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Blackheart: Claws of the Maelstrom
360 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 19, 2026
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September 19, 2026
[as with all brand new books, spoiler free!]
now before we get started, i just want to say.. i’m a massive huron fan! as a lot of us are. so GW, PLEASE give us a badab series. it’s the easiest money you’ll ever make!! anyways.. on to this novel.
from the prologue onwards, this novel will have you in its grasp. this is a very high octane-no rest-lots of action type novel. now personally, im not really into the full action 40k novels (weird. i know) but this was well balanced with ‘moments of ease’, that really gave time to develop the story and characters.
this novel is super interesting, because it’s a very standard premise BUT flipped. what i mean by that is, “this as a story of strong leader who unites his forces to repel the xenos attacking their world, while also being hunted by some space marines seeking revenge”.
i’m sure we’ve read that 100 times.
BUT that inspiring leader?.. well that’s the mad tyrant known as huron blackheart. and that vengeful group of space marines? well that’s the lovely white scars. by flipping the narrative you find yourself very morally torn on who to support. (but i’m team blackheart. don’t get it twisted).
it was also really interesting to see hurons ability to influence any/all he’s around. we all know he was a very charismatic leader before and after his ‘fall’. but you really get to see first hand how that affects his own soldiers, or the ones he’s fighting.
lastly on the note of characters, mr. collins took his time with a lot of the characters in here! i think our antagonist, gantugla (white scar) was the only one i found personally lacking a little ‘umph’, but overall. loved them all.
lastly, the tyranids were really well done here. tyranids can also be so hit or miss in my opinion, because they’re a force more than a character, but mr. collins handled them really well!!
overall great read!
now give us our badab series.
now before we get started, i just want to say.. i’m a massive huron fan! as a lot of us are. so GW, PLEASE give us a badab series. it’s the easiest money you’ll ever make!! anyways.. on to this novel.
from the prologue onwards, this novel will have you in its grasp. this is a very high octane-no rest-lots of action type novel. now personally, im not really into the full action 40k novels (weird. i know) but this was well balanced with ‘moments of ease’, that really gave time to develop the story and characters.
this novel is super interesting, because it’s a very standard premise BUT flipped. what i mean by that is, “this as a story of strong leader who unites his forces to repel the xenos attacking their world, while also being hunted by some space marines seeking revenge”.
i’m sure we’ve read that 100 times.
BUT that inspiring leader?.. well that’s the mad tyrant known as huron blackheart. and that vengeful group of space marines? well that’s the lovely white scars. by flipping the narrative you find yourself very morally torn on who to support. (but i’m team blackheart. don’t get it twisted).
it was also really interesting to see hurons ability to influence any/all he’s around. we all know he was a very charismatic leader before and after his ‘fall’. but you really get to see first hand how that affects his own soldiers, or the ones he’s fighting.
lastly on the note of characters, mr. collins took his time with a lot of the characters in here! i think our antagonist, gantugla (white scar) was the only one i found personally lacking a little ‘umph’, but overall. loved them all.
lastly, the tyranids were really well done here. tyranids can also be so hit or miss in my opinion, because they’re a force more than a character, but mr. collins handled them really well!!
overall great read!
now give us our badab series.
September 23, 2026
Collins gets Huron right, which is a triumph in itself, but a lacklustre plot and repetitive action sequences draw back from some of the strong character work and interesting background where it seems this book really could have shined
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