Solar War Book Haul

Whoops, guess I should've kept that March Book Haul post for a little later, but then, this one does deserve its own page, doesn't it?

Feast your eyes!

I was one of the lucky few who managed to snag a copy of the limited edition of book 1 in the final act of the Horus Heresy. It's a beautiful production as is usual from the Black Library, and I can't help but drool when I think of 8 of these beauties all lined up on my shelves.

Yes indeed, there will be 7 more of these, and when they've all been released, the Horus Heresy will be over and concluded with. Except... probably not, right?

No, there's a reason this isn't just the next book in the Horus Heresy numbered series, and instead that it is book one in Horus Heresy: The Siege of Terra: There likely will be some more heresy novels that take place before the Siege. Maybe just collections of short stories and the novellas that haven't been gathered up until now, but maybe there will be some stories that the writers might want to regale us with still. We'll see.

Again: a beautiful production. Signed by John French.

A poignant dedication, and a new introduction, specific to the Siege of Terra series.

And then this thing, which is so incredibly lovely I don't know quite what to say. Very baroque and as such very in keeping with where we are now in the story: Terra itself: millennia upon millennia of wealth and power conveyed in completely over the top ornamentation: I love it.

Some principal characters, a very far cry from the cartoonish style of earlier internal illustrations of the Horus Heresy Hardbacks. A welcome change, and dare I say it: Quite respectable even.

And Holy Terra, more character pieces, they've really gone all out on this one, huh?

A beautiful monochromatic rendering of the cover artwork that'll be adorning the regular hardback edition of The Solar War.

And a lovely bit of dialogue on the back. Spoken by the prodigal son, maybe?

Returned, indeed.

There you have it: a stunningly beautiful edition of a long awaited novel.

I'm very surprised this was only 70 euros, actually... They really should've made more of these, hmm? Seriously though, I do hope they'll be more mindful of the desires of their fanbase in the future, because as it is, I had a bugger of a time in just getting this one. I don't think I could do this 7 more times if they handle the future releases the same way they did on the on-sale day.