![]() Three of the six novellas are 40k stories, which makes sense given that of the three settings here (unsurprisingly there are no old-school Warhammer stories) 40k has the greatest range of books to draw from. I’ve broken things out by setting, and taken a look at how – in my opinion – each of the novellas works as a place to start. I’ve since remedied that, and I’ve linked out to reviews of each book if you want to check those out. When I picked all six up a few weeks ago I hadn’t actually read all of these novellas, with Assault on Black Reach and Sin of Damnation both being notable gaps in my BL reading. As I mentioned earlier they’re all novellas – even City of Secrets, which is still listed as a novel on the BL website – with page counts of between 130 and 140 pages, but at £3 each it’s pretty hard to argue with the price point! They’re certainly the cheapest ways of getting hold of each of the books, although not necessarily the most cost-effective depending on whether they’re also available in anthologies. Here’s the list of books included in this range:Īs you can see these books cover 40k, Age of Sigmar and the Horus Heresy, and range in publication date from 2008 ( Assault on Black Reach) to 2017 ( Crusade and Hammerhal). I’ve previously written ‘Getting Started With…’ posts for both 40k and Age of Sigmar, in which I’ve put forward my opinions on good places to start reading about each setting, but it’s definitely worth taking a look at what Black Library are putting forward as their own recommendations. ![]() They’re absolutely amazing value, however, at a mere £3 each, so obviously I picked up a copy of each of them for myself (I found them at Forbidden Planet in London), and I wanted to talk a little bit about them here. These went somewhat under the radar, as they weren’t (and still aren’t) available via the Black Library or Games Workshop websites, instead being available to pick up in book shops, and on Amazon. Over the summer of 2018 Black Library released a series of six paperback novellas, all previously available in different formats and editions, under the label of Start Here With Black Library.
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