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Armageddon: Season of Fire
360 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 20, 2026
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June 24, 2026
Believe it or not - it’s excellent. Three novella’s tie together brilliantly into a very satisfying, classic Warhammer story. Jude gets Steel Legion right, gets SOB right, and gets Space Marines right. I fully expected an Armageddon tie in to be poor, and I’ll be honest I didn’t hold out a lot of hope for Jude Reid, but she delivers here.
June 27, 2026
Jude Reid manages to start 11th edition off with a total banger!
Absolutely loved this one!
Absolutely loved this one!
June 21, 2026
welcome back to armageddon & hello to the start of 11th edition!
now as always with brand new books, i’ll avoid any spoilers.
(however, at the end of the review - i’m going to mention another book I recommend reading before. not because it’s mandatory, but because it adds a little more weight to this novel).
now first and foremost, I know people may have a little apprehension for this novel, because of the author. in all honesty, and respectfully, i fully understand that. jude has had a few novels that have been a little meh BUT personally - i think this book was great!! i think the end fell a liiiiittle flat for me but overall, i really enjoyed this.
next thing i want to address is the timeline. if anyone saw the preview of this novel on the warhammer community page, it kind of gives of the impression it’s solely focused on the 2nd war of armageddon.
to clarify, we start there - BUT - we don’t not end there. (sorry i want to keep this vague, but hopefully you get the hint).
i would best describe this novel as a game of ‘telephone’. and what the stories share in common, is the location and some other stuff. (again sorry hahah. you’ll get what i mean).
i read an interview that jude mentioned she wanted this to be an ‘ode to armageddon’ and i have to say, it is exactly that, and more. you can clearly see she took the time to research armageddons history. not to long ago, i read all the armageddon related novels in prep for this, and it clearly shows jude did the same. the passion was there, and i love that. she perfectly describes the horrors of armageddon and as a reader, you start to feel that weight on your shoulders.
my only ‘problem’ with the novel was the ending personally. i found i didn’t resonate and care *that* much with our last group of characters. but that being said - i did read this whole thing in one sitting so maybe my brain hurts a bit lol.
LASTLY AND NOT REALLY A SPOILER BUT KIND OF A SPOILER. SO DONT READ PAST THIS IF YOU WANT TO GO IN BLIND
at the beginning of this review, i recommend a novel that in my opinion, should be read before this.
i highly recommend reading ‘emperors gift’ by adb before this. it adds, in my opinion, a very important element and really adds to this. (and it’s an amazing novel. so bonus!)
also - i don’t know how much we should be analyzing characters in this novel or just enjoy it as is… BUT… with my overanalyzing brain…. is jude hinting at someone’s return?
now as always with brand new books, i’ll avoid any spoilers.
(however, at the end of the review - i’m going to mention another book I recommend reading before. not because it’s mandatory, but because it adds a little more weight to this novel).
now first and foremost, I know people may have a little apprehension for this novel, because of the author. in all honesty, and respectfully, i fully understand that. jude has had a few novels that have been a little meh BUT personally - i think this book was great!! i think the end fell a liiiiittle flat for me but overall, i really enjoyed this.
next thing i want to address is the timeline. if anyone saw the preview of this novel on the warhammer community page, it kind of gives of the impression it’s solely focused on the 2nd war of armageddon.
to clarify, we start there - BUT - we don’t not end there. (sorry i want to keep this vague, but hopefully you get the hint).
i would best describe this novel as a game of ‘telephone’. and what the stories share in common, is the location and some other stuff. (again sorry hahah. you’ll get what i mean).
i read an interview that jude mentioned she wanted this to be an ‘ode to armageddon’ and i have to say, it is exactly that, and more. you can clearly see she took the time to research armageddons history. not to long ago, i read all the armageddon related novels in prep for this, and it clearly shows jude did the same. the passion was there, and i love that. she perfectly describes the horrors of armageddon and as a reader, you start to feel that weight on your shoulders.
my only ‘problem’ with the novel was the ending personally. i found i didn’t resonate and care *that* much with our last group of characters. but that being said - i did read this whole thing in one sitting so maybe my brain hurts a bit lol.
LASTLY AND NOT REALLY A SPOILER BUT KIND OF A SPOILER. SO DONT READ PAST THIS IF YOU WANT TO GO IN BLIND
at the beginning of this review, i recommend a novel that in my opinion, should be read before this.
i highly recommend reading ‘emperors gift’ by adb before this. it adds, in my opinion, a very important element and really adds to this. (and it’s an amazing novel. so bonus!)
also - i don’t know how much we should be analyzing characters in this novel or just enjoy it as is… BUT… with my overanalyzing brain…. is jude hinting at someone’s return?
July 13, 2026
Im positivily surprised by how good this book was.
I had given the previous book i read from Ried, Morven Vahl one of my lowest ratings Ive given and I had felt a pang of disappointment when i saw she was the author of the new armageddon book.
But those fears were unfounded, my previous criticism were all negated by the change of setting.
The antagonist (the orks) do not need any complicated motivations, they can fight for the fun of it.
And we are not following the pinnacle of imperial authority, but rank and file troops in a frontline hellhole.
Out protagonists are flawed people put in impossible situations, having to chose between duty and the lives of others and their own.
My favorite part was the really strong act one, where we got to meet a character who struggles with finding meaning and will, to continue his service, after the imperium took away his only son from him, and in a sense his future, a concept which i have not seen explored much in all the other 40k novels ive read.
The criticism i can level against this book, is that after act one the book became more action oriented and less philosophical, and my personal preferences leans more towards concepts rather then gun fights.
I would have also like a bit more of a conclusion of the act one character coming full circle, either through the blood angles chaplian, or through some miracle of the relic, leaving him with some closure, but perhaps that is something for a sequel?
Final conclusion, is that its a great book, and its also an easy read for someone new to the hobby, the only things that prevented me from giving it five stars, is that it didnt tick some specific boxes to create a long lasting impression, that some other books did.
But from now on i will look forward to Rieds next entry to the black library.
I had given the previous book i read from Ried, Morven Vahl one of my lowest ratings Ive given and I had felt a pang of disappointment when i saw she was the author of the new armageddon book.
But those fears were unfounded, my previous criticism were all negated by the change of setting.
The antagonist (the orks) do not need any complicated motivations, they can fight for the fun of it.
And we are not following the pinnacle of imperial authority, but rank and file troops in a frontline hellhole.
Out protagonists are flawed people put in impossible situations, having to chose between duty and the lives of others and their own.
My favorite part was the really strong act one, where we got to meet a character who struggles with finding meaning and will, to continue his service, after the imperium took away his only son from him, and in a sense his future, a concept which i have not seen explored much in all the other 40k novels ive read.
The criticism i can level against this book, is that after act one the book became more action oriented and less philosophical, and my personal preferences leans more towards concepts rather then gun fights.
I would have also like a bit more of a conclusion of the act one character coming full circle, either through the blood angles chaplian, or through some miracle of the relic, leaving him with some closure, but perhaps that is something for a sequel?
Final conclusion, is that its a great book, and its also an easy read for someone new to the hobby, the only things that prevented me from giving it five stars, is that it didnt tick some specific boxes to create a long lasting impression, that some other books did.
But from now on i will look forward to Rieds next entry to the black library.
July 14, 2026
Easily the best 40K book I’ve read so far. Jude Reid is really assured and edging towards pushing out of the confides of 40K books, or at least Sisters ones. Sure it’s the same old harrowing mission ending in death but it was very well presented and actually had a bit of resonance to it. I hope to be truly surprised by one of these one day though.
July 5, 2026
I really enjoyed the first act with the steel legion. the rest of the book really dragged on and I hated the ambiguity of the ghost of Armageddon. Don’t know what it represented.
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