both noble and common, to help the King's one legitimate heir claim his father's blessing and restore stability. But enemies, human and inhuman, stalk their every move, determined to end Flann's quest before it begins. Packed with action, unforget...

  Page Count: 294 Pages You may have noticed (you may not, I don’t mind) but I’m trying to be a little better at actually reading the books I’ve picked up this year. I know, there’s also a whole load of books from last year (and before that…) but you know, baby steps ;o) I’m working half days at the moment (it’s a phased return to work) and it’s been really nice to just turn my work laptop off and spend the afternoon in the comfy chair with a book. ‘Broken Crusade’ caught my eye yesterday and once I’d got some ‘Christmas stuff’ sorted out, off I went… On the fringes of the Cicatrix Maledictum, the Black Templars of the Second Dorean Crusade tear through the void to join the crusade fleet on the sands of Tempest – an ancient, storied shrine world. Assailed by the murderous warbands of the Blood God, the crusade has come to burn the planet clean of the Ruinous Powers once and for all. But when a violent warp storm scatters the fleet, the Dauntless Honour is left battered and alone ...

  Page Count: 205 Pages In today’s episode of ‘Graeme knows less than he thought he did’… I’ve got vague memories of ‘Carnosaur’ being a movie from the nineties; I didn’t realise it was a book as well. I’m not a hundred percent sure what led me to the book, in the end, but I found it on Amazon and seeing as I’ve enjoyed other books by Harry Adam Knight, I couldn’t help but pick a copy up for myself. Sometimes that’s all the encouragement I need ;o) Before I get started on the book itself, thanks need to be directed to Valancourt Books for publishing this edition. I was too young to get my hands on this, as a kid, and now I’m (a lot) older, I find myself absolutely unable to afford an original copy. I still got to read it though so, thanks for that Valancourt ;o) Anyway… Nothing much ever happens in the sleepy English town of Warchester. So when a farmer is found savagely killed in some sort of animal attack, it’s a big story for local reporter David Pascal. The rich and eccentric S...

The first couple of days back have gone ok, can’t ask for a lot more than that really :o) Now I just need to get my Christmas Shopping in order and I think we’re all good (fingers crossed). When your twelve year old daughter has no idea what she wants though, there will be twists and turns to come… Anyway, this is another of those posts where I round up all the little bits and pieces I’ve read over the last few days. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are a few more of these to come as I fit blogging round my return to work. Lets see how it goes. For now then, lets take a quick look at what I mentioned in the title… ‘Honour to the Dead’ – Gav Thorpe (Black Library) Run Time: 1 Hour, 14 Minutes As Calth burns, the Battle Titans of the Fire Masters legion take to the streets of the city of Ithraca, ready to massacre the fleeing civilian population in the name of their new, dark masters. But the remaining loyalist engines of the Legio Praesagius - the True Messengers - still stand ready to...

  Page Count: 412 Pages It’s the time of year again (i.e. right at the end) where my thoughts turn towards a little re-reading. Look, this year has been a bit of a slog and I’m basically winding down a bit, I’ve earned it ;o) Anyway… I’ve been hovering around the end of the ‘Horus Heresy’ & ‘Siege of Terra’ series’ for a while and it felt like time to go back to the beginning and re-read at least the first few books (my collection has a few, expensive, gaps in it). This is definitely a series with more ‘hits’ than ‘misses’ for me, and it is a re-read, so you might want to bear that in mind as you go through this post, I’ll try and be objective :o) At the dawn of the 31st Millennium, the Imperium of Man has reasserted its dominance over the galaxy. It is a golden age of rediscovery and conquest, and the Emperor’s Great Crusade has placed his superhuman primarch sons at the head of the mighty Space Marine Legions – the most powerful military force ever assembled. Newly promoted t...

I’m not sure how this week is going to pan out on the blog, lets see what happens… After a couple of months out, I’m back at work (albeit on half days for the next couple of weeks) and my head needs to be all about getting back up to speed etc. I’ve been enjoying my blogging though and I don’t want to let that slide so… You probably won’t see as many books read, maybe more short stories and comics will creep back in? I don’t know; like I said, lets see what happens next ;o) It feels like a while since anything ‘Age of Sigmar’ has featured here, it has definitely been a while since I read any ‘Gotrek’ so I thought I’d kick off the week by combining the two and having a quick look at a couple of tales that have been lurking on my Kindle App for a little while. And both of them are from solid contributors to this particular branch of the ‘Age of Sigmar’ setting, can’t go wrong with that… Can you? Lets see... ‘One, Untended’ – David Guymer (Black Library) Page Count: 29 Pages When a child...