Book Club Book #182 – Bjorn: The Fell-Handed by Justin D. Hill

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 reading Bjorn: The Fell-Handed by Justin D. Hill. You can purchase it at Amazon or Audible.

From the back of the book:

Bjorn the Fell-handed is the oldest living Space Marine in the Imperium. A hero of the Space Wolves from the darkest days of myth, he was interred within the iron tomb of a Dreadnought eight thousand years ago, called upon only when the need is strongest.

When a ghost ship drifts out of the warp and returns to Fenris, the old wolf wakes, for an ancient foe has risen again. The ship has brought the horrors of the Death Guard to the proud halls of the Space Wolves, and Bjorn must lead his kin to face the darkness.

As the dead stir and the veil between worlds tears open, Bjorn stands between his pack and damnation. This will be a saga of faith, fury, and ghosts that never sleep.

Discussion guide for Bjorn: The Fell-Handed:

• Did you like the book?
• Which parts stood out to you?
• Did you like Justin D. Hill’s characterization of Bjorn? His his existence, in this book, a boon to the chapter or a personal curse for Bjorn?
• Can a man like Bjorn, who remembers his primarch as a living being, who lived through the heresy, ever truly connect with the modern space marines?
• This book is very heavy on what it is to be a dreadnought, and what it means to manage and awaken a dreadnought. Was it compelling, have we seen it before?
• Were the Death Guard/Nurgle effective villains here? Did you like the concept of the ghost ship?
• What happens next? Is Leman Russ ever returning or will he just be teased forever?