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Comment on We Need to Talk About Corax by ethanreilly

ethanreilly — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:41:39 +0000

Thanks Gav! If anybody was capable of missing what I now see is a huge amount of excellent press concerning this release, it was me

Comment on We Need to Talk About Corax by Gav Thorpe

Gav Thorpe — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:42:51 +0000

Missed it? Wow, that probably took some effort. Fear not, the novella will be made available on more general release in a year or two’s time…

Comment on We Need to Talk About Corax by ethanreilly

ethanreilly — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:14:00 +0000

Damn, missed it! Any idea if it’ll ever be available again? I guess not, considering its ‘Super-Limited Edition’ status…

Comment on Signing of the Times by ethanreilly

ethanreilly — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:10:11 +0000

In my job I sign my name a lot – not as much as that! But still, I feel (some of your) pain…

Comment on We Need to Talk About Corax by Ondrej

Ondrej — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:00:35 +0000

Great, I can’t wait to read it and see Raven Guard in action. I’m sure it will be cool, as always.

Comment on We Need to Talk About Corax by Gav Thorpe

Gav Thorpe — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:12:00 +0000

Corax: Soulforge is ALL about the Raven Guard way of war, albeit in tight circumstances. Feints, misdirection and deadly assault combined to terrifying effect.

Comment on We Need to Talk About Corax by Ondrej

Ondrej — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:18:45 +0000

I just got e-mail that my book was shipped. Well from UK to Slovakia, it’ll be at least a week, probably two so I have to sit tight. But at least I’ve got great role model who is accustomed to waiting in the darkness.
Gav, thanks for both Deliverance Lost and for Soulforge as well. I’m curious if there will be something more to shed light on how the XIX Legion is conducting their operations. I missed this in Deliverance Lost or Raven’s Flight. There were no descriptions of multiple-squad rear guard operations, nor some description of scout-led ambushes protecting the vunerable flanks of retreating legion.
But Raven Guard against Dark Mechanicum – I can’t wait to see what the XIX Legion have prepared for them

Comment on We Need to Talk About Corax by Ondrej

Ondrej — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:11:26 +0000

I’m not sure if either of the two events you mentioned could be marked as failure. How can something that was a result of enemy operation can be failure? On Istvaan V, the XIX Legion was victim of attack from unexpected side. And in case of Raptors, they were the target of an operation they (Corax and his loyal commanders) didn’t even know that was executed. They lost in both cases, but they survived.
I think that it was victory that even some of Raven Guard legionaries survived and it was success that even some number of Raptors was able to bolster the legion forces. Corax was struck with grief so much because he, as master strategist of covert operations, blamed himself for not seeing this – well, at least the Istvaan betrayal. But seriously, how could he? XIX Legion didn’t have any forces deployed in the theatre, Corax didn’t have any eyes on target. Without independent source of intelligence he wasn’t able to predict any of this.
So I think that he’s doing all this (and I really can’t wait to see in Soulforge what “this” would be) to atone the mistakes that weren’t his. And with his abilities, it will be interesting.

Comment on Signing of the Times by Gav Thorpe

Gav Thorpe — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:55:30 +0000

Heh! Typos get us all, now and then.

Comment on Signing of the Times by Dave Taylor

Dave Taylor — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:40:26 +0000

*of your novels that (sorry, I hate adding inappropriate apostrophes)