BL GERMANY launches with HH story, Brand new content from Gav Thorpe!

Hey all -

Black Library today announced that the first product for 'Black Library Deutschland' has been completed - a chapbook for GD Germany later this year!



That's 'To Honour the Dead' by Gav Thorpe. The subtitle is 'The scars of Calth'.

I wonder what that could be about, eh?

Yes, that's a Titan Legion emblem on the cover.

Any of us non-germans have a crack at that book any time in the future? In english? I see it is limited to 1500......

looks good except the fact AGAIN its limited copies

As if you are 1) going to GD Germany, and 2) able to read a German language story. So why do you care if it's limited or not?

ALL Games Day books have ALWAYS been limited. BL is actually one of the few branches of GW that sell the spares AFTER the event, too...

And yes, of course this story will eventually be available in other languages/formats. Why would BL limit itself to only publishing a story in one fairly niche format, once?

Hmm...

*awaits the translation*

BL are now doing in-house translation. The German editor is a perfectly fluent native German, who speaks perfect English (and Norwegian!) and is a lovely chap.

There's not going to be any more dodgy half-done translation from licenced publishers.

All your base are belong to us

But why in-house translation? I assumed Thorpe wrote the thing in English?

Yes... and we have a permanent member of staff who is responsible for the translation of new English books into German. I edited the story with Gav in English, and then it went for translation into German for the GD Germany chapbook.

I'm not quite sure why THIS is proving to be the bit everyone is focusing on...

"eventually".....ahhhhh man, I gotta wait??? Just kidding Shroud! Still got 2 in the series to read and that ebook Kryptos.....tho I gotta download an ereader since I cant commit to tech things like kindle or ipad....I love the physical aspect of books too much! And my awesome looking handmade, celtic knotwork adorned bookcase!

Huh... we put out eBooks and people complain they don't have an eReader... we put out hardbacks and people complain about shipping costs or limited availability... we can't win!

No, I'm very much a paper man too. I don't mind reading something on an eReader, I just don't own one. I won't cry and swear and smash a plate if a book doesn't IMMEDIATELY come out in my chosen format though, which seems to be what 90% of the Facebook fans do...

Someone actually wrote a letter to BL demanding the immediate release of Kryptos as a paperback. It's like, 5,000 words long... what kind of paperback were they expecting...?!

I'm reliably informed that you can get software to read eBooks on your computer or laptop. I just don't know what it is.

Just use this to turn it into a PDF.

Why isn't "The Horus Heresy" in German, shame on you BL!!

Is it a novella (Aurelian etc.) or just a limited book, if that makes sense?

Looks like Calth is going to get a lot of treatment then with 'Betrayer' as well, and judging by ADB updates, its going to be epic and crammed full of treacherous goodness!!

Any idea of when das book will be available in English? Is it the next limited edition-run? Fingers-crossed I can get the gold one, unlike Aurelian (Silver) . Damn those pesky profiteers who flog it on ebay

...and I buy all of them and complain about HAVING NO MONEY LEFT!!!

I got Kryptos, found a free epub reader (Adobe Digital Editions), was pretty easy. Plus, an enjoyable story.

It's a chapbook, which usually contains around 10,000 words - the length of one short story, or two very short stories. (i.e. 'Dark King' & 'Lightning Tower', 'Bloodline' etc)

It's not a novel or novella, which I think is the reason why people think they're missing out on something magical... it's just our first ever short story to be printed FIRST in German, before English.

Would it be reasonable to assume something similar for GD France? I can't say...

Also, you'll notice that 'The Horus Heresy' is now marked with TM. That's why it's in English - it's now a trademarked brand.

Also, DER GROSSEBRUDERKRIEG didn't exactly roll off the tongue ("The Big Brother War", for those who don't speak German!)

Sounds much better in the German than in the direct English translation.

Interesting you mention the TM thing for the Horus Heresy.

I was told that there was some problem with Forge World using the Horus Heresy brand for a 'game' as the license was with someone else (Horus Heresy CCG?).

I am just guessing that these rumours about Forge World Horus Heresy books and producing models whilst insisting they are not Horus Heresy when we all know they are, are a sign that GW now has ownership of the Horus Heresy license again?

Could be complete rubbish but I imagine there is a grain of truth there somewhere

Thank you Shroud for the glorious tid bits and inner sanctum insight! And thank you Malika for the download! Awesome!