Book Club Book #155: Baneblade by Guy Haley

Every two weeks we read a new book in the WH40k universe and discuss it on our podcast. We invite you to read along with us and join in on our conversation via comments, Twitter, Discord, email, or vox cast.

For this episode, we’re diving into the wayback machine and we’re reading Baneblade by Guy Haley. This was the book chosen by our Discord group, and they seem pretty excited about it. You can purchase it at Amazon, Black Library, and Audible.

From the back of the book:

By the blessing of the Omnissiah was the Mars Triumphant born – from the forges of the Adeptus Mechanicus, the mighty Baneblade super-heavy battle tank comes to bring death and destruction to the foes of the Imperium. As part of the Paragonian 7th Company, Honoured Lieutenant Marken Cortein Lo Bannick commands the venerable war machine in a bitter war against the orks in the Kalidar system. As the campaign grinds on it begins to take its toll upon his crew, and old clan prejudices from the regiment’s home world arise once more. In a war which cannot be won by force of arms alone, such division may prove to be their undoing.

Discussion guide for Baneblade:

• Did you like the book?
• Which parts stood out to you?
• This was a DEEP dive into the heavy armor division of the WH40k universe. Did we like this as much as Steel Tread?
• Was Lo Bannick a good commander? Was he deserving of the helm? Was his “shameful sin” that shameful?
• Was the crew of the baneblade compelling? Did you like or dislike any of them?
• Did we like the orks in this book? Are they “fun” or “scary” or both?
• There is a second book in this series, are we up for the challenge?