A Mad Dok Grotsnik Short Story
A mad Ork Dok and his faithful assistant are hard at work bringing to life his greatest creation ahead of a reckoning with a fearsome foe. With bits being grafted on and cut off with reckless abandon, what could possibly go wrong?
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Follow a madcap Ork ‘scientist’ as he scrambles to bring to life his next bizarre creation in this fast-paced and darkly humorous Warhammer 40,000 short story.
THE STORY
As battle rages around them, Mad Dok Grotsnik and his faithful assistant Nurz are hard at work on The Procedure. What is The Procedure? Nurz isn't quite sure, but when the greatest mind of his generation tells you to cut bits up and graft bits on, you do what you're told. There’s a reckoning coming with the biggest, meanest, and most ungrateful Ork ever. Grotsnik thinks he’s irreplaceable – does his most famous creation agree?
Written by Denny Flowers.

An Imperial Knights Short Story
A forgotten Knight world lies in decay on the fringes of the Imperium. When pleas and offerings to its patron Saint turn violent, one aspirant must face the darkness that festers at the world’s heart.
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Discover the shady dealings and stifling rituals of a Knight world as its nobility’s reverence for a Saint puts them at odds with their tyrannical monarch.
THE STORY
The Knight world of Bayoux is mired in ancient ritual and long-faded glory and now lies mouldering and decaying on the forgotten fringes of the Imperium. Squabbling for the favour of their tyrannical king Vayoud, the world’s barons make their pitiful offerings at the Feast of St Luthera.
Vayoud's heir, Asrien, dreams of Knightly glory. But when Bayoux’s last few Knights begin to vanish, and the barons’ manoeuvring culminates in a moment of shocking cruelty from the king, Asrien faces the darkness at the heart of their world.
Written by Victoria Hayward.

A Warhammer 40,000 Novel
Since the T’au Empire annexed the world of Cao Quo, its benighted human population has caused setback after setback for their new rulers, resisting the light of the Greater Good. Now, an armed rebellion has taken root, led by the ruthless but brilliant Artamax – a Space Marine of the Raptors Chapter.
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Explore the inner workings, politics, and challenges facing members of the T'au as they face a full-scale planetary insurrection from within their own empire. Can a selection of experts from across the castes come together to defeat this insurgency?
THE STORY
In a moment of crisis for the T'au Empire, the enigmatic ethereal Yor’i assembles an elite Elemental Council – a veteran Fireblade, a water caste spy, a peerless air caste pilot, and a maverick earth caste engineer – in the hope of curtailing the growing insurgency on the planet Cao Quo.
But as a full-scale planetary insurrection looms, enemies more cunning than Yor’i’s council could have imagined begin to surface from both sides, and Cao Quo soon finds itself teetering on the brink of being plunged back into a dark age of ignorance, and all-out war.

A Warhammer Crime Short Story
A criminal gang plots a daring heist to wrest an ancient and priceless artefact from the sneering noble classes, but when surrounded by crooks, who can you really trust?
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Return to the crime-ridden streets of Varangantua for a fast-paced Warhammer Crime short story that follows the path of an ex-soldier who now lives outside the laws he once swore to uphold.
THE STORY
Former planetary defence trooper Lugo Dax assembles his old squad to carry out a daring heist at a Varangantuan high society function. With the assistance of the Vidora crime syndicate, they plan to steal a relic power sword, both for physical gain and revenge against the gilded who wronged them long ago – but is everyone within the crew loyal to the cause?
Written by Sam Ryan.

A Ferren Areios Short Story
A battle-hardened Space Marine from the Ultramarines Chapter reflects on the grave toll taken by the Indomitus Crusade – and the heavy responsibility he must now bear.
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It’s a look inside the psyche of one of Macragge’s stoic Ultramarines, written by a stalwart of Warhammer 40,000 fiction.
THE STORY
Ferren Aerios has seen both victory and bloodshed during the Indomitus Crusade. Battle-hardened and aware of the responsibility now on his shoulders, he returns to Macragge after being made the Master of Rites. In the Hall of Remembrance, he reflects on all he and his Chapter have lost and meets a mysterious stranger.
Written by Nick Kyme.

A Dark Coil Short Story
An ill-fated nightshift crew is plagued by misfortune, and a series of odd incidents turns sinister when they become stranded in the darkness.
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Fans of the Dark Coil series will love this tale of survival horror in a gritty, realistic, yet unusual setting as a nightshift team is plagued by a series of mysterious events.
THE STORY
Hive Carceri’s mechanised dome is vast and decrepit, and only the vigilance of an army of labourers, tech adepts, and servitors known as the Nightshift keeps its ancient Sunlights shining.
It is a harsh, isolated, and dangerous life, where workers are cut off from the city below and sometimes strange things happen in the heights where souls pass perilously close to the darkness beyond.
The ill-fated crew of Nightshift Nineteen is plagued by misfortune, and a series of odd incidents turns sinister when the team becomes stranded and discovers that some crew members may not be who, or what, they claim to be.
Written by Peter Fehervari.

A Warhammer 40,000 Novel
The galactic core is beset by warp storms of a fury the Leagues of Votann have not seen for ten millennia. With both the Imperium of Man and the powers of the warp encroaching further and further onto the Kin’s territories, war reigns supreme amongst the coreward stars.
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Read what happens when a Hernkyn Prospect leader and her companions are plunged into a venture beyond their wildest expectations, and find themselves set against an ancient, deadly foe guarding a mysterious but magnificent prize.
THE STORY
Myrtun Dammergot, leader for the Kindred of the Eternal Starforge, is in her element, exploiting the unending conflict and living a life of adventure, without the unwanted burden of responsibility.
But when a messenger from her Kindred’s Hold ship brings news that upends everything she knows, responsibility, challenges, and opportunity come knocking.

The first-ever Warhammer 40,000 encyclopedia is here. Dive into the vast universe of Warhammer 40,000 and explore miniatures from every faction, captured in all their glory through official photography. Follow key characters throughout the evolution of their models and experience in pinpoint detail the warriors who wage endless war across the ravaged galaxy of the 41st Millennium. Explore the Warhammer 40,000* universe and its factions in striking The first book of its kind , this Ultimate Guide goes into unparalleled detail on the miniatures and lore of Warhammer 40,000 and is sure to delight long-time fans and newcomers alike. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of beautifully shot photographs of Warhammer 40,000 miniatures that showcase fine details and intricate designs across each faction, from the mighty Space Marines to the ravenous Tyranids, foul Chaos Daemons, deathless Necrons – and more. Written by Guy Haley and Gav Thorpe – these prolific Black Library authors who are household names of Warhammer fandom walk you through this world with richly detailed descriptions and insights into the lore.Packed with insight into the game’s defining miniatures, Warhammer 40,000: The Ultimate Guide goes deep into the Warhammer 40,000 universe like never before. Whether you’re a new fan who wants a complete guide to the setting, a collector of miniatures, a follower of the lore, or simply looking to celebrate your favorite hobby, this must-have volume is an essential visual journey through the grim darkness of Warhammer 40,000*.

An Astra Militarum Short Story
Even a war engine as mighty as a Leman Russ battle tank is only as good as its crew. These Tallarn Desert Raiders are about to be tested like never before.
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Tank crew stories are always fun, as these high-pressure environments show a different side to the Astra Militarum.
THE STORY
The Tallarn Desert Raiders are out of their element as they are dispatched to an inhospitably cold planet. Trooper Larno Semic is assigned as driver to a Leman Russ Exterminator with a hostile crew, and ordered to escort important cargo across the frozen wastes. But when said cargo breaks loose, the crew must use all of their resources to survive in the midst of the icy storm.
Written by Mike Vincent.

An Astra Militarum Short Story
The average soldier is wary of psykers, having been told since birth they are dangerous and unpredictable. One such primaris psyker is tempted to turn his back on a regiment of fellow warriors who despise him.
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The relationship between primaris psykers and the regiments they're attached to is nearly always strained. This story takes a closer look at just how tenuous it can be.
THE STORY
Karleth, a primaris psyker, is despised and feared by the troopers he accompanies into battle. Only the pragmatic Captain Ollana seems to value his function. When their regiment is sent to investigate a planet evacuated during the outbreak of the Great Rift, Karleth is targeted by forces more appreciative of his gifts…
Written by Shauna Lawless.

An Astra Militarum Short Story
A commissar investigates the death of a colleague at the hands of the Savlar Chem-Dogs, and finds more than he bargained for.
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The Savlar Chem-Dogs are a fascinating example of a penal legion. This story explores their unsavoury reputation, but also what makes them such effective soldiers.
THE STORY
The Savlar Chem-Dogs penal legion are embroiled in a brutal conflict against the orks. When the ruthless Commissar Hasp witnesses a squad murdering a fellow commissar, he is determined to bring them to justice – but is there more to the situation than meets the eye?
Written by Callum Davis.

An Astra Militarum Short Story
A medic from a different regiment hatches a plan to retrieve an important relic and earn her place among her new comrades.
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The Cadians are a proud regiment. Learn what an outsider must do to show them what Valhallans are made of and earn their trust.
THE STORY
Cadian medic Cathris Korr, a Valhallan transplant, is part of a squad sent on a special mission to retrieve a regimental banner stolen by the opposing ork army. When their Chimera is destroyed, Cathris must overcome her fear of the orks and put her skills as a healer to good use in order to bring the banner where it is needed most, and earn her place amongst the Cadians.
Written by Carrie Harris.

An Astra Militarum Short Story
The Kasrkin are facing an impossible battle on a world overtaken by a Chaos cultist uprising. The Astra Militarum sergeant forms a plan to kill their leader and disrupt their plans.
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Explore what it means to fight on against incredible odds, when all seems lost. The Kasrkin simply don't know when they're beaten.
THE STORY
Under the leadership of the indomitable Sergeant Taikon, the Kasrkin squad known as the Tattershields forms the elite core of a desperate defence force on a world all but lost to Chaos. When an opportunity presents itself, Taikon leads the Tattershields in a valiant attempt to eliminate the traitor commander and bring disarray to their ranks.
Written by William Crowe.

Dawn of Fire Book 8
As the Indomitus Crusade rages on, Inquisitor Rostov discovers vital intelligence that could reveal the plan of the notorious Hand of Abaddon, and hastily gathers together those loyal to his cause.
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The dark schemes of the Hand of Abaddon near fruition. Can the already stretched forces of the Imperium manage to hunt down and prevent this new threat?
THE STORY
Defending the Anaxian Line, Ultramarines Lieutenant Ferren Areios uncovers a dread vision that has ties to the mission of an old ally. Meanwhile, Magda Kesh campaigns alongside the 84th Mordian. Though she refutes her fate as something more than a mere soldier, is she truly touched by the Emperor?
Despite a fractious alliance, the Hand’s scheme is reaching culmination. Amidst the infighting, Tharador Yheng yearns to be free of her master Tenebrus’ shadow and claim her destiny. But another acolyte has embarked on his own path, the Red Corsair Graeyl Herek. Both vie for the favour of the Dark Gods, and the means to harness an ancient evil that could reshape the war between the Imperium and Chaos.

Fantastic collection of Warhammer 40,000 short stories featuring the infamous Ciaphas Cain.Ciaphas Cain is a hero. Brave, stalwart, uncompromising, a cool head under fire... or is he? His legend has spread far and wide, but only Cain himself knows the truth behind his long and storied career.Until now.Inquisitor Amberley Vail once more delves into the Cain archive to present a selection of the man’s greatest and strangest exploits. From Cain and the Valhallan 597th hunting down the source of a warp-tainted infection that threatens to overwhelm the world of Lentonia with a starving horde of undead, to his early years with the Valhallan 12th Field Artillery fending off a tyranid invasion on a barren mining world, to the mysterious death of a fellow commissar that sees Cain’s life at risk (once again) as the killer’s attention turns to him... Written by Sandy Mitchell, this anthology comprises the novella Old Soldiers Never Die and thirteen short stories.

An Astra Militarum Novel
On a planet trapped in the closing jaws of the Great Devourer, Major Wulf Khan of the Catachan 903rd receives a final, desperate mission – one which will take her soldiers into the maw of the tyranid threat.
READ IT BECAUSEIt’s a chance to see the Catachan Jungle Fighters in action on a planet almost as deadly as their homeworld. Dive into their gripping battle for survival as they face a voracious force of invading tyranids.
THE STORYLazulai is a world beyond the brink, its battle against the tyranids all but lost. Once-magnificent cities lie in ruin. The seas boil. The skies crack. Horrific alien bioforms devour. In mere days the planet will be consumed.
The 903rd Catachan ‘Night Shrikes’ defend one of the last fortresses still standing. Led by Major Wulf Khan, to die fighting is all that is expected of them… until she is given one last mission: to lead a squad through the apocalypse and recover a piece of archeotech that may doom or deliver the entire Lazulai System.
Facing impossible odds and zero hope for aid, the major must hold her squad together as they pick their way through an endless xenos jungle. The enemy is merciless, relentless, endlessly adaptable and formidably resourceful... but so too is Khan.

A Morvenn Vahl Short Story
The myriad of faith-testing events leading up to Morvenn Vahl's confirmation as Abbess Sanctorum are the focus of this intriguing short-story.
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Explore the inner thoughts of someone about to become one of the most important people in the Imperium as a High Lord of Terra.
THE STORY
On the precipice of her ascendancy to the role of Abbess Sanctorum, Morvenn Vahl reflects on what has led her to this point and what it may really mean to be a High Lord of Terra.

An Astra Militarum Short Story
An elite Imperial unit is tasked with a desperate rescue mission on a Chaos corrupted planet.
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Follow the adventures of an elite Astra Militarum unit in a race against time to liberate a key official from a doomed and war-torn world.
THE STORY
A squad of Tempestus Scions is deployed on a covert mission to rescue the planetary governor of a planet fallen to Chaos.

Following the death of their mistress, an apprentice cryptek is forced to rally necron forces and defend their ship from the kin that assail them on all angles.

An Astra Militarum Short Story
Major Wulf Khan must recover a fighter pilot from kroot-infested mangrove forests before vital intel can fall into the hands of the t'au.
READ IT BECAUSE A little-discussed arm of the Imperial war machine is in the spotlight as an unsung hero battles the savage kroot in this nail-biting short story.
THE STORY When the t’au bring down an Imperial Navy Lightning Strike Fighter, Major Wulf Khan must venture deep behind enemy lines to rescue the pilot before they – and the secrets they carry – fall into xenos hands.

Dawn of Fire Book 7
Fleet Secundus marches toward the Eye of Terror, ready to strike at the heart of the Archenemy. However, a battle for survival awaits as the greater schemes of the Indomitus Crusade descend into treachery and intrigue.
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It's a jaw-dropping entry in the Dawn of Fire series, as the Indomitus Crusade prepares to take the fight to the heart of Abaddon's warpsworn empire.
THE STORY
The mighty fleets of the Indomitus Crusade face terrors and dangers beyond imagining. As Guilliman's crusade marches forth, bringing the Emperor's light to thousands of worlds, Fleet Secundus is headed for the darkest dark – the Eye of Terror itself.
Along with warriors of the Adepta Sororitas and the Adeptus Astartes, the Imperial Navy battle cruiser Judgement of the Void pushes deeper into contested space. But as their journey unfolds, the forces of Chaos close in, and a battle for survival is about to begin – one which has ramifications not just for Fleet Secundus, but for the future of the galaxy itself.

A Warhammer 40,000 Anthology
The 41st Millennium is a dark and terrible era where you will find little comfort or hope. Forget the power of technology and science. Forget the promise of progress and advancement. Forget any notion of common humanity or compassion. There is no peace amongst the stars, for in the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war.
READ IT BECAUSEFeaturing stories by some of Black Library's best-loved authors, this huge collection of Warhammer 40,000 tales is the perfect companion to any righteous – or ruinous – crusade among the stars.
THE STORYThe galaxy teams with life as species beyond number fight, hide and flee for survival. From foul xenos breeds to the spawn of Chaos itself, the 41st Millennium is host to innumerable horrors eking out meaningless existences, and pain and suffering are all untold trillions will ever know.
But there are pinpricks of hope among the stars, bastions of civilisations beset on all sides – and they fight for freedom, glory, conquest, or brotherhood. These tales of heroism and horror paint a dark picture of the far future, in which there is room for one thing – war.
This anthology contains:
Defenders of the Imperium– The Trial of Lucille von Shard, by Denny Flowers– Transplants, by Rob Young– Hell Fist, by Justin Woolley– Blood Sands, by Victoria Hayward– The Sum of Its Parts, by Rhuairidh James– Less Than Human, by Steve Lyons
Followers of Chaos– Fool's Ruin, by Mike Brooks– A More Perfect Union, by Rich McCormick– Sacred Hate, by David Annandale– The Brightest and Best, by Mike Brooks– It Bleeds, by David Guymer– A Small Cog, by Mitchel Scanlon
The Bloody Rose– Blasphemy of the Fallen, by Danie Ware– The Skull Forge, by Danie Ware– The Nature of Prayer, by Danie Ware
Warriors of the Adeptus Astartes– Aria Arcana, by Peter Fehervari– Confession of Pain, by Jon Flindall– The Reward of Loyalty, by Tom Chivers
The Enemy Beyond– The Bleeding Stars, by Robert Rath

A Warhammer 40,000 Omnibus
A great explorator fleet sets out into uncharted space – the Halo Worlds at the galaxy's edge. They seek an ancient and priceless technology from the birth of history, but what they find is more powerful and deadly than any of them could have imagined.
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It's a star-spanning adventure bursting with action. These stories take you beyond the edge of the known galaxy as shocking secrets of the Adeptus Mechanicus are revealed. The story has Skitarii, Black Templars Space Marines, and even the god-machines of the Titan Legions in a battle for survival. All-in-all, it's a gripping saga exposing the inner workings of the Cult Mechanicus.
THE STORY
A great explorator fleet sets out into uncharted space, the Halo Worlds at the galaxy's edge. The armada contains contingents from every aspect of the Imperium, from the humble troops of the Astra Militarum to the mighty Space Marines – all led by the ancient tech-scholars of the Martian priesthood. They seek an ancient and priceless technology from the birth of history, but what they find is more powerful and deadly than any of them could have imagined.
CONTENTS
Priests of Mars
Lords of Mars
Gods of Mars
Zero Day Exploit
Written by Graham McNeill.

A Warhammer Crime Anthology
In the sprawling hive city of Varangantua, crime lords and gangers, law enforcers, and vigilantes live cheek-by-jowl – killers, thieves, and worse from all echelons of society doing what they can to survive.
READ IT BECAUSEReturn to Varangantua, a decaying hellscape where only the ruthless prosper.
In such a choking and claustrophobic environment, neither law-maker nor law-breaker is safe from dark desperation or suspicion. The tension is palpable, and the threats are real.
THE STORYIn Once a Killer, Always a Killer by Mitchel Scanlon, Sanctioner Kirian Malenko goes after a former pit fighter on a killing spree, but knows more about the killer than he cares to admit, Chains by Jonathan D. Beer sees a cartel and a gang lord go head to head for the release of a valuable prisoner, and in Slate Run by Mike Brooks, a bodyguard gets more than she bargained for when she is hired for a gilded function…
These collected tales of murder, betrayal, and corruption also contain stories from Nick Kyme, Denny Flowers, Jude Reid, Gareth Hanrahan, and Victoria Hayward.
Welcome to Varangantua – watch your back.
- Chains (Short story) by Jonathan D Beer- Slate Run (Short story) by Mike Brooks- No City for Heroes (Short story) by Victoria Hayward- Clear as Glass (Short story) by Denny Flowers- Skeletons (Short story) by Nick Kyme- Once a Killer, Always a Killer (Short story) by Mitchel Scanlon- Grit in the Wheels (Short story) by Gareth Hanrahan- Habeas Corpus (Short story) by Jude Reid

Join Janus Draik and his team of treasure-seeking misfits as they hunt for treasure but danger lurks in the darkness…
The Blackstone a vast, ineffable creation that looms darkly in the void. And for all its foreboding, the Fortress is, for some, an irresistible reliquary of secrets and power. From the nearby spaceport of Precipice, wracked by geomantic storms and teeming with political intrigue and treacherous skulduggery, shadowy figures form unlikely alliances. Treasure-hunters and pirates, cutpurses and assassins, disgraced rogue traders such as the legendary Janus Draik… all will delve into the Blackstone Fortress in search of riches. Many will never be seen again.
Journey into the Blackstone Fortress with this bumper edition of stories and novels from Warhammer Quest – what secrets lurk in the obsidian vaults, and what ruinous powers wait to be discovered?

An Astra Militarum Novel
Ursula Creed, Lord Castellan of the legendary Cadian armies, returns to the remains of their home world on a mission of the utmost importance.
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Follow the daughter of legendary commander Usarker Creed back to the scene of a galactic crime, and see how she deals with her father's legacy and the pressure that the name 'Creed' brings.
THE STORY
What does it mean to be Cadian after the Fall? Ursula Creed has come to terms with the loss of her home world. For decades she has built a glittering career in the furthest reaches of the Imperium, far from her legendary father’s shadow. But when unexpected orders arrive from the Avenging Son himself, Roboute Guilliman, the new Lord Castellan realises that the past may not be ready to let her go.
Dispatched to the shattered remains of Cadia in search of Ursarkar E. Creed’s final battle plans, Ursula finds the planet a hellscape full of deadly secrets. What horrors claim Cadia’s corpse as their domain? What became of those left behind? What orders did Creed leave for Cadia when all was lost? And, most troubling of all, how can she succeed where her illustrious father has already failed?

A Tyranids Short Story
The tyranids devour everything before them – consuming all life upon each world in their path. They are a threat to every sentient species in the galaxy, and their numbers are ever growing...
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See how the T'au Empire copes with the Great Devourer, and learn whether technology or teeth come out on top.
THE STORY
Takka is part of an advanced, elite strike force, formed by the T'au Empire to track and eliminate tyranid vanguard organisms. When searching for evidence of tyrannic infiltration in the jungles near the O'tash'var, a deadly ambush leaves many of Takka's cadre dead. To safeguard their sept, he and his remaining crew will have to venture into the deadly jungles, in pursuit of unknown prey...
Written by Nicholas Wolf.

A Tyranids Short Story
The tyranids devour everything before them – consuming all life upon each world in their path. They are a threat to every sentient species in the galaxy, and their numbers are ever growing...
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Take a trip upon a Black Ship, and learn there are fates worse than being taken to the Imperial Palace on Holy Terra.
THE STORY
The infamous Black Ships ferry imprisoned psykers to Terra from across the Imperium, to feed the astronomican. When one Black Ship drifts too close to the edge of a hive fleet's warp-shadow, it finds itself stranded in realspace and under alien assault. With the situation dire, a dangerous imprisoned psyker offers to help their Inquisitorial captors – but dare they release the witch? And if so, will they willingly go back under lock and key?
Written by Danie Ware.

A Tyranids Short Story
The tyranids devour everything before them – consuming all life upon each world in their path. They are a threat to every sentient species in the galaxy, and their numbers are ever growing…
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It's a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the tyranid hive mind, as its invasion engages the human defenders of a doomed world.
THE STORY
To face a tyranid invasion is a waking nightmare. The skies darken with spores, your mind echoes with alien screeches, and countless weapon-organisms descend upon you with razor teeth and claws.
How much greater would your horror be, to realise that the hive ship above thinks nothing of your fate – that it crushes your resistance and devours your home on instinctual stimulus-response alone, seeking nothing more than the calories your world will yield? Witness a planet consumed, through the eyes of those who defend it – and through the blind, hungry gaze of its conquerors.
Written by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

A Tyranids Short Story
The tyranids devour everything before them – consuming all life upon each world in their path. They are a threat to every sentient species in the galaxy, and their numbers are ever growing...
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It's a chance to join the Astra Militarum's desperate conscripts as a hive fleet arrives – fix bayonets!
THE STORY
As Hive Fleet Kraken approaches their home world of Raphaela, Mukta Lim and his fellow conscripts prepare for the worst. However, the arrival of a Tempestus Scion with an important piece of information for the sectors commander may just alter their fate. For the better? Who can say...
Written by Richard Swan.

A Tyranids Short Story
The tyranids devour everything before them – consuming all life upon each world in their path. They are a threat to every sentient species in the galaxy, and their numbers are ever growing...
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It's a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the tyranid hive mind, as its invasion engages the human defenders of a doomed world.
THE STORY
To face a tyranid invasion is a waking nightmare. The skies darken with spores, your mind echoes with alien screeches, and countless weapon-organisms descend upon you with razor teeth and claws.
How much greater would your horror be, to realise that the hive ship above thinks nothing of your fate – that it crushes your resistance and devours your home on instinctual stimulus-response alone, seeking nothing more than the calories your world will yield? Witness a planet consumed, through the eyes of those who defend it – and through the blind, hungry gaze of its conquerors.
Written by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

An Astra Militarum Novel
A celebrated sniper of the Astra Militarum must shift her focus to commanding troops, and dealing with the complications that arise from hard decisions.
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It's a look into the haunted thoughts of a soldier wrestling with the complex realities of a galaxy at war. Every choice she makes has consequences for those under her command.
THE STORY
Transplant. Cadian. Sniper. Legend.
Sergeant Darya Nevic is all of these and more… but behind the stories stands a soldier haunted by the unwelcome fame her successes have brought.
During the Cadian 217th’s assault on the manufactorum world of Attruso, Darya finds herself out of her depth, in a war that is fought with words as much as with weapons. As a fearsome winter closes in and her men begin to die around her, she will be forced to confront her doubts and make an impossible choice – to become the figurehead her soldiers need, or to believe the unimaginable promises of the mysterious t’au.
With the fate of her regiment in her hands, which path will she choose?

Book 11 in the Ciaphas Cain Series
Ciaphas Cain is nearing retirement, but of course his fate leads him into a twisted web of deception, corruption, and an unfortunate amount of mortal peril. This time, it’s the Adeptus Mechanicus throwing spanners into his future plans of heroic rest and relaxation.
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The darkly hilarious saga of a reluctant hero continues – packed with all the action, wit, and hijinks you’ve come to expect from Ciaphas and his comrades.
THE STORY
When the flow of desperately needed weapons for the Astra Militarum slows to nothing from a newly founded forge world, there’s only one man able and (un)willing to investigate… Ciaphas Cain, Hero of the Imperium.
With Cain’s desperately sought-after retirement on the line, the Imperium’s most reluctant commissar must navigate insidious assassination attempts against his person, legions of mutinous skitarii, heresy within the upper echelons of the Adeptus Mechanicus itself… and a hidden foe, pulling the strings, with an agenda that could threaten the future of Imperial rule in the Damocles Gulf.

An Astra Militarum Novel
Cadia. This proud world stood defiant for centuries – a bulwark against the forces of Chaos residing in the Eye of Terror. All of this would change when it was targeted for destruction by Abaddon the Despoiler as part of his Thirteenth Black Crusade.
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The Fall of Cadia is a touchstone moment of the Warhammer 40,000 timeline. This incredible battle led to the opening of the Great Rift and ushered in a grim new era in which even greater threats assailed the Imperium.
THE STORY
Cadia licks its wounds in the wake of the Thirteenth Black Crusade. The heretic forces retreat on all fronts. The day is won. But Lord Castellan Creed cannot rest easy. Something tells him the assault was a mere prelude to something greater, something more final. He is right. Out of the Eye of Terror comes Abaddon the Despoiler, at the head of a warhost unmatched in scale since the dread days of the Horus Heresy.
In the face of the looming apocalypse, Creed must weld the champions of Cadia into a bulwark capable of withstanding Abaddon’s fury. And in orbit, the Despoiler himself finds his own alliance teetering on a knife edge…
This is a tale told at epic scale, from the tables of high command to the slaughter of the pylon fields, and with a huge cast of characters from self-styled demigods to the rank-and-file foot soldiers of the Imperium.
This is the story of Abaddon’s greatest conquest. This is Cadia’s last stand.

An Astra Militarum Short Story
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Nothing entertains like a proper war story. This short celebrates them in-universe, as the protagonist of Longshot recounts an old battle to a comrade.
THE STORY
Darya and Ullaeus lie in ambush on the glass deserts of Kizmir, waiting for their high-value target to pass along a scouted route in order to spring their trap. As they look for ways to distract themselves from the seemingly endless hours beneath the baking sun, Darya tells the story of her last mission for the Cochlerati Janissaries and how she was dragged from their ranks and given to the Cadian 217th.

A Warhammer Crime Novel
The death of a powerful crime lord sends the city careening into a full-blown street war, and an info-broker seeks the truth in an attempt to hold fragile gang alliances together.
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It’s a chaotic peek into the seedy underbelly of Varangantua, a sprawling world where life is cheap – and a display of how even a tyrant can be better than a power vacuum…
THE STORY
Within the vast sprawl of Varangantua lies the Spoil. It is a broken crossroads, forsaken by the Lex, abandoned by the city’s uncaring masters, where the only choice is a slow death in the manufactories, or a quick one on the street. And it is in turmoil.
Andreti Sorokin, the gangster king whose vicious rule brought order to the Spoil, is dead, slain in the most brutal fashion. Melita Voronova, skilled info-broker and reluctant agent of the imperious Valtteri cartel, is tasked with uncovering the mystery of who killed Sorokin, and preventing his fragile alliance of thugs and narco-pushers from collapsing into chaos. As street-blades clash and gang leaders turn against one another, Melita’s instincts tell her there is a larger conspiracy at work. Someone has created this crisis not merely to disrupt the Spoil, but to overturn the foundations of Varangantua itself.

Dawn of Fire Book 6
The zealous Black Templars and the Order of Our Martyred Lady hold a shrine world against the Death Guard – a guttering light in the darkness.
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Marc Collins shows us how desperate the fight can get in the swirl of the Indomitus Crusade. Every world defended is worthy of celebration, no matter the cost.
THE STORY
The Indomitus Crusade burns across the stars, while new threats emerge to challenge the Imperium's resurgence.
As the Kingdom of Iron is secured and the Primarch Reborn's thoughts turn to future salients, the Arch-enemy strikes back against the Indomitus Crusade's forces. The shrine worlds of the Golden Chain are all but broken, and only Velua remains defiant. Canoness Irinya of the Order of Our Martyred Lady and Champion Gaheris of the Black Templars hold the line, fighting against the plague-ridden cultists reducing the planet to anarchy.
While the war rages on and the true enemy makes itself known, the fate of Velua and the wider crusade may rest upon the shoulders of another of the Imperial Regent's agents: the disgraced Rogue Trader Katla Helvintr. Heroes rise and worlds fall, and only the light of faith will guide the warriors of the Imperium to their destiny.

An Inquisition Short Story
There is no time for peace. No forgiveness. No respite. There is only war.
The galaxy writhes in the mailed fist of all-consuming conflict. The Imperium of Mankind teeters on the brink of annihilation, beset upon all sides by heretic warlords, daemon-summoning witches and rapacious alien empires. In every star system and upon every planet, fierce battle rages as loyalists, heretics and aliens tear reality itself apart in their war for dominance. Every day the flames rise higher.
This is a more terrible era than ever before, and there is no peace amongst the stars...
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It’s a cat-and-mouse chase with potentially lethal consequences.
THE STORY
A deserter from the Imperial Guard, in hiding on an agri-world and in possession of a xenotech artefact, is worried that the Inquisition has finally found him.
Written by Matthew Harffy.

An Adepta Sororitas Short Story
There is no time for peace. No forgiveness. No respite. There is only war.
The galaxy writhes in the mailed fist of all-consuming conflict. The Imperium of Mankind teeters on the brink of annihilation, beset upon all sides by heretic warlords, daemon-summoning witches and rapacious alien empires. In every star system and upon every planet, fierce battle rages as loyalists, heretics and aliens tear reality itself apart in their war for dominance. Every day the flames rise higher.
This is a more terrible era than ever before, and there is no peace amongst the stars...
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It’s a look inside the medicae bays of the far future, where gunshot wounds are the least pressing concerns…
THE STORY
One hundred veterans, one hundred days to save their lives. A Hospitaller attempts to rehabilitate soldiers that have fought to liberate Chaos-held worlds, saving them from certain condemnation.
Written by J H Archer.

A Kroot Short Story
There is no time for peace. No forgiveness. No respite. There is only war.
The galaxy writhes in the mailed fist of all-consuming conflict. The Imperium of Mankind teeters on the brink of annihilation, beset upon all sides by heretic warlords, daemon-summoning witches and rapacious alien empires. In every star system and upon every planet, fierce battle rages as loyalists, heretics and aliens tear reality itself apart in their war for dominance. Every day the flames rise higher.
This is a more terrible era than ever before, and there is no peace amongst the stars...
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It's an intriguing look at the mysterious ways of the kroot.
THE STORY
A kroot shaper tries his best to guide the evolution of his kindred.
Written by Carrie Harris.

A T’AU Short Story
There is no time for peace. No forgiveness. No respite. There is only war.
The galaxy writhes in the mailed fist of all-consuming conflict. The Imperium of Mankind teeters on the brink of annihilation, beset upon all sides by heretic warlords, daemon-summoning witches and rapacious alien empires. In every star system and upon every planet, fierce battle rages as loyalists, heretics and aliens tear reality itself apart in their war for dominance. Every day the flames rise higher.
This is a more terrible era than ever before, and there is no peace amongst the stars...
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It's a grim yet humorous look at the unintended consequences of war, and a warning to be wary when picking your battleground.
THE STORY
On Phaedra, battling armies of waterborne t'au and Imperials unwittingly disturb a monstrous Chaos creature that has slumbered for centuries.
Written by Peter Fehervari.

An Adepta Sororitas Novel
Sister Helewise is determined to stay alive until her death might serve a higher purpose – as the God-Emperor wills it. When she joins the cursed Fleet Quintus, her faith will be tested in ways she could never have imagined.
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Follow one of the most pious orders of the Adepta Sororitas as they join the Indomitus Crusade aboard Fleet Quintus – ominously referred to as the ‘Cursed Fleet.’
THE STORY
Of all the devout warriors in the Adepta Sororitas, none are as renowned or battle-hungry as those of the Order of Our Martyred Lady. Yet while others seek glory in their own martyrdom, Sister Helewise is determined to stay alive, so that her death might serve a greater purpose when the God-Emperor wills it.
Assigned to Fleet Quintus of the Indomitus Crusade, Helewise and her sisters follow an ancient route of pilgrimage to rediscover and liberate the shrine world of Cion, once a sacred bastion of their order. In retracing the steps of Saint Katherine herself, their faith will be tested to the extreme as they attempt to uncover what became of their sisters stationed in the daemon-infested sectors beyond the Cicatrix Maledictum.
As their mission lurches from disaster to disaster and the Emperor’s voice grows ever quieter, the Sisters of Battle must trust in bolter, blade, and their own unbreakable bonds to drive back the darkness of Imperium Nihilus.

Dawn of Fire Book 5
A depleted Battle Group Praxis returns the slain heir of Kamidar to the Knight world's ruling family – and its embittered ruler, the Iron Queen Orlah.
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Nick Kyme continues the story of the Indomitus Crusade, as a vicious feud breaks out on the Knight world of Kamidar – and the agents of Abaddon are only too happy to stoke the flames.
THE STORY
A war-weary Battle Group Praxis arrives at the Knight world of Kamidar, ruled by the Iron Queen Orlah, to return the queen's slain daughter and heir, who died in Guilliman's name. In truth, the Imperium's mission here is twofold: to strip Kamidar of its resources in order to resupply the flagging armada, and to prepare the Ironhold Protectorate to become part of the defensive Anaxian Line, a crucial bulwark for the Indomitus Crusade.
Yet Kamidar's Knights have survived for many years without the Imperium's aid, and what should have been a simple reunion between allies soon becomes a vicious feud. As division turns loyal souls against one another, the agents of Abaddon move in the shadows, seeking to manipulate this growing rift to their own ends. Can the Imperium restrain itself from laying an old ally asunder, or will the Hand of Abaddon arise triumphant, halting the Avenging Son's reclamation in its path?

A Trazyn the Infinite Short Story
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Everyone's favourite futuristic kleptomaniac returns, with his eye on a new and catastrophic prize.
THE STORY
Fresh from the near-destruction of the prismatic gallery by the Bell of St. Gerstahl, Trazyn sets out to visit another necron crownworld. His aim? To verify a hunch that the chime foretold the arrival of another Black Crusade, en route to Cadia…

A Chaos Space Marines Omnibus
The Long War has raged for 10,000 years, and the traitorous champions of the World Eaters, Emperor’s Children, and Alpha Legion have been fighting in it without pause.
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There are many paths to damnation, and these novels explore just a few of them, chronicling the exploits of notorious renegades from the Traitor Legions.
THE STORY
Insidious is the allure of Chaos. Power, revenge, immortality… the road to damnation is paved with such false promises, and none who have trod this path are as infamous as the Heretic Astartes. They are the Chaos Space Marines, once noble warriors who rebelled against the Emperor, embracing the darkness in their desire for strength, and in turn becoming its slaves.
They are champions of corruption, wrath and perversion, the foremost warriors of the Dark Gods, and in battle they have few equals. Forever fighting the so-called ‘Long War’, they will not rest until reality itself collapses, plunging the galaxy into a hellish realm of which there is no escape.
This book contains the following three novels:
Lucius: The Faultless Blade by Ian St Martin
Khârn: Eater of Worlds by Anthony Reynolds
Sons of the Hydra by Rob Sanders
Also includes is the short story Lucius: Pride and Fall by Ian St. Martin

A girl stumbles across the moors, death hard on her heels. To her saviours, she speaks of Calignius – a smog-shrouded mining town deep in the mountains that has been gripped by a strange epidemic.Now, Runar Skoldolfr and Tiberius Grim must lead a small expedition into the haunted vales of the Blood-Rock Peaks to answer the girl's pleas for aid. There, the hunter and the veteran priest of Sigmar will uncover the enigma of a forlorn-looking statue and its curious sway over the town – a place ruled by ancient fear and phobia, zealotry and madness.Separated and isolated, Runar and Tiberius will learn there are far worse fates than death, for in Calignius friendships turn sour, faith boils into anguish, and long-buried nightmares rise up from the shadows. If they are to survive, they will need to find a way to unite against the daemons that divide them.

An Astra Militarum Short Story
The Astra Militarum stands as a redoubtable bulwark in the face of endless attacks on the Imperium from xenos empires and warp-born horrors alike. From Cadia to Catachan, Krieg, Mordian, and Armageddon, the Emperor's will wields the Imperial Guard in the defence of Humanity.
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Disrespect the warriors of Krieg at your peril…
THE STORY
A Mordian colonel pulls rank over a regiment of Death Korps of Krieg in an attempt to quickly end a war against the T'au Empire.

An Astra Militarum Short Story
The Astra Militarum stands as an ever-redoubtable bulwark against the unending assault of the darkness. From Cadia to Catachan, Krieg, Mordian and Armageddon, the Emperor protects.
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Follow the history of one of the Guard’s finest weapons.
THE STORY
Through a series of vignettes, we learn the history of the Leman Russ tank Sebastian's Lance over hundreds of years of Imperial warfare.

An Astra Militarum Short Story
The Astra Militarum stands as a redoubtable bulwark in the face of endless attacks on the Imperium from xenos empires and warp-born horrors alike. From Cadia to Catachan, Krieg, Mordian, and Armageddon, the Emperor's will wields the Imperial Guard in the defence of Humanity.
READ IT BECAUSEThe Astra Militarum has been infiltrated by an insidious foe – but how far has the corruption spread?
THE STORYA squad of Sentinels crosses a desert on a covert mission against the Genestealer Cults. But is there a traitor in their midst?

An Astra Militarum Short Story
The Astra Militarum stands as a redoubtable bulwark in the face of endless attacks on the Imperium from xenos empires and warp-born horrors alike. From Cadia to Catachan, Krieg, Mordian, and Armageddon, the Emperor's will wields the Imperial Guard in the defence of Humanity. This story is part of a series of 5 digital short stories celebrating everything Astra Militarum – the perfect run-up to the launch of a host of new Astra Militarum miniatures for Warhammer 40,000.
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This story is an opportunity to see the Imperial Guard through the eyes of its enemies.
THE STORY
Two orks discuss the legendary Hell Fist, a mythic Catachan Devil who appears as if by magic and fights as if possessed… To them, he represents the best fight they'll ever have, but will he give them the fight they actually want?

A Warhammer 40,000 Novel
A decorated Lieutenant of the Ultramarines recognises the signs of an imminent Tyranid attack, and launches a desperate counter-offensive to save Regium, a proud Imperial world.
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The Imperium fights for its very existence against a threat unlike any other in the galaxy, and a Tyranid invasion beyond any yet experienced.
THE STORY
'The dream.... it is a portent... of the end.'
The fortress world of Regium has a proud history, For millennia, it has endured when others have fallen to ruin and damnation, standing defiant in defence of the Imperium of Man. But now it is shaken. Parasitic plagues run rampant, and Regium's citizens are haunted by dreams of horrific monsters feasting upon their flesh and marrow.
Lieutenant Castamon of the Ultramarines recognises these signs of an impending Tyranid invasion all too well. Rallying his warriors, the battle-hardened veteran launches a strike force to slaughter the xenos in the outer system, before it can reach Regium. But as this new tendril of Hive Fleet Leviathan proves unpredictable and deadly, Castamon and the First Company must harness all their skill, might, and zeal, or face utter annihilation.

An Astra Militarum Short Story
The Astra Militarum stands as a redoubtable bulwark in the face of endless attacks on the Imperium from xenos empires and warp-born horrors alike. From Cadia to Catachan, Krieg, Mordian, and Armageddon, the Emperor's will wields the Imperial Guard in the defence of Humanity.
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Warriors from two separate arms of the Imperium find themselves thrust together in the midst of battle.
THE STORY
A lone Guardsman and a Dark Angel fight their way across a blasted landscape in search of the truth.

An Angels Resplendent Short Story
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Peter Fehervari’s Dark Coil continues to spiral.
THE STORY
A Dark Coil companion piece to the Adepta Sororitas novel Requiem Infernal.

A Ciaphas Cain Short Story
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Despite his best efforts, Commissar Cain always ends up in hot water.
THE STORY
When Ciaphas Cain investigates the mysterious death of a fellow commissar, he soon finds his life in danger (once again) as the killer's attention turns to him.

An Astra Militarum Short Story
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The long arm of the Emperor’s judgement reaches across the galaxy.
THE STORY
A trio of Cadian snipers from different backgrounds infiltrate a Chaos-corrupted city to assassinate their targets.

An Astra Militarum Novel
Once a Cadian captain, Glavia Aerand's psychic talents see her pressed into service in a new role, to fight and die as a sanctioned psyker.
READ IT BECAUSEThis story offers a rare glimpse into the mysterious process of becoming a sanctioned psyker in the service of the Golden Throne, and you'll learn what that means for those who are found strong enough to serve.
THE STORYSuffer not the witch to live, unless by their service they might earn redemption. This is the creed of the Scholastica Psykana, a brutal foundry in which those with psychic power might be taught to serve. On the eve of her sanctioning as a primaris psyker within these very halls, Glavia Aerand, former captain of the Cadian 900th Regiment, receives a startling premonition – one concerning her old unit, and a dangerous psychic artefact hidden on the planet where they are deployed.
After a reunion she never expected – or wanted – Aerand finds herself mired in a vicious campaign on the psychically active world of Visage, where the shallow seas and endless fogs are rumoured to swallow the souls of the dead. Haunted by growing suspicions of her new commander and the manifestations of the sinister relic, Aerand must trust in her new-found abilities to keep her former comrades alive, and confront an ancient threat that could consume Visage entirely.

A great collection of stories showcasing existing and new Black Library authors.
From the warrior orders of the Adeptus Astartes and Adepta Sororitas to the noble houses of Rogue Traders and Imperial Knights, the Imperium of Man has long been safeguarded by elite organisations that ensure the continued survival of the Emperor’s vast domain. This special volume of Inferno! contains twelve thrilling short stories featuring such examples of the Emperor’s finest.
Blighted Sun by Marc Collins
Sword-Brother Adhemar of the Black Templars recounts the deeds of his squad on Mytra, as he and several of his zealous brethren seek to disrupt a world-ending ritual. The grim Space Marines face hordes of vicious daemons that require all of their faith and martial skill to overcome.
Fidelis Ad Mortem by Jude Reid
Sister Superior Zillah of the Order of the Bloody Rose faces a lofty challenge. Commanding a disparate, untested squad of Battle Sisters, she must board a doomed Pilgrim vessel, the very place where her mentor perished, and recover a sacred Simulacrum Imperialis. But the ship crawls with enemies, and the smallest failure will result in death…
Cargo by Chris Wraight
On Cadia, a series of individuals desperately transport a precious, mysterious cargo across the world’s surface as it crumbles under the might of Abaddon the Despoiler. Will the cargo prove to be worth the sacrifice of so many brave men and women?
This special volume of Inferno! contains twelve thrilling short stories showcasing incredible feats by the Emperor's finest warriors.
CONTENTS
– Blighted Sun by Marc Collins
– Fidelis Ad Mortem by Jude Reid
– Cargo by Chris Wraight
– The Last Word by Phil Kelly
– In The Name of Victory by J S Collyer
– Recriminant by R S Wilt
– Reconsecration by Amanda Bridgeman
– Knife's Edge by Breanna Teintze
– Suffer Not a Human to Live by Gavin G Smith
– Wings of Faith by Victoria Hayward
– Blood Legacy by J C Stearns
– Song of the Mother by Boman Modine

A Warhammer 40,000 Anthology
These short stories include some of your favourite heroes and villains, and some new ones you might not yet be familiar with.
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21 authors explore the 41st Millennium in 24 short stories, with perspectives from within and without the Imperium of Mankind. There's something in here for every fan of Warhammer 40,000.
THE STORY
In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war.
Throughout the Imperium and beyond, tales are told of heroes and villains – indomitable Space Marines, valiant soldiers of the Astra Militarum, inscrutable Aeldari, and ferocious Orks – locked in endless battle. Some seek simply to survive, others to atone for their mistakes through sacrifice. From Saint Celestine, to Ahriman of the Thousand Sons, to the lowly rank-and-file of the Imperial Guard, each will play their part, but none will escape their duty... or their fate.
This Warhammer 40,000 anthology contains 24 short stories featuring both new and established characters from the 41st Millennium.
CONTENTS
– The Taste of Fire by Steven B Fischer
– Refuge by Steve Lyons
– Redemption Through Sacrifice by Justin Woolley
– The Price of Duty by Matt Smith
– Anarchy's End by Rob J Hayes
– The Jagged Edge by Maria Haskins
– The Place of Pain and Healing by Justin D Hill
– The Labyrinth of Lost Souls by Graham McNeill
– Faith in Iron by Cameron Johnston
– A Coin for the Carrion Thieves by John French
– Da Big Mouf by Danie Ware
– Warsphere by Darius Hinks
– Path of Grief by Adrian Southin
– Voice of Experience by J C Stearns
– Road Rage by Mike Brooks
– Mad Dok by Nate Crowley
– His Will by Guy Haley
– Celestine: Revelation by Andy Clark
– The Moon-Mines of Sciara Lone by Danie Ware
– Martyr's End by Alec Worley
– Ghosts of Iron by Marc Collins
– Last Flight by Edoardo Albert
– Night Shriekers by Justin Woolley
– The Shapers of Scars by Marc Collins

A T'au Empire Novel
Commander Shadowsun is an ice-cold military genius – but will her patient stratagems be enough to protect all she holds dear from the Death Guard's infectious touch?
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See an iconic t'au hero tested like never before, as she strives to confront a horrifying Legion empowered by eldritch forces beyond her logical understanding.
THE STORY
Commander O’Shaserra, better known as Shadowsun, is an ice-cold military genius celebrated across the Chalnath Expanse. She is the master of the stealth battlesuit assault and the Kauyon metastrategy – a philosophy of war that emulates the Patient Hunter. But how to lay a trap for the Chaos-worshipping warriors of the Death Guard, whose ancient technology allows their fleet to rip holes in space? And how to deal with their daemonic patrons, who defy the laws of physics and shatter the logical methods that Shadowsun holds so dear?
With her forces spread far and wide on the dark side of the Great Rift, Shadowsun must respond to a surprise attack on the Startide Nexus wormhole portal. Worse yet, as hidden atrocities and treacheries are laid bare, the threat of civil war simmers between the t'au and their allies.
If she is to stand a chance, the t'au's finest commander will have to improvise, trust to instinct, and face the unnatural echoes of her empire's own dark secrets.

A Rogue Traders Novel
As the Indomitus Crusade begins, Roboute Guilliman tasks the Davamir Compact to find a route across the Great Rift.
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Witness the deadly politics and incredible wealth of the Imperium's privateers, as three powerful rogue trader dynasties put their considerable assets to work for the greatest crusade in millennia.
THE STORY
Proud Lamertine. Fierce Helvintr. Cunning Radrexxus.
Since the halcyon days of the Great Crusade, these noble rogue trader dynasties have plied the void in the Emperor’s name, answering to whomsoever sits as the king of the Davamir Compact. There has been profit and adventure and abundance in these times… Yet now the galaxy is changed, divided by the birth of the Great Rift. As plans are drawn up for the most immense crusade imaginable, the Emperor’s reborn son demands that the Compact seek a way across the Rift.
When tragedy and betrayal threaten all their endeavours, it is the Lamertine heir, Erastus, who must rise to the fore – to guide the disparate forces of the Compact in service to their sacred mission, to avenge the wounds done to them by hidden hands, and to reveal the darkest secrets threatening the Imperium’s dreams of unity…

A Warhammer Horror Novel
An evil entity stalks the forest of Briardark, and the revered beasthunter Samuel Helmgaart must recover from tragedy to protect his village.
READ IT BECAUSEContinue exploring the tale of Mhurghast and find out what life looks like in Shyish, the Realm of Death, as nightmares become reality.
THE STORYEvil stirs in Briardark, an ancient forest that looms over the Shyishan village of Felstein, where whispers abound of the spectres and brutes that lurk amongst the trees.
One man keeps these perils at bay – Samuel Helmgaart, the revered beasthunter of Felstein – but when tragedy strikes his family, an unknowable foe is unleashed, one that stalks the villagers and turns neighbour against neighbour.
Soon, a witch hunt ensues, and in the midst of his own sorrow Samuel’s daughter, Cicely, struggles with grief that has twisted into something dark. To save her, the beasthunter must track down the entity in the forest, and the evil that beckons to his daughter from beyond a most hostile grave.

A Warhammer Crime Short Story
The truth behind a killer – and the one chasing them – comes to light.
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...always a killer. The finale of this two-part story unearths the past of Sanctioner Malenko and the murderer he's chasing through the shadows of Varangantua
THE STORY
In the final chapter of Once a Killer; Sanctioner Malenko continues his hunt for the spree killer Orvo 'The Ripper' Revnik, and must confront his and Revnik's dark, shared past.

A Warhammer Crime Short Story
An ex-pit fighter's killing days are far from behind them...
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Fate brings together a Sanctioner and a violent murderer in the first half of a twisting tale.
THE STORY
Sanctioner Malenko goes after a former pit fighter on a killing spree and discovers more than they expected, in the first part of a two part story.

A Warhammer Crime Short Story
A routine meet-up goes awry as a greenhorn and grizzled veteran meet up with a felon for information.
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It's a covert rendezvous between a criminal and enforcers, with tension thick enough to cut.
THE STORY
A rookie Probator and a veteran Sanctioner rendezvous with the representative of the Khaadi criminal syndicate.

A Warhammer Crime Short Story
A bodyguard faces threats from without and within a high-class reception.
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See high society clash with the criminal underclass as mysteries unravel – and a simple party may be something more...
THE STORY
Sorena Varlon is hired as a bodyguard for a gilded function, but her employer is more than she seems, and this will be far from a straightforward job.

A Melita Voronova Short Story
The gang-lord of the Spoil entertains an emissary who seeks to strike a bargain.
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It's a fraught negotiation between two rival cartels, with lives hanging in the balance.
THE STORY
Melita Voronova is sent to negotiate with Andreti Sorokin, the controlling gang-lord of the Spoil, on behalf of the Valtteri cartel for the release of a man with information the cartel wants.

A Warhammer Crime Anthology
Return to the mean streets of Varangantua for another taste of just how grim life can be for the average Imperial citizen in the 41st Millennium.
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Seven seemingly disconnected stories from some of your favourite authors weave together into a nightmarish glimpse of desperation, poverty, and the powerful elites who keep it that way.
THE STORY
Varangantua is in turmoil.
After the district of Korsk is obliterated in a fiery cataclysm, the city’s enforcers must pick up the pieces. As sanctioner teams comb the wreckage for survivors, dogged probators such as Agusto Zidarov and Lycia Calix seek to uncover the truth about what happened. Their stories become intertwined with those of petty criminals and desperate citizens, even drawing the vaunted attention of agents beyond Alecto itself, painting a picture of sprawling conspiracy.
But while the calamity means death and destitution for many, others take advantage of the chaos to gain wealth or position within the city’s byzantine hierarchies. With Varangantua’s place in the wider Imperium at stake, will the truth about the disaster come to light, or will it be buried in the rubble along with thousands of bodies?
This Warhammer Crime anthology contains seven brand-new stories featuring both new and established characters from the city-sprawl of Varangantua.
CONTENTS
The Bones of the Martyrs by Jude Reid
Carrion Call by Noah Van Nguyen
Against Entropy by Guy Haley
Servant of the Righteous by Graham McNeill
Skin Deep by Darius Hinks
Angels in the Gutter by Alec Worley
Outside Powers by Chris Wraight

A Baggit and Clodde Novel
A ratling and an ogryn aren't the best-matched pair, but in the crime-ridden heart of Varangantua, anything goes – at least, when there's a big score to be had.
READ IT BECAUSEThis is first full length novel featuring the characters Baggit and Clodde from the audio drama Dredge Runners. Follow the duo as they hunt for a treasure that could answer all of their problems.
THE STORYBaggit is the fast-talking ratling with an eye for the big score. Clodde is the ogryn with a heart of gold and a head full of dreams. These abhuman deserters-turned-criminals operating in the city of Varangantua have crossed the wrong man for the last time – and now they’re on the run…
At least, that is, until Baggit learns of a score that could pay their debts and save their skins – the Wraithbone Phoenix, a fabled treasure rumoured to be hidden aboard a voidship recently scheduled for decommission. But Baggit and Clodde aren’t the only ones with eyes on the prize. When word gets out, every thief in the Dredge is going to be gunning for the Phoenix. Does Baggit have the cunning to find the treasure and get out alive, or will someone finally cash in the bounty on his head?

A Ciaphas Cain Short Story
The Hero of the Imperium returns to take on a deviant psyker.
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It follows one of the 41st Millennium's most loved characters on an unusual mission.
THE STORY
Commissar Ciaphas Cain and his faithful Jurgen undercover a malign psyker seeking to cause chaos by destabilising a key Imperial void station.

Dawn of Fire Book 4
Roboute Guilliman has broken the orkish advance that threatened Fenris, but an ancient foe has returned to threaten the very heart of humanity – the Segmentum Solar.
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Guy Haley continues the riveting story of the Indomitus Crusade as it sweeps across the galaxy, still reeling from the opening of the Great Rift.
THE STORY
The Indomitus Crusade continues its war across the stars. The primarch Roboute Guilliman has finally broken through the orkish threat bedevilling the sectors near Fenris, and makes ready to push on his bid to stabilise the Imperium Sanctus – but old and bitter foes stand in his way.
Kor Phaeron, the Dark Cardinal, threatens the previously stable core of the Segmentum Solar. Waves of rebellion instigated by his infiltrating priests suggest an imminent, large-scale invasion by the Word Bearers Legion. Worse yet, the Dark Cardinal's warriors are targeting the Black Ships, threatening to starve Terra of the pyskers the Emperor needs to survive.
Through this turbulent warzone Inquisitor Rostov continues his search for the Hand of Abaddon. Yet when strange, miraculous visions are traced back to the astropathic relay on Srinagar, his quest is diverted – for the visions foretell hope for the Imperium, a hope the fanatical worshippers of Chaos will do anything to snuff out…

An Astra Militarum Novel
Colonel Haskell 'Hell Fist' Aldalon and the Catachan 57th Jungle Fighters arrive on Gondwa VI, a world ravaged by greenskins. The Catachans prepare to go on the offensive, but can they retake a vital outpost when saddled with the barely-trained Trooper Torvin – the last survivor of the Skadi Second Infantry?
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Get up close and personal with the ruthless Catachan Jungle Fighters as they prepare to give up everything in order to claim victory.
THE STORY
When Colonel Haskell 'Hell Fist' Aldalon and the Catachan 57th Jungle Fighters arrive on the quagmire world of Gondwa VI, they find it locked in the grip of an ever-growing greenskin threat. Rather than shoring up the meagre existing defences, the Catachans elect to go on the offensive and retake the strategically vital Outpost Four. In the process, they are saddled with the sole survivor of the outpost's fall – the barely-trained Trooper Torvin, of the Skadi Second Infantry.
As the Astra Militarum clash with savage orks and Colonel Aldalon comes to terms with the cost of victory, Torvin finds himself under suspicion of cowardice by the Jungle Fighters. The young trooper's new comrades may be just as dangerous to him as the xenos marauders... unless, that is, he can pass through this trial by fire and earn the respect of the Catachan Devils.

A Ciaphas Cain Short Story
Commissar Ciaphas Cain stumbles from a conflict with a genestealer cult, and straight into the sights of a terrifying greenskin.
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The notorious Commissar Ciaphas Cain is a true hero of the Imperium – at least, so long as anyone's watching…
THE STORY
Deployed to the agri world of Frumentamunda to eradicate a local genestealer cult, Ciaphas Cain shies away from the thick of battle with his trademark sense of discretion. Just his luck, this cunning escape brings him up against an even more dangerous enemy – a feral ork, ready to deliver a proper krumpin'...

The Officio Assassinorum safeguards the future of humanity. Its agents are the bloody-handed, secret saviours of the Imperium, killers charged with achieving the impossible... and Vindicare assassin Absolom Raithe has just been handed the most difficult assignment of his career.The Knight World of Dominion is on the verge of seceding from the Imperium, its court riven by factionalism and ruled by an increasingly unhinged monarch. With the aid of the shapeshifting Callidus assassin Sycorax, Raithe must remove the king from his throne – and safely steer a pro-Imperial candidate to victory through the brutal succession crisis that will inevitably ensue. His team will need to infiltrate a world steeped in chivalric codes, where every move risks discovery, and every threat pilots an adamantine monster... for if the assassins fail, and Dominion falls, the entire sector will be plunged into darkness.

A Warhammer Horror Novel
Scholar. Sorceress. Killer. Priest. Four people divided by their secrets and lies, bound together by horror, must unite their strengths to unpick a diabolical mystery to which they have but one incomprehensible clue – a single word: Mhurghast.
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Glimpse what life looks like in Shyish, the Realm of Death, as an ancient family struggles with their place in the Mortal Realms. As it turns out, sometimes you must save yourselves.
THE STORY
The Hollow. A lonely Shyishan town, obscured amongst wild moorland, inhabited by folk of vigilant routine. What remains of the once illustrious Gothghul family endures season upon season of monastic isolation in their castle on the hill. Aaric Gothghul, made callous by loss, shuts himself in his study and broods over arcane texts, while his strange and formidable daughter wanders the forests alone.
But when the town is threatened by a spate of sinister manifestations, the quiet formality of their days end. Worse still, the upheaval disturbs a terrible family secret – a chilling memory that Aaric has kept buried for twenty-five years. Now, father and daughter must set aside their differences and search for answers to an ancient curse that is somehow linked to their past. Aided by a straight-talking sharpshooter and a shrewd man of faith, they seek to fathom the forces that assail the Hollow.

A Genestealer Cults Novel
The people of forge world Morod have found a new hope against despair and toil. The long-awaited angels are close, and the cult must prepare for their coming.
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Acclaimed science fiction author Adrian Tchaikovsky's first full-length work for Black Library takes the form of Day of Ascension, in which the populace of the forge world of Morod grow weary of the backbreaking work and injustice of their lives. But how far will they go to achieve change?
THE STORY
On the forge world of Morod, the machines never stop and the work never ends. The population toils in the mines and factoria to protect humanity from the monsters in the void, while the Adeptus Mechanicus enjoy lives of palatial comfort.
Genetor Gammat Triskellian seeks to end this stagnant corruption. When he learns of a twisted congregation operating within the shadows, one which believes that the tech-priests are keeping people from their true salvation – a long-prophesied union with angels – he sees in them an opportunity to bring down Morod's masters and reclaim the world in the name of progress.
But sometimes, the only hope for real change lies in the coming of monsters.

An Adepta Sororitas Novel
Follow the ritual funerary procession of the most honoured of all Sisters of Battle, as the young Sister Avra faces a war both without and within.
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Discover how the Triumph of Saint Katherine inspires faithful warriors across the galaxy, in a tale of courage and shame from the perspective of a young Sister of Battle.
THE STORY
Carried by six Sisters of Battle, each the embodiment of a revered saint, the funerary procession known as the Triumph of Saint Katherine marches from world to world, battlefront to battlefront. Where darkness and heresy are rampant, it brings faith, hope and courage to the warriors of the Imperium.
Sister Avra of the Order of Our Martyred Lady is honoured beyond measure to battle alongside the sacred procession in defence of the beleaguered world of Kiros. However, this bold young warrior holds a secret shame in her heart, one she believes can only be redeemed in death. As the darkness closes in on Kiros, Avra is overcome by a vision – and soon realises that the Emperor has far greater plans for her.

Vaults of Terra Book 3
Separated from Inquisitor Cowl, Interrogator Spinoza hoists her crozius and sets to protecting what’s left of their organisation while continuing her quest for truth. But can she survive the dire straights she finds herself in, as she guards humanity from enemies within and without?
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Luce Spinoza comes into her own, with the weight of her lord’s fate sitting heavy on her shoulders, while pushing forward with their mission. With enemies closing in on all sides, she must choose a path for herself.
THE STORY
The Throneworld is in turmoil, wracked by the opening of the Great Rift and the failure of the Astronomican. Inquisitor Erasmus Crowl, his mind and body ravaged by what he has seen in the Hollow Mountain, is missing, taking with him the clues to the conspiracy that has come to obsess him. Luce Spinoza, his interrogator, must choose whether to seek him out or defend her diminished realm from the many forces that still seek to destroy it. As enemies circle, Interrogator Spinoza enters a race against time to find the evidence she needs. But with the fate of humanity itself hanging in the balance, she must decide what lengths she is willing to go to in order to uncover the truth.

A Warhammer 40,000 Novel
Follow the exploits of Oltyx, who, having finally been granted the throne of the Ithakas Dynasty, now faces far greater threats, from within and without. He soon learns that the lessons of kingship are not quite what he had hoped.
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Experience the tumutluous reality of ruling a necron royal court and battling the the Imperium from the perspective of an necron lord whose mind is split into discrete partitions.
THE STORY
After centuries of exile, the necron lord Oltyx has at last been granted the thing he has always craved: the throne of the Ithakas Dynasty. Kingship, however, is not quite what he had hoped for – Oltyx's reign currently exists aboard the dying battleship Akrops, as it lumbers away from the ruins of his crownworld. Behind it is a hostile armada of unfathomable size, launched by the barbaric alien war-cult known as the Imperium of Man. And within the Akrops' sepulchral hold, an even greater threat festers – the creeping horror of the flayer curse. Faced with such overwhelming odds, Oltyx leads a desperate voyage into a darkness so profound that salvation and doom look much the same. If he and his dynasty are to make it through that long night, Oltyx will have to become a very different sort of king.

A Warhammer Horror Novel
Follow in the footsteps of Rudgard Howe, an enforcer cadet who, while on their first mission, and embroiled in an embittered succession battle back home, uncovers a heinous sanguinary cult…
READ IT BECAUSEIn the grim darkness of the far future, horror lies in the most unlikely of places, as a routine investigation becomes something all the more sinister.
THE STORYOn the captital world of Potence, young enforcer cadet Rudgard Howe is caught up in a bitter internecine feud to inherit his father's position of Chief Enforcer. As the tithe fleets approach, he is sent on his first mission to ensure that the planet's distant agri-facilities fulfil their quotas to the God-Emperor. Farmed with serfs and managed by ex-Militarum soldiers, the agri-facilities are places of shocking brutality and hopelessness. But when he is sent to the outlying farmstead of Thorsarbour, Rudgard discovers a community where the crops are left to rot as the inhabitants indulge in the bloody ecstasy of a sanguinary cult. As Rudgard imposes the strict Lex Imperialis upon the farmstead, he begins to uncover a place where sanity is rapidly slipping. Just a single step into his nightmarish mission though, a series of cruel deaths threatens to dismantle everything he has ever known about the Imperium, his faith in the Emperor, and the strength of his very soul.

THE TIME TO REPENT IS PAST – IT’S ALL-OUT WAR ON SISCIA! Time has run out for the SISTERS OF BATTLE when they encounter the forces of SLAANESH! As CANONESS VERIDYAN’S survivors attempt a return to the planet’s surface, CANONESS ORIS and the full might of the order strike down!• But can they accomplish their mission and survive to tell the tale? The shocking conclusion to the SISCIA mission—and the link to the next WARHAMMER adventure!

A Sabbat Worlds Novel
"We will make our own history, and all other accounts be damned."
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Volpone Glory covers the exploits of the soldiers of the 50th Volpone of the Royal Volpone Regiment. Their ranks are filled with proud and arrogant soldiers who come from the noble families of Volpone, earning them the name "Bluebloods" among the Astra Militarum. Nick Kyme breathes life and humility into the members of this otherwise supercilious regiment as they battle against impossible odds.
THE STORY
As war rages across the Sabbat Worlds, the Volpone Bluebloods are sent to Gnostes at the head of a massive Imperial host. Tasked with the liberation of the Agria island chain from the entrenched Blood Pact, the haughty soldiers of the Volpone find their mettle sorely tested in a brutal meat grinder. After a punishing setback threatens to derail the campaign, an unlikely champion rises through the ranks and victory once again seems possible. But the propaganda of war is a fickle beast, and the Archenemy are cultivating a plot the Imperium can scarcely fathom. Through glory and honour, the Volpone are desperate to prevail, but can they endure the rigours of the bloodiest campaign in their vaunted history and come out the other side intact?

An Astra Militarum Novel
Follow in the footsteps of Hadeya Etsul as she is consolidated into a Cadian armoured regiment and put in command of a Leman Russ Demolisher, Steel Tread. Can she win the trust of her dysfunctional crew and pilot the tank to victory on a do-or-die campaign?
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Against the backdrop of an increasingly desperate conflict, tanker Hadeya Etsul finds herself consolidated into a Cadian regiment and placed in command of the Leman Russ Demolisher Steel Tread, where she must try and rally a dysfunctional crew together in order to survive a death-or-glory offensive.
THE STORY
On the war-torn world of Croatoas, the armies of the Astra Militarum do battle with the twisted servants of the Ruinous Powers. Against the backdrop of this increasingly desperate conflict, tanker Hadeya Etsul finds herself consolidated into a Cadian regiment, and placed in command of the Leman Russ Demolisher Steel Tread. Haunted by nightmares, surrounded by a dysfunctional crew, and striving to find her place amidst a proud and insular regiment with a culture so different from her own, Etsul must guide her crew to victory. But, as her regiment rolls out beneath the poisonous light of the Great Rift to join a death-or-glory offensive, the crew of Steel Tread are about to face the fight of their lives. If they cannot learn to work as one, how can they hope to survive?

VOYAGE OF THE ACOLYTE! The Sisters learn the story and fate of the Inquisitorial Acolyte, but this doesn’t necessarily equal mission accomplished… And: a discovery of the nature of SISCIA will require a drastic battleplan that will change the face of the planet forever! Chaos runs deep!

A Warhammer 40,000 Short Story Collection
In this anthology, you'll find 31 stories from the grim darkness of the far future. First published in Inferno!, there are fresh yarns from your favourite authors, plus debut stories from up-and-coming Black Library luminaries.
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Inferno! has long been a home for sensational Warhammer short fiction, and has acted as proving ground for many up-and-coming Warhammer writers, many of whom have gone on to become household names. In this collection of short stories set in the grim darkness of the 41st Millennium and previously published in Inferno!, you'll find thrilling tales from established novelists including Adrian Tchaikovsky, David Annandale, and John French, as well as newer Warhammer writers like Marc Collins and Gareth Hanrahan.
CONTENTS
Raised in Darkness by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Exorcism of Karsa V by Matt Smith
Vova's Climb by Noah Nguyen
The Stuff of Nightmares by Steve Lyons
The Last Knight (Part 1) by Gavin G Smith
The Last Knight (Part 2) by Gavin G Smith
Respite's End by Marc Collins
Castle of the Exile by Gareth Hanrahan
Best Death Wins by Sean Grigsby
No Quarter by Rob J Hayes
The Karsharat Abomination by George Mann
Firstborn Exile by Filip Wiltgren
Journey of the Magi by Jonathan Green
Green and Grey by Edoardo Albert
Where Dere's da Warp Dere's a Way by Mike Brooks
Blackout by J C Stearns
The Spirit of Cogs by John French
City of Blood by Matt Smith
Empra by Nate Crowley
The Weight of Silver by Steven B Fischer
The Emperor's Light by Rob Leahy
The Thirteenth Psalm by Peter Fehervari
What Wakes in the Dark by Miles A Drake
Solace by Steve Lyons
Turn of the Adder by J C Stearns
The Unsung War by David Annandale
No Hero by Peter McLean
The Emperor's Wrath by Steven B Fischer
The Enemy of My Enemy by Nate Crowley
The Firstborn Daughter by Filip Wiltgren
Mercy by Danie Ware

A Warhammer 40,000 novel
Following on from Urdesh: The Serpent and the Saint, the focus is once again on a small handful of Space Marines in the city of Ghereppan on Urdesh. The Iron Snakes must decide for themselves if the cryptic message of Saint Sabbat can be taken for the truth or if the sinister Magister Sek is leading them all into a trap.
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This intimate story gives us a new perspective on how Space Marines fit into the broader context of an Astra Militarum-led war effort. The actions of a single squad of superhuman warriors can have far-reaching effects on the campaign.
THE STORY
Saint Sabbat has brought a miracle to the war-torn city of Ghereppan, but one battle is not the war. The voice of Magister Sek still haunts the Imperial forces, defying their victory, mocking their faith.
Between the trickery of the Archenemy and the mercurial visions of the Saint, the Space Marines of Damocles Squad must find the truth: is this their one chance for a final victory on Urdesh, or is it a trap that could destroy them all?

Black Library Novella Series 3 Collection
From the return of the Soul Drinkers to revolution in the underhive, experience five incredible stories that encompass Warhammer 40,000, Warhammer Age of Sigmar, and Necromunda across five novellas packed with outrageous action and deadly perils.
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In these tales, you'll discover what it takes to escape an ork prison, how a name can hold a deadly legacy, and much more!
DESCRIPTION
Taken prisoner by orks and forced to build an effigy to their alien gods, Marcus van Veenan plots his escape for the Imperium must be warned of the growing greenskin threat.
On the isolated world of Kepris, a Primaris Space Marine Chapter deploys to break the bloodthirsty cult that rules the world. But will this new Chapter's name spell its doom? After all, the universe has never been kind to the Soul Drinkers…
The Order of the Bloody Rose unleash the Emperor's wrath upon hereteks across a corrupted forge world – but something terrifying lurks within the planet's darkness.
For generations, Arbitrium has given up the bone tithe to the skeletal servants of Nagash. Now, with a lodge of Fyreslayers coming to their aid, they might finally be able to break the cycle of servitude and forge their own destiny.
Civil war wracks the House of Chains, and Goliath fights Goliath. For the ogryn Breaker Brass, this is an opportunity to free himself from slavery and forge his own destiny in the underhive.
Experience all these tales in this collection of five novellas.
CONTENTS
Prisoners of Waaagh! by Justin Wooley
Traitor by Deed by Ben Counter
The Rose in Anger by Danie Ware
Bonereapers by David Guymer
Spark of Revolution by Gary Kloster

Dawn of Fire book 3
Book three spins the saga of the Space Wolves as they stand against rampaging xenos hordes. Logan Grimnar faces a momentous decision that will impact the future of the chapter itself.
READ IT BECAUSEDiscover how the Cicatrix Maledictum affects even the most stubborn and steadfast of the Imperium’s warriors, as traditions the Space Wolves hold dear may be stopping them from defending the Imperium to the best of their abilities.
THE STORYThe Indomitus Crusade has brought the Emperor's vengeance to thousands of star systems. The fleets and armies under the leadership of Roboute Guilliman fight for the survival of humanity against the forces of the Chaos Gods. But the traitors and heretics are not the only foe looking to destroy the rule of Terra.
Xenos prey on human worlds in numbers not seen for millennia. Worst amongst them are the rampaging orks, whose migration conquests threaten to reverse the many gains of Fleet Primus. And their throaty bellows carry a name not heard in years, of destruction made flesh, a bestial warlord without peer: Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka.
In the midst of this brutal tide is Fenris, the world of the Space Wolves. Depleted by ever-greater demands on their warriors, called upon by the Legion-breaker Guilliman, the Wolves of Fenris face a momentous decision. Grimnar and his counsellors must choose whether their fate is to ally themselves with an ancient rival and risk all that makes them the Vlka Fenryka or to accept their demise and wait for the return of their own primarch and the coming of the Wolftime.

A great collection of stories for lovers of intruige, mystery and action.
This special volume of Inferno! includes eleven short stories featuring agents of the iconic Imperial Inquisition. From puritan witch hunters to radicals of the Ordo Xenos, these ruthless individuals will stop at nothing to purge the galaxy of heresy in the Emperor’s name!
"Mindshackle" by Robert Rath
The legendary Inquisitor Katarinya Greyfax recounts the tale of how she became part of a necron overlord’s collection. Encountering a rogue inquisitor, a mysterious xenos artefact and a chaos-tainted world, she and her valiant retinue of Kappic Eagles come to learn many dark truths about the galaxy…
"Recongregator" by David Annandale<
In his void-borne pursuit of the heretic saint Ephrael Stern, radical inquisitor Otto Dagover is lured into an ambush by one of his ruthless adversaries in the Ordo Hereticus. But the wily Dagover has more than a few tricks up his sleeve – xenos technology among them – to give him the advantage over his puritan foe.
"Lepidopterophobia" by Dan Abnett
Taking place in the epic Ravenor vs. Eisenhorn storyline, this tale sees inquisitorial protégé Medea Betancore scouring the darkest corners of Queen Mab for an esoteric text. She finds what she is looking for, and much more besides, in an obscure bookshop in a dark corner of the city. Here, she is brought face to face with her greatest fears made manifest.
CONTENTS
"Mindshackle" by Robert Rath
"The Book of Change" by Danie Ware
"The Tear of Selevia" by Mike Brooks
"Tainted Faith" by Denny Flowers
"Knife Fight" by Rich McCormick
"Recongregator" by David Annandale
"The Last Crucible" by Noah Van Nguyen
"The Carbis Incident" by Victoria Hayward
"The Roar of the Void" by Rob Young
"Outpost" by Tom Toner
"Lepidopterophobia" by Dan Abnett

DAYS OF DEATH AND MIRACLES! A death in VERIDYAN'S ranks sends shock waves through the squad! Still, they travel deeper into the tunnels of Siscia...and only a miracle can save them now. But the Sisters' faith in the Emperor is never shaken - even in the face of CHAOS!

A Warhammer 40,000 novel
Pride is everything for the dynastic kings of the Necron race, who have awakened after millennia to see their empires occupied by foul beasts and simple minds. For the Necron Lord Oltyx, the Ithakas dynasty was his by right, but the machinations of the court see him stripped of his position and exiled to a forgotten world.
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See the struggles of the Necron court through their own eyes, and discover the lengths one Lord will go to for the status they desire.
THE STORY
Exiled to the miserable world of Sedh, the disgraced Necron Lord Oltyx is consumed with bitterness. Once heir to the throne of a dynasty, he now commands nothing but a dwindling garrison of warriors, in a never-ending struggle against Ork invaders. Oltyx can think of nothing but the prospect of vengeance against his betrayers, and the reclamation of his birthright. But the Orks are merely the harbingers of a truly unstoppable force. Unless Oltyx acts to save his dynasty, revenge will win him only ashes. And so he must return to the crownworld, and to the heart of the very court which cast him out. But what awaits there is a horror more profound than any invader, whose roots are tangled with the dark origins of the Necrons themselves.

A Quillon Drask Novel
Tormented by his past, Probator Quillon Drask’s reputation as the go-to detective for strange crimes has led him to the Polaris district of Varangantua. Warring families, corrupt officials, and a monstrous hunger stalk these streets, and Drask must overcome his own inner agonies to bring justice to the tormented city.
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See the world of the 41st Millennium from street level in this grisly crime drama that shines a light on what life is like in the Imperium's rancid underbelly.
THE STORY
“This city eats men…”
Quillon Drask is a haunted man, wrestling with the daemons of his past. With a reputation that draws only the strangest cases, he is intimately familiar with the malevolent underbelly of Varangantua. Yet nothing that has gone before could have prepared the probator for the horrors which now blight the district of Polaris.
Faced with a savage crime with frightening implications, Drask is thrust into a game of corruption and conspiracy, warring families, and blasphemous revelations. Only by mastering the bitter lessons of his career and his own tortured insight can Drask hope to bring the perpetrators to justice, and curb the monstrous hunger which stalks the city.

DAEMON-TOUCHED! Novitiate GHITA steps up and guides the SISTERS OF BATTLE deeper into the mystery of SISCIA. But how will her past impact the future of the mission? If they can't fight their way through the unexpected appearance of a DAEMON in the tunnels, it may not matter! And - a shocking development within the Sisters' ranks!

SURVIVE THE GRIM DARKNESS OF THE FUTURE WITH THE SISTERS OF BATTLE! A squad of Adepta Sororitas, led by CANONESS VERIDYAN arrive on planet Siscia to retrieve a lost Inquisitorial acolyte and put down a heretical uprising. As Novitiate GHITA'S first mission with her Order gets underway, what should be an easy mission turns into something much worse, as an unknown force deep within the subterranean city of the planet rears its ugly head! It's no-holds-barred action, mystery, and daemons galore as the all-female military force lets bolters blaze and flamers scorch in this all-new saga! Show your faith and fervor to the Emperor by joining us for the start of the next phase of WARHAMMER comics at Marvel!

Book 6 in the Warped Galaxies Series. Fantastic Sci-Fi books for children aged 9-12.
Guided by the vision of a mysterious psyker, Zelia finally finds her mother on a distant world, far from Terra. But even now, are the friends really safe while they carry the ancient relic that led to the destruction of Talen’s home planet? A family is reunited, but a world will be ripped apart as the unstoppable Necrons close in on their prize. Warped Galaxies reaches its exciting conclusion as loyalties are tested, destinies are set and the Space Marines arrive in force!

A Warhammer Crime anthology
Take another stroll through the back alleys and seedy dens of Varangantua, an Imperial hive city riddled with lawless gangs and filled with the ever-present stench of death. Start with the novella Bleedout, and finish up with six short stories from a variety of Black Library authors, both old and new.
READ IT BECAUSESee the Imperium of Mankind from a different perspective, as luckless and desperate citizens do what they must to survive, and those with power cling to their privilege by any means necessary.
DESCRIPTIONVarangantua is broken.
Vast, ancient, and crumbling, the city is a breeding ground for crime and corruption. Gangs and criminal cabals rule over massive, lawless territories, and many who claim to enforce the Law are complicit in allowing this rot to spread. The labyrinthine bureaucracy of the Imperium strangles those few idealists who seek to bring order. All the while, deadly, forgotten things lurk in the dark corners of Varangantua’s decaying districts, just waiting to be unearthed…
CONTENTSBleedout by Robert RathThe Verdant Sun by Gary KlosterSanctioner by Chris WraightOld Instincts by Jonathan D BeerRites of Binding by Gareth HanrahanNo Third Chance by Noah NguyenExtended Family by J C Stearns

Warhammer Crime

A Warhammer 40,000 novel
War rages across the surface of Urdesh as the Iron Snakes Space Marines attempt to hold the planet against a tide of Chaos forces.
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Urdesh is a brutal world, the fires of its forge-cities mixing with the many volcanoes and an endless expanse of battle wreckage littering the plains. When the reincarnation of Saint Sabbat herself appears on the blasted battlefields of Urdesh, powerful forces race to secure that which may decide the ultimate fate of the world, and the crusade at large.
THE STORY
The mighty world of Urdesh is burning. The smoke of war mingles with that of her many volcanoes; the wreckage of battle litters her forge-cities and chokes her fertile seas. Until the warriors of the Imperium can free Urdesh from the grip of the Anarch, the future of the entire Sabbat Worlds Crusade will hang in the balance.
Across these ashen battlefields strides Brother-Captain Priad and the warriors of Damocles Squad. They must keep safe one of the Imperium’s greatest the Beati, the reincarnated Saint Sabbat herself, whose very presence on Urdesh inspires the Imperial armies on to glory. But the enemy has plans for the Saint too, and against the malice of the Anarch and the trickery of the warp, the Iron Snakes may truly need a miracle to prevail…

Tales from the worlds of Warhammer
An inquisitor investigates a xenos taint on an Imperial world, a hero pursues a magical artefact in the Realm of Fire, and a lawman faces off against the Inquisition in the latest all-action anthology from the worlds of Warhammer.
READ IT BECAUSEThis latest anthology of Warhammer stories is packed with incredible tales – including the Black Library debut of acclaimed science fiction author Adrian Tchaikovsky.
DESCRIPTIONInferno! Volume 6 showcases some of the best new fiction from across Warhammer’s many universes. From the unending darkness of the war-torn 41st Millennium to the tumultuous lands of the Chaos-ravaged Mortal Realms, you'll discover desperate battles, sinister plots, and tales of heroic sacrifice.
CONTENTSRaised in Darkness by Adrian TchaikovskyRed Knight by Miles A DrakeThe Exorcism of Karsa V by Matt SmithMourning in Rainhollow by Dave GrossVova's Climb by Noah NguyenBlood Drought by Eric FromleyThe Stuff of Nightmares by Steve LyonsThe Nefarious Antipustulent of Clan Morbidus by David GuymerThe Last Knight: Part 2 by Gavin G SmithRoadwarden by Liane Merciel

An Adepta Sororitas anthology
Valorous Heart. Our Martyred Lady. Bloody Rose. These names of Adepta Sororitas orders are famed across the galaxy, as are the Battle Sisters who serve the Emperor's will.
READ IT BECAUSEThe three tales in this volume encompass the bold actions of the Sisterhood across the Imperium as they defend Humanity in the God-Emperor's name.
THE STORYTo die in the name of the God-Emperor of Mankind is to live eternal, and none are more willing to bleed in His name than the Adepta Sororitas – the Sisters of Battle. The Book of Martyrs charts the deaths of these exemplars.
Sister Ishani of the Orders Hospitaller, serving alongside the death-obsessed Valorous Heart, tends to her Ecclesiarchy charges as something inhuman hunts the fields. Sister Anarchia of the Order of Our Martyred Lady, taken captive by the vile T’au Empire, seeks to teach her interrogators what it truly means to be one of the faithful. On a regressed Imperial world, Sister Superior Laurelyn of the Order of the Bloody Rose reinforces the beleaguered defenders against a familiar foe turned anew by the Great Rift.
And in the age of the Indomitus Crusade, with the galaxy split in two, only one thing is certain – there will be no shortage of martyrs to fill the pages of this ancient tome.

A Ciaphas Cain story
A mysterious comet draws Commissar Ciaphas Cain into a dangerous mission, as he faces a foe bigger than any he has ever seen.
READ IT BECAUSEEnjoy the usual mix of humour, excitement and outrageous, over-the-top action in a new tale of the Imperium's greatest hero (from a certain perspective).
THE STORYCommissar Ciaphas Cain and the Valhallan 597th are enjoying a rest after dealing with a failed uprising on a peaceful world. Of course, fate intervenes, and a mysterious comet causes catastrophe on a distant island chain. Accompanying the planet's governor as she investigates, Cain find destruction – and danger.

A Warhammer 40,000 story
Drukhari archon Zhain seeks a great prize – a Blackstone Fortress. The secret to finding it lies in an abandoned kroot warsphere, but the feral aliens may not give up their secrets easily.
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Explore an immense alien starship in the company of a sadistic drukhari, and find out how that ancient race view those they see as lesser.
THE STORY
Ambitious drukhari archon Zhain has ventured far from the Dark City of Commorragh in search of a mighty prize. Guided by a band of savage kroot warriors led by the inscrutable Dahyak Grekh, Zhain and his cabal venture into the ruins of a kroot warsphere, an immense city-ship that holds many secrets, including the location of a weapon that could bring pain to the entire galaxy: a Blackstone Fortress. But Zhain is in Dahyak Grekh's domain now, and finding his goal may be a greater challenge than he anticipates…

CALGAR’S ULTIMATE TEST! MARNEUS CALGAR’S deadly gambit brings him back to the moon where it all began…and an enemy who has been in hiding for centuries! To quell the threat of this darkest power, Calgar will show no mercy. There. Is. Only. WAR.

The fifth book in the Warped Galaxies series. An exciting new series of sci-fi books for middle-grade reeaders from Black Library. Brave champions and the forces of the Imperium battle alien beasts and mechanical tyrants accross the gulf of space.
Zelia, Talen and Mekki arrive at Aparitus, a planet of huge industrial machines and the cybernetic race called the Mechanicus. Now under the protection of the mysterious Inquisitor Jeremias, they still search for a way to reach Zelia’s mother, but all is not what it seems on the forge world. A strange plague begins to spread, infecting technology and unleashing a host of gribbly monsters – the Nurglings!

Dawn of Fire Book 2
As the Indomitus Crusade spreads across the Imperium Sanctus, the cardinal world Gathalamor is caught in the grip of war – but when an ancient evil is unearthed, the entire crusade is threatened…
READ IT BECAUSE
With the crusade in full flow, get your first look at the full scale of the horrors inflicted upon the Imperium and the determination of Guilliman to defeat them and reunite the Emperor's realm.
THE STORY
As the Indomitus Crusade begins, fleets of mighty warships leave Terra on a vital quest to stabilise Imperium Sanctus in the wake of the Great Rift. The returned primarch, Roboute Guilliman, leads a huge force towards the shrine world of Gathalamor, where stable warp routes will allow the flotilla to spread across the beleaguered southern half of the Imperium.
But grave tidings reach the Imperial Regent’s ears. Warnings from an ancient race, and eerie silence from the army tasked with holding Gathalamor until his arrival, lead Guilliman to send a reconnaissance mission to the world, at its head, Shield-Captain Achallor of the Adeptus Custodes.
Achallor discovers a world on the brink: a beaten Imperial force and sinister agents of Abaddon the Despoiler who have unearthed an ancient evil – a weapon that when harnessed not only threatens the primarch, but perhaps the holy Throne of Terra itself…

A Warhammer Horror novel
In the harshest of times, even the most faithful can walk in dark places – as Arch-Deacon Ambrose discovers when drought and plague sweep through his city.
READ IT BECAUSE
In the grim darkness of the far future, gods are real and faith is rewarded. Discover what happens when that faith is misplaced and light becomes darkness.
THE STORY
The planet of Theotokos is dying. Drought has wiped out all but the capital city of Magerit. Worse, an outbreak of a terrible plague, known as the Grey Tears, ravages its populace. Only the charismatic Arch-Deacon Ambrose stands in the way of desperation and anarchy. But as the plague rampages through the streets, murdering its victims with unnatural symptoms, Ambrose struggles to confront the appalling measures he must take to save his people.

THE MAKING OF A SPACE MARINE!Young MARNEUS CALGAR has passed his Space Marine Aspirant testing...but that means the real trial is only just beginning!As Marneus undergoes the rigorous training, excruciating organ implantation and strenuous physical augmentation, he will have to prove that, against all odds, he has what it takes!And in the 41st Millennium, the assault on CALGAR ESTATES reaches a deadly climax!

An Inquisition short story
A world long cut off from the Imperium by warp storms may hold a secret that Inquisitor Venicii seeks – but danger awaits.
READ IT BECAUSESee an Inquisitor's mission through the eyes of his acolyte in a tale where all is not as it seems.
THE STORYA century ago, the world of Carbis was cut off from the Imperium by warp storms. History says that none escaped to warn the wider Imperium of whatever dangers beset the world – but a journal in the possession of Inquisitor Venicii says otherwise… Now the inquisitor has come to the beleaguered planet along with his warband to discover the truth. A truth that could provide Venicii with a powerful weapon for his greater mission.

An Inquisition short story
On a world far from the light of Terra, the legend of a cursed necklace draws an investigator – but for what purpose?
READ IT BECAUSE
Follow the many stages of an inquisitor's investigation into an old story that may hold truth – and danger.
THE STORY
On the fringes of the Imperium, many strange things occur, and tales abound of dark forces, alien foes, and deadly curses. On Selevia, a world taken by the Imperium from the xenos aeldari centuries ago, one such story tells of a cursed necklace that has brought ill-fortune to many down the years. Now, one person seeks this so-called Tear of Selevia – but to what end?

An Inquisition short story
Inquisitor Khorvayne and companions new and old seek the truth behind a Chaos attack on an Imperial world.
READ IT BECAUSE
Delve into darkness and twisted dimensions in a tale that's packed with drama and tension.
THE STORY
A vicious attacks by the forces of Chaos draws Ordo Malleus Inquisitor Marissa Khorvayne to the world of Kuron VI. There, she and her companions – warrior, tech-priest, assassin, and Administratum official – find silence. As they delve into the darkness, the very environment begins to pose a danger, bringing madness and death, unless Khorvayne can find the source of the evil infesting the world and destroy it.

An Inquisition short story
An investigation into a drukhari raid becomes something much more dangerous and personal for a radical inquisitor.
READ IT BECAUSE
Explore the differences between Inquisitorial philosophies and approaches in a thoughtful tale that ties into Ephrael Stern's adventures.
THE STORY
For long years, Inquisitor Otto Dagover has sought the heretic saint Ephrael Stern across the darkness of the Imperium Nihilus. Following her trail, he has come to the Sacramentum system, where a drukhari raid captures his attention. Yet as Dagover investigates, he finds evidence of something else at work – something that will test him and his radical Recongregator beliefs to their limits.

An Inquisition short story
Treachery is afoot in an Imperial war zone – and Inquisitor Kataryn Moloth wants to root it out with the aid of a disgraced officer.
READ IT BECAUSE
Discover how the Inquisition's Ordo Militarum works through an investigation into a war that's not going well.
THE STORY
On the world of Eleutane, the Astra Militarum hold the line against a resurgent necron empire, awaiting reinforcement to push onwards to victory. But Inquisitor Kataryn Moloth thinks there's more at play than meets the eye. The forces arrayed on Eleutane – Elysians, Valhallans, and more – should have defeated the necrons. Treachery is afoot. Recruiting a disgraced officer to her service, Inquisitor Moloth sets out to discover the truth.

**Book 1: Faith & Fire **
In the grim nightmare future of the 41st millennium, the Sisters of Battle stand between humanity and damnation. From the elite Seraphim warriors to the berserk Sisters Repentia, they are the strong arm of the Ecclesiarchy, bringing the Emperor’s justice to the enemies of mankind.
When dangerous psychic heretic Torris Vaun escapes from her custody, Seraphim Miriya is disgraced in the eyes of her fellow sisters and superiors. Following Vaun’s trail to the planet Neva, Miriya takes her sisters in pursuit and, along with Hospitalier Sister Verity, starts her investigations. When they uncover a terrifying plot that could threaten the future of the Imperium, is Miriya’s and Verity’s faith strong enough for them to triumph?
Book 2: Hammer & AnvilAn Adepta Sororitas novel
When an mission of Sisters return to a desolate world to reconsecrate a remote Ecclesiarchy outpost, they soon discover an implacable foe – the fearless, soulless necrons – waiting in the darkness…
READ IT BECAUSEOne of the all-time classic Warhammer 40,000 battles is the massacre at Sanctuary 101, where Sisters of Battle were decimated in the first appearance of the necrons. And this novel delves into what happens next, pitting the devout Sisters against the metal aliens in a rematch.
THE STORYThe Sisters of Battle are the Emperor's most devout worshippers, fierce warriors preaching the purity of the Imperium and scourging their enemies with bolter and flamer. On a distant world, the Ecclesiarchy outpost of Sanctuary 101, was wiped out by an implacable foe - the fearless, soulless necrons. Now, a mission of the Sisterhood has returned to reconsecrate the site - but the metallic nightmares still lurk in the darkness, guarding a secret that has lain dormant for millennia. A vicious battle will be fought - one that can only end in the total destruction of the unrelenting xenos, or the annihilation of the proud Sororitas.

A Dark Imperium prequel story
Deep in the captured Macragge's Honour, a band of the faithful continue their worship of the God-Emperor, sure their salvation is at hand.
READ IT BECAUSEFrater Mathieu is one of the fascinating characters in Guy Haley's Dark Imperium series. Now, explore his faith in the darkest of times as you see where he came from.
THE STORYWhen Roboute Guilliman, the returned primarch, took the long journey from Macragge to Terra, he suffered many losses – including his flagship, the Macragge's Honour. Captured by the piratical Red Corsairs, the vessel suffers – and yet deep within its venerable hull, the faithful hold out hope that Guilliman will return and save them from the renegades. Among them is Frater Mathieu, who knows this will happen soon – for the Emperor has plans for His humble servant…

An Officio Assassinorum short story
Captivity becomes a chance for vengeance – and redemption – for an Adeptus Mechanicus servant.
READ IT BECAUSE
See a different way in which the agents of the Officio Assassinorum wage their shadow war against the Imperium's myriad foes.
THE STORY
The Adeptus Mechanicus vessel Theorem of Castillus has been captured, and its crew are slowly being turned to darker causes. Engine master Jezette Vaal finds a chance to fight back against her captors when a mysterious agent of the Imperium offers her a weapon, and the opportunity to use it.

A Warhammer 40,000 story
Death awaits Katla Helvintr – but the thread of a Fenrisian jarl is not easily cut, and as Katla dreams, life may yet find a way.
READ IT BECAUSE
Take ship beneath the stormy skies of Fenris with a tale of a warrior-queen from the frozen death world who is every bit as stubborn as the Space Wolves.
THE STORY
Beneath the slate-grey skies of Fenris, a mighty jarl lies dying. She is a huntress queen, who has guided her people for many years, and the time for her thread to be cut is near. As those closest to her prepare for her passing, Katla Helvintr dreams. In her mind, she faces once more the great wyrm that laid her low, and if she loses this battle, her time is done. But Katla Helvintr is powerful, and has a wyrd upon her, and her end may not yet have come…

BLOODSHED ON NOVA THULIUM!The young TACITAN takes drastic action as the secret hidden on Nova Thulium's moon comes to light!In the 41st millennium, heretics invade the homeworld of MARNEUS CALGAR - and only he and his ULTRAMARINES can stop them!But will Calgar's perilous battle plan save the Imperium or doom it to the corruption of chaos?

A Warhammer 40,000 story
The orks on the space hulk Da Big Mouf love a good fight – but they're not prepared for the latest enemies to invade their warp-borne home.
READ IT BECAUSE
Danie Ware's written a lot from the perspective of the Adepta Sororitas. Now you can see how her sisters look from an enemy's point of view.
THE STORY
On the space hulk Da Big Mouf, the Deathskulls reign supreme. Among these bold greenskin lootas, few are as respected as Grimdak – after all, he's one of the biggest AND he has the best shoota. But when invaders board the hulk, Grimdak and his fellow orks find themselves in the fight of their lives. They're facing humies in heavy armour with bolters – but they're not Space Marines. These warriors are something the orks have never seen before… Can Grimdak, his boss, and his boyz survive the holy wrath of the Sisters of Battle?

A Ciaphas Cain short story
A night at the theatre becomes a fight for survival for Commissar Ciaphas Cain as vengeful Genestealer Cultists plot the hero of the Imperium's downfall.
READ IT BECAUSE
There's nothing like a trip to the theatre – and in this story, you'll discover that's as true for Cain as it is anyone else… albeit for some slightly different reasons. A commissar's job is never done.
THE STORY
Early in his long and storied career, Commissar Ciaphas Cain enjoys a (mostly) easy assignment on the world of Keffia. After defeating a Genestealer uprising, he's settled into an easy routine – until trouble rears its head again! Invited to a show at the local playhouse – the ill-named Resplendent – Cain becomes the centre of a final act that involves the dark cellars beneath the theatre and surviving members of the xenos-worshipping cult who want vengeance on the hero who defeated their plans.

DESCENT INTO CHAOS!The untold origin of MARNEUS CALGAR continues as a startling discovery is made on the moon of NOVA THULIUM!But will the young Marneus face his first triumph...or a soul-shattering loss?A shocking revelation in the history of the legendary Chapter Master of the Ultramarines that will forever change what you thought you knew!

A Warhammer Horror novel
Three travellers are drawn to the Reverie, the wound in the world of the Angels Resplendent. Knight, poet, scholar, each will face their shadows amidst a deeper darkness…
READ IT BECAUSE
Peter Fehervari's novels always have a rich vein of dark terror – now he's been unleashed in a Warhammer Horror novel that will take the sinister side of the 41st Millennium and turn it into nightmare fuel for you…
THE STORY
Exalting war and art in harmony, the warrior-artisans of the Angels Resplendent have forged a radiant haven amidst a blighted galaxy. But an ancient sin stains their honour – a wound in their world that will never heal. Ignorant souls would call it a forest, but those who watch over it know better.
Nothing natural grows in the Reverie’s snow-swept glades or wanders amongst the unnatural things that do, save for the intruders who trespass on its pain. Some seek revelation or redemption, others dream of winning a place amongst the Resplendent, but all come because they must.
Three travellers are drawn into the conspiracy that wards the wound – a knight haunted by his lost humanity, an aging poet who refuses to go gently into the night, and a scholar who yearns to redeem mankind. All must face their shadows in the Reverie, but only one shall gaze upon its heart, where a deeper darkness beats.

A Warhammer Horror story
Two disturbed souls are linked by a chain of events that can end only in blood, death, and terror…
READ IT BECAUSE
Read a new tale of darkness from Peter Fehervari, where no one is quite who they appear, and nothing is as it seems… and the darkness awaits.
THE STORY
In a dark and desolate city, Chel, a disgraced former medicae works by night, and by day the horrors she witnesses seep into her dreams. Down on the streets, Skreech plies his bloody trade, bringing revelation about True Night to those he chooses to receive the truth. When Chel steps into his sights, their fates are entwined in ways neither of them could imagine – for True Night draws ever closer, and all will be held in its dark embrace…

A Warhammer 40,000 anthology
Take your first steps into the adrenaline-fuelled fiction of the 41st Millennium with a thrilling collection of tales, including an action-packed novella pitting noble Ultramarines against sinister necrons.
READ IT BECAUSEWhether you're dipping a toe into the galaxy of Warhammer 40,000 or are a hardened veteran of the universe, this anthology is the perfect way to discover the many factions of the games in action-packed tales.
DESCRIPTIONWithin this book you will find Nexus, a fantastic new novella by Thomas Parrott.
In a galaxy beset by war, where the Adeptus Astartes are all that stand against annihilation, the Ultramarines are exemplar – noble, honourable and oathbound to the protection of mankind. Where the predations of the alien, the witch and the heretic threaten the Imperium, the Angels of Death fight to oppose them.
Brother-Sergeant Allectius wages a brutal war of attrition against a seemingly endless xenos foe. But when the vile necrons unleash a mysterious pall over him and the people he protects, Allectius must take his fight beyond the walls… for more than just victory, now their very survival is at stake.
Also included in this book is a host of awesome short stories to give you a flavour of the many warring armies that exist within the worlds of Warhammer 40,000.
CONTENTSNexus by Thomas ParrottKraken by Chris WraightRedeemer by Guy HaleyThe Test of Faith by Thomas ParrottThe Darkling Hours by Rachel HarrisonLightning Run by Peter McLeanMissing in Action by Dan AbnettThe Crystal Cathedral by Danie WareTo Speak as One by Guy HaleyWhere Dere's Da Warp Dere's a Way by Mike BrooksRedemption on Dal'yth by Phil KellyVoid Crossed by J C StearnsLight of a Crystal Sun by Josh ReynoldsWar in the Museum by Robert RathHeadhunter by Steve ParkerDuty Unto Death by Marc Collins

In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war...The saga of WARHAMMER 40,000 comes to Marvel Comics!MARNEUS CALGAR, the legendary Chapter Master of the Ultramarines, leads his elite Space Marines against humanity's greatest threats in a galaxy engulfed in endless war.Kieron Gillen (UNCANNY X-MEN, JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY, The Wicked + The Divine) spearheads the initiative with this introductory miniseries, illustrated by Jacen Burrows (PUNISHER: SOVIET, MOON KNIGHT, Crossed)--and we're just getting started!Now, witness Marneus Calgar's never-before-told origin story, from his beginnings on Nova Thulium, to his campaigns in the Black Crusades, and to the unfolding mystery of the BLACK ALTAR, as a deadly threat from his past reemerges to threaten the present of the Ultramar system.This all-new tale is essential reading for 40K aficionados, as well as the perfect primer to the world of WARHAMMER 40,000 for those new to the universe. See the Ultramarines in glorious combat, the strife between the worlds of the Imperium, and witness the larger than life characters who preside over it all! This is but the first foray into the larger darkness that is to come from Warhammer and Marvel Comics.Be prepared.

The Necrons are a deathless race of alien androids, rulers of the galaxy in a long-forgotten era. Now, having slumbered in stasis for millennia, they are rising up to conquer it again. Clad in self-repairing bodies of living metal and wielding weapons that harness the most devastating energies of the cosmos, the Necrons are a terrifying enemy. Fearless, relentless, and utterly without mercy, they advance in serried ranks and lay down withering storms of fire fit to annihilate even the mightiest of foes. The hyper-resilient Necron soldiery are supported by murderous specialist units, techno-sorcerous war machines, mindless Canoptek constructs, and shards of shattered star gods. They are led to war by undying nobles wielding weapons of devastating power, driven by the absolute conviction that they are the rightful rulers of the stars. And if the long sleep has reduced many Necrons to mindless monsters, or ravaged their sanity and transformed them into murderous demigods? Such madness only makes them an even greater and more terrible threat.
Codex: Necrons is your essential guide to one of the 41st Millennium's greatest threats – a millennia-old alliance of ancient androids who long ago sacrificed their very essence for greater power. In this book, you'll discover the history of the Necrons, from the very earliest days of the universe, to the War in Heaven, and their awakening, all illustrated with stunning art. Once you've read the lore, you can build your army using a vast suite of rules that bring the Necrons to life, with rules for the dynasties (including ones of your own creation!), datasheets, Stratagems, and much, much more.
This 120-page hardback book contains:
- The history of the Necrons – from their ancient origins to the Era Indomitus
- Stunning art that brings the lore to life
- A showcase of incredibly painted miniatures to inspire your own collection and colour schemes
- Crusade rules that let you develop your Necron army in thrilling narrative campaigns
- Special abilities and bonuses like Command Protocols for your Necron forces
- Datasheets for Necrons units for your reference
- Stratagems, Powers of the C'tan, and more!

A Necrons novel
Trazyn the Infinite and Orikan the Diviner are opposites. Each is obsessed with their own speciality, and their rivalry spans millennia. Yet together, they may hold the secret to saving the necron race…
READ IT BECAUSE
Explore a story told across the millennia that delves deep into a pair of fascinating necron characters, their relationship and their plans for the galaxy.
THE STORY
Before the being called the Emperor revealed Himself, before the rise of the aeldari, before the necrontyr traded their flesh for immortal metal, the world was born in violence.
Even when they inhabited bodies of flesh, Trazyn the Infinite and Orikan the Diviner were polar opposites. Trazyn, a collector of historical oddities, presides over a gallery full of the most dangerous artefacts – and people – of the galactic past. Orikan, a chronomancer without peer, draws zodiacs that predict and manipulate the future. But when an artefact emerges that may hold the key to the necrons’ next evolution, these two obsessives enter a multi-millennia game of cat and mouse that ends civilisations, reshapes timelines, and changes both forever. As riddles unwind and ancient secrets are revealed, the question remains: will their feud save the necron race or destroy it?

A Warhammer Crime novel
Murder in the neutral zone between Imperial and Adeptus Mechanicus territory sets Probator Symeon Noctis on a dangerous investigation.
READ IT BECAUSE
Discover tensions between Imperial servants on Varangantua as an extremely odd pair of detectives seek to solve a murder.
THE STORY
Born into riches, Probator Symeon Noctis attempts to atone for his past sins by championing the powerless of Nearsteel district. But the sprawling city of Varangantua is uncaring of its masses, and when a bisected corpse is discovered in the neutral zone between Nearsteel and the Adeptus Mechanicus enclave of Steelmound, Noctis finds himself cast into his most dangerous case yet.
Partnering with the tech-priest Rho-1 Lux of the Collegiate Extremis, Noctis is drawn into a murky world of tech-heresy, illegal servitors, and exploitation that could end his career, or his life.

An Astra Militarum story
Alone, trapped within the ruined hulk of his Leman Russ, Lucius Stilo's first mission as a tank crewman isn't going quite as he had hoped…
READ IT BECAUSE
Get deep into the head of a green Astra Militarum trooper and witness his hopes, fears, and disappointment as the reality of life serving the Imperium sets in.
THE STORY
When Lucius Stilo awakens, pain and darkness are his companions. He is trapped alone in the confines of a silent Leman Russ Battle Tank, or at least almost alone. With him are the corpses of his crew, and over the vox his company commander reminds him of his training and his duty to the Astra Militarum and the God-Emperor. And then there are the savage greenskin enemies nearby… It's Lucius Stilo's first mission. It might well be his last.
Written by Edoardo Albert
This story is also available in the anthology Inferno! Volume 4.

Dawn of Fire Book 1
As the Indomitus Crusade spreads out across the galaxy, one battlefleet must face a dread Slaughter Host of Chaos. Their success or failure may define the very future of the crusade – and the Imperium.
READ IT BECAUSE
The brand-new Warhammer 40,000 saga begins here. Experience the Indomitus Crusade and a battle that will be a tipping point for the future in an all-action tale by Guy Haley.
THE STORY
A great darkness has befallen the galaxy, and the armies of Chaos are rampant. To survive, humanity must retaliate and take back what they have lost. By the will of the reborn primarch, Roboute Guilliman, is the Indomitus Crusade launched – a military undertaking that eclipses all others in known history. From the Throneworld of Terra does the Avenging Son hurl his fleets, their mission the very salvation of mankind.
As vessels in their thousands burn through the cold void, the attention of Fleetmistress VanLeskus turns to the Machorta Sound – a region under attack by a dreaded Slaughter Host of the Dark Gods. The success of the Indomitus Crusade will be determined by this conflict, and the desperate mission of Battlegroup Saint Aster, led by Space Marine Lieutenant Messinius. Even then it is but a prelude to the forthcoming bloodshed.

A Black Library Getting Started book
The 41st Millennium and the Mortal Realms are filled with heroes – in this anthology, you'll discover many of them in action-packed tales that will thrill and delight you.
READ IT BECAUSE
Discover some of the greatest heroes of the Warhammer worlds in an epic collection of short stories that encompass incredible deeds and phenomenal heroism.
DESCRIPTION
In the grim darkness of the far future, and in the vastness of the Mortal Realms, there are those characters who stand out amongst all others.
Within these pages, and collected for the first time, are stories of some of Black Library’s best-loved and well-known heroes and villains. On deadly battlefields, Commissar Ibram Gaunt leads his regiment, the Tanith ‘Ghosts’, in a desperate battle for survival; on Ultramar, Ultramarines Captain Uriel Ventris stands as a bulwark against the forces of Chaos; in the shadowy underbelly of the Imperium, Inquisitors Crowl and Covenant ply their clandestine trade. Throughout embattled lands, the realm of gods and monsters, Vampire Queen Neferata seeds dark plots to secure her power, whilst Lord-Celestant Gardus Steelsoul is a paragon of virtue and honour, and drives back the pestilent hordes of the Plague God. These are just some of the legends, the light and the darkness – the icons of the Warhammer worlds.
CONTENTS
Endurance, Blood Guilt and Argent by Chris Wraight
Execution by Rachel Harrison
The Battle for Markgraaf Hive by Justin D Hill
The Smallest Detail by Sandy Mitchell
Of Their Lives in the Ruin of Their Cities and Thorn Wishes Talon by Dan Abnett
Mercy by Danie Ware
The Wreckage, Eclipse of Hope and The Dance of the Skulls by David Annandale
Rite of Pain and Veil of Darkness by Nick Kyme
Chains of Command by Graham McNeill
Redeemer by Guy Haley
Extinction and Shadow Knight by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Prodigal and Ghosts of Demesnu by Josh Reynolds
Fireheart by Gav Thorpe
The Absolution of Swords by John French
One, Untended and Gods’ Gift by David Guymer
The Old Ways by Nick Horth
Hunting Shadows by Andy Clark
Shiprats by C L Werner

A Warhammer Crime novel
An investigation into a missing member of a wealthy family leads Probator Agusto Zidarov into a web of lies and danger amidst the criminal cartels of Varangantua. As the net closes in, Zidarov falls further into darkness from which he may never return…
READ IT BECAUSE
Take a step into the murky underworld of the 41st Millennium through the eyes of a lawman in a gargantuan city whose investigation leads him into darkness and danger.
THE STORY
In the immense city of Varangantua, life is cheap but mistakes are expensive. When Probator Agusto Zidarov of the city’s enforcers is charged with locating the missing scion of a wealthy family, he knows full well that the chances of finding him alive are slight. The people demanding answers, though, are powerful and ruthless, and he is soon immersed in a world of criminal cartels and corporate warfare where even an enforcer’s survival is far from guaranteed. As he follows the evidence deeper into the city’s dark underbelly, he discovers secrets that have been kept hidden by powerful hands. As the net closes in on both him and his quarry, he is forced to confront just what measures some people are willing to take in order to stay alive…

An Officio Assassinorum story
The Vindicare Assassin Absolom Raithe is forced to take drastic action when his quarry eludes him – for none escape the Officio Assassinorum.
READ IT BECAUSEFind out what a Vindicare Assassin does when a bullet won't do in a fast-paced tale of a desperate hunt.
THE STORYThere are few in the Imperium more patient than a Vindicare Assassin. These superlative killers wait for days or weeks to take the perfect shot, ending their target's life with a single squeeze of the trigger. For Absolom Raithe, his patience has reached its limit. For 27 days, his target has eluded him. The Jackal Alphus he hunts is cunning indeed – but none can escape an agent of the Officio Assassinorum forever, and Raithe will claim his kill…

A fantastic collection of action packed stories from the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
Three novellas of war and bloodshed in the Dark Imperium, where mankind stands on the brink of annihilation…
On the once-glorious shrine world of Chevreuse, the stalemate between Faithful and Defiler is broken when the Adeptus Astartes take to the field, and the Fulminators walk the Storm. Deep in the alien forests of Kallash, Mordian lives are fed to the meatgrinder of war to blunt the advance of a vast greenskin horde, until one hastily built medicae post is all that stands against the tide. And across the gulf of the void, the soulless Necrons pursue their inscrutable agendas, one that will see Nemesor Zahndrekh and Vargard Obyron test their bond, searching for what lurks in the darkness and what has become of those known only as ‘the Severed’…

A Warhammer 40,000 story
Toa, a Shellmaker who serves the Empra happily, has a chance encounter with an Angel, and her entire worldview changes. Is her entire existence a lie?
READ IT BECAUSE
Take a look at the 41st Millennium through a very different lens – from the primitive people who are used as labour by the Imperium.
THE STORY
Everyone in the Imperium does their part to further the great war machine that keeps mankind safe – whether they know it or not. On a feral world, Toa works hard to make shells for the Empra in the sky – across her world, rivet makers and others do their jobs as well. When Toa encounters an Angel in the wilds of her world, her entire existence is turned upside down – with drastic consequences.
This story is also available in Inferno! Volume 3.

A Blackstone Fortress story
Dahyak Grekh leads a party from Navigator House Rekkendus into the Blackstone Fortress in search of a great prize – but treachery lurks in the darkness, waiting to be revealed.
READ IT BECAUSE
Delve once more into the Blackstone Fortress, and see how servants of the Imperium view the kroot Dayhak Grekh… and how he views them.
THE STORY
Guided by holy visions, the scions of Navigator House Rekkendus have come to Precipice. Their goal: to enter the Blackstone Fortress and retrieve an ancient artefact of the Navis Nobilite. Their dearest hope: that this will finally push their family into ascendancy over House Locarno. Everything rides upon their expedition… and their guide. Dahyak Grekh, kroot tracker, will help them to find their prize – if they are strong enough to survive the horrors of the alien labyrinth. And if their motives are really what they claim them to be…
This story is also available in the anthology Vaults of Obsidian.

The fourth book in the Warped Galaxies series. An exciting new series of sci-fi books for middle-grade reeaders from Black Library. Brave champions and the forces of the Imperium battle alien beasts and mechanical tyrants accross the gulf of space.
Still searching for the Emperor’s Seat, Zelia, Talen and Mekki arrive on the jungle planet of Weald. Accompanied by the ingenious Fleapit and the dashing Rogue Trader Amity, Zelia and her friends become embroiled in a war between two brutish tribes of green-skinned orks! Only by using their wits can they hope to survive this savage encounter…

A Horusian Wars story
When Tech-Priest Glavius-4-Rho is assigned to awaken an ancient piece of technology, he discovers dark secrets that may change his understanding of the universe.
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Discover curious characters, a colossal secret and mysteries beyond the bounds of logic in a tale by John French.
THE STORY
Tech-Priest Glavius-4-Rho is in the service of Inquisitor Covenant – but he wasn't always so. Long ago, he was a member of the Martian priesthood assigned to a secret project – awakening a machine beneath the forge world of Zhao-Arkkad. With a pair of odd companions, he discovers the secret of the device… and that it is so immeasurably ancient that it may be haunted by ghosts beyond the logical understanding of any tech-priest.
This story is also available in the anthologies Horusian Wars: Divination and Inferno! Volume 3.

Tales from the worlds of Warhammer
Discover tales from across the worlds of Warhammer in a new instalment of the action-packed short fiction anthology!
READ IT BECAUSEExperience a collection of incredible tales from across the many Warhammer settings, including the latest instalment of Guy Haley's Shyish-set tale of terror, and the start of a brand-new serialised story.
DESCRIPTIONInferno! Volume 5 showcases some of the best new fiction from across Warhammer’s many universes: from the unending darkness of the war-torn 41st Millennium, to the gang-infested Underhive of Necromunda, through to the tumultuous lands of the Chaos-ravaged Mortal Realms.
CONTENTSWatchers of Battle by Ben CounterNo Quarter by Rob J HayesMournclaw by Ben GalleyThe Last Knight: Part One by Gavin G SmithRiver of Death by Anna StephensRespite’s End by Marc CollinsNo Matter the Cost by Michael R FletcherCurse of the Lucky by Gary KlosterBest Death Wins by Sean GrigsbyTrail of Ash by Graeme LyonCastle of the Exile by Gareth HanrahanAt the Sign of the Brazen Claw: Part Five – The Hounds of Nagash by Guy Haley

A Warhammer 40,000 story
Lost and alone on an enemy-tainted forge world, Bondswoman Constance, pilot of a Knight Armiger, must find a way to salvation – or damnation will have her soul.
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Get into the head of a less-than-noble Knight pilot, taken from peasant stock to battle in a Knight Armiger. Without the purity of mind and soul of the nobles she serves, how can she hope to stand against the darkness?
THE STORY
Agripinaa is besieged. The once mighty forge world, a key lynchpin in the defence of Cadia, is now beset by traitors. Among its defenders is Bondswoman Constance, pilot of the Knight Armiger Swift Justice. When Chaos-tainted scrapcode turns her fellow Armigers and even her noble master against her, Constance escapes and seeks salvation amidst the dark horrors loose upon Agripinaa. What awaits her is beyond her imagination and will test her to her very limits… and beyond.
Written by Thomas Parrott

A Warhammer 40,000 anthology
Many are the noble warriors of the 41st Millennium, and many more still are the vile warlords – daemonic, alien and treacherous – who stand against them. In this action-packed anthology, you will find tales of battle to defend the Imperium, and to destroy it.
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Explore the grim darkness of the far future in a dozen tales that will take you across sun-baked deserts and into daemon-haunted cities with some of the many heroes and villains of Warhammer 40,000.
DESCRIPTION
Humanity stands in a galaxy of war unending, locked in a struggle for its very survival. Divided by the Great Rift, the Imperium is beset on all fronts by its ancient foes. The daemon, the xenos, and the heretic. In such a place, the heroes of war are forged. From the beleaguered foot soldiers of the Astra Militarum and the flying aces of the Imperial Navy, to secretive Inquisitors and heroic Adeptus Astartes, the warriors of the Imperium fight amidst the guttering light of civilisation while chaotic warlords seek to snuff it out. With the galaxy at stake, who will be left standing triumphant in the ashes?
CONTENTS
Unification by Chris WraightLightning Run by Peter McLeanLight of a Crystal Sun by Josh ReynoldsExodus by Steve LyonsA Company of Shadows by Rachel HarrisonBlood and Bone by Robbie MacNivenThe Battle of Blackthunder Mesa by Phil KellyBy Your Command by Gav ThorpeSand Lords by Peter McLeanThe Twisted Runes by Matt SmithSavage by Guy HaleyThe Death of Uriel Ventris by Graham McNeill

Precipice is dying. For weeks, the space port has been battered by hellish geomagnetic storms, the work of sinister goings-on within the nearby Blackstone Fortress – a vast, ineffable creation that looms in the darkness of the void. Fragile alliances between Precipice's xenos and human inhabitants crumble as the port's docking points are destroyed, eroding any hope of escape.Amid this bedlam, opportunistic rogue trader Janus Draik remains coolly unaffected. As an apocalyptic tempest threatens the life of his crew, Draik bitterly ponders a letter he has received from his father, disowning him and stripping him of his rank, titles and inheritance. In a last-ditch attempt to restore his fortune, Draik unites the disparate adventurers of Precipice to delve even deeper into the mysteries of the Blackstone Fortress. Once there, he learns of a threat that could endanger not just his own future, but the Imperium as a whole. Draik must mend the brittle bonds of trust, loyalty and...

An Astra Militarum story
Sergeant Aurelia Shale leads her squad on a dangerous mission into the mountains – a mission made even more hazardous by the presence of a commissar who happens to be Aurelia's sister…
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Discover how family bonds are tested and regimental loyalty frayed as a pair of sisters meet on a dangerous mission – and both may not have the same goals.
THE STORY
As a sergeant in the Keplerian 23rd regiment of the Astra Militarum, Aurelia Shale has faced many challenges. But as she and her squad are sent into the hellish mountain range known as the Jagged Edge, she will face the sternest test of her career. Commissar Theodara Shale is ruthless, heartless and focused on her mission. She's also Aurelia's sister. Family tensions mix with Aurelia's suspicions that her sister's mission is not the same as her own – and that it could spell doom for them all.

A Warhammer Horror novel Morgravia Sanctus is being hunted. Hiding in the low-hive of Blackgheist, she pieces together the fragments of her broken memory, trying to regain her past even as a hideous plague sweeps the hive, turning men into monsters… READ IT BECAUSE Take a nightmare journey into a plague-wracked city where monsters stalk the streets and nothing can be trusted… including the memories of the protagonist. THE STORY Morgravia Sanctus is being hunted; why or by whom she doesn't know. Something terrible has happened to her, a profound trauma that has left behind ‘red dreams’ and a physical agony that can strike at any moment. Her life in danger and her memory fragmented, she arrives in the low-hive of Blackgheist to escape her pursuers and search for ‘the Broker’ – a trafficker in memories and psychic mind manipulation. Soon after, a plague sweeps the city, turning its citizens into blood-hungry monsters. Order collapses, death and slaughter are rampant. Caught up in the carnage, Morgravia must flee once more. But as the ravening spreads, is there any hope of stopping this contagion?Written by Nick Kyme

A Necrons story
A dangerous new addition to Trazyn the Infinite's museum of curiosities draws all his attention – while another threat lurks in the darkness.
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Get an insight into just who Trazyn the Infinite is, why he collects specimens for his museum on Solemnace, and the lengths that he will go to in order to complete his collections.
THE STORY
On the shadowy world of Solemnace, Trazyn the Infinite tends to his ever-growing museum of curiosities from across space and time. Each exhibit is an exquisite recreation of a great moment in the galaxy, heroes and villains locked in time at the moment of their triumph or defeat. Now, his greatest exhibit nears completion as a mighty hive tyrant is prepared as the centrepiece of the Tyrannic Wars display. Careful preparations have been made to keep it safe… but the real threat lurks elsewhere, waiting for the chance to strike.

Book 2 in the Watchers of the Throne series
A new day has dawned for the Imperium, but not everyone sees the light. The Custodian Guard and Sisters of Silence must battle not just Chaos, but those who do not share Regent Guilliman's vision…
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See how enemies lurk everywhere in the Imperium – even on Terra itself – and discover how the Adeptus Custodes excel at rooting out the darkness that lurks on the Throneworld and bringing it to light.
THE STORY
As Guilliman, Regent of Terra, heads off to lead the Indomitus Crusade, he leaves behind a world still in turmoil, beset by cult activity. Stripped of its huge armies for the galactic offensive, recovery is precarious. The Custodians do what they can while keeping the Palace secure, and the Sisters of Silence rebuild their citadel on Luna. When the warship Phalanx returns, it seems that stability will at last be assured. However, as reconquest forces push out further into the slums, they come across signs that another mysterious foe is active. The truth dawns – not every enemy is corrupted by Chaos, for there are many on Terra who do not shar

A T'au Empire story When an ancient stasis device deactivates, a duel between a t'au warrior and a Space Marine spills out into the present – with dangerous consequences. READ IT BECAUSE Discover how the T'au Empire reveres its heroes and what happens when such reverence of the past leads to new dangers. THE STORY For eight generations, a hero of the T'au Empire has been held in stasis, trapped in a single moment of time during a duel with a monstrous gue'la warlord. This t'au – the legendary Sha'kanthas – has become a legend, a symbol of the indomotability of the Greater Good's servants. The stasis bubble containing the warriors sits in a museum in Dal'yth… but such crude human technology can't last forever. When they awaken, the battle continues, and Sha'kanthas – weaponless and out of his element – must find a way to defeat the Space Marine before it rampages across Dal'yth, causing untold devastation.Written by Phil Kelly

Book 2 in the Farsight series
The T'au Empire has long been plagued by the brutal orks – and Commander Farsight will see them destroyed. As his obsessive war against the greenskins escalates, other forces are at work, driving Farsight to an encounter that will change his view of the universe, the T'au Empire… and himself.
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Discover the real story behind the defining moment of Commander Farsight's life – and witness his struggles as he is torn between the Greater Good and the hideous truth about the nature of the galaxy.
THE STORY
High Commander Farsight, fresh from his victory against the Imperium over the Damocles Gulf, looks to his borders and finds his old enemies – the savage and warlike orks – assailing his worlds and threatening to ravage the heart of the T’au Empire. Farsight’s obsessive crusade will see him locked in an escalating conflict with the greenskins, and he will stop at nothing until their infestation is purged. In the background, foul forces are at work, however – forces that will do whatever they can to see the military genius of Farsight fall on the daemon-haunted world of Arthas Moloch. Can Farsight stand in the face of new truths, and will the T’au Empire stand with him?

A Warhammer 40,000 short story
Kalice Arkady, a human auxiliary within the T'au Empire, is assigned to investigate a series of suspicious accidents – but unexpected enemies lurk in the shadows.
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Immerse yourself in the Greater Good through the eyes of a human converted to the cause – and witness an investigation into something sinister within the worlds of the T'au Empire.
THE STORY
Few are the humans who can claim to be trusted members of the T'au Empire. Among their number is Kalice Arkady, a former Astra Militarum officer whose conversion to the Greater Good has been total and successful. Alas, there are others among the gue'vesa – the human auxiliaries who fight alongside their t'au allies – who see their alien saviours as oppressors and would stand against them. Assigned to investigate a series of accidents that may be human sabotage against the t'au, Arkady is drawn into a mystery that will reveal new enemies lurking in the shadows…
Written by J C Stearns

A Dan Abnett anthology For more than twenty years, Dan Abnett has been writing tales about the grim darkness of the far future. For the first time, more than 30 of these legendary stories have been brought together in one amazing collection to celebrate Dan's Warhammer 40,000 and Horus Heresy legacy.
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It's literally every Warhammer 40,000 and Horus Heresy short story Dan Abnett has written, in one truly enormous anthology. What more reason do you need?
DESCRIPTION
From the bloody battlefields of the Sabbat Crusade, the clandestine world of the Inquisition and the grand stage of the galaxy-defining Horus Heresy, this anthology brings together the entire collection of Warhammer 40,000 and Horus Heresy short stories by esteemed science fiction and New York Times bestselling author Dan Abnett for the first time. Featured in these pages are classic tales such as ‘Thorn Wishes Talon’ and ‘A Ghost Return’ alongside lesser known gems such as ‘Midnight Rotation’ and ‘Eternal’. Each story adds depth and nuance to the author’s most celebrated characters, including Ibram Gaunt, Gregor Eisenhorn, Horus Aximand, Shadrak Meduson and many more.Containing well over thirty stories and charting a legacy over twenty years in the making, Lord of the Dark Millennium is the definitive Black Library short fiction collection of Dan Abnett.

A Warhammer 40,000 story
A Callidus Assassin's mission is imperilled when an agent of another temple interrupts her. Can she salvage victory, or will her task end in ignominious failure?
READ IT BECAUSEEnjoy a fast-paced tale packed with mystery, drama and a host of twists and turns.
THE STORYFor months, a lone Callidus Assassin has insinuated herself into a human society that is in danger of falling to the deviant philosophy of the T'au Empire. When her time to strike comes, she is beaten to her kill by a lone gunshot, made from a nigh-impossible distance and angle. A shot that could only be made by an Assassin of the Vindicare temple. With her mission in ruins, the Callidus tries to unravel the mystery and ensure that she can salvage victory from the brink of defeat.

An Adepta Sororitas novel In the wake of the war for Ophelia VII, Battle-Sister Evangeline of the Order of Our Martyred Lady embarks on a crusade into the darkness that lies beyond the Great Rift, seeking vengeance and revelation, but surviving the journey will only be the first and most simple test of her faith. READ IT BECAUSE Delve into Imperium Nihilus with a tale of faith and fury that looks at the nature of the Adepta Sororitas and their place in the new Dark Imperium. THE STORY With the birth of the Cicatrix Maledictum the Imperium of Mankind suffers as never before. Conflict and corruption is rife on every front and precious little hope remains, save for those who hold to their faith when faced with destruction... Denied a martyr’s death during the battle for Ophelia VII, Sister Evangeline of the Order of Our Martyred Lady is blessed with a new and grave duty; to embark on a pilgrimage beyond the Great Rift to recover a precious and powerful artefact – the Shield of Saint Katherine. Accompanied by the enigmatic Inquisitor Ravara, who seeks her own closure in the veiled regions beyond the Rift, Evangeline must find a way to bear the weight of this unasked-for destiny if she and her Sisters are to succeed in restoring a fragment of light to this new dark Imperium.Written by Rachel Harrison

A Warhammer 40,000 story
Her mission on a rebel world nearly complete, Sister Miriya looks forward to executing an arch-traitor and ending the war – until Battle Sisters of another order arrive and throw everything into doubt.
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Delve into the internecine politics of the Adepta Sororitas and the Ecclesiarchy in a devious tale that takes Sister Miriya to dark places and shows the true pious faith of the Sisters of Battle.
THE STORY
The world of Meseda Quintus has been devastated by holy war – consequences of its people turning their backs on the God-Emperor. Amid the ruins of the last dissident city, Sister Miriya of the Adepta Sororitas is relieved that the Army of the Iconoclast has been defeated. All that remains is the execution of the Iconoclast himself… or so she thinks. The arrival of Sisters of Battle from another order puts the conclusion of Miriya's mission into doubt and raises the most terrible prospect she can imagine: Sister fighting Sister.

A Tyranids omnibus
The tyranids are one of the greatest threats to mankind, ravenous aliens who devour all that they encounter. This omnibus contains a host of stories pitting the forces of the Imperium and the aeldari against these terrifying foes, including the novel Valedor, four novellas and more.
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Experience desperate battles against the most alien of foes in a series of tales encompassing the Imperium and the aeldari battling monstrous xenos horrors.
DESCRIPTION
As billions upon billions of tyranids sweep through the galaxy, consuming every living soul and world in their path, it seems all will soon fall to the ravenous xenos. Faced with foes beyond number, Space Marines and their common enemy the aeldari face an impossible dilemma – do they fight to the last honour, or retreat to safety for the future of their race? This omnibus contains a novel, four novellas and four short stories featuring harrowing battles against the tyranids.
CONTENTS
Valedor by Guy Haley
The Last Days of Ector by Guy Haley
Deathstorm by Josh Reynolds
Tempestus by Braden Campbell
Devourer by Joe Parrino
Wraithflight by Guy Haley
Shadow of the Leviathan by Josh Reynolds
The Word of the Silent King by L J Goulding
Dread Night by Nick Kyme

A Warhammer 40,000 story
Itheíul of the asuryani treads a dangerous path, one that could consume her. Can she reclaim her destiny, or will she be lost on the Path of Grief?
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Experience a different side of the Craftworld Paths with a look at how easy it is for an aeldari to become lost in emotion and abandon themselves to grief.
THE STORY
The asuryani – better known as the aeldari of the Craftworlds – walk many paths across their lives. Warrior, Poet, Seer, Artisan – all take them forward through their lives and define their futures. Yet some paths cannot be walked without consequences. When her brother is killed in battle, Itheíul of Craftworld Saim-Hann discovers one such path that, should she take the first steps upon it, could consume her. Can she move on with her life, or will she be forever caught on the Path of Grief?

A Blackstone Fortress anthology
Many are the adventurers brave or mad enough to enter the Blackstone Fortress in search of riches, relics and secrets. Ratlings, robots and rogue traders – and more would-be heroes besides – all pursue their own agendas in a collection of action-packed short stories.
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Venture into the treacherous depths of the Blackstone Fortress in a collection of tales that showcase the many explorers in the alien labyrinth and their greatest – and most dangerous – adventures.
DESCRIPTION
For uncountable ages the Blackstone Fortress has kept its watchful silence. It patiently waits, willing those brave enough to gamble everything exploring its halls. Only the most determined of adventurers will return with riches – the unworthy are never seen again. But to many, the rewards far outweigh the risks. Among the denizens of Precipice, ratlings, robots, and rogue traders all pursue their own agendas, pitting themselves against the myriad forces of darkness that have claimed the fortress as their own. Deadliest of all is Obsidius Mallex, who aims to twist another Talisman of Vaul to Chaos’ unholy cause. Unless this traitor is stopped, the galaxy will burn beneath the wrath of the Ruinous Gods.
CONTENTS
Talisman of Vaul by Darius Hinks
Shapes Pent in Hell by Josh Reynolds
Fates and Fortunes by Thomas Parrott
Past in Flames by J C Sterns
Negavolt by Nicholas Wolf
The Three-Edged Blade by Denny Flowers
Motherlode by Nick Kyme
Purity is a Lie by Guy Haley
The Oath in Darkness by David Annandale
Man of Iron by Guy Haley
The Beast Inside by Darius Hinks
The Last of the Longhorns by Nick Kyme

A Warhammer 40,000 story
On a devastated world, a tech-priest and her band of followers seek refuge in a damaged Titan. But will it prove their salvation, or their doom?
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Get inside the head of a desperate tech-priest who has lost everything she knows – even as she gets into what passes for the head of a Battle Titan…
THE STORY
On the world of Sareme, the dream of Mars is dead. Forge-temples have been destroyed, and the tech-priests who watched over the world are dead – all but one. Magos Calliope Vartothex lives still, and leads a ragged band of injured and desperate followers, united by a single to survive. In the ravaged desert wastes outside Forge Avarna, they find salvation – a deactivated Titan of the Iron Kings. If they can bring it under their control, Calliope and her comrades may still achieve victory. Yet Fury of Mars has its own machine-soul, and may not be so easily swayed…

The Blackstone Fortress is a haven for those seeking fame, glory and power amongst the horrors of the galaxy. To many, it is a treasure trove beyond imagination, to others, it is an escape from their past, a chance to put their skills to use on the edge of the galaxy far from prying eyes. Brakus Andradus is the latter. A former sniper in the Astra Militarum, now a deserter aiming to drown his memories, Brakus stumbles from job to job. But, after a deadly plague breaks out following his last expedition and threatens to wipe out the denizens of Precipice, the sniper is forced back into the Fortress in search of a cure, with only the slimmest hope of finding one.

A Necrons novella
A rebellion deep in the Ghoul Stars spells danger for Nemesor Zahndrekh and his tireless bodyguard, Vargard Obyron. With uneasy allies beside them and the ghosts of the past at their heels, the ancient necrons must unravel a mystery that could spell their doom.
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Get an insight into the personalities of some key necron characters, and see what (un)life is like for the ancient warriors, reawakened in a galaxy that is no longer theirs.
THE STORY
Few amongst the hierarchies of the Nemesors are as lauded for their military strategy as Zahndrekh. A near peerless tactician, his battlefield acumen has won countless wars for the Necrons of the Sautekh Dynasty. His dauntless shadow is the Vargard Obyron, both tireless protector and eternal companion to the Nemesor.
But when the ghosts of Zahndrekh’s muddled past return to haunt him and he and Obyron are sent to quell a rebellion in the Ghoul Stars, their bond and Zahndrekh’s already fragile sanity is put to the test. Given this mission by the mighty Stormlord himself, Phaeron of the Sautekh, Zhandrekh and Obyron have little choice but to ally with an old acquaintance, a fellow Nemesor called Setekh. Their forces combined, they head for Doahht, a world which harbours both horror and hope in equal measure. What lurks in the darkness beneath the earth of Doahht and what purpose does Setekh have above his ostensible service to the Sautekh Dynasty?
Written by Nate Crowley

A Warhammer Horror novel
Seven families arrive at an ancient castle, expecting a grand feast – but each guest brings the weight of their own expectations as well, not to mention hidden agendas and a thirst for revenge that will push them into darkness as evil approaches.
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Experience a Warhammer Horror take on a classic set-up – people gathering for a meal, each of them carrying their own secrets. It's sure to terrify and delight you in equal measure.
THE STORY
Guests are arriving at the ancient castle of Mhurghast, summoned by the reclusive Count von Koeterberg. They expect a grand feast, and something more... The ambitious Baron expects to inherit the Count's wealth; the wife of a broken swordsmith hopes to revisit happier times; the fallen priest prays for a chance of recovering his faith. Seven families, each with their own dark secrets. Each with their own hidden agenda. Each marked for revenge. Doomed to discover the depths of horror and despair, it is not a night of revelry that awaits them, but a night of unprecedented terror. Son will turn against father and daughter against mother, as daemonic evil descends upon Mhurghast.

A Warhammer Horror novel
An Astra Militarum colonel, broken by war and loss, returns to his childhood home to take up the mantle of Planetary Governor – but horrors await in the House of Malveil that will make his experiences of war seem like child's play…
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Haunted house stories are a staple of the horror genre. In a grim, dark future where much worse things than ghosts can anchor themselves to reality, a haunted house can do more than just scare you…
THE STORY
In a bleak corner of the city of Valgaast, the House of Malveil awaits. A place of darkness, its halls throb with a sinister history. Its rooms are filled with malice. Its walls echo with pain. Now it stirs eagerly with the approach of an old heir – Colonel Maeson Strock of the Astra Militarum has returned home to his ancestral mansion. He is a man broken, both by the horrors of war and by personal loss, and he has come home to take up the mantle of Planetary Governor. He hopes he can purge his home world of political corruption, and reforge connections with his estranged children. He hopes he can rebuild his life.
Malveil will feast on these dreams. Strock believes he has seen the worst of the galaxy’s horrors. Malveil will show him how wrong he is.

A Warhammer 40,000 anthology
Inquisitor Covenant stands against the plans of the sinister ‘Triumvirate’… but he does not stand alone. In the anthology are tales of the allies – rogues, agents, psykers and killers – who aid him in his battle against the darkness.
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Every one of the companions of Inquisitor Covenant has their own story to tell, their own battles to fight and their own legends to forge – and in this anthology, you'll discover many of these tales.
DESCRIPTION
Myriad are the cohorts of the Inquisitor Covenant. As he struggles to unpick the plans of the mysterious and deadly 'Triumvirate', he must use every weapon in his arsenal and every resource at his disposal. These are the men and women who follow his iron example, his closest agents, psykers and killers. Every tool is necessary in the war against Chaos and herein are eleven tales of such gifted, devout and sometimes terrifying individuals. Heed their stories, their origins, their bleakest moments and their greatest triumphs. What destiny has in store in the end none can say for sure, all we can do is turn the card and see what fate decrees...
CONTENTS
The Absolution of Swords
The Knave of Stars
The Mistress of Threads
The Circle of the Sword
The Spirit of Cogs
The Thief of Chalices
The Maiden of the Dream
The Purity of Ignorance
The Son of Sorrows
The Father of Faith
The Blessing of Saints

Tales from the Worlds of Warhammer
Aelven treasure hunters seek plunder in the Realm of Death, a sinister storm threatens travellers seeking refuge at an inn, and an Inquisitor delves into dark horrors – among many other tales in the latest volume of the regular Warhammer short story anthology.
READ IT BECAUSEFeast on more tales of action, drama and outright terror from the Warhammer universes in a collection of 12 stories.
DESCRIPTIONThe fourth volume of the all-action Warhammer anthology collection showcases some of the best new fiction from across Games Workshop’s many universes. From the vast, unexplored wilds of the Mortal Realms to the unforgiving hive world of Necromunda, through to the sprawling warzones of the 41st Millennium, heroes battle for glory, for honour or simply for survival…
In this volume, you'll discover another tale from the gathered patrons of the Brazen Claw, that explores how the storm that traps them is deadlier than they could ever have guessed. You'll also discover the terrors that an abandoned Ecclesiarchy outpost holds for Inquisitor Sabbathiel, and go deep into the Realm of Death with intrepid aelven treasure hunter Shevanya Arclis as she seeks to plunder a wizard's hoard of artefacts. Find all this and more in Inferno! Volume 4!
CONTENTSThe Karsharat Abomination by George MannThe Hand of Harrow by Denny FlowersFirstborn Exile by Filip WiltgrenAt the Sign of the Brazen Claw: The Sorcerer's Tale by Guy HaleyJourney of the Magi by Jonathan GreenThe Manse of Mirrors by Nick HorthSalvage Rites by Thomas ParrottGreen and Grey by Edoardo AlbertThe Fourfold Wound by Eric GregoryWhere Dere's Da Warp Dere's A Way by Mike BrooksThe Serpent's Bargain by Jamie CrisalliBlackout by J C Stearns

An Adepta Sororitas novel
On a distant world, an obscure order of the Adepta Sororitas study their founder's visions. They live in solitude… which is about to be broken as danger approaches.
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Peter Fehervari brings a tale of an unusual order of the Sisters of Battle, a sister breaking her self-imposed exile and an Astra Militarum unit seeking respite from their woes… and it's every bit as weird and wonderful as you'd hope.
THE STORY
The Adepta Sororitas of the Last Candle have stood vigil over their sanctuary world for centuries, striving to decipher their founder's tormented visions. Outsiders are unwelcome… yet still they come.
Decimated by an encounter with a lethal xenos entity, the survivors of an elite Astra Militarum company have journeyed to the Candleworld in search of healing, escorted by a woman who is no stranger there – Sister Hospitaller Asenath Hyades, who turned her back on the order decades ago.
As the seekers near the sect's bastion, malign forces begin to stir among the planet's storm-wracked spires, but the most insidious shadows lie in their own souls.
Written by Peter Fehervari

Warhammer 40,000 - Horusian Wars

Warhammer 40,000 - Horusian Wars

Warhammer 40,000 - Horusian Wars

A Warhammer Quest story
A Primaris Psyker, a Ministorum priest and an aeldari walk into the Blackstone Fortress… Will any of them emerge, or will their rivalries destroy them before even the defences of the Fortress can?
READ IT BECAUSEEnjoy a combination of very different heroes, each with their own reasons for venturing into the alien horrors of the Blackstone Fortress, in a labyrinthine and darkly satisfying tale.
THE STORYVenturing into the Blackstone Fortress makes for strange allies… For Primaris Psyker Aradia Madellan, an uneasy pact with Ministorum Priest Taddeus the Purifier and his zealot Pious Vorne is bad enough – both would happily see her burn for her witchery, after all. But adding in the strange aeldari ranger, Amallyn Shadowguide, makes the situation fraught with peril – and that's before they face the dangers of the Fortress itself on their quest to penetrate its deepest workings…

Summer of Reading 2019 – Day 5
When Astra Militarum Cadet Augustin encounters his first dangers, little does he expect the journey it will take him on…
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Take a look at the unorthodox recruitment methods of the Fulminators Chapter of Space Marines through the eyes of a humble human.
THE STORY
Cadet Augustin, a would-be Astra Militarum trooper, finds himself in danger when his patrol route takes him to the habs where he grew up. An unexpected encounter with a mine leaves his squad leaderless, and local gangs attack, looking for the well-maintained weapons of the Imperial Guard. Little does Augustin realise that this is only the start of his trials, and that his journey will span years and cross the galaxy, taking him from humble cadet to something different and greater…
Written by Edoardo Albert

A Warhammer 40,000 story
A Chaplain of the Angels Penitent tells the tale of his journey from sinner, through the revelation offered by the Prophet – heed well his words…
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The Angels Penitent are a fascinating Chapter, influenced by an outside force, fallen and reborn, and eternally mysterious. This tale gives you a glimpse into their beliefs, through the eyes of one of their own…
THE STORY
The Angels Penitent are a Space Marine Chapter in crisis. Once, they defended the Emperor's realm as the Angels Resplendent, glorious sons of the primarch Sanguinius. Through the influence of a mysterious prophet, their beliefs were changed, and civil war ensued. They emerged as the Angels Penitent, determined to atone for their sins. One among them, now a Chaplain of the Chapter's new creed, tells his tale through a series of reflections that shed light on this most mysterious of brotherhoods.

Book 3 of the Warped Galaxies series
Continuing their quest to find the mysterious Emperor's Seat, Zelia Lord and friends find themselves in a strange spaceport controlled by the alien Tau. What secrets are these seemingly friendly creatures hiding…?
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Get a look at the Greater Good through younger eyes as it's compared with the Imperium in the latest Warhammer 40,000 adventure for younger readers.
THE STORY
Journeying to the bustling spaceport of Hinterland after being saved from certain death by a dubious Rogue Trader, Zelia, Talen and Mekki continue their quest to reach the Emperor’s Seat. But much here is not what it seems. Alone in a strange place and surrounded by aliens, who can they really trust, and what are the secrets of the Tau?
Written by Cavan Scott
This book also includes artwork and additional background material

Vaults of Terra Book 2
Inquisitor Erasmus Crowl and his acolyte Spinoza face new dangers as the Great Rift opens and a new, bloody age dawns. Can Crowl stay true to his course and expose the horror that lies at the heart of the Hollow Mountain?
READ IT BECAUSEDiscover what happens when Chaos comes to the Throneworld itself for the first time in ten millennia and agents of the Inquisition must deal with conspiracy even as monstrous daemons are clawing at the door…
THE STORYInquisitor Erasmus Crowl has discovered a terrible plot, its roots firmly planted in the very highest levels of Terra. Pursuing it is fraught with risk, but Crowl’s sense of duty compels him to persevere. He and his acolyte Spinoza run down their leads in secret, knowing that their every move invites danger, but even as they begin to reveal the truth, a greater peril is unfolding in the skies – the Great Rift is becoming manifest. During the madness that threatens to tear Terra asunder, Crowl’s Inquisitorial base of operations comes under attack and is badly ravaged. As his world begins to unravel and a new, bloody age dawns, can Crowl stay true to his course and expose the horror that lies at the heart of the Hollow Mountain?

An Astra Militarum story
In the heart of the ancient Baneblade Anarchy's End, loader Vi Madine experiences strange events as battle rages, and begins to wonder if the venerable tank's machine spirit is the cause…
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This savage and satisfying story takes a look at the truth behind the superstitions of the Adeptus Mechanicus – from the perspective of someone who is utterly reliant on a tank's machine spirit for survival.
THE STORY
War has come. The alien tyranids rampage across an Imperial world, devouring all in their path. All that stands between the planet and total annihilation is the Astra Militarum. In the heart of the ancient Baneblade Anarchy's End, Vi Madine acts as a loader for a mighty cannon. As strange events unfold, and some within the tank plot against their commander, Vi tries to survive… but she may have some help, in the form of the machine spirit of the Baneblade, which seems to be protecting her. But why?
Written by Rob J Hayes

A Warhammer 40,000 story
On the cruel jungle world of Vardan IV, a young Guardsman experiences the horror of conflict for the first time against an overwhelming greenskin horde.
READ IT BECAUSE Told in an unusually ambiguous first person perspective, this story examines what it truly means to be a hero in a universe where few heroic acts are remembered. THE STORY The battle on Vardan IV has been an absolute disaster for the Imperium. Two million soldiers of the Astra Militarum have died among the jungles of the world, lost to the fury of a horde of vicious alien orks. For one trooper, escape from the slaughterhouse seems assured – until a disaster puts him back in the heart of the enemy, with just a handful of allies. Has the Emperor spared them for a purpose, or does their future contain only horror and death?Written by Peter McLean

A Warhammer 40,000 story
Few duties can strike as much fear in a commissar as serving with a regiment of troopers from the Death World of Catachan. For Commissar Jasper Nevin, that fear has become reality…
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Matt Smith takes a grim and darkly comic look at the relationship between the Catachan Jungle Fighters and their commissars.
THE STORY
Jasper Nevin is a commissar… and he is afraid. Not even the rigorous and brutal teachings of the Schola Progenium have truly shaken the fear from him, and as he faces rebel soldiers, fear takes him. But in truth, it is not Nevin's enemies who scare him the most, but the troopers who it is his responsibility to shepherd… the warriors of the Catachan 64th. With his authority in tatters and the Catachans rarely more than a moment from violence, Nevin faces an uncertain future…
Written by Matt Smith

An Astra Militarum story
With his regimental commissar dead by his hands, Acting-Captain Andrik Petrov of the 224th Kelbran Janissaries faces a new future away from the light of the Emperor.
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It's common to see Space Marines who've turned to the service of the Dark Gods – this is your chance to see what happens to an ordinary human who walks that dangerous road.
THE STORY
When Acting-Captain Andrik Petrov of the 224th Kelbran Janissaries snaps and kills his commissar, he sets into action a chain of events that will change his destiny, and that of the Guardsmen who follow him into sedition and treachery. Faced with loyal Imperial soldiers who would see him dead for his foul deed, and the sinister servants of Chaos, Petrov must navigate his way through his new reality and decide where his fealty lies – before he is consumed by the events he has set in motion.
Written by Nicholas Wolf

An Inquisition audio drama.
When a mission goes badly wrong, Inquisitorial agent Ianthe and her associates are forced into an alliance with a dangerous and unscrupulous figure that could have dire consequences for them all.
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It's the third act in John French's Scribe award-winning audio drama series, and it sees Ianthe make her most difficult decisions yet, in the name of her mission and her Inquisitorial masters.
The story:
Subterfuge and compromise walk hand in hand for an agent of the Throne. On the blighted world of Dustcorn, an assault on an Inquisitorial target goes badly awry, forcing Ianthe and her associates into a pact with an unscrupulous ally, the mysterious Zand. With her mission in tatters, Ianthe has little choice but to agree to Zand's terms, the assassination of a perfidious traitor. But nothing is simple where Zand is concerned, and Ianthe soon finds herself in a situation that will have far-reaching consequences for her and her team.
Written by John French. Running time 74 minutes. Performed by Beth Chalmers, Cliff Chapman, Steve Conlin, Gesella Ohaka, Colleen Prendergast & Richard Reed.

The second book in the Warped Galaxies series. An exciting new series of sci-fi books for middle-grade reeaders from Black Library. Brave champions and the forces of the Imperium battle alien beasts and mechanical tyrants accross the gulf of space.
Having crash landed on a remote ice planet, Zelia Lor and her friends Talen, Mekki and the super-intelligent alien-ape Fleapit must do whatever they can to survive. A distress beacon offers some hope of rescue, but what else lurks in the ice and snow, watching them with hungry eyes…?

Tales from the Worlds of Warhammer
From the bar of the Brazen Claw where aelven Prince Maesa tells his tale, to the secretive rituals of the Adeptus Mechanicus and a feral Emperor-worshipping tribe, this anthology brings you 11 tales of action and adventure!
READ IT BECAUSEThe latest volume of Warhammer short fiction includes the first-ever Blood Bowl tale to grace Inferno!'s pages, along with a look into the past of one of Inquisitor Covenant's companions, the next part of Guy Haley's Prince Maesa serial and much more besides.
DESCRIPTIONThe third volume of the ultimate Warhammer anthology brings more new short fiction from the worlds of the far future and the war-torn Mortal Realms – and, for the first time, from the insane sporting world of Blood Bowl! With eleven tales written by new and established authors, it's an essential collection of stories for all fans of the Warhammer universes.
In this volume, the saga of the storm-wracked Brazen Claw continues as the aelven wanderer Prince Maesa tells his story. In the 41st Millennium, discover the secrets of Magos Glavius 4-Rho and his dealings with a shadowy sect of the machine priesthood, and see what happens when a feral tribe try to rebuild a crashed starship in their image of the Emperor. And when the Talabheim Titans Blood Bowl team face a string of murders, players take it upon themselves to investigate… You'll find all this and more in these 11 action-packed stories, collected together for the first time.
CONTENTSThe Spirit of Cogs by John FrenchThe Unlamented Archpustulant of Clan Morbidus by David GuymerCity of Blood by Matt SmithDismember the Titans by Graeme LyonEmpra by Nate CrowleyIn the Mists of Chaos by Rik HoskinThe Book of Transformations by Matt KeefeThe Weight of Silver by Stephen B FischerBonegrinder by Josh ReynoldsThe Prince's Tale by Guy HaleyThe Emperor's Light by Rob Leahy

A Warhammer Horror audio drama. A disgraced Vostroyan Imperial Guardsman huddles, alone and freezing, against a dark storm. Desperate for a chance to redeem himself, he grasps at any hope for peace. But in the Dark Millennium, the Gods offer nothing but horror.... Listen to it because: It's dark, atmospheric, utterly terrifying and a perfect audio horror experience, compellingly written and thunderingly performed. The story: The wind screams. The dark night is freezing. Vossk, a Vostroyan Firstborn, shrinks into a rock against a howl of memories. Having disgraced himself by deserting his post during a terrifying encounter, Vossk had resigned himself to penal servitude, though he's yearned for the chance to redeem himself. But in the 41st Millennium, such dreams are hollow when a man's reality has been shaken to his core. Found in the shadows of a pitiless cave, Vossk relives his tale to his rescuer. But trauma stalks the weary, and in the face of an even greater horror, it grins at those whose courage has failed them once before....

A Horusian Wars story
A message from a distant cousin sets Viola von Castellan – backed by the authority of Inquisitor Covenant – on the trail of a mysterious cartel with murky motives.
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It's a fascinating look into the post-Gathering Storm Imperium, and told in a very different way – through a series of communications and reports making up an Inquisition case file.
THE STORY
Among the companions of Inquisitor Covenant are scions of the famed von Castellan dynasty, a mercantile clan with links to many other such families throughout the Imperium. When a member of one such family reaches out to Viola von Castellan with a tale of woe that began with the dawning of the Great Rift, an investigation begins into the mysterious Cytos Cartel, an organisation that has wormed its way into the heart of the Imperium – but to what sinister purpose?
Written by John French

Audio book edition of 'Warped galaxies: Attack of the Necron'. Read by David Tennant. David Tennant is renowned for his theatre and screen work, and his voiceover talents can be heard in dozens of television shows, audiobooks and audio dramas. He’s probably best known as the tenth incarnation of television’s ‘Doctor Who’.
On the hive world of Targian, Zelia Lor helps her mother search for ancient tech, digging up treasures of the past on the wind-blown plains. They are happy. They are safe. All that changes when the Necrons attack. Without warning, a host of robotic ships appear in the skies above Targian and rip the planet apart. Separated from her mother, Zelia must escape the doomed world, her only hope a scrambled transmission promising safety at a mysterious place known only as the Emperor’s Seat. Launched in an escape pod, she crashes on an icy wasteland far, far from home. But Zelia is not alone. She is joined by a rag-tag group of survivors – the street-tough juve Talen, gadget-obsessed Martian boy Mekki and super-intelligent alien-ape, Fleapit.

Tales from the Worlds of Warhammer
From the fighting pits of Ghur to the mists of Chamon, and into the Dark Imperium, this collection of short stories features mystery, danger and, of course, brutal battle.
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Packed full of tales by authors old and new, this is an essential short fiction collection that will be sure to thrill any reader.

In the final act of The Beast Arises saga, the Imperium is brought to its knees and the orks seek to usurp mankind and establish dominance over the galaxy in this omnibus edition that contains books nine to twelve in the series.
The Imperium’s initial attempts to attack the orks and kill their leader have ended in failure and tragedy, but there can be no surrender: the fate of humanity hangs in the balance. New, more flexible fighting teams of Adeptus Astartes have been assembled and allies from the Imperium’s past have also pledged their support. With new troops, revised tactics and the full backing of the Adeptus Mechanicus, the Space Marines head to the orks’ home world one final time. This time there will be no retreat. They must succeed in their mission… or die in the attempt. "}" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;">‘The Beast Arises’ is an epic Warhammer 40,000 series from Black Library. Spanning twelve volumes, the story covers a galaxy-wide conflict between humanity and a massive ork invasion. The Imperium’s initial attempts to attack the orks and kill their leader have ended in failure and tragedy, but there can be no surrender: the fate of humanity hangs in the balance. New, more flexible fighting teams of Adeptus Astartes have been assembled and allies from the Imperium’s past have also pledged their support. With new troops, revised tactics and the full backing of the Adeptus Mechanicus, the Space Marines head to the orks’ home world one final time. This time there will be no retreat. They must succeed in their mission… or die in the attempt.

Advent Calendar 2018: Day Twenty
When Taddeus the Purifier joins Rogue Trader Janus Draik on a mission into the dark heart of the Blackstone Fortress, his faith is tested – as is his patience with his would-be allies.
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Everybody loves a Imperial priest – especially one who wants to purify things in flames and thinks he's seeing visions from the Emperor…
THE STORY
Of all the explorers in the Blackstone Fortress, few are as feared by those who have made Precipice a home as Taddeus the Purifier. Though the Ecclesiarchy priest disdains all those around him who would plunder the fortress for profit or power, he knows they are of use – for the visions sent to him by the Emperor are all that matters. Accompanying Rogue Trader Janus Draik in search of a hidden vault will put Taddeus' beliefs to the test, as danger looms.

Advent Calendar 2018: Day Fifteen
Defending a T'au Empire training facility from a column of Imperial tanks, Commander Bravestorm may have to turn to new technologies and a new way of war to claim victory.
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It's the origin of a hero – and an infamous technology used by the Farsight Enclaves, in a tie-in to Phil Kelly's Commander Farsight series.
THE STORY
On the T'au Empire sept world of Dal'yth, the warriors of the Fire Caste fight a losing battle against the human Imperium. With the gue'la, as the t'au call them, willing to throw seemingly endless manpower into the meatgrinder of war, the Greater Good has no solution. But Commander Farsight might… In the training facility of Dal'ryu, an experimental weapon heralds a new way of war, championed by Farsight – and with a force of Imperial tanks closing on the facility, Commander Bravestorm may just have to use this ""Onager Gauntlet"" if he is to claim victory.

Advent Calendar 2018: Day Thirteen
Returning to Precipice after a narrow escape from a drukhari raider in the Blackstone Fortress, the ratling twins Raus and Rein find that danger lurks all around them…
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It's a madcap day-in-the-life tale starring the ratling twins from Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress. Getting into one scrape after another, it's a great exploration of how they are – and how they survive.
THE STORY
After a successful adventure in the Blackstone Fortress – and a desperate escape from a fearsome enemy – the ratling twins Raus and Rein return to Precipice to sell their hard-won spoils, leaving their drukhari foe for dead. But it's not that easy to kill a denizen of the Dark City… As they try to offload their haul in the markets of Precipice, the day quickly spirals out of control as their past catches up with them in more ways than one – can the twins possibly escape the enemies coming their way?

Advent Calendar 2018: Day Eight
Koleg is a killer. His skill is the creation of terror, an ability he exercises on behalf of Inquisitor Covenant. But what leads a man to become such a creature?
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In a tie-in to the Horusian Wars saga, this tale explores the past of Koleg, the psychopathic killer who stalks Inquisitor Covenant's enemies.
THE STORY
Koleg is a killer. A stone-cold slaughterer, he puts his terrifying talents to use in the service of mankind, exercising his murderous abilities on behalf of Inquisitor Covenant. But what past darkness, what horrific deeds, can lead a man to become such a creature and devote his life to dealing death? As he prepares for a new mission, Koleg remembers his past and the events that brought him to where he is now…

Advent Calendar 2018: Day Four
What exactly is UR-025? When the ancient robot ventures into the Blackstone Fortress alongside a party from the Adeptus Mechanicus, secrets come to light that could spell doom…
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It's a look at one of the greatest mysteries – and most fascinating characters – from the Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress game.
THE STORY
Of all the explorers in the Blackstone Fortress, the towering robot known only as UR-025 is perhaps the most mysterious… and dangerous. An automatous tool of Magos-Ethericus Nanctos III of Ryza, the machine's true reasons for joining the muster at Precipice and venturing inside the ancient alien labyrinth of the fortress is unknown. When it enters the twisted, ever-changing corridors of the alien construct alongside a force of other explorers from the Adeptus Mechanicus, secrets may come to light… and they are to be feared.

The Imperium’s situation has never been more grim – an ork attack moon hangs over Terra, and ork armadas ravage human space. It seems nothing can stop the greenskins – neither brute force, science, nor faith. When the Adeptus Mechanicus reveal they have discovered the orks’ point of origin, the Space Marines gather their forces for a massive assault on their enemy’s home world. But what the Imperial forces need is a figurehead, a hero from legend to lead them – a primarch. Can one these figures from legend be found, let alone persuaded to aid them?
CONTENTS
Throneworld by Guy HaleyEchoes of the Long War by David GuymerThe Hunt for Vulkan by David AnnandaleThe Beast Must Die by Gav Thorpe
The War of the Beast continues – but with aeldari on Terra, an ork attack moon in orbit, and no figurehead to lead the Imperium's armies, the situation looks grim. What they need is a primarch…
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It's the middle act of Black Library's astonishing event series, and secrets are revealed – like the true fate of one of the legendary primarchs.

When he discovers a prize that could change the face of the galaxy, disgraced Rogue Trader Janus Draik recruits a team of treasure-seeking misfits to claim it. But danger lurks in the darkness… READ IT BECAUSE The full story behind the Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress game is revealed! Join Janus Draik and his crew as they venture into the depths of the fortress and encounter all manner of deadly foes.There are those in the great expanse of the galaxy that seek profit wherever it is to be found: the deal makers, the opportunists and explorers �" the Rogue Traders. Granted power by an ancient charter, sanctioned by the Emperor Himself, these scoundrels, entrepeneurs and adventurers roam the galaxy in search of fortune and glory. None perhaps are as hungry for these twin-vices as Janus Draik. All but disowned by his wealthy family, regarded as a wayward son of ill repute and little potential, Draik knows he must restore his fortunes soon or his misadventures will see him destitute and discarded. So it is then that when he finds a truly exceptional prize, one that will return him to his deserved station, Draik recruits a crew of fellow treasure seekers and sets them to the task. Draik's obsession is all-consuming, and he will risk everything to obtain his prize and its many secrets, including his life or even that of his crew…

For a decade, the Astra Militarum have been stuck in grinding trench warfare against the alien orks. General Pyrrhus, commander of the ""Golden Eighth"" hates the world of Cavernum Tertius on which he is trapped. He hates the unmoving nature of the war. But most of all, he hates his opposing number, the ork warboss who has dubbed himself ""General Taktikus"". But that all changes when the tyranids arrive. With a common foe to fight, can Pyrrhus and Taktikus do the unthinkable and unite in an alliance that could save them both? This story also appears in Inferno: Volume 1
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Nate Crowley's Black Library debut takes a very simple premise – can human and ork fight together against a common foe? – and turns it into something quite special indeed.

An Adeptus Custodes novella
When Shield-Captain Cartovandis receives a mysterious distress call from the planet Vorganthian, he gathers a band of Custodians to hunt down those responsible, before warp-madness has a chance to reach its true target…
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The superhuman heroes of the Adeptus Custodes are newly returned to the galaxy at large after millennia on Terra – how will they adapt to their new role, and can they hope to defend an Imperium on the edge of ruin?
THE STORY
For millennia the Adeptus Custodes have stayed true to their sworn duty – defend holy Terra and the God-Emperor to their very last breath. But when the Great Rift tears the Imperium apart, loosing tides of daemons upon mankind, they are faced with a dilemma. Should they continue to guard the Palace and the Golden Throne, or take to the stars to proactively root out the Ultimate Enemy? When Shield-Captain Cartovandis receives a mysterious distress call from the planet Vorganthian, he gathers a band of Custodians to investigate. When they arrive, they find a world in the grip of self-annihilation, overrun by Chaos cultists. In a race against time, the Custodians must find out what has happened, and hunt down those responsible, before the madness has a chance to reach its true target – something much closer to their hearts.

A Vaults of Terra audio drama
Captured by the Inquisition, can the self-styled freedom fighter Salvor Lermentov convince the formidable Inquisitor Crowl to spare his life and take him into the Inquisition's service?
LISTEN TO IT BECAUSEIt continues the story of the agitator and would-be hero Salvor Lermentov from Carrion Throne: The Vaults of Terra and poses interesting questions about just what the Imperium needs…
THE STORYSalvor Lermentov, Astra Militarum officer turned would-be freedom fighter, languishes in a dark cell deep within an Inquisition fortress. Captured for the crime of treachery, he is sure of his innocence – for did he not aid a servant of the Inquisition in preventing a grievous threat to Terra itself? As he and Inquisitor Crowl match wits in an interrogation, Lermentov outlines his reasons for deserting – but Inquisitor Crowl knows darker truths about the Imperium of Man, and with them in mind, can he possibly allow this traitor to live?

Intent on rebuilding Ultramar, the returned primarch Roboute Guilliman wages war on the treacherous Death Guard – but the intervention of a greater power threatens all he works for.
In the void and upon the worlds of Greater Ultramar, the battle for the Imperium continues.
Intent on rebuilding his home realm and using it as base to reconstruct the ravaged stellar empire of mankind, the returned primarch Roboute Guilliman proceeds with his war to drive Mortarion and his Death Guard Traitor Legion from the domain of the Ultramarines.
But when Guilliman brings his brother to battle upon the diseased plains of Parmenio, the intervention of a greater power in their fraternal struggle threatens to upend the Imperial Regent’s understanding of the galaxy, and his place within it.
Primarchs and ideologies clash in this second, thrilling part of the Dark Imperium trilogy.

It is the thirty-second millennium, and the Heresy War is but a distant memory. After centuries of peace, the Imperium is thrown into panic as worlds everywhere are menaced by orks. In a relentless tide of slaughter, ork attack moons destroy planet after planet with gravity weapons of unstoppable power. On Terra, the High Lords are paralysed by the scale of the threat, and fail to take any effective action. With entire Space Marine Chapters missing or destroyed, does anyone have the will and the power to rise to the Imperium's defence?
Read it BecauseFor the first time, the opening chapters of Black Library's epic event series are collected together into one volume. Entire Space Marine Chapters waging war, ork moons over Terra, Imperial Navy manoeuvres – it's all in here!

Vindicare Assassin Deliva stalks her prey – noblewoman and dangerous heretic Seleuca Markovan – on the target's palatial estate. When her shot is spoiled, Deliva must move into the facility to finish Markovan before she escapes justice. Inside, a trail of bodies and taunting messages from Markovan prove that Deliva's coming has been anticipated… but nothing is at it seems, and as the truth of the mission emerges, Deliva's world will be turned upside down.

The premiere volume of this new anthology series brings you new short fiction from the worlds of Warhammer. Penned by debut and current Black Library authors, its tales range from the back streets of the world-that was to a shrouded inn in the Mortal Realms, while in the brutal galaxy of the Dark Imperium, the Ultramarines and others deliver the Emperor's fury to their many foes, and in the depths of Necromunda's underhive, gangers clash in brutal combat.
Read it BecauseInferno! is back! And it's packed full of tales from across all the worlds of Warhammer, including some by familiar faces, and loads by newcomers whose unique takes on the universes we love are sure to thrill you.
The Unsung War by David AnnandaleNo Hero by Peter McLeanThe Path to Glory by Evan DickenA Common Groundby Mike BrooksThe Emperor's Wrathby Steven B FischerWaking the Dragon by Josh ReynoldsThe Enemy of My Enemy by Nate CrowleyHow Vido Learned the Trick by Josh ReynoldsThe Firstborn Daughter by Filip WiltgrenMercy by Danie WareAt the Sign of the Brazen Claw by Guy Haley

In the grim darkness of the 41st millennium, mankind’s mighty Imperium is threatened on all sides by its enemies – brutal orks, ravening tyranid hordes and the corrupt armies of Chaos. Many are the heroes who stand at the forefront of this endless fight against evil, but few names conjure up as much awe and respect as the legendary commissar Ciaphas Cain. When all seems lost, Cain, his trusty but malodorous aide Jurgen, and the Valhallan 597th, can always be relied upon to ride to the rescue and save the day! With their thrills and spills, and tongue in cheek humour, the Ciaphas Cain novels offer a unique vision of the Warhammer 40,000 universe. CONTENTSThe Emperor's FinestThe Last DitchThe Greater GoodOld Soldiers Never Die

The return of Roboute Guilliman, primarch of the Ultramarines, to the Dark Imperium was nothing less than a miracle. And more miraculous still is the instrument of his resurrection, the arcane technology of the Armour of Fate. More than mere battleplate, the Armour of Fate keeps the primarch alive, holding at bay the wound he sustained at the blade of his erstwhile brother. But Guilliman cannot remove the armour – or so he was told. Now, after years spent trapped within the Armour of Fate, he wishes to test the truth of this statement, and seeks out old allies who he hopes can give him aid.
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It's a look into the mind of Roboute Guilliman by the author of Dark Imperium, delving deep into his fears and desire to be free again – and featuring a deeply surprising guest star…

It is the 41st millennium and humanity teeters on the brink of destruction. Yet out of the darkness comes a cold hope. The Adeptus Mechanicus are logical, remote beings of cybernetic construction. Their armour is a work of mechanical art, their weapons unparalleled in intelligent design.
One of the most hostile fighting forces of the Imperium, the Priesthood of Mars serves justice upon their enemies with forbidding momentum. Though nominally allied with mankind, it is in the name of the Omnissiah that their mighty war machines step forth into the cauldron of war, for the Machine God alone is worthy of their sacrifice and neither man nor xenos can deter them from their single purpose of championing his dominion.
This anthology contains a dozen gripping tales about the formidable Titans, Imperial Knights, battle-servitors and skitarii legions with which the Adeptus Mechanicus wage war, written by some of Black Library’s most popular authors, including Graham McNeill, Gav Thorpe, David Guymer and David Annandale.
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An Astra Militarum story
Battered survivors in a dangerous war are given a chance at salvation – all they have to do is accompany elite troopers on a deadly mission…
READ IT BECAUSE
It's the Astra Militarum on the offensive, with tension between regiments and secret agendas at work – a triumphant short tale from Mike Brooks.
THE STORY
For three weeks, the battered remnants of the Kilgannor 27th Astra Militarum have held the line against the frenzied assaults of Waaagh! Zogreb. Now, deliverance arrives in the form of Commissar Dorin and his troopers, Militarum Tempestus of the famed Delphic Lions. But survival is not enough… When the commissar drafts Lieutenant Kaseen and the surviving troops into a dangerous mission that could change the tide of battle, the Kilgannor troopers face victory… or death.

Book 2 in the Horusian Wars series
Inquisitor Covenant’s quest to stop a sect of renegade Inquisitors continues as he battles to deny their sinister design on an Imperial shrine world wreathed in darkness. As his foes seek to raise a Living Saint, Covenant must do the unthinkable…
READ IT BECAUSEThe epic story that began in Resurrection continues as Covenant faces a challenge that will test him body and soul.
THE STORYDarkness approaches Dominicus Prime, a literal Season of Night that brings with it portents, madness and strange happenings. Standing alone as a beacon against the darkness is the Monastery of the Last Candle, a temple to the holy light of the Emperor. As the bishops and the cardinals vie for power and influence, a crisis looms among the Pilgrim Drift who are starving in their droves. Discord is rife and there are whispers of a rising cult, one committed to blood and horror. Into this political powder keg comes Inquisitor Covenant and his followers. Drawn to the shrineworld by the prescience of the Emperor's Tarot, they come seeking the agents of the Triumverate, a sect of Horusians bent on power themselves. It is the belief of Covenant that these radicals seek an incarnation, nothing less than a divine vessel, a living saint. To what end, he can only surmise, but Covenant knows it cannot bode well. He must deny the Horusians at any cost. The fate of the very sector may be determined by it.

An Imperator Titan is among the mightiest of all the Imperium's war machines, a walking behemoth that can tower over the tallest wall, a nighimpregnable bastion, a symbol of the GodEmperor's might. But any bastion can be penetrated, any fortress invaded. And when the Imperator Titan Casus Belli falls victim to the rampages of enemy forces, its defences are activated – such as the Kastelan robots of 6Terror maniple, who must defend the mammoth Godmachine from the Heretic Astartes who would tear it down…
Read it BecauseIt's a tale of battle inside an Imperator Titan, as Kastelan robots – perhaps the coolest of all the Cult Mechanicus' war machines – fight Chaos Space Marines.

Pyrodiah is in grave peril. The undying alien necrons have risen and swarm across the world, burning hive cities and decimating the population. The Imperial Knights of Adrastapol have arrived to help sway the war in the Imperium's favour, but their commander – Lady Jennika Tan Draconis, pilot of the storied Knight Fire Defiant – knows all too well the danger the necrons pose and the cost that will inevitably come with victory.
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Andy Clark returns to Imperial Knights with a tale of fire and fury.

Assigned to garrison duty on the recently reclaimed forge world Baphomet, Astra Militarum Corporal Cully and Sergeant Rachain find a mystery on their hands…
The war for Baphomet is over. The Chaos cult which brought the planet to its knees has been defeated, and the ruined forge world is back in Imperial hands. Sergeant Rachain and Corporal Cully of the Reslian 45th are assigned to garrison duty in an outpost in a shattered city – a nice easy job… or so it seems. When an attack from the smoke-shrouded darkness leaves several of their number dead with no sign of enemy casualties, the Astra Militarum troopers start to wonder just what is out there.

Adeptus Mechanicus explorators have unearthed something ancient on the dead world of Naogeddon… something ancient and utterly deadly. Lakias Danzager of the Adeptus Mechanicus is investigating the ancient tombs uncovered by the now-missing explorators – but are his allies all that they seem? And just what are the walking metal skeletons defending the find? The necrons are rising and doom is at hand. Written by Andy Chambers
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A Warhammer 40,000 storyOn the dead world of Naogeddon, mysterious tombs, missing explorators and deadly defenders cause trouble for the Adeptus Mechanicus. But the biggest danger might come from within…
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Ancient tombs, walking metal skeletons and the Adeptus Mechanicus meddling in things they shouldn't – it's a classic set-up with one hell of a twist.

Holy warbringer of the Legio Metalica, the Imperator Titan Casus Belli has routed armies and levelled cities over ten thousand years of service in the name of the Machine God. As war engulfs the Dark Imperium this mechanical god of battle arrives to destroy the renegade armies and tech-priests of Nicomedua. At the head of a battlegroup of Titans, Imperial Knights and skitarii, Casus Belli must defeat tainted war engines, Traitor Legionnares and armies of cultists. While apocalyptic battles rage across the planet, a no less deadly battle unfolds within the Titan itself, as Magos Exasus, leader of the Casus Belli’s Tech-guard, must find and defeat the enemy within before their insidious plans come to fruition.
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The ultimate Imperial war machine – the mighty Imperator Titan – comes to the fore in a novel by Gav Thorpe, whose mastery of Titan fiction is absolute (just see Honour to the Dead to see what we mean…)

Censured by the Ethereals after endangering a mission and disobeying the tenets of the Greater Good by seeking revenge against to enemies who killed his teammates, Kal'va is tasked with a dangerous mission. Equipped with a Crisis battlesuit and dropped into the heart of an enemy army, he must battle an unending horde of orks to buy time for his fellow t'au to evacuate. Can he redeem himself in death, or will he legacy be one of failure?
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It's action packed but meditative, and shows how even in disgrace, and with death looming, a warrior of the T'au Empire can be of use to the Greater Good

Inquisitor Eisenhorn returns in a stunning new novel that pits him against his oldest foe, forcing him to finally confront the growing darkness within his own soul.
Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn has spent his life stalking the darkest and most dangerous corners of the galaxy in pursuit of heresy and Chaos, but how long can a man walk that path without succumbing to the lure of the warp? Pursuing heretics in the remote worlds of the Imperium, Eisenhorn must confront the truth about himself. Is he still a champion of the Throne? Or has he been seduced by the very evil that he hunts? The Magos is the brand new, full-length fourth novel in the hugely popular Eisenhorn series. This paperback edition also includes the definitive casebook of Gregor Eisenhorn, collecting together all twelve of Dan Abnett’s Inquisition short stories, several of which have never been in print before. These additional stories have been compiled by the author to act as an essential prologue to this long-awaited new novel, while also serving as an indispensable companion to the original Eisenhorn trilogy.

A Freeblade Imperial Knight must decide whether to abandon his quest to restore his honor in order to warn the planet that exiled him of an impending doom.

Since the fall of House Chimaeros to heresy, Luk Kar Chimaeros has renounced his heritage and his name to become the Knight of Ashes. For five arduous years, in this role as a Freeblade Imperial Knight, he has pursued his treacherous step-mother across the stars alongside a band of fellow exiles. Just as their hunt appears to be nearing its conclusion, word comes of a terrible destruction descending upon Luk's home planet of Adrastapol. The Knight of Ashes must decide whether to continue his quest to exact justice and restore his honor, or to aid the Noble Houses of Adrastapol and risk being branded a heretic evermore.

Explore the stars and the farthest reaches of the galaxy with the complete Rogue Trader omnibus, containing the novels Rogue Star , Star of Damocles and Savage Scars .
Licensed by ancient charter, Rogue Traders explore the uncharted regions of the galaxy, seeking new worlds to exploit on behalf of the Imperium. The fortunes of Rogue Trader Lucian Gerrit and his family are in decline, and his inheritance amounts to little more than a pile of debt and misery. In a final, desperate gamble to restore his family’s former glory, Gerrit strikes a deal on a forgotten Imperial world in the Eastern Fringe, but his timing could not be worse. The alien tau are seeking to expand their empire across the Damocles Gulf, and soon Gerrit is caught in the middle of a clash between two mighty star-spanning empires, neither of which is willing to back down.

An expedition to discover the fate of a long lost Water Caste ambassador and bring an Imperial world into the T'au Empire faces grave peril…
In the far reaches of the Damocles Gulf, an expedition of the T'au Empire heads for the system known to the Imperium as Yuxa, there to bring the influence of the Greater Good to humanity – and investigate the reappearance of a Water Caste ambassador thought lost years before. Joined by a mysterious Ethereal and defended by gue'vesa auxiliaries – soldiers once of mankind's Imperium, now devoted to the Greater Good – the expedition's leader expects a trap/ But what he finds may just change his perceptions of the galaxy.
Peter Fehervari continues to build his little corner of the Warhammer 40,000 universe in a tale of mystery and danger that will leave you guessing right to the very end.

A mysterious sword. Alien ruins beneath a shattered city. A wealthy recluse whose home hides all manner of dangers. What do these seemingly disparate things have in common, and how are they the keys to a mystery? That's the question Inquisitor Zaretta Ngiri and her associates must answer as they unravel the threads before it's too late.
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Mysteries abound on a world built on the ruins of a xenos civilisation. Can Inquisitor Zaretta Ngiri and her associates get to the bottom of it all?

Hell has come to Sygera. In the city of Moldevar, xenos aircraft battle the Imperial navy in the skies, and nightmares stalk the streets – creatures of metal, bodies crafted like skeletons with claws in place of hands, draped with the flesh of their victims. Against them stand a pitiful few defenders, among them Sister Hospitaller Lucia, who stands as a symbol of the God-Emperor for the people of Moldevar in these dark times. As the survivors rally around her, can Lucia lead them to salvation?
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It's the debut story from Miles A Drake, and it's dripping with atmosphere – and has some unexpected guests that change the story as it goes on

For Ianthe, war is all too familiar. A former soldier in the Astra Militarum, she now serves Inquisitor Covenant as an agent of the Throne. Her first mission sees her investigating a cult called the Children of Eternity. Falling foul of the local Enforcers, Ianthe soon learns that war in the shadows is seldom straightforward and that the local, angry law-keepers are the least of her troubles.

War rages in the Caradryad Sector. Worlds are falling to madness and rebellion, and the great war machine of the Imperium is moving to counter the threat. Amongst its agents is Inquisitor Covenant. Puritan, psyker, expert swordsman, he reserves an especial hatred for those of his order who would seek to harness the power of Ruin as a weapon. Summoned to an inquisitorial conclave, Covenant believes he has uncovered such a misguided agent and prepares to denounce the heretic Talicto before his fellows. But when the gathering is attacked and many left dead in its wake, Covenant vows to hunt down Talicto and discover the truth behind the mysterious cult apparently at the heart of the massacre, the Unseen. In the murky plot into which he is drawn, Covenant knows only one thing for certain: trust no one.
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John French shines a spotlight on the Inquisition in his own inimitable style, delving into the grim darkness of the far future as never before.

A horror is loose on the holy shrine world of Sanctus Shibboleth. Xenobia Nox – witchbreed, monster, deadly rogue psyker who has cut a path of destruction across three worlds – is tearing down the temples to Saint Jeronimus. But her time is numbered for the Battle Sisters of the Order of the Ebon Chalice are in pursuit. But the capture of the witch may just be the beginning of Palatine Adrianna Verlatz's problems, as the Red Corsairs circle, awaiting their moment to strike…
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It shows the lengths to which both the Emperor's warriors and the forces of Chaos will go to capture a powerful rogue psyker – and the very different uses to which they might be put once in custody.

A new threat has emerged on the eastern fringes of the Imperium: a voracious alien swarm, made up of many species, named for the first world they destroyed: tyranids. Inquisitor Fidus Kryptman, desperate to find a way to defeat these beasts, visits a secretive Adeptus Mechanicus laboratory, with one goal: to discover more about this xenos foe. As the tech-priests open a seemingly dormant alien spore, Kryptman tests the creatures within, to discover their capabiltiies – and how they can be killed. But can the tyranids be contained, or do they have the inquisitor and his allies exactly where they want them?
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It's a very different type of story from Rob Sanders, focusing on the dark underbelly of an inquisitor's work.

A Story of the Horusian Wars
On the Ecclesiarchy world of Dominicus Prime, heresy runs rampant – but Inquisitor Covenant and his warband have come to cut the poison out as only the Inquisition can.
READ IT BECAUSE
It's a prequel to John French's forthcoming Horusian Wars novel 'Resurrection' and gets into the heads of a couple of the inquisitor's warband, as well as showing his ruthless efficiency – his enemies certainly don't expect the Imperial Inquisition…
THE STORY
Heresy lurks within the Ecclesiarchy world of Dominicus Prime. In the sprawling temples and cloisters of the Crow Complex, once-pious priests have turned from the Emperor's light and embraced the darkness of the Tenth Path. But no longer, for Inquisitor Covenant and his hand-picked retinue of warriors, rogues and savants – heroes all – have come to cleanse Dominicus Prime of the taint that infects it. But as they enter the sprawling complex in search of the leaders of the insidious cult, danger closes in around them…

An Inquisition and T'au Empire story
A hunted Inquisitorial agent, determined to end T'au influence on an Imperial world, finds himself drawn into a larger game in which he may be a pawn – or he may be the key to victory.
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Peter Fehervari is the master of the twisted tale, where nothing can be taken at face value and every line adds more to the tangled web of mystery – and 'Fire and Ice' takes that to whole new levels, as an Interrogator comes face to face with a legend…
THE STORY
On an Imperial world being torn apart by internal rivalries and the influence of the T'au Empire and its pernicious "Greater Good", Interrogator Haniel Mordane is in trouble. Pursued by the Inquisition for his part in a failed operation and guarded by a man he fears and mistrusts, Mordane is still set on doing his duty and defeating the T'au influence. Is a meeting with the mysterious Calavera key? And will Mordane survive as he finds himself on a maglev train, using his interrogation skills on a very dangerous and very special prisoner?

Fell times have come to the galaxy. Cadia has fallen, destroyed by the onslaught of Chaos. A Great Rift in the warp has opened and from its depths spew daemons and the horrors of Old Night. But all hope is not lost... A hero, long absent, has returned and with him comes the wrath of the Ultramarines reborn. Roboute Guilliman has arisen to lead the Imperium out of darkness on a crusade the likes of which has not been seen since the fabled days of the Emperor. But never before have the forces of Ruin amassed in such numbers, and nowhere is safe from despoliation. From the dreaded Scourge Stars come the hordes of the Plaguefather, Lord Nurgle, and their pustulent eye is xed on Macragge. As the Indomitas Crusade draws to an end, Guilliman races to Ultramar and a confrontation with the Death Guard.
Read it because It's a new beginning for the Warhammer 40,000 universe! Guy Haley crafts a tale of the returned Primarch Roboute Guilliman as he races to save his realm from the servants of Nurgle – it's the perfect accompaniment to the new Warhammer 40,000 game!

The Battle Titans of the Adeptus Titanicus are towering war engines, striding to war as holy effigies of the Omnissiah. Greatest of all are the mighty Warlord Titans, their weapons bringing righteous death to alien and heretic alike. Still reeling from a near disastrous battle against tyranids, the Pallidus Morr demi-legio is assigned to a new warzone, a nearby forge world which has fallen under the sway of Chaos. Here their battered war-machines must fight alongside another Titan Legion, the Imperial Hunters. As city after city falls before the relentless tread of Chaos war machines, the Imperium’s only chance of victory lies in the two legios putting aside their differences and fighting as one.
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It's what you've (maybe) been waiting for: a new novel focusing on the mightiest war machines of the 41st millennium! David Annandale turns his eye for characters to the crew of Battle Titans and tells a truly epic tale of large-scale action.

Inquisitor Greyfax and a retinue of incorruptible Grey Knights are sent on a mission by the reborn Primarch Guilliman to recover the Eye of Night, a fabled artefact of Ruin that could weaken the Great Rift. It will be no easy task as Greyfax – with the aid of a long dead inquisitor – must journey into the Eye of Terror itself and challenge a traitor of a truly ancient pedigree, the crone Moriana.

Vaults of Terra Book 1
Inquisitor Crowl, who serves on Holy Terra itself, follows the trail of a conspiracy that leads him to the corridors of the Imperial Palace itself…
READ IT BECAUSEIt's a novel that gets into the seedy underbelly of the Throneworld, Terra itself, at the end of the 41st millennium!
THE STORYIn the hellish sprawl of Imperial Terra, Ordo Hereticus Inquisitor Erasmus Crowl serves as a stalwart and vigilant protector, for even the Throneworld is not immune to the predations of its enemies. In the course of his Emperor-sworn duty, Crowl becomes embroiled in a dark conspiracy, one that leads all the way to the halls of the Imperial Palace. As he plunges deeper into the shadowy underbelly of the many palace districts, his investigation attracts the attention of hidden forces, and soon he and his acolyte Spinoza are being hunted – by heretics, xenos, servants of the Dark Powers, or perhaps even rival elements of the Inquisition itself. Soon they discover a terrible truth, one that if allowed to get out could undermine the very fabric of the Imperium itself.

An Inquisition story
When Interrogator Luce Spinoza finds herself fighting alongside the Imperial Fists, she gains new insight into the task of defending mankind's Imperium.
READ IT BECAUSE
It's not often we get to see Space Marines through the eyes of a servant of the Inquisition, and seeing the contrast between their different methods of serving the Emperor is quite fascinating.
THE STORY
Interrogator Luce Spinoza’s hunt for a traitor brings her to Forfoda and into the company of the Imperial Fists. Unearthing a den of corruption, Spinoza learns what it means to fight alongside the Emperor’s Angels, and vows to prove herself worthy of this honour or die in the attempt.

Out of Print Hardcover Cult of the Warmason: An Adeptas Sororitas Sisters of Battle Warhammer 40K Novel ----- On the shrine world of Lubentina, one of the holiest planets of the Imperium, dedicated to a hero from the Age of Heresy, civil unrest and rumours of sinister, four-armed monsters spur the Sisters of Battle into action against numberless foes. ----- In a galaxy teeming with alien aggressors, nothing unites the Imperium more than the worship of the immortal God-Emperor. Without the shining light of his divinity, travel through the stars would not be possible, and humanity would be swallowed by darkness. The shrine world of Lubentina attracts billions of pilgrims who visit to reaffirm their faith, and catch a glimpse of the sacred relic held in its great cathedral. But the reach of man’s enemies is long, and when civil unrest breaks out, and rumours of four-armed monsters abound, the Adepta Sororitas tasked with defending the world must face the fight of their lives. For they are few, but their enemies are numberless.

When forge world Tophet VI is attacked by the Iron Warriors, the Imperium responds in force, sending a mixed force of Subjugators Space Marines and the engines of the Legio Debellator to defend it assets. Though the Traitor Marines present a terrible enemy in and of themselves, the Warlord-class Battle Titan that heads up their attacks is an even worse threat, having the power to carry the battle for its dark masters. But why does this enemy god machine bear the mark of the Legio Debellator, and just how far will the legio go to destroy their fallen engine and avenge their dishonour?
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Action, intrigue, historical secrets and, oh yeah, skyscraper-sized killing machines abound in this brand new story.

A great explorator fleet sets out into uncharted space, the Halo Worlds at the galaxy's edge. The armada contains contingents from every aspect of the humanity's Imperium, from the humble guardsmen, to the mighty Space Marines, all lead by the ancient tech-scholars of the Martian priesthood. They seek an ancient and priceless technology from the birth of history, but what they find is more powerful and deadly than any of them could have imagined.
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It's a star-spanning adventure bursting with sci-fi action. These stories take you beyond the edge of the known galaxy as shocking secrets of the Adeptus Mechanicus are revealed. The story has skitarii, Black Templars Space Marines and even the god-machines of the Titan Legions in a battle for survival. All-in-all, a gripping saga exposing the inner workings of the Cult Mechanicus.

War has come to Placia Mundus with the arrival of Dark Mechanicus forces, including several Warlord Titans corrupted by the Warp Powers. The Imperial Guard requires support. The closest battle group, Indictus, has been despatched to take down the war machines. The problem? Indictus is only a handful of Reavers and Warhounds. Princeps Prime Sythikus will have to lead fearlessly and without flaw to defeat their superior opponents. When his own Titan recognises an ancient foe among the enemy ranks and seeks revenge, the plan threatens to fall apart, potentially taking with it all chance of victory.

Book 1 in the Watchers of the Throne series
The Adeptus Custodes are the Emperor's praetorian guard, the defenders of Terra and watchers over the Golden Throne. But when a threat arises, they and their Sisters of Silence allies may find themselves pressed almost beyond endurance…
READ IT BECAUSENever before have the the Adeptus Custodes, the guardians of the Emperor himself, been the stars of a Warhammer 40,000 novel. This is your chance to find out all about how they work in the dark millennium.
THE STORYThe Custodian Guard have stood watch over the Emperor's Palace on Terra since the foundation of the Imperium. Charged with protecting the Master of Mankind from all threats, within and without, their fearsome resolve is renowned throughout the galaxy, and their golden armour is the last thing that a would-be assassin or saboteur will ever see. Alongside the Null-maidens of the Sisters of Silence, who are anathema to psykers and sorcerers alike, there is no threat to the Golden Throne that they alone cannot vanquish... until now.

The Knight Houses of Adrastapol are both noble and righteous, and when the Imperial world of Donatos falls to the heresy of the Word Bearers, they are foremost in the vanguard to retake it. Led by High King Tolwyn Draconis, the Knights are peerless in battle and strike deep into the enemy’s ranks. But the war soon turns when a terrible tragedy strikes, casting the Imperial campaign into anarchy. As desperation grows, unblooded Knights Errant Danial and Luk must quickly learn the ways of war to prevent an unholy ritual or Donatos will be lost and all the noble Houses of Adrastapol with it.
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It's war on a larger scale – Imperial Knight scale! Two novice Knight pilots against an entire world of enemies – sounds like a story for the ages.

From the universe of the ever-popular tabeltop miniatures wargame! By superstar writer George Mann (Warhammer novels, Dark Souls, Doctor Who)!

For millennia, the Shieldworlds of the Cryptus system have stood sentinel beneath the deadly stars of the Red Scar, defending the gateway to the Blood Angels home world. Now, an enemy has come who threaten to tear the Cryptus system apart and carry on to Baal itself – the monstrous tyranids of Hive Fleet Leviathan. The brave soldiers of the Astra Miltarum stand against them, shoulder to shoulder with the zealous warriors of the Adepta Sororitas, and on Baal the Blood Angels marshal their forces, commanded by one of their mightiest, Captain Karlaen – the Shield of Baal.
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Three very different stories show three sides of a multifaceted war. From the all-action mission of the elite from the Imperial Guard to a spooky tale of the ancient necrons which explains how they ended up on the side of the angels, there's something here for everyone.

A T'au Empire novel
Fresh from his victory on Arkunasha, the young Commander Farsight leads a crusade to reclaim colonies lost to mankind's Imperium. But stiff resistance will test him to his limits, and beyond.
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Phil Kelly continues his look at the life of Commander Farsight with his first campaign against the full might of the Imperium, and shows how the T'au Empire's technological superiority fares against Imperial grit.
THE STORY
The t'au are a mysterious alien race, diametrically opposed to the Imperium of Man in every possible way - in their mastery of technology, methods of warfare and social structure. Yet in galactic terms they are a young race, and naive when it comes to the manipulations of Chaos. When promising young Commander Farsight is promoted to lead a crusade across the Damocles Gulf to reclaim the T'au Empire's lost colonies from mankind, the mood is one of optimism. With their mighty fleet, and superior weapons and machines, how can their endeavour possibly fail? However, despite a parade of early successes, Commander Farsight soon faces enemies he wasn't anticipating, and finds not only his courage but also his soul tested to the very limit.

One of five books covering the range of Citadel miniatures used to play games of Warhammer 40,000, Index: Imperium Vol.2 is an essential purchase for those wanting to play games of Warhammer 40,000, packed with updated rules and complete points values for Imperial armies*.
It contains datasheets covering the range of Imperial miniatures, including fortifications, with overviews of each army. Updated abilities, psychic powers, wargear, weapon profiles and points values allow you to field your collection in games of Warhammer 40,000. There’s also a blank army roster and detachment roster, which you are free to photocopy and use when building a Battle-Forged army in Matched Play games.

When his inquisitor master is killed by the Alpha Legion, Interrogator Kiefer swears revenge. He marshals a force, a band of Attilian Rough Riders and a cohort of Ogryn Auxilia, and tracks the killers to Grendl's World. Here in the dust of the deserts and the carcass of a derelict freighter, a deadly game of cat and mouse begins, with neither side prepared to back down or accept defeat. With overwhelming force and the element of surprise on his side, Kiefer's confidence grows, but the Alpha Legion are seldom outmanoeuvred easily....
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Rob Sanders weaves a tale of a grieving and overconfident interrogator who takes on the might of the Alpha Legion. Probably safe to assume it's not going to end brilliantly for him…

From the universe of the ever-popular tabeltop miniatures wargame! By superstar writer George Man (Warhammer novels, Dark Souls, Doctor Who)!

After a thousand years of warp storms, the Calaphrax Cluster has re-opened to the universe, and Baltus and his fellow Dark Angel Space Marines join a strike force sent to explore and secure the region, in search of forgotten artefacts and ancient technology! But the forces of Chaos are never far away... and a shameful Dark Angels secret from the Horus Heresy soon leads to a new front in the war!

Though the Imperium defends its worlds with vigour, not all cries for help are answered in time, or even heard at all. A nameless Imperial world has been conquered by orks; its resources seized for the greenskins’ war effort, and its human population enslaved. The eldar have foreseen that if the ork warlord is not stopped, and soon, the consequences will be dire. Enraged by its losses, the Imperium will eventually launch an anti-xenos crusade of unparalleled ferocity. To protect the future of their own craftworld, the eldar must be prepared to sacrifice all to defeat the ork invaders.
Read it because Those tricksy eldar are up to their usual ploys – manipulating mankind for their own benefit. But with humans on one side and orks on the other, have the aliens bitten off more than they can chew this time?

As two young squires prepare for their ritual of Becoming, the Herald Markos Dar Draconis recounts the story of his first battle at the helm of a Knight Titan, a mighty Imperial war engine. In defending his home, Markos must quickly learn the ways of war and repel the greenskin hordes of the Warlord Skarjaw or see Adrastapol ransacked by an ork menace that has blighted his lands for many years. His deeds during the war will see Markos become a hero, an inspiration to his fellow Knights, a legend that only he knows the truth of...
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It's the tale of a legendary Imperial Knight pilot recounting his first battle to two aspiring warriors. What more could you want?

Mylasa Yaygus is an enigma, her origins a mystery even to her master, the Inquisitor Covenant. She is the Maiden of the Dream, a psychic torturer and manipulator of consummate skill, but amongst her many lives and histories is there a mote of truth that reveals who she really is?
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As war engulfs the Perdus Reach sector, a strange destiny entwines Master Kalidian Axryus of the Dark Angels Space Marines and the eldar of Craftworld Kaelor. As they clash in battle, the seers of Kaelor realise that only the Dark Angels stand between them and horrific demise at the hands of servants of the Dark Gods. Read it because
The Dark Angels Space Marines wage war on the eldar of Craftworld Kaelor, while the eldar try to stave off a far greater threat. From Tales from the Dark Millenium.

Subterfuge and assassination bring this thrilling series to an end.

Despite the odds, the Imperium has triumphed. The orks have been defeated and the Great Beast is no more. Across the length and breadth of the galaxy, humankind celebrates its salvation, and relishes the prospect of a return of peace. But the war against the orks has riven the political bedrock of the Imperium, exposing its rotten core. One man, one powerful man, decides he has the solution, and launches a campaign of destruction so terrible that thousands of years later his actions will still be viewed with horror. And all the while, the true enemy watches and waits in the starless depths of space; an eternal evil that desires only to devour the souls of every living human soul in the galaxy.

Three superhuman warriors, humanity's last defence against the horror that stalks the warp... Three perspectives on the eternal battle against Chaos - in an all-new front of the war! Baltus, climbing the ranks of the Dark Angels and discovering shocking revelations at every turn. Interrogator Chaplain Altheous, preserving his chapter's secrets at all costs. And Inquisitor Sabbathiel and her warband, holding the Dark Angels to account, as heresey gnaws from within!

After a thousand years, violent warp storms have receded from the Calaphrax Cluster, and an ancient battlefront in the war against Chaos has again been opened to the universe. Now, multiple forces risk complete immolation to attack the sector, drawn by the lure of ancient relics, lost knowledge, and powerful megaweapons, buried for aeons. Chief among those forces, the fearsome Dark Angels, emerald-armored Space Marines, shock-troopers of the Emperor's Imperium and indomitable defenders of humanity. But Chaos stirs in the warp, and the Dark Angels will not be alone for long! Based in the universe of the ever-popular miniatures game, novels, and videogames, this new ongoing series is perfect for both the hardcore Warhammer 40,000 fan and the complete newcomer!

The Imperium’s attempts to defeat the ork menace seem doomed to failure; it is only a matter of time before the greenskins triumph, and mankind is wiped from the face of the galaxy. Yet there is some cause for hope – the psychic weakness of the orks has been discovered, and a few Sisters of Silence yet survive. Supported by the full military might and technology of the Adeptus Mechanicus, the Space Marines head to the orks’ home world one final time. This time there will be no retreat, no surrender. They must succeed… or die in the attempt.
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It's the penultimate instalment in The Beast Arises series and the stakes couldn't be higher… We'd love to say more, but it might spoil the massive events that have happened so far, and those still to come! Just read it and see for yourself.

A Warhammer 40,000 short story
On a troubled world, two rival cults serving very different masters battle for the right to reign supreme…
READ IT BECAUSE
It's a different sort of Warhammer 40,000 story, pitting two different enemies of the Imperium against one another for the fate of a world.
THE STORY
On the Imperial world of Redemption, scant years after the destruction of the resident order of Adeptus Sororitas, new powers are rising. The apparently benevolent cult of the Spiral Dawn tends to the sick and the infirm, even as they hide their own dark secrets from the Ecclesiarchy. Meanwhile, gangs following a brutal demagogue continue the work of the Ruinous Powers of Chaos. Now, their interests collide with the emergence of the Teller – a latent psyker hiding in the depths – and the two rival cults each strike out to claim her for themselves.

A Legends of the Dark Millennium novel
Members of a seemingly loyal cult devoted to the Emperor make a pilgrimage to the world on which their order began. But what they find there puts all they believe into question…
The galaxy is vast, and worship of the God-Emperor by His faithful takes many forms. The Spiral Dawn is one of the countless sanctioned sects of the Imperial Cult. As a gathering of Spiralytes make their holy pilgrimage to Redemption, the sect's world of origin and a shrine world of the Imperium, they find not a haven of enlightenment and introspection, but a soot-choked hellhole where their order's founders and an unorthodox regiment of Astra Militarum maintain an uneasy coexistence. As tensions between the serene congregation and the superstitious Guardsmen mount, the new arrivals begin to unravel the dark secrets concealed at the heart of their faith.
It's a typically thoughtful and bizarre tale from Peter Fehervari that exposes just how insidious and devastating Genestealer Cults can be.

The galaxy is vast, and worship of the God-Emperor by His faithful takes many forms. The Spiral Dawn is one of the countless sanctioned sects of the Imperial Cult. As a gathering of Spiralytes make their holy pilgrimage to Redemption, the sect's world of origin and a shrine world of the Imperium, they find not a haven of enlightenment and introspection, but a soot-choked hellhole where their order's founders and an unorthodox regiment of Astra Militarum maintain an uneasy coexistence. As tensions between the serene congregation and the superstitious Guardsmen mount, the new arrivals begin to unravel the dark secrets concealed at the heart of their faith.
Written by Peter Fehervari
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The attempt to hunt down and kill the orks’ leader has ended in catastrophe. The Imperium is reeling from the loss of so many beloved heroes, and the military forces of mankind have been reduced to tatters. Koorland now knows that brute force is not the answer – but how else can the orks be fought? In a radical move, he creates small, mixed Chapter units of Adeptus Astartes – compact teams that will hit the enemy hard and fast, and with deadly accuracy. With armour painted the black of mourning, the new strike teams become known as the Deathwatch. But will this be enough to tip the balance, or does the Imperium need to discover other new means to defeat the orks?
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It chronicles the birth of a beloved Warhammer 40,000 force and shows the Imperium in transition, finally learning from their mistakes in order to move forward to – hopefully – victory.

An Inquisition short story
When a murderous cultist inexplicably turns himself in to the Inquisition, his acolyte-interrogator seeks to learn the reason for the surrender.
Within every noble intention there lurks the potential for corruption, with every pious ideal the possibility of falling into darkness... When a murderous cultist inexplicably turns himself in to the Inquisition, his acolyte-interrogator seeks to learn the reason for the murderer's surrender but ends up receiving a very different lesson...
It's an unpredictable tale of darkness and deceit with a shocking twist.

As the ork menace ravages the galaxy, the Imperium faces its darkest hour. Its fleets are in ruins, its armies devastated – amongst them the noble Imperial Fists – and even a primarch of myth has fallen against the Beast. As brute force fails, Koorland resorts to increasingly desperate tactics against the greenskins. A final hope lies in deploying the controversial Deathwatch and the Sisters of Silence in a deft strike at the heart of the ork empire. As the situation grows more dire, Koorland must live up to the symbol he has become as the last son of Dorn or all of humanity will be doomed.
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It's the true turning point of The Beast Arises series, when everything changes. We won't say any more: just read it and see.

It is the manifest destiny of the Tau Empire to rule the stars. Guided by the principle of the Greater Good and driven by the orders of the mysterious ethereals, they conquer worlds, by words or force, and defend them by the might of the fire caste, noble warriors armed with advanced weaponry and powerful battlesuits. 'Shas'o' contains ten tales of the Tau Empire at war, featuring mighty battlesuits battling Imperial tanks, fire warrior snipers duelling with Space Marines and stories of some of the tau's greatest heroes, including Farsight, Shadowsun and Aun'Shi.
Read it because Get all sorts of insights into the way the tau Fire Caste wage war. Embittered snipers, tank-busting battlesuits, and some of the greatest heroes of the Empire all get their time in the spotlight. Plus two novellas showing the infamous Commander Farsight both from the tau perspective, and from that of mankind's Imperium.

In the 41st millennium, the past can be even more deadly than the present. The Horus Heresy may have happened ten thousand years ago, but the dark shadows of its history can never be fully excised. Inquisitor Eisenhorn travels to the world of Pallik, where, it is rumoured, a rare and ancient artefact from those terrible times has been put on sale. Eisenhorn and his team are plunged into a deadly game of cross and double-cross in a brand new story by the master of action-adventure fiction.
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Eisenhorn is back! And in a tale that mixes Dan Abnett's classic character with details from his Horus Heresy work.

While the Space Marines and the Imperial Guard fight the myriad alien enemies that seek to overwhelm mankind, the Inquisition pursues a different kind of war. For theirs is a war fought in the dark places of man’s soul – a battle against the corruption of Chaos, a battle for the survival of humanity. Inquisitor Covenant must hunt down the daemon at the heart of a planetary conspiracy, but how high a price will he and his team pay to defeat the evil, and are they even aware what the cost of success will be?
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Though he was introduced to the Warhammer 40,000 universe at the same time as Eisenhorn, there's never been fiction about Inquisitor Covenant... until now!

The Deathwatch stand apart. Chosen from among the finest warriors of the Adeptus Astartes, they are an elite and secretive force, wielding advanced weaponry to wage a shadow war against the myriad xenos predations assailing the Imperium of Mankind. When a resurging threat collides with a bitter foe on the fringes of the galaxy, annihilation comes to the Kurbynola System, poised to spread into the entirety of the Emperor’s domain. With the fate of humanity in the balance, Watch Captain Artemis leads the Deathwatch into battle against untold billions. It is a war that will teach Artemis the true meaning of duty in service to the Imperium, and the price that must be paid to preserve it. Read it becauseIt's the perfect primer for anyone wanting to know more about the Deathwatch. And if that wasn't enough, it features a character well known to long-term fans as the first Deathwatch member ever named, way back in the 'Inquisitor' miniatures game. A true blast from the past.

No constructs of man are more terrifying than the God-machines of the Adeptus Mechanicus. Where these mighty mechanical behemoths walk, worlds tremble – few enemies can withstand the firepower of a Warlord Titan. The Imperial plan to save the world of Khania from a tyranid invasion looks the Navy will destroy the hive ships, and the Legios will take a supporting role on the planet itself. But when the transports of the Adeptus Titanicus arrive, they find the Navy fleet has been annihilated, and they must take on the full brunt of the tyranid ground force, no matter the cost.
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We're used to seeing the Titan Legions supporting a larger Imperial army, but what do they do when they're alone, outnumbered, surrounded by xenos monstrosities?

The Imperium has be brought to the edge of extinction by an ork invasion of unprecedented scale and depth. Piecemeal strikes against the invaders prove ineffective - for every ork fleet destroyed, five more appear. The only solution is to find and kill the orks' warlord - the Great Beast. Surely if its leader is killed, the greenskins' empire will fall apart in agony of infighting and confusion. Lord Commander Koorland assembles a mighty army, but when they arrives on the orks home world, the forces of the Imperium discover they have disastrously underestimated the might and ingenuity of their enemy.
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A primarch, the last Imperial Fist and the biggest Imperial army since the Heresy walk into the ork homeworld… but it's no joke. This is the big one, and drama is guaranteed.

The world of Tallarn knows no peace in death. Loyal Imperial forces rise up in defiance of the Iron Warriors Legion, and the poisoned earth shakes beneath the treads of countless battle tanks and war machines. The traitor primarch Perturabo appears to be on borrowed time, with emissaries of the Warmaster and other, less visible agencies following his every move as the apparently senseless battle continues. But there is a reason for his stubborn commitment – a secret that has lain buried beneath the surface of Tallarn for millennia...
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A legend returns to the Imperium in its hour of need… if Koorland and his warriors can fight their way through an army of orks to reach him, that is.

The Imperium’s situation has never been more grim – an ork attack moon hangs over Terra, and ork armadas ravage human space. To make matters even worse, eldar strike at the heart of the Imperial Palace, forcing humanity’s defenders to fight on two fronts at once. Though it seems nothing can stop the orks – neither brute force, science, nor faith – an unlikely alliance in the furthest reaches of space uncovers the first clue how to defeat the greenskins. The Adeptus Astartes now face an almost impossible task: taking news of this discovery back to Terra through a galaxy teeming with orks.
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Mysteries abound as the eldar make their presence felt in the midst of humanity's war for survival. And fans of the Imperial Fists and Iron Warriors will be thrilled – or appalled – to see rivalries (sort of) put aside as loyalists and traitors work together against their common foe...

Paralysed by the continued ork invasion of Imperial space, the rulers of Terra continue to fight among themselves. Finally losing patience with the High Council, Koorland – the last surviving Imperial Fist – ousts the Lord Commander and seizes control. Elsewhere, the Fists Exemplar are forced by circumstance to fight alongside the Iron Warriors. Where will such an alliance lead – can a Traitor Legion ever be trusted?
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It's a turning point, in more ways than one, and introduces not only a potential solution to the ork problem the Imperium's experiencing, but a major new threat that they'll need to deal with as well...

Despite the Imperium’s best attempts to forestall the ork plague that is wreaking havoc in human space, an ork attack moon now hangs over Terra. As its malevolent presence gazes down at the Imperial Palace, terrified citizens run riot in the streets. In a last-ditch attempt to destroy the attack moon, a proletarian crusade is launched. Thousands of ships large and small head to the moon carrying billions of citizens, all eager to take the fight to the enemy. It seems the attack has a chance of success as the invasion force lands safely, but the orks have yet to spring their trap...
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The Imperium makes an audacious attempt to defend the Throneworld... and interesting things are happening elsewhere as well, as the Iron Warriors find themselves in the path of the orks, and the Imperial Fists' successor Chapters fall back on a plan left behind by Rogal Dorn himself... but just what are they up to and will the High Lords allow it?

Book 3 of The Beast Arises
The Imperial Navy cuts through the chaos on Terra and strikes back against the ork invaders, in a daring plan that could turn the tide of war against the greenskins.
As ork ships lay waste to world after world, heading inexorably towards Terra, Imperial citizens despair. The High Lords become desperate to prove that victory is possible, no matter the cost. A massive Navy fleet is assembled – their mission to make a definitive strike against the orks at Port Sanctus, an area of enemy-held space. But when the Imperial armada arrives, they find themselves outclassed and outmanoeuvred – can human courage and faith possibly prevail against such terrible odds?
It's the first attempt by the Imperium to make a definitive strike against the orks, and it creates a novel full of naval action, coupled with Inquisitorial action as a cadre of agents arrive on Terra to bring the High Lords into line…

A Legends of the Dark Millennium novel When Great Wolf Logan Grimnar vanishes, the Space Wolves embark on a mission to retrieve him – a mission that might see the end of the Chapter. A Great Hunt is over and the Space Wolves gather in the Fang to celebrate their victories and tell tall tales of their exploits. But one company has failed to return: that of the Great Wolf, Logan Grimnar. News of his death sends the Chapter on the hunt for the truth, with Ulrik the Slayer at their head. As they fight their way across the galaxy in search of their lord, the Space Wolves find a threat to the future of the Chapter itself. Written by Ben Counter, Steve Lyons, Rob Sanders and C L Werner This novel has been previously available in eight separate instalments, and as the Space Wolves Quick Reads subscription. The titles of the individual instalments were: Feast of Lies * *, The Caged Wolf * , Eye of the Dragon * , Dark City * *, The Darkness of Angels * , The Wolf Within * , Scent of a Traitor * ** and Wrath of the Wolf * **.

The hive world of Sarastus harbours many secrets, and now many fugitives from the Imperium as well – a rogue Adeptus Mechanicus priest has absconded with several xenos biologis samples, prompting the Inquisition to order an intervention by the Deathwatch. The Salamanders Firedrake Garran Branatar forms part of a specialist Terminator kill-team sent to delve into the darkness beneath Sarastus, bringing the flame and fury of his Chapter in equal measure. But Branatar brings with him the shadowed legacy of his own past as well...
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It's Terminators in a hive world, hunting a tech-priest, and the main character has a secret that could affect the mission.

After centuries of peace, the Imperium is thrown into panic as human worlds everywhere are menaced by orks. In a relentless tide of slaughter, ork attack moons destroy planet after planet with gravity weapons of unstoppable power. On Terra, the High Lords are paralysed by the scale of the threat, and fail to take any effective action. With entire Space Marine Chapters missing, or known to have been wiped out, does anyone have the will and the power to rise to the Imperium’s defence?
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It's a snapshot of the battles that rage across the Imperium as the orks attack in force. It also continues the story of the High Lords as they try to hold the Imperium together... as long as it suits their own interests, of course. And it introduces characters who're going to be very important to the future of the series... if they survive the battles to come.

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A Memory of Thirsts by Josh ReynoldsSeeking fresh resources for his experiments, Fabius Bile ventures to the Forge World of Quirk to trade with its ruler. Lady Spohr demands unusual tribute, however, and not only the deal but also Bile's very existence could be forfeit if he fails to please her.
Argent by Chris WrightInterrogator Luce Spinoza's hunt for a traitor brings her to Forfoda and into the company of the Imperial Fists. Unearthing a den of corruption, Spinoza learns what it means to fight alongside the Emperor's Angels and vows to prove herself worthy of this honour or die in the attempt.

Chaos is ascendant across the Mortal Realms. Though Sigmar's Stormcast Eternals battle valiantly to lift the taint of the Dark Gods, their pervasive touch corrupts all. Across the realms, servants of Chaos battle amongst themselves for power, glory, followers and the right to lead their armies against the celestial invaders. This collection contains twelve stories aabout champions of Chaos and those who stand against them.
Read it because You can see servants of each of the gods in action in a dozen tales of action and betrayal. From a servant of Tzeentch who underestimates a god not his own, to several stories about the lengths to which servants of Chaos will go to achieve daemonhood, this is a great look at the motivations of the followers of the Ruinous Powers.

A brand new Black Library event series begins! After a millennium of peace, the Imperium is beset by a brand new invasion. The Imperial Fists respond... and havoc ensues. The Beast has arisen, and the galaxy will burn.
It is the thirty-second millennium and the Imperium is at peace. The Traitor Legions of Chaos are but a distant memory and the many alien races that have long plagued mankind are held in check by the Space Marines. When a mission to exterminate one such xenos breed on the world of Ardamantua draws in more of their forces, the Imperial Fists abandon the walls of Terra for the first time in more than a thousand years. And when another, greater, foe strikes, even the heroic sons of Rogal Dorn may be powerless against it. The Beast Arises… and it is mighty.
It's the start of a brand new (and more epic than the most epic thing you can think of) event series from Black Library. It's a brand new story set in an unexplored era of Imperial history and as well as showing the entire Imperial Fists chapter in action against an ork invasion of staggering scale, it gives us a look at Terra itself, the machinations of the High Lords and the start of the Imperium's slide into the dystopian horror we all know and love. Also, did we mention orks? Lots of orks. Seriously, so many orks.

For ten thousand years, the massed armies of the Astra Militarum have defended the Imperium from the multitudinous horrors that seek to overwhelm it. With guns and tanks, determination and courage, these human soldiers fight across a thousand war zones, in a war that has no ending. This anthology showcases some of the most famous regiments of the Astra Militarum along with their charismatic commanders, heroes such as Commissar Yarrick and Colonel 'Iron Hand' Straken.
Read it because Commissar Yarrick, Colonel Straken and Lord Castellan Creed take centre stage in eight tales of the ordinary men and women of the Imperium's armies - including a trilogy of tales featuring Creed and his Cadian Eighth, leading up to the Battle of Tyrok Fields, where the general took command and forged his legend. See exactly what he did to earn the title of Lord Castellan as he saves Cadia from disaster and ruin.

Captain Uriel Ventris and his battle-brothers descend on the world of Sycorax to cleanse it of the ork menace that has plagued it for centuries. But when the battle goes awry and all contact is lost with his fellow captain, Fabian, Ventris and his warriors are pushed into a fighting retreat. As the greenskins slowly overrun the Ultramarines positions, hope of survival rests on Mount Shokereth. But a mystery surrounds this ancient edifice, a secret lain dormant for millennia.
Read it because Uriel Ventris returns! And in a way, this tale returns him to where he began in Nightbringer, as a new threat is revealed that may follow him into his future...

The oxide deserts of Arkunasha are red with spilt blood. The orks of Waaagh! Dok have invaded en masse, and the besieged tau settlers are on the edge of extinction. When the famous general O’Shoh arrives to shatter the greenskins at the head of a high-tech army of battlesuits, the tau expect an easy victory, but the battle-hungry orks outnumber the tau four hundred to one, and the planet’s vicious rust storms have a devilish appetite of their own. Can the rising star of the fire caste solve the riddle of Arkunasha’s haunted past before Dok Toofjaw’s monstrous cyborgs conquer the planet completely?
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It's one of Commander Farsight's defining battles – and features some audacious action sequences, including a vicious duel in a medical chamber that will make you look at Farsight in a whole different way. The story also has all sorts of hints to the origins of Farsight's famous companions, "the Eight"...

It is the manifest destiny of the Tau Empire to rule the stars. Guided by the principle of the Greater Good and driven by the orders of the mysterious ethereals, they conquer worlds, by words or force, and defend them by the might of the fire caste, noble warriors armed with advanced weaponry and powerful battlesuits. 'Shas'o' contains ten tales of the Tau Empire at war, featuring mighty battlesuits battling Imperial tanks, fire warrior snipers duelling with Space Marines and stories of some of the tau's greatest heroes, including Farsight, Shadowsun and Aun'Shi.
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Get all sorts of insights into the way the tau Fire Caste wage war. Embittered snipers, tank-busting battlesuits, and some of the greatest heroes of the Empire all get their time in the spotlight. And there's a brand new story with more twists and turns than a rollercoaster that will have you wondering just what the infamous Commander Farsight is up to...

The Raven Guard are Space Marines like no other. The sons of Corax fight their battles with stealth and speed rather than fury and flame. As shadows of death, they appear behind enemy lines and strike without mercy or restraint. Chaos engulfs the Sargassion Reach, and Captain Koryn's Raven Guard lead the fight against the pestilent forces of Nurgle. But they are not alone, the Brazen Minotaurs – led by the headstrong Captain Daed – aiding them in their mission. Can the two Chapters bring their wildly different tactics together to defeat the foe and save the Sargassion Reach from damnation?
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It gets into the heads of the Raven Guard like never before – and contrasts their sneaky, shadow-shrouded tactics with the bull-headed Brazen Minotaurs, especially in the novella 'The Unkindness of Ravens'. where both Chapters need to do their thing if they're going to break open a Chaos fortress and annihilate the gooey centre (literally: it's full of Nurgle worshippers and they tend to ooze...).

Across the galaxy, armies clash in epic battle, heroes forge legends through deeds both great and terrible, and entire worlds are at the mercy of conquerors and despots. It is against this backdrop of eternal war that these twenty-one tales of adventure and war unfold. From battlefields where legions of warriors bring the Emperor's vengeance to heathen xenos, to the darkness beneath worlds where inquisitors investigate the infernal, these stories show the breadth of conflict in the 41st millennium.
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It's 20 tales of action and carnage from the 41st millennium, and one from the Horus Heresy, packed full of adventure and excitement.

Witness the origin of a legend... When the Tau colony on Arkunasha is attacked by Warboss Gitbiter, a brutal war of attrition ensues. The Tau's only hope of survival is Shas'o Vior'la Kais Mont'yr. Originally dispatched to Arkunasha to train its Fire Warriors, the Shas'o must now teach them the true meaning of battle. Such is his prowess and ability during the conflict that he comes to be known by another name, shovah, meaning 'farsight'. Little do the Orks realise who they are truly up against.
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It's a glimpse into the early days of one of the greatest heroes of the Tau Empire, and just why he became so famous (before he fell from grace and became a byword for treachery, obviously).

Inquisitor Bronislaw Czevak – scholar, adventurer, fugitive. Since fleeing the fabled Black Library of the eldar with the Atlas Infernal, he has been hunted by xenos, heretic and sorcerer just as he once hunted them.Guided and protected by this ancient tome bound in human skin, he has now found his way to the daemon world of Nereus in search of a powerful Chaos artefact. With Ahriman and the Thousand Sons racing to claim it for themselves, Czevak must scour the colony of Perdition's Landing if he is to outwit his old enemeis... but might this bedraggled outpost hide an even darker secret of its own?
Read it because Inquisitor Czevak, never the friendliest of Imperial servants, forges a genuine connection with a human surviving on a Chaos-tainted world... That can't end well. A fascinating exploration of how life clings on and humanity adapts to the most dangerous of circumstances... though sometimes with a little help from higher powers.

The disciples of the Machine God, the Cult Mechanicus are on the front line of the Quest for Knowledge. Tech-priests lead their forces of augmented warriors and battle-automata into battle with the Omnissiah's foes in defence of His secrets. Magos-Explorator Omnid Torquora orchestrates war against the Iron Warriors for control of a long-lost forge world. With skitarii legions and maniples of battle-servitors and robots at his command - not to mention the mighty god-machines of the Titan Legions - victory is within his grasp until treachery threatens to end his dreams of conquest.
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Amazing scenes of action and all-out violence ensue as the augmented horrors of the Cult Mechanicus wage war on the massed legions of the Iron Warriors. Victory is within reach of Magos-Explorator Omnid Torquora - at least, until treachery encroaches on his dreams of conquest. Featuring an incredible cast of bizarre mechanical characters, this novel is a fantastic continuation of the story laid out in Adeptus Skitarius.

A quintet of Adeptus Mechanicus Quick Reads for the price of four. Vanguard, The Zheng Cipher, The Enigma of Flesh, Clade and Infinite Circuit in one eBook, to be uploaded immediately to your cortical implants. Tech-Priests diligently collect every scrap of ancient science - they're the ultimate hobbyists.
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The Adeptus Mechanicus are the engineer-mystics of the Imperium, seers of dataflow and gears. This collection has all of five of our new stories featuring the Lords of Mars and their venerable technologies, for the price of four.

An Adeptus Mechanicus short story
Sergeant Borhus and his Deathwatch kill-team are sent to claim a dangerous xenos artefact from their Adeptus Mechanicus allies. But a sub-sect of the Cult Mechanicus, headed by the deadly Electro-Priests, venerates the artefact and will stop at nothing to retrieve it.
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Deathwatch Space Marines are pitched into a deadly contest for an ancient relic with a cult of Electro-priests in this electrifying short story. The Inquisition demands that the artefact be quarantined - can the might of the Space Marines triumph against the roused wrath of the Omnissiah?
THE STORY
Sergeant Borhus and his Deathwatch kill-team are sent to claim a dangerous xenos artefact from their Adeptus Mechanicus allies, to be quarantined by the Inquisition. But a sub-sect of the Cult Mechanicus, headed by the deadly Electro-Priests, venerates the artefact as an example of the Machine God's will, and will stop at nothing to retrieve it. Borhus and his Space Marines face a battle they didn't expect and couldn't possibly have prepared for – and may not survive.

As the war for the forge world Velchanos Magna rages on, Tech-Priest Dominus Theronymous Gant hunts a Dark Mechanicum warlord across the blasted ruins. With a clade of mighty Kataphron Breachers at his side, he is ready to deal death to the traitorous tech-priest. But when his foe does the unthinkable, Gant and his Kataphrons find themselves facing an overwhelming force of mighty daemon engines bent on their destruction.
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Kataphron Breachers – mighty battle-servitors armed with the deadliest weapons the tech-priests can bless – take on twisted daemon engines in a battle to the death. What will prevail? Omnissiah-approved flesh and metal or warp-forged monstrosities?

The tyranids rampage across the world of Thain, their voracious alien hunger bringing death and destruction to all that they touch. A small force of Astra Militarum troopers from the Cadian 32nd regiment stand against them, but their time is numbered - until hope arrives in the form of a force of Adeptus Mechanicus, spearheaded by mighty Kastelan robots. But the robots may not enough to save the Cadians from annihilation – indeed, that may not even be why they are on Thain'
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A brand new Quick Read from Scribe-Servitor Clint Werner Sigma-63. The Cadian 32nd face annihilation at the claws of the tyranids. The arrival of a force of Adeptus Mechanicus Kastellan war robots offers salvation. But are the adepts of Mars really there to help?

On the world of Tevrat, Callidus Assassin Klara Rhasc stalks her prey, awaiting the moment to strike. But when her mark is murdered by a crazed Eversor Assassin, Rhasc embarks on a new kind of mission: to find and subdue her fellow operative. Following in his footsteps, Rhasc tries to think like the Eversor, but faces a new kind of danger – if she uses her chameleonic abilities to emulate the drug-fuelled killer, she risks losing herself and becoming like him. The hunt is on.
In this prequel to Assassinorum: Execution Force, two assassins go head to head in a hunt. When a Callidus Assassin must take on and subdue a psychopathic and drug fuelled Eversor, it’s a fight to the death – but only if she’s the one that loses.
Performed by: Robin Bowerman, Ian Brooker, Beth Chalmers, Jonathan Keeble and Tania Rodrigues
Running time: 75 mins
Sound design and music by Howard Carter
Produced by Black Library

As the mining world of Kotir-8 falls to the hive fleets of the monstrous alien tyranids, the arrival of a force of skitarii under Alpha Vanguard 6-Friest seems like an Omnissiah-sent miracle to the planet's battered survivors. But as the radiation-soaked skitarii vanguard hold off the tyranids, their true motives for arriving on Kotir-8 come into question. Are they there to save the people of the planet - or do their Adeptus Mechanicus overseers have something more sinister in mind?
Read it because As if the prospect of skitarii vanguard fighting against a tyranid horde wasn't enough, The Zheng Cipher also reveals the cold, calculating nature of the Adeptus Mechanicus and how the radiation-soaked vanguard can spell doom for enemy and ally alike.

The eldar are an ancient race brought low by their own actions. Nearly wiped out by a cataclysm that birthed the Chaos God Slaanesh, the entire existence of the Craftworld eldar is now based around avoiding the attentions of that predatory power, which they know as She Who Thirsts. Following a rigid system of Paths that keep them focused and prevent temptation from striking, the eldar are masters of their chosen arts of war, coming together in battle to form a symphony of death against which none can stand.
Read it because The eldar are the most capricious and fickle of all the races of the Imperium, attacking without cause or warning. These tales are an invaluable look into the various cultures of the eldar, exposing their customs and their ever-changing motives.

On the world of Phaedra, a force of skitarii - the front-line soldiers of the Adeptus Mechanicus - embark upon a dangerous to assault a stronghold of the xenos tau and recover a priority asset for their tech-priest master, Magos Caul. As they face the diminutive drones and hulking battlesuits of their alien foes in the jungles of the Dolorosa Coil, their target draws nearer. But just what is Objective Skysight, and why is it so important to the tech-priest?
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Ancient clashes with the cutting-edge as the Omnissiah's holy technology combats the soulless heathen tau. And a secret objective leads to more than the lead character, tech-priest Magos Caul, could ever have bargained for.

Darkness is rising on Achyllus Prime. Severin Drask, sorcerer lord of the Crimson Slaughter Chaos Space Marines, works to harness the power of the Temple of Shades and unleash a tide of daemons upon the Imperium. All that stands against him is an Execution Force of the Officio Assassinorum, four Imperial Assassins - Vindicare, Callidus, Eversor and Culexus -who must set aside their distrust and fight as one if they are to kill Drask and thwart his evil plan.

A discovery of ancient technology sends a skitarii legion, commanded by Alpha Primus Haldron-44 Stroika, into battle on a forge world overrun by Chaos. When a cataclysm cuts him off from his tech-priest overseers, Stroika must rally his forces and battle corrupt machines and Chaos Space Marines if he is to achieve victory.
Presented in a full-colour wrap-around dust jacket with foil finish, this strictly-limited edition is a must for anyone intrigued by the mysteries of the Adeptus Mechanicus.
Individually numbered from a print run of 1,000, it includes luxurious copper gilt-edging, an exclusive four-page colour section and a crimson marker ribbon.
This is a fantastic insight into the inner workings of the Adeptus Mechanicus, and a display of their resilience in the face of absolute disaster. Plus, cold, unfeeling cybernetic efficiency in battle against the merciless swirl of Chaos is always a recipe for action.

A discovery of ancient technology sends a skitarii legion, commanded by Alpha Primus Haldron-44 Stroika, into battle on a forge world overrun by Chaos. When a cataclysm cuts him off from his tech-priest overseers, Stroika must rally his forces and battle corrupt machines and Chaos Space Marines if he is to achieve victory.
Presented in a full-colour wrap-around dust jacket with foil finish, this strictly-limited edition is a must for anyone intrigued by the mysteries of the Adeptus Mechanicus.
Individually numbered from a print run of 1,000, it includes luxurious copper gilt-edging, an exclusive four-page colour section and a crimson marker ribbon.
This is a fantastic insight into the inner workings of the Adeptus Mechanicus, and a display of their resilience in the face of absolute disaster. Plus, cold, unfeeling cybernetic efficiency in battle against the merciless swirl of Chaos is always a recipe for action.

On the necron tomb world of Borsis, Overlord Turakhin, the world's complacent and introspective ruler, faces unrest. His vassals plot against him and even his sworn protectors show signs of disloyalty. As other tomb worlds rise to reclaim the lost necron empire, Turakhin's foes ally to unseat him and return Borsis to its full glory as the weapon of mass destruction known as the World Engine.
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This Quick Read prequels the World Engine novel, introducing the main necron characters, several of whom are quite mad. In fact, this particular necron Dynasty are unaware that their living flesh has been replaced with immortal metal, and the treacherous and deadly politics of the ancient necrontyr race continue unabated.

Across the galaxy, an ancient evil rises to reclaim the remnants of its shattered empire. The dread necrons are a race of un-living metallic warriors. Long ago, they traded their fragile mortal bodies for the promise of immortality, only to find that had sacrificed their souls for an eternity of damnation.
Read it because This collection of seven stories gives an overview into one of the deadliest emerging threats to the Imperium, and captures the true horror of this ancient alien menace. The necrons embody the very essence of the Warhammer 40,000 universe: a faded shadow of a once great and powerful empire, and an ancient evil that will surely play its part in mankind's extinction.

For millennia, the Shieldworlds of the Cryptus system have stood sentinel beneath the deadly stars of the Red Scar, defending the gateway to the Blood Angels home world. Now, an enemy has come who threaten to tear the Cryptus system apart and carry on to Baal itself – the monstrous tyranids of Hive Fleet Leviathan. The brave soldiers of the Astra Miltarum stand against them, shoulder to shoulder with the zealous warriors of the Adepta Sororitas, and on Baal the Blood Angels marshal their forces, commanded by one of their mightiest, Captain Karlaen – the Shield of Baal.
Read it because It's every story from the Shield of Baal campaign in one huge collection. As well as key tales from the war, involving the Blood Angels, Astra Militarum, necrons and, of course, the tyranids, there are other stories from across the galaxy showing the wider impact of the Leviathan's rise.

The deadly worlds of the Cryptus System, always beset by the gravitational and radioactive forces of their twin stars, have come under a new threat - the xenos might of the Tyranids. A tendril of Hive Fleet Leviathan has reached the Cryptus shield worlds. The Imperium musters its strength, for the aliens must be stopped here, as next in the Hive Fleet's path is the homeworld of the Blood Angels Space Marines, Baal itself.

As war rolls across the Cryptus System, Blood Angels Sergeant Jatiel and his squad are far from the fighting, standing sentinel over a dead world. Across the galaxy another threat rises as the necron overlord Anrakyr the Traveller seeks to awaken a tomb world - a goal that will ultimately lead him into the heart of the battle for the Cryptus shieldworlds and a desperate alliance with the sons of Sanguinius.
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The battle for the Cryptus systems reaches its climax as Xenos both newly spawned and incomprehensibly ancient clash. In this warzone, even the most bitter of rivalries are set aside in the face of utter destruction.The necrons make great antagonists, but here we have one of only a handful of titles where we see war from the perspective of these ancient warriors.

The Blood Angels and necrons, locked in a long and bitter war for the fate of the Gehenna system, are both endangered by the arrival of the monstrous tyranids. When the Silent King himself makes overtures of alliance, Commander Dante of the Blood Angels enacts a dangerous plan that could rid the Imperium of the Silent King forever - but when the two leaders meet at Devil's Crag, everything changes.
Read it because One of Warhammer 40,000's great mysteries is explored. Why did The Blood Angels ally with the ancient evil of the necrons at Devil's Crag? And maybe more to the point, why didn't the tireless aliens turn on the Space Marines when the battle was won? This story may have the answers.

The Blood Angels call for aid, and the Flesh Tearers answer, but Gabriel Seth's warriors are already engaged in battle against traitorous cultists on the dark world of Nekkaris. As Seth and Chaplain Appollus prepare to leave for the Cryptus system, Sergeant Eschiros and his Scout squad fight behind enemy lines, unaware of the almighty sacrifice they may soon have to make...
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The Flesh Tearers are thought of as savage butchers (and there's a bit of that in this book, admittedly) , but this story reveals a deep loyalty and nobility hidden beneath the mask of rage – a link back to their origins on ancient Baal.

The sons of Sanguinius land upon Phodia, commanded by First Captain Karlaen, the Shield of Baal. Their mission is to find and secure the planetary governor, whose blood may hold the key to curing the twin curses of the the Red Thirst and the Black Rage. But the Spawn of Cryptus, a sinister tyranid creature, is also seeking the governor, and Karlaen stands in its way
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The sons of Sanguinius land upon Phodia, commanded by First Captain Karlaen, the Shield of Baal. Their mission is to find and secure the planetary governor, whose blood may hold the key to curing the twin curses of the the Red Thirst and the Black Rage.

A lone Grey Knight awakens on a devastated world. As a long night progresses, he finds himself in the midst of a vicious war between daemons and tyranids. Trapped between these deadly foes, he salvages a Dreadknight warsuit from a fallen comrade and heads in search of Salvation - but just what is Salvation?
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The Nemesis Dreadknight is the most powerful and awe-inspiring weapon in the entire arsenal of the Grey Knights. Caught in the midst of a war between swarms of alien tyranids and hordes of daemons, a lone Grey Knight dons this mighty armature to fight his way across a hell-spawned landscape, through greater daemons and hive tyrants, to reach his 'salvation'.

Far from the war-torn Cryptus system, the shadow of the Leviathan falls on a world under the protection of the Ultramarines. As his warriors lead a desperate rearguard to allow the world's citizens to evacuate, Chief Librarian Tigurius tackles a monstrous new presence - a beast whose psychic powers threaten to overwhelm even him. Can he survive his first encounter with this creature, or will he be lost to the might of the hive mind?
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The Ultramarines are no strangers to fighting the tyranids, having suffered brutally at the claws of the galaxy's first hive fleet invasion. In this story, Chief Librarian Tigurius witnesses first hand the true scale of the malign intelligence that lurks at the core of the Hive Mind.

The deadly worlds of the Cryptus System, always beset by the gravitational and radioactive forces of their twin stars, have come under a new threat - the xenos might of the tyranids. A tendril of Hive Fleet Leviathan has reached the Cryptus shieldworlds. The Imperium musters its strength, for the aliens must be stopped here, as next in the hive fleet's path is the home world of the Blood Angels Space Marines, Baal itself. On the world of Lysios, as the valiant Adepta Sororitas defend the planet against the creatures of the Leviathan, a platoon of Tempestus Scions, the Imperium's elite storm troopers, are seconded to the service of the mysterious Inquisitor Ulrich to perform a dangerous - and vital - to capture a unique tyranid bioform from the treacherous tidal swell of Lysios - even if it costs Tempestor Chavis and his men their lives.
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The elite warriors of the Militarum Tempestus take on the xenos hordes of the tyranids in the finest tradition of man versus alien. This book also demonstrates some of the tensions that exist between the various arms of the Imperium, none of whom see eye to eye, but all of which must unite against the onslaught of Hive Fleet Leviathan.

Amidst the toxic ash wastes of Mars, the spiker-for-hire Adept Hydraq is tasked to infiltrate the mighty Basiri forge complex and steal data from its tech-priest overlord. As Hydraq and his team of spikers and infocytes pull off their daring heist, he discovers that his haul is far more dangerous than he could have imagined, and puts him in the greatest peril he has ever known.
Read it because It's pretty much the Adeptus Mechanicus equivalent of a heist story, with a cast of cool, memorable characters and a thrilling, edge-of-the-seat plot that will have you gripped to the very last word.

Beyond the edges of the galaxy, Archmagos Kotov's great voyage is over. He has achieved his goal - to find the resting place of the long-lost Vettius Telok. But Telok yet lives, and as the brave explorators of Kotov's fleet marvel at the wonders laid before them, darker plans unfold. As reality itself is threatened by impossible technologies from the dawn of time, it falls to a small group of heroes to thwart an insane plan that could see the entire universe annihilated.
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The terrible secret that has haunted the series is revealed, and it sheds new light on the Adeptus Mechanicus's eternal mission to retrieve technology, no matter the cost…

Aun'shi, hero of the Tau Empire is on the hunt for the renegade Commander Farsight. Exploring the artefact world of Arthas Moloch where the traitor last fought for the Empire, Aun'shi and his party are ambushed by vicious alien eldar. Captured and taken to the nightmare realm of Commorragh, Aun'shi's prowess in combat makes him the star of his captor's arena shows - but when the Ethereal decides he no longer wishes to fight, everything changes.

The Red Waaagh! sweeps across the Knight world of Alaric Prime, and Guardsmen die by the thousands to the brutality of the orks - but the tide is about to turn. It is the Hour of the Wolf, and the sons of Fenris have arrived to bring the wrath of the Allfather to the savage greenskins. At the pinnacle of the Sacred Mountain, a small pack of Space Wolves, led by the Rune Priest Ulli Iceclaw, are assigned to destroy an ork facility manufacturing aircraft to bring terror and death to the battlefields below. Cut off from his brothers and faced with insurmountable odds, Ulli must face his nightmares in order to achieve his goal.
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It's a thrilling prequel to the events of the Warhammer 40,000 campaign book Hour of the Wolf, showing the adventures of a squad of Space Wolves assigned to a seemingly easy duty…

The elite daemon-hunting Grey Knights arrive at the world of Squire's Rest, their prognostications showing that a daemonic presence will soon erupt upon the quiet planet. But their careful plans are disrupted by another threat - the Red Waaagh! that engulfs the Sanctus Reach has come to Squire's Rest. As the Grey Knights engage the savage orks, they find that their very presence may have set events in motion that will drown the world in Chaos.
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Lurking beneath the seeming greenskin menace of the Red Waaagh! is something deeper and darker… something only the Grey Knights can handle. A fascinating look at the interplay between the warp and other threats, and between the Grey Knights and Inquisition.

An ork horde descends on the hive world of Ghul Jensen. As the Imperial defenders prepare the planet’s defences, an inquisitor of the Ordo Xenos takes this opportunity to carry out the secret mission with which he has been tasked – a mission that will decide the fate of Hive Jensen and the world…

As the defenders of Ghul Jensen prepare for an inevitable Ork onslaught, an enemy lurks within that may doom their defence before it ever starts. In the spires of Hive Vinter, a cult has sprung up, worshipping the greenskins and their savage deities. If the traitorous denizens of the hive can link up with the main ork advance, Ghul Jensen will be doomed. There is only one answer, one way to end the threat with a single the death of the cult's leader at the hands of an Imperial Assassin.
Read it because Rebellion has brought Hive Vinter to the brink of destruction. There is only one answer, one way to end the threat with a single the death of the rebellious cult’s leader at the hands of an Imperial Assassin.

As the Red Waaagh! engulfs the Sanctus Reach, orks flock to Warlord Grukk's banner, Big Mek Uggrim and his Red Sunz among them. But even with plenty of humans to kill, the orks can't help fighting amongst themselves, encouraged by the psychotically unstable Grukk. The Red Sunz soon finds themselves having to contend with the attentions of Mogrok, another Big Mek who covets Uggrim's creations. Beset by conflict with the Imperium, their rivals and each other, the Red Sunz prepare for the fight of their lives.
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The Red Waaagh! descends on the world of Alaric Prime, intent on plunging the sector into war. The beleaguered Imperial forces of the planet prepare to sell their lives dearly to drive back the alien tide.

The Red Waaagh! sweeps across the Imperium, and none can stand against it - not even the Space Marines. For millennia, the Obsidian Glaives have defended their home world of Obstiria, but now their fortress-monastery itself - the mighty Penumbral Spike - comes under assault from Warboss Grukk's forces. As the orks swarm through the corridors of the ancient edifice, the Masters of the Obsidian Glaives open the vaults and unleash all the Chapter's Dreadnoughts in a last-ditch attempt to drive the greenskins from their world.
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The Red Waaagh! descends on the world of Alaric Prime, intent on plunging the sector into war.The beleaguered Imperial forces of the planet prepare to sell their lives dearly to drive back the alien tide.

The Red Waaagh! has brought the Obsidian Glaives to their knees. Chapter Master Midnias gathers his remaining forces and sallies out to make one final attempt to save his brothers - by killing Warlord Grukk himself. As battle rages and the two great heroes are drawn together, both know that only one will walk away - and with the fate of his Chapter in the balance, Midnias knows that it must be him.
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The Red Waaagh! descends on the world of Alaric Prime, intent on plunging the sector into war.The beleaguered Imperial forces of the planet prepare to sell their lives dearly to drive back the alien tide.

Sanctus Reach
The Red Waaagh! descends on the world of Alaric Prime, intent on plunging the sector into war. The beleaguered Imperial forces of the planet prepare to sell their lives dearly to drive back the alien tide.
The Story
The Red Waaagh! has fallen on Alaric Prime and the mekboys are working on Big Mek Mogrok’s cunning and brutal plan – to pull a comet from space with the massive and dangerous ‘Klaw of Mork’ and bring it down on the heads of the world’s human defenders. But when the humans fight back, Uggrim and Snikgob, two mekboys of the Red Suns tribe, see a chance to finish a conflict with an old rival and take advantage of the human attack to exact revenge... even at the cost of the Klaw of Mork.

The last survivors of their company, the battered remnants of the Cadian 267th trek across the deadly toxic deserts of Sanzu in search of salvation. Taking shelter in a damaged Adeptus Mechanicus facility, they think they have found a place to await reinforcements – but something lurks in the darkness, something large and dangerous and determined to kill every last Imperial Guardsman. The Morkanaut awaits...
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It's an old-fashioned haunted house story – it's just that the house is an abandoned Adeptus Mechanicus factory and the ghost is a huge (and deadly) ork war machine. There's even a madman in the attic (well, the control room)...

Lucan Vaughn and his Inquisition task force, veterans of a hundred battles, descend upon the world of Rand XXI on a mission to seize an important asset for their mysterious master. But this mission will bring them into conflict with another branch of the Imperium, for their target is a captive of the Adepta Sororitas, the pious Sisters of Battle. Infiltrating a convent-prison, Vaughn and his team must struggle with the idea of fighting other servants of the Emperor if they are to survive and achieve their goal.

Long ago defiled by the Imperium of Man, the eldar maiden world of Dûriel was once a glittering jewel in the crown of the Valedor System. As the tyranids of Hive Fleet Leviathan sweep through the sector consuming everything in their path, wayward Prince Yriel of Iyanden discovers that the farseers have inadvertently brought a greater threat to bear – a fragment of Hive Fleet Kraken, hurled into the warp in order to save the craftworld, has returned. The tyranid fleets cannot be allowed to combine, or their genetic legacies will merge into something even more terrible. Alongside allied forces from Craftworld Biel-Tan and even the dark eldar of Commorragh, Yriel has no choice but to fight on to the bitter end...
A 334 page hardback Apocalypse novel by Guy Haley. Includes internal colour section featuring maps, character profiles and more.

Hive Fleet Leviathan - billions upon billions of ravenous creatures intent on devouring every scrap of life in the galaxy. In its path is the Valedor system, five Imperial worlds zealously guarded by the Crimson Castellans Space Marines Chapter. As the planets are razed one by one, only Ector remains defiant. Faced with foes beyond number, the Crimson Castellans are confronted with an impossible dilemma - fight to the last as honour demands, or retreat to safeguard the future of their Chapter.

As the Tyrannic Wars sweep across the face of the Eastern Fringe, Cain and Jurgen find themselves on the jungle moon of a gas giant, fighting off a splinter fleet. The world is uninhabited, but must be protected to prevent the tyranid advance threatening several nearby systems. The situation goes from bad to worse when Cain and the Catachans run into a force of insidious xenos, and the two factions are thrown into a temporary alliance purely to survive. Can Cain defeat the tyranids and survive the deadly intentions of their dark allies? Only time can tell!
A Ciaphas Cain audio drama by Sandy Mitchell.Performed by Jonathan Keeble, Harriet Kershaw, Angus King, and Toby Longworth.Directed by Christian Dunn. Music composed by Jamie Robertson.
Running time approximately 75 minutes.

Inquisitor Amberley Vail, best known for chronicling the escapades of Commissar Ciaphas Cain, follows the trail of smugglers of alien technology, and finds herself in the middle of something much bigger. An artefact of an ancient race leads Inquisitor Vail and her warband into the depths of an underhive, where more than just mutants and gangers lurk in the darkness. Will Vail survive to tell Commissar Cain about this adventure?
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Inquisitor Vail has been a supporting character in loads of Ciaphas Cain tales (in fact, she’s the one who adds the sarcastic footnotes), but this is your first chance to see her in action as the star of the story.

In the wake of an apocalyptic war against the alien tau, the White Scars take to their bikes and hunt the fleeing commander of the xenos forces across the plains of Voltoris. As they chase down their quarry, the Brotherhood of the Running Star begin to realise one inescapable truth: that this will be their final hunt. But if Suljuq Khan and Stormseer Checheg are to die this day, they will ensure that they take the alien Shadowsun into oblivion with them...
An Apocalypse audio drama by Joe Parrino. Approximate running time 75 minutes. Download includes bonus material with original script, maps, images and more.

The battle for Voltoris has been won, but the war for the Damocles Gulf grinds on, world after world falling to the sinister tau ideal of the Greater Good. Despatched to the planet of Sarej in the company of a secretive and untrustworthy inquisitor, Sergeant Talow of the Raven Guard fights a shadow war as he struggles to expose a traitor to the Imperium and stop the world from turning from the Emperor’s light. As the tau influence over Sarej grows, Talow and his squad find themselves cut off from support with danger looming on all sides.
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An Apocalypse short story from the Damocles War Zone by Joe Parrino.

A lone t'au sniper takes on a full Imperial tank column, aided only by his loyal drones and emboldened by his warrior code. This is true insight into the T'au strategy of the patient hunter – the Kauyon.
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Kal'va is a broken warrior, the lone survivor of a pathfinder team. Engaged with human forces, he is consumed with thoughts of revenge. But as he lures the humans into a trap that will lead to their destruction, can he remain true to the principles of his warrior code?

The swarms of Hive Fleet Hydra descend upon the world of Vondrak, and the Knights of Cadmus answer the call to war. Baron Roland of Cadmus seeks to throw off the yoke of Adeptus Mechanicus control, but the lords of the Red Planet do not easily relinquish their vassals, and they will do anything to ensure that Cadmus remains bound to Mars. With the fate of Vondrak at stake and the designs of a feared Martian adept upon them, can the Knights of the Imperium survive long enough to repel the hated xenos?
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Massive Imperial war machines battle equally massive tyranid monstrosities for the fate of a world. But there's even more at stake, as the Adeptus Mechanicus try to seize control of the destiny of a Knight World. Huge battles, giant robots and oodles of intrigue. What more could you want?

In the grim darkness of the far future, the noble forces of the Space Marines stand as mankind’s last and greatest line of defence against the alien, the mutant and the heretic. But even these transhuman warriors are not wholly immune to the whispered promises of Chaos, and it is a tragic fact that many have turned their backs upon their former Chapter-brothers, over the centuries. Some seek out personal glory, others desire ever greater power, while a dark and twisted few swear themselves to the eternal pursuit of vengeance for some ancient wrong…
30,000 word hardback anthology
Only 2000 copies printed worldwide
Renegades of the Dark Millennium features nine short tales of Space Marine renegades by Aaron Dembski-Bowden, John French, Nick Kyme, Graham McNeill, Rob Sanders, Gav Thorpe and more. This anthology also contains exclusive extracts from the forthcoming novels The Talon of Horus and Ahriman: Sorcerer.

Two centuries ago, the Imperium of Man and the upstart Tau Empire fought to a standstill in the Damocles Gulf. Now, as the 41st millennium draws to a close, the tau have returned. As the world of Agrellan falls under attack, the White Scars and Raven Guard rush to its defence, but with the skilled Commander Shadowsun leading the alien forces, the Space Marines and their allies are hard pressed. Kor’sarro Khan, Huntmaster of the White Scars, swears that he will win the day in the most direct way possible – by taking Shadowsun’s head.
Gathered within this volume are four novellas that focus on the events of the second Damocles Gulf Crusade. This book contains:
Blood Oath by Phil KellyBroken Sword by Guy HaleyBlack Leviathan by Ben CounterHunter’s Snare by Josh Reynolds

Blood Runs. Anger Rises. Death Wakes. War Calls. The eldar of Craftworld Biel-Tan go to war, amongst them the warrior-women of the Howling Banshees. Exarch Clyona and her sisters of the Deathly Wail shrine are hurled into battle with the servants of the Blood God in the depths of an abandoned and Chaos-tainted craftworld. At stake is nothing less than the survival of Biel-Tan itself. Can the Howling Banshees defeat the daemons and save their home, or will they be claimed by death?
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You wouldn't want to get in a fight with Exarch Clyona and her deadly Banshee sisters. Their Banshee masks have sense warping powers that can liquefy unsuspecting foes. And the setting for their battle is like no other, the depths of a dead craftworld.

In a deep, dark cell beneath an Inquisitorial fortress sits a most singular prisoner. Tasked with the interrogation of this heretic, Wodin Grime, acolyte of the great Inquisitor Neit, sets about his task with zeal and vigour. But as he speaks with the traitor, doubts begin to settle in Grime's mind, about himself, the prisoner and, worst of all, the loyalty of his master. But can the interrogator really trust the Space Marine who calls himself Alpharius?
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It’s an inquisitor vs Alpharius. Or is it? Nothing is certain when you’re dealing with the primarch of the XX Legion (after all, isn’t he supposed to be dead?) and it seems likely that thing

A limited edition book with many short stories set in the time of legends, warhammer 40k and horus heresy.

War and death are the only constants in life, be it on the plague-choked streets of an Empire town, in the depths of the Age of Darkness or on the battlefields of the 41st millennium. This collection brings together six tales of death and war. As the Black Plague sweeps the Old World, the last survivor of a town finds himself in conflict with monstrous ratmen. On Luna, Garviel Loken considers his fate as the Horus Heresy rages. Commissar Yarrick leads his forces against the foes of the Imperium, as does a Chaplain of the Flesh Tearers – but with very different purposes. And the Necrons rise, as Flayed Ones prey on the citizens of a ravaged world, and the lords of Borsis plan a coup against their soulless overlord. Includes stories by Graham McNeill, David Annandale and C L Werner.
30,000 word hardback anthologyOnly 1500 copies printed worldwide
Includes six stories from Warhammer 40,000, The Horus Heresy and Warhammer:
LUNA MENDAX by Graham McNeillRecuperating on Luna after being plucked from the blasted wastelands of Isstvan III, Garviel Loken receives a visit from a most unexpected soul...
THE WRECKAGE by David AnnandaleBattling traitors on the world of Aionos, Commissar Yarrick and the 252nd Armageddon Steel Legion find themselves assailed by an altogether different foe...
THE LORDS OF BORSIS by L J GouldingThe complacent Overlord Turakhin of Borsis faces unrest. His vassals plot against him and his protectors show signs of disloyalty. Can he overcome this and retain his throne?
THE LAST MAN by C L WernerAs the Black Plague sweeps through the Empire, the town of Wartenhof becomes the site of a deadly game of cat and mouse... Or should that be rat and human?
DEATH'S SHEPHERD by Andy SmillieAmidst the shattered remains of a war-torn world, a force of Imperial Guardsmen are honed into a weapon by a black-clad, skull-masked warrior of the Flesh Tearers.
FLAYED by Cavan ScottAs the mysterious Flayers stalk the streets of a ravaged world, a brother and sister struggle to survive. But their saviours may be even more dangerous than their alien enemies.

In the Pandorax System, on the death world of Pythos, an ancient secret that has laid buried for millennia has been unearthed... Ignorant of this terror, troopers of the Catachan 183rd, stranded on Pythos and under the command of Colonel 'Death' Strike, find themselves under attack by the forces of Chaos. Daemons in their thousands flock the sky, and none other than Warmaster Abaddon leads the attack. With the Death Guard and Black Legion arrayed against them, the Catachans appear to be doomed, until salvation arrives in the form of the entire Dark Angels Chapter, led by Master Azrael and a host of heroes. But what is the so-called 'Damnation Cache'? What secrets does it harbour and why has it also attracted the attention of the daemon-hunting Grey Knights?
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As well as being one of the most brutal conflicts of the Warhammer 40,000 settings, Pandorax also features some of the 41st Millennium's most recognisable heroes and villains, such as Azrael of the Dark Angels, Grand Master Draigo of the Grey Knights, Colonel Iron Hand Straken of Catachans and even Warmaster Abaddon of the Black Legion. Horus Heresy fans will also find links to the novel The Damnation of Pythos set a full 10,000 years earlier. Finally, there's loveable Jokaero space-ape that drives a tank. That's got to be worth a read?

As war rages in the Pandorax system, the Imperial battleship Revenge comes under attack by the dread forces of Chaos. As warriors of the Black Legion rampage through the venerable craft, Supreme Grand Master Azrael leads the First Company of the Dark Angels - the elite Deathwing - onto the vessel to eliminate the enemy. Separated from his men, Azrael finds himself trapped in the lower decks with only a tech-priest for company and one of the galaxy's most fearsome warriors hunting him: the infamous Khârn the Betrayer.
An Apocalypse audio drama by C Z Dunn, performed by Gareth Armstrong, Tim Bentinck, Clare Corbett, Chris Fairbank and Luke Thompson. Approximate running time 75 minutes. Includes bonus disc with original script, maps, images and more.

For many long years, the Angels Resplendent protected humanity in the Emperor’s name. But they are no longer resplendent, their purity and zeal turned inwards. Now the Angels Penitent, they are ruled by the Crown of Thorns, who punish any brother who dares to break their edicts. As Brother Montaig considers just such an act, he wonders how bad the punishment could be…
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A 1,000 word Angels Penitent short story by Peter Fehervari.

Pursued by vengeful eldar, Magos Kotov’s Explorator armada heads into a newly revealed area of space in pursuit of ancient secrets. As the Adeptus Mechanicus forces and Black Templars Space Marines tackle the twin threats of the wrathful aliens and insurrection aboard the fleet, a greater danger reveals itself...
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It's a dramatic continuation of the tale from 'Priests of Mars', exploring science fiction ideas and human conflicts within the framework of a Warhammer 40,000 action-adventure drama.

As war rages across an airless moon, the occupants of a high security prison situated upon that forbidding planetoid stage a daring jailbreak. Drax - a fomer Imperial Guard tank driver turned psychopathic killer - joins forces with guards and fellow prisoners alike to evade the ancient menace of the necrons and escape from the facility - but with the metal monstrosities battling Space Marines on the surface of the moon, can any of them escape unscathed?

A deadly threat lurks above the prison moon of Ixus IX... But what dwells on the surface of the airless planetoid may be deadlier still. As the Bloodlords Chaos Space Marines fall upon Ixus, intent upon slaughtering the prison inmates to fuel the hideous daemonic power of a Lord of Skulls and bring glory to the Blood God, they find a very different foe, one with no flesh to rend or blood to spill...
ABOUT THIS EDITION
An Apocalypse short story by David Guymer.

Deep in the jungles of Garbax World stands an idol of rust-streaked steel, a mighty effigy of the greatest of all gods, Mork (or is it Gork?). Worshipped by the local greenskins, under the guidance of Boss Grabskab, it is a mighty symbol of what it means to be an ork. Of course, it would be even more mighty if it worked… Grabskab is determined to fix the idol and conquer all the tribes of Garbax World. That’s what Stompas are for, after all…

Honoured Lieutenant Bannick finds himself back in command of a super-heavy Baneblade - one of the mightiest tanks in the Imperial arsenal. Together with the surviving members of the original Mars Triumphant crew, Meggan and Epperaliant, he is seconded to an Inquisitorial expedition on the ravaged planet of Agritha. Will they be able to set aside their personal differences long enough to face the threat of shadowy xenos raiders?

In the long war against the forces of Chaos on an Imperial world, an agent of the Inquisition must be extracted from enemy territory with vital information: the identity of a traitor within the Imperial ranks, an insidious infiltrator of the Alpha Legion. As he flees from those who would keep his secret to themselves, the agent little realises that the greatest danger may be ahead of him.
This story was originally published in Hammer and Bolter: Issue 4.

Indiscriminate in their destruction, the tyranid host consumes all in its path, sparing nothing and brooking no parley. The exodite world of Ephraeleon will be the next to fall, its people unprepared and undefended, but for Eldar Ranger Una Belphoebe the fate of the planet means nothing compared to the love of her prince. With the chitinous horde already descending on the jungles of Ephraeleon has her desperate rescue come too late?
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The eldar aren't the most compassionate of aliens at the best of times, but with their entire race facing extinction, one group of rangers is faced with a terrible decision: the death of a world or the extinction of their species. It's also one of the few times in Black Library's fiction where we get to explore one of the deadly dinosaur-infested exodite worlds of the ancient eldar empire.

The hunt has begun. On the gue'la world of Halfus, Shas'vre Fal'shia Bas'reh Valel pilots his Riptide battlesuit against the might of an Adeptus Mechanicus armoured division. With over fifty battle tanks of the Imperium seeking his destruction, the odds are not in Vre'Valel's favour. But the Riptide is the pinnacle of tau technology and Vre'Valel is a master of the kauyon - the doctrine of the Patient Hunter. Victory will be his, for the Greater Good.
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A brand new Tau Empire short story by Joe Parrino, featuring the Riptide Battlesuit.

Commander Shadowsun, child of the famed Kiru and protégé of the legendary Commander Puretide, is destined to lead the next phase of the Tau Empire's expansion' if she can survive the trials before her. Crash-landed on an enemy-held planet, with foes all around and a seemingly impossible mission to complete Shadowsun is determined to achieve victory, even at the cost of her life. But when she receives a message that tears her world apart, Shadowsun must make a choice unthinkable to most to abandon her duty for the sake of family, or continue to fight for the Greater Good.

The new hardback Ciaphas Cain adventure
When the world of Quadravidia comes under attack by the insidious tau, only one man can defeat the aliens and save the planet in the Emperor’s the legendary Hero of the Imperium, Commissar Ciaphas Cain. When the aliens call for a ceasefire, Cain expects the worst, and his fears are answered in the form of the dread menace of the tyranids. As a hive fleet approaches Quadravidia, Cain must try to forge an alliance between the Imperium and the tau – but can he truly trust the inscrutable xenos?

Jhi'kaara, pathfinder of the Tau fire caste, reflects upon the events and battles that have shaped her life and given her the meaning of her name: broken mirror.

Taking a little rest and relaxation in the company of Inquisitor Vail, the renowned Hero of the Imperium Commissar Ciaphas Cain finds himself beset by thugs intent on killing them both..
"The Little Things" is an utterly charming tale that fully evokes the dark future of Warhammer 40,000 whilst remaining entertainingly tongue-in-cheek. – Ray Harrison

An outbreak of violence at an Inquisitorial conclave throws Gregor Eisenhorn into a deadly confrontation with a malevolent psyker - and an even deadlier one with his old friend Gideon Ravenor.
An Eisenhorn vs Ravenor short story by Dan Abnett. This story was originally published in the Black Library Games Day Anthology 2012.

Mixed up in an unpleasant business deal on the backwater world of Quag, Rogue Trader Brielle Gerrit must resort to extreme measures to get out of trouble – deadly trouble.

Legend tells of a foolhardy expedition, led by the radical Magos Telok, which ventured out into the unknown space beyond the Halo Worlds in search of the 'Breath of the Gods' - an arcane device with the power to unmake and reshape the very stars themselves. Thousands of years later, the ambitious Lexell Kotov musters his Adeptus Mechanicus Explorator fleet and sets out to follow in mad old Telok's footsteps. With the might of the Imperial Guard and the Space Marines to augment his own forces, he searches for the hidden clues which will lead him to greatest power that the galaxy has ever known. But who knows what ancient perils may yet lie outside the Imperium and the dominion of mankind?
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It's a novel like nothing else from Black Library. Graham McNeill crafts a tale that only he could tell, beginning a mind-bending saga of the Adeptus Mechanicus, Chaos and more besides.

Another mission to purge the worlds of the Imperium of the followers of Chaos ends in success, thanks to the inspired leadership of Commissar Cain. Realising it's time to reward his master with a hot cup of recaff, Jurgen, his faithful servant, heads off to seek refreshment, but finds rather more than he bargained for in the heart of the defeated cultists' stronghold.
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A short but sweet little tale that thrusts Commissar Cain's malodorous sidekick into the limelight as he faces the last holdouts of a Chaos occupation all by himself...

From the ork-infested heights of Kill Hill to the rolling plains of Sigmar’s Empire, Black Library brings you a special collection of fifteen short stories. Featuring contributions from some of Black Library’s best-loved authors – including Dan Abnett, Graham McNeill and Aaron Dembski-Bowden – and exciting new talents like David Guymer, Laurie Goulding and David Annandale, this collection is the ultimate celebration of Black Library’s first fifteen years. Filled with Space Marines, skaven, assassins and much more, the Fifteenth Birthday Collection is not to be missed.

An exclusive Black Library product to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Warhammer 40,000.

Commissar Cain returns to an icy planet to crush a new wave of ork attacks, but inadvertently disturbs a far greater threat which has lain frozen and dormant for centuries in a new hardcover edition.
Imperial commissar Ciaphas Cain returns to Nusquam Fundumentibus to crush the ork attacks which have been plaguing the frozen planet. But when his ship crashes into the wastelands outside the capital it disturbs a far greater enemy, one which has lain dormant under the permafrost since long before the Imperium came to this world, and could now threaten the whole sector. Faced with ongoing greenskin raids and keeping an over-enthusiastic novice commissar under control, Cain must rally his men and confront whatever emerges from beneath the rapidly melting ice...

The Games Day Anthology is an exclusive, hardback collection of short stories, covering the Horus Heresy, Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer. This year, we feature stories from Aaron Dembski-Bowden, Dan Abnett, Anthony Reynolds, Matthew Farrer, Rob Sanders and Josh Reynolds.
Contents:
Distant Echoes of Old Night (Rob Sanders)
Extinction (Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
The Master of Mourkain (Josh Reynolds)
The Blessing of Iron (Anthony Reynolds)
The Memory of Flesh (Matthew Farrer)
Perihelion (Dan Abnett)

It's always the little things... That's certainly the case for some Imperial Guardsmen who're scamming supplies from the Munitorum. And in this case, one of the little things in question is Jurgen, aide to the heroic Commissar Cain. All he wanted was some supplies for his boss, but he noticed a small detail and both he and his new enemies are going to get a lot more than they bargained for.
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It's a tale focused on Commissar Cain's malodorous aide, Jurgen. The galaxy's shabbiest Valhallan gets to show what he's made of as he tracks down the source of a criminal enterprise – in his own inimitable way.

Ciaphas Cain battles alongside the planet's custodians against the tyranid foe on the agri-world of Keffia.
A short story from the 'Defender of the Imperium' omnibus.

The harlequins of the eldar are mysterious and enigmatic, even by the standards of that aloof race. When one of their number begins to experience memories that are not her own, and another life begins to bleed into their reality, the entire troupe is threatened. Can they find the source of the disturbance and stop it before it is too late?
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Faces takes you behind the Harlequins' masks into the dark side of their psyche. It's a chilling and fervent place – not somewhere you'd want to stick around for long. A terrifying scene here will make you not want to cross paths with this deadly alien foe.

The battleship Divine Sanctity is dead in space, victim of an alien attack. On board, Adeptus Mechanicus engineering crews rush to repair the damage before the xenos return to finish the attack. But another threat stalks the corridors of the mighty vessel... Tech-priest enginseer Kaspel must find a way to outwit vicious eldar pirates before they strip the warship for parts.
A short story from the Fear the Alien anthology.

A meteor is falling on Izanagi, jewel of the Yamato system, and there is only one outcome: extinction for every man, woman and child on the world. But it is not the impact that will cause this untold destruction… it is the meteor’s cargo: a horde of vicious orks, ready to rampage across the planet. A cunning general lays a trap for the monstrous greenskins, but can any plan survive contact with the orks?
A short story from the Fear the Alien anthology.

On the fringes of the Imperium, rogue trader Brielle Gerit and her crew search for ancient artefacts and unimaginable riches on a long-abandoned world. But a mysterious psychic presence nags at their very souls and time has stopped obeying its own laws. What is it that haunts the darkness of the forsaken world, and can they escape it alive?
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On a distant world, a brave rogue trader and her crew seek artefacts and wealth. But a mysterious presence resides on the planet, and it has dark intentions for the group.

Commissar Ciaphas Cain is a renowned and revered hero of the Imperium, a man who has faced and survived some of the vilest creatures the universe can throw at him. But when he is sent to a river-world, he must deal with a dangerous enemy, an enemy whose true identity remains unknown. As his vessel traverses the straits of the planet, Cain must uncover the face of this new foe so that he can understand and escape it. Caught in the enemy crossfire, the commissar has no place to run, and his nerve will be tested to the very limits.

On the world of Sarastus, the True Night has fallen. Young men take part in a Chaotic ritual that they don't truly understand, but one thing is for certain, the only victors will be the traitorous Night Lords.

Dal'yth. The forces of the Greater Good have established a stranglehold on the planet, and the time has come for the Imperium to move against them. The White Scars lead the ground assault against the tau, launching into combat with speed and fury, shedding blood as they gain ground against their enemies. Meanwhile, the members of the Crusade Council are determined to pursue their own agendas, and their politicking and back-stabbing will place the entire war effort in jeopardy. But little do they know that Inquisitor Grand has more extreme measures in mind, and the White Scars must achieve victory quickly or the cost to Dal'yth will be devastating.

The Ecclesiarchy is the great church of the Imperium. Founded on the worship of the God-Emperor of Mankind, it guards the sanctity of the Imperial Creed and protects the celestial truth of the Emperor’s divinity. Its ideals are enforced by the bolters and flamers of the Orders Militant of the Adepta Sororitas – the Sisters of Battle. After two millennia, the warp storms raging around the Hollos star system have abated, allowing the isolated planet of Hollos to reconnect with the Imperium. When a mysterious messenger contacts the Orders Militant, Celestian Miriya must travel to Hollos and pass judgement on the world. Will she find a world embracing the Emperor’s truth or one in need of cleansing? Her decision will liberate or condemn an entire planet.

An Adepta Sororitas novel
When an mission of Sisters return to a desolate world to reconsecrate a remote Ecclesiarchy outpost, they soon discover an implacable foe – the fearless, soulless necrons – waiting in the darkness…
READ IT BECAUSEOne of the all-time classic Warhammer 40,000 battles is the massacre at Sanctuary 101, where Sisters of Battle were decimated in the first appearance of the necrons. And this novel delves into what happens next, pitting the devout Sisters against the metal aliens in a rematch.
THE STORYThe Sisters of Battle are the Emperor's most devout worshippers, fierce warriors preaching the purity of the Imperium and scourging their enemies with bolter and flamer. On a distant world, the Ecclesiarchy outpost of Sanctuary 101, was wiped out by an implacable foe - the fearless, soulless necrons. Now, a mission of the Sisterhood has returned to reconsecrate the site - but the metallic nightmares still lurk in the darkness, guarding a secret that has lain dormant for millennia. A vicious battle will be fought - one that can only end in the total destruction of the unrelenting xenos, or the annihilation of the proud Sororitas.

The second Ciaphas Cain omnibus
Confronted with the powers of Chaos and hordes of alien foes, our intrepid commissar seeks to sidestep danger and talk his way out of trouble.
READ IT BECAUSE
The Imperial hero returns in a second set of tongue-in-cheek memoirs relating his greatest victories against savage greenskins, monstrous tyranids and the greatest Chaos invasion in ten thousand years…
DESCRIPTION
The legendary Commissar Ciaphas Cain, lauded as one of the great heroes of the Imperium, finds himself thrust onto the battlefield again. Cain wants nothing more than to keep out of trouble and get to the other side of his commission in one piece, but the war-torn 41st millennium has other ideas. Confronted with the powers of Chaos and hordes of alien foes, our intrepid commissar seeks to sidestep danger and talk his way out of trouble. Yet each time he survives his legend only grows, and his life is in ever-greater jeopardy…
Written by Sandy Mitchell.
CONTENTS
Death or Glory
Duty Calls
Cain’s Last Stand
Traitor’s Gambit

Commissar Cain is called to duty once more, saving a governor’s daughter from a planet over-run by rebels. The uprising hides something far more sinister however – genestealer hybrids! The search for the source of the alien threat leads Cain to a drifting space hulk – a far safer place than beside the obsessed governor’s daughter. But when the Reclamator Space Marines suffer devastating losses at the hands of the Great Devourer, Cain and his trusty aide Jurgen must go it alone. With the tyranids waking and a group of stow away orks on the loose, there are no safe places to run or hide, and Cain must use all his ingenuity and cunning to escape the space hulk alive.

A Warhammer 40,000 omnibus
Newly promoted Adeptus Arbites officer Shira Calpurnia tackles assassinations, psykers, family legacies and more in the classic Warhammer 40,000 trilogy.
READ IT BECAUSE
These three novels give an unparalleled look at a unique and fascinating facet of the Warhammer 40,000 universe, and are rightly considered among the greatest of all tales from the 41st Millennium.
THE STORY
The Adeptus Arbites are responsible for enforcing law and order across the vast reaches of the human Imperium. Newly promoted officer Shira Calpurnia is assigned to the fortresssystem of Hydraphur, home of the vast Imperial warfleets that dock, rearm and repair in an endless cycle of conflict. But Shira soon finds herself in the thick of the action as her investigations embroil her in the corruption behind multiple assassination attempts, the vicious greed over an ancient charter, and encounters with psykers and murderers. The Shira Calpurnia novels present a unique and original view of the Warhammer 40,00 universe from the pen of acclaimed science fiction author Matthew Farrer.
CONTENTS
Crossfire
Legacy
Blind

The Imperium of Man has many enemies among the stars, but none are reviled so much as the alien. Dangerous races seek to destroy humanity wherever they turn –the brutish orks, the ravening hordes of the tyranid, the unrelenting necrons and the mysterious forces of the tau and the eldar. Across the universe, humanity and their defenders, the Space Marines, seek to eradicate these xenos threats. Yet all they can hope for is another day of survival – for to stand against the alien is to enter an unending war... Featuring stories by Dan Abnett, Aaron Dembski-Bowden, Nick Kyme, Juliet McKenna, C.L. Werner and many more, Fear the Alien is an unmissable collection for fans of Warhammer 40,000 and military science fiction
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Dangerous races seek to destroy humanity wherever they turn –the brutish orks, the ravening hordes of the tyranid, the unrelenting necrons and the mysterious eldar.

On a tour of inspection on an aquatic world, in a sector uncomfortably close to Tau space, Cain and Jurgen take full advantage of the Governor's hospitality and conduct most of their tour from his luxurious submersible yacht - until a group of pro-Tau terrorists strike.
A short story from the 'Defender of the Imperium' omnibus.

The most insidious and dangerous threat in the 41st millenium is one you cannot see. It is this thought that spawned the Inquisition, an organisation devoted to rooting out traitors, heretics, mutants and aliens that undermine Humanity. They scour the Imperium searching for threats without, and within.

Promotional fiction piece that provides background information for Rogue Trader.
Ah, so you wish to know of the Koronus Expanse—that the Mechanicus Calixis sometimes still call the Khronus Expanse after he who was said to be its original discoverer. I know of a man you should listen to, though his sanity wanes in these late years, and his tractability with it. He is a holy man born of Archaos and at one time a chronicler for the Rogue Trader Amphian Deed, yet somehow evaded the pyre that was Deed’s recent end.

When the vital forge world of Orestes comes under attack by a legion of Chaos Titans, the planet is forced to appeal for help. The Titans of Legio Invicta, although fresh from combat and in desperate need of refit and repair, respond, committing their own force of war engines to the battle. As the god-machines stride to war, the world trembles, for the devastation they unleash could destroy the very world they have pledged to save.
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It's a vision of total war in the 41st millennium, from the smallest soldier to the largest God-Machine.

Set in the nightmare universe of the 41st millennium, Planetkill is a collection of short stories on the theme of planetary destruction. These tales of total war are scribed by fan favourites such as Graham McNeill along with up and coming new talent to really get the adrenaline pumping.
Brutal green-skinned orks, mysterious eldar and the deadly champions of the Chaos powers all seek to conquer the galaxy. The forces of the Immortal Emperor, the stalwart Imperial Guard and the superhuman Adeptus Astartes are the only defence against enslavement and slaughter. For in the grim darkness of the far future there is only war!

The adventures of wily Commissar Cain, his malodorous aide Jurgen, and the 296th Valhallans have proved great favourites among Black Library fans. This omnibus edition is an attractive introduction to a very popular series.

The adventures of wily Commissar Cain, his malodorous aide Jurgen, and the 296th Valhallans have proved great favourites among Black Library fans. This omnibus edition is an attractive introduction to a very popular series.

Book seven in the New York Times bestselling series
A Great War is coming, and it will engulf the Imperium of Man. The Space Marines of the Alpha Legion, the last and most secretive of all the Astartes brotherhoods, arrive on a heathen world to support the Imperial Army in a pacification campaign against strange and uncanny forces. But what drives the Alpha Legion? Can they be trusted, and what side will they choose when the Heresy begins? Loyalties are put to the test, the cunning schemes of an alien intelligence are revealed, and the fate of mankind hangs in the balance.

With Warboss Gorgutz dead at the hands of Blood Ork Commando Skyva, the Ork's arc of ascension is all but complete. There's only one way Skyva can go from here - and it's a Hell of a drop!  

The savage career of Blood Axe Kommando Skyva moves ever onward and upward as he takes command of a colossal Ork Gargant, leadng the vanguard against a formidable force of Imperial Guardsmen. Meanwhile, Skyva's 'Lanky Grot' pet - covert captive Colonel Castillian - seizes his chance for freedom.

In the devastating onslaught by the hordes of Chaos, the mighty armies of the Empire were shattered and routed, the survivors scattered and hunted. Now, a small contingent of men, mages and dwarfs rally a united force to assault the armies of Chaos in one final, great battle!

Trapped behind Ork lines without any hope of rescue, a lone Imperial Guard General struggles to survive, witnessing firsthand the violent and bloody power struggle that charts the rise to power of a new leader from within the slaughterhouse ranks of the Blood Axe clan...

The first of a 4 books arch (planned to be a 5 books arc but was downsized to 4) describing the capture and incarceration of Colonel Izrael Honor Castillian, of the 96th Tallarn Desert Raiders, while defending the Senshu factory hive on Demaris Tertiary against a Greenskin horde.

The disparate bands of men, mages and dwarfs unite to take the battle to the forces of Chaos that routed them — but they must first survive the swift, savage shadow that is stalking them, leaving man and beast butchered in its wake!

Rogue trader patriarch Lucian Gerrit and his family get swept up in an Imperial Crusade to track down and exterminate the alien tau. Having crossed the desolate area of space known as the Damocles Gulf, the fleet arrives on the borders of the tau empire. Can Gerrit's resourcefulness save the day when the Imperial forces find themselves outnumbered and outgunned, thousands of light years from home?

Greatsword Franz Vogel and his men have endured a blood-spattered onslaught by the Hordes of Chaos and lived to tell the tale. But the primordial forest into which these survivors fled holds its own secrets, both sacred and profane. For deep in the northern wilderness lies the cloistered stone keep of an enigmatic sisterhood ? where Vogel and his band will find either deliverance or eternal damnation?

Greatsword Franz Vogel and his men have endured a blood-spattered onslaught by the Hordes of Chaos and lived to tell the tale. But the primordial forest into which these survivors fled holds its own secrets, both sacred and profane. For deep in the Northern Wilderness lies the cloistered stone keep of an enigmatic Sisterhood, where Vogel and his band will find either deliverance - or eternal damnation!

From the wind-scoured North they’ve come: THE HORDES OF CHAOS, ruthless warriors raised in battle and fanatically devoted to their dark gods.  On a hundred-mile front across the Northern fringes of the Empire, the defenses of man and his dwarf allies are crumbling, fear threatens to become panic, and the blood of martyrs runs ankle-deep. Here begins the hopeless quest of a ramshackle band led by a mere Greatsword Sergeant – if, of course, they don’t kill each other first…

While assisting local forces quell widespread civil disorder, Commissar Cain and his regiment of Valhallans discover sinister forces are at work behind the scenes. With a rioting populace, aliens on the rampage, and the Inquisition poking their noses everywhere, how can the wily commissar ever find the easy life he prefers?

The first Ciaphas Cain omnibus
In the 41st millennium Commissar Ciaphas Cain, hero of the Imperium, is an inspiration to his men – at least that’s what the propaganda would have you believe…
READ IT BECAUSE
Enjoy tall tales of adventure and derring-do in Commissar Cain’s memoirs (annotated by a sarcastic inquisitor). T'au, necrons and Chaos cultists all fall before the self-proclaimed hero of the Imperium…
DESCRIPTION
In the war-torn future of the 41st Millennium Commissar Ciaphas Cain, hero of the Imperium, is respected by his peers and an inspiration to his men – at least that’s what the propaganda would have you believe. The reality is very different, for Ciaphas is simply looking for an easy life and a way to stay out of peril. However, fate has a habit of throwing him into the deadliest situations, and luck (mixed with self preservation) always manages to pull him through and onto the loftiest of pedestals. To survive Commissar Cain must dodge, bluff and trick his way out of trouble, even if it increases his status beyond his control!
Written by Sandy Mitchell.
CONTENTS
For the Emperor
Caves of Ice
The Traitor's Hand
Fight or Flight
Echoes of the Tomb
The Beguiling

The secrets of the ancient eldar are revealed!

ISOLATED AND ALONE, the eldar craftworld Kaelor fl through the dark reaches of space. When the youth eldar warrior Naois finally comes of age, he is unaware a dark destiny that lies on his shoulders. Having trained in the ancient Aspect Warrior Temple of the Warp Spiders, he seeks to rebuild the lost power of his once-great family. In apparent fulfilment of a secret prophecy, the young warrior wreaks destruction across his craftworld, exacting vengeance on those who brought low his ancestors, and bringing his enemies to their knees. But can the prophecy that drives him be trusted, or are darker forces at work?

Eldar Prophecy is an amazing story of revenge and fate that explores the mysterious world of the alien eldar - a once mighty race that is in the twilight of its existence.

A Chaos Space Marine is a towering warrior, whose brute strength is tempered by inhuman skill. Armed with a fearsome bolter, protected by a suit of power armour and the product of intense training and genetic manipulation, he is far beyond a mortal man, transformed into a lethal, superhuman killing machine. The Chaos Space Marines were once Humanity's ultimate warriors, dedicated to the defence of the Emperor and the Imperium of Man. Having since sworn themselves to the Dark Gods, in exchange for untold power and immortality, they wage war on the very worlds they once fought to protect.
This 104-page Warhammer 40,000 Codex contains all the rules you'll need to field a Chaos Space Marine army, as well as detailed background information, bestiary, accompanying artwork and 'Eavy Metal showcase.
You must possess a copy of Warhammer 40,000 in order to use the contents of this book.

The Pyrus Reach sector is under attack from the vast hordes of Chaos, orks and eldar and it falls to the brave defenders of humanity to stem the tide. Many will be called upon to give their lives in the name of the God-Emperor, but is it a price they are willing to pay?

Rogue trader patriarch Lucian Gerrit makes one last desperate deal to salvage his family's fortunes. But when he throws in his lot with a corrupt Imperial commander, he and his family soon find themselves embroiled in a very dirty war indeed.

The Master of the Blind Tower is dead, and Shira Calpurnia must hunt down the murderer and bring them to justice. Dealing with the hostile astropaths and unravelling a conspiracy, Calpurnia is forced to confront her own prejudices and weakness if she is to solve the crime and restore order.
Read it because
It's another labyrinthine mystery for Shira Calpurnia. Matthew Farrer once again creates a believable and breathing world filled with fascinating characters and a central tale that's sure to surprise you.

By popular demand, we've gathered up the best sf short stories ever written for the Black Library into one massive volume, and added some brand new tales! Warhammer 40,000 fans will be keen to get their hands on classic stories that have been unavailable for a while, and all readers will enjoy the range and variety on offer in this high-value volume.

In the grim nightmare future of the 41st millennium, the witch-hunting zealots of the the Sisters of Battle stand between humanity and damnation. From the elite Seraphim warriors to the berserk Sisters Repentia, they are the strong arm of the Ecclesiarchy and the brutal hammer of witches. When dangerous psychic heretic Torris Vaun escapes from her custody, Seraphim Miriya is disgraced in the eyes of her fellow sisters and superiors. Following Vaun's trail to the planet Neva, Miriya takes her sisters in pursuit and, along with Hospitalier Sister Verity, starts her investigations. When they uncover a terrifying plot that could threaten the future of the Imperium, is Miriya's and Verity's faith strong enough for them to triumph?
Read it because
In the grim nightmare future of the 41st millennium, the witch-hunting zealots of the the Sisters of Battle stand between humanity and damnation.

The Imperium needs a hero, whether he wants the job or not...

Once again, reluctant hero Commissar Cain is catapulted into glory in the fourth installment of this tremendously popular series. Escaping from a disastrous space battle, the commissar and his malodorous sidekick Jurgen crash-land behind enemy lines. Even the sly Cain can't avoid a straight fight this time, as the only way out is to round up what few troops they can find and fight their way back to safety. Unfortunately, hundreds of thousands of barbaric alien orks stand in their way! SF action and broad humour combine in this storming tale of battle, victory and mistaken heroism.

This background book is an Inquisition investigation into the diverse alien menace that threatens the Imperium - the vast empire of humanity in the far future - with lots of stunning new artwork. Dark secrets are revealed, not only about the fascinating creatures under scrutiny but also the working of the shadowy Ordos Xenos itself!

The bleak but mineral-rich world of Dirge is home to a deadly secret. Prospectors are dying in droves, but Imperial Guard Colonel Ravin cannot figure out how... until Inquisitor Santos arrives and delivers dread news. The forces of Chaos are descending upon the world, in search of an ancient artefact that is the cause of the planet's woes... and may doom them all.
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A deadly artefact draws the forces of Chaos to a bleak mining world. Can the Imperial Guard defend against the dread warriors of the Dark Gods? From Tales from the Dark Millenium.

Seven days ago, the eldar descended upon Orphean Trine. The Swordwind of Craftworld Biel-Tan has swept all before it, with just a single city remaining intact. As the defenders, bolstered by Space Marines of the Dark Angels, prepare to sell their lives dearly in a last stand, a single hope remains: Nyjia, a lone Vindicare Assassin, who waits to get that one, vital, shot.
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As the eldar of Biel-Tan sweep across an Imperial world, a Vindicare Assassin holds the balance between victory and defeat in her crosshairs. From Tales from the Dark Millenium.

In the dark and war-torn world of Warhammer, humankind is beset by danger from all sides. From the sewers and drains crawl the Ratmen, filthy beasts of fur and claw, killer, spreaders of disease: the Skaven Long have they desired to destroy the people of the Old World, but even as their power waxes, most men remain blind to it.

A storming anthology of dark and gritty fiction from the Warhammer 40,000 universe featuring popular characters like Ciaphas Cain.

On Slawkenberg, Ciaphas Cain is a long way from the front lines and that's precisely what he wanted. However, Chaos is present on Slawkenberg and Cain finds himself back in the firefight against his better judgement.
A short story from the 'Hero of the Imperium' omnibus.

He will be a hero, whether he wants to be or not...

COMMISSAR CIAPHAS CAIN, respected hero of the Imperium (well, that's what the propaganda would have believe...), is still searching for a command that allow him to steer clear of the action and serve his time the Imperial Guard in safety. His latest mission takes him and his Valhallan regiment to the planet of Adumbria to defend against an approaching Chaos invasion. However, infighting with fellow Imperial Guard regiments and the uprising of a sinister cult on the planet puts paid to any hopes of an easy life.

The phenomenal trilogy is back in print! The Inquisition War is the classic story of Inquisitor Jaq Draco and his desperate mission to uncover a plot that will bring mankind to its knees before the Dark Powers. Written by award-winning author, Ian Watson, The Inquisition War explores areas of the Warhammer 40,000 mythology that few other authors have dared to tackle! Collected in this omnibus is the seminal trilogy of Draco (previously released as Inquisitor ), Harlequin , Chaos Child and two linking short stories which together make the legend of The Inquisition War complete.

Titan: Omnissiah, Part 10Tales of Hellbrandt Grimm: The Sword that Drawn BloodEmpire's Allies: The Blades of UlthuanQuarry, Part 2Tales from the Ten-Tailed Cat: The Farmer's Tale

The Warhammer, Part 3The Thrice-Born: Part 3 - Daemonifuge IIIBy Reason of HungerOf Ancient Blood: The Devil is a Gentleman

Still attached to the Valhallans, Commissar Ciaphas Cain fights orcs and necrons on the ice world of Frigidia.

In the nightmare world of the 41st millennium, humanity is locked in a desperate struggle for survival against a relentless tide of aliens.
Read tales of heroism and valour in this action-packed selection of savage science fiction stories ripped from the pages of Inferno! magazine.
Featuring brand new unseen stories from Dan Abnett and Simon Spurrier, as well as stories by Darius Hinks, Sandy Mitchell, Mitchel Scanlon, Andy Hoare and James Swallow.

The war on Enothis is almost lost. Chaos forces harry the defenders on land and in the skies. Can the ace pilots of the Phantine XX turn the tide and bring the Imperium victory?
When the elite fighter pilots of the Phantine XX arrive on the beleaguered world of Enothis, they know it is a desperate hour. The forces of Chaos are closing in, and their final push could well wipe out all human life on the planet. Thousands of refugees flee the dark armies, and the infamous Chaos fighter pilot Khrel Kas Obarkon is always hunting the skies for more prey….
So it falls to the brave men and women of the Phantine fighter corps. Can they hold off the Chaos advance until reinforcements arrive? In the high-speed, white-knuckle terror of aerial combat, can they defeat an enemy possessed by daemons?
Narrated by Toby Longworth

The legendary rogue trader charters: Imperial warrants of unimaginable antiquity, which can bring their bearers wealth and power barely imaginable. Now that Rogue Trader Hoyyon Phrax is dead, his charter is being brought to the great fortress-system of Hydraphur to be ceremonially bequeathed to his son, and already the vultures are circling.Shira Calpurnia does not want the charter.She can't help wishing she had never heard of the charter. But she has been appointed to ensure that the will and testament of Hoyyon Phrax is carried out according to Imperial law. And that means that when the rival heirs decide that due process be damned and go all-out for their prize, it's Calpurnia and her Arbites who must don their armour, take up their weapons and get ready for action...
Read it because Now that Rogue Trader Hoyyon Phrax is dead, his charter is being brought to the great fortress-system of Hydraphur to be ceremonially bequeathed to his son, and already the vultures are circling.

Commisar Ciaphas Cain - hero of the Imperium and renowned across the sector for his bravery and valour - is sent to help maintain order on an outpost world on the borders of Tau space. But when the alien ambassador is murdered and the situation quickly spirals out of control, Cain and his regiment of Valhallans find themselves in the middle of a war. As the Imperial Guard struggle to contain worldwide civil insurrection, can the wily Commisar Cain identify the real villian before the planet is lost to the Imperium forever ?

Amidst the war and destruction of the grim far future, the fledgling Tau Empire has but one aim - to unite the galaxy under its benevolent banner.

But when one of the Tau's ruling elite crash lands behind Imperial battle lines, it falls to Kais, a young Fire Warrior, to attempt a desperate rescue mission and offer his life for the grater good.

But as the mission begins and the death count rises, Kais quickly learns that the brutal reality of battle is a far cry from the training grounds of his home world.

Experience blistering science fiction adventure and pulse-pounding thrills with these never before published short stories and novellas set in the world of Warhammer 40,000!

Liberation Day - Matthew Farrer & Edward Rusk
The Curiosity - Dan Abnett
Payback - Graham McNeill
The Emperor's Will - David Charters
Fight or Flight - Sandy Mitchell
On Mournful Wings - Si Spurrier
Backcloth for a Crown Additional - Dan Abnett
Firestarter - Jonathan Green
Warp Spawn - Matt Ralphs
Leviathan - Graham McNeill

Corporal Ondy Scalber of the Jopall Indentured Squadrons finds himself assigned to the Armageddon Ork Hunters as 'skinbait', and is quickly inducted in their savage way of war. With the dense jungles of the hive world swarming with greenskins, Scalber learns that in order to survive he must be as brutal as those being hunted... Read it because
Dan Abnett brings us a tale that gets deep into the jungles of Armageddon and deep into the head of a soldier of the Astra Militarum serving there.

a Shira Calpurnia novel • Book 1

THE BUSTLING DOCKYARDS of the Hydraphur system are home to the mighty Imperial warfleets, which dock, rearm and repair in an endless cycle of war. But even this bastion of Imperial rule is not free from darkness.

Newly assigned Arbites officer, Shira Calpurnia, finds herself in the thick of the action when she investigates a series of assassination attempts. With the corruption and double-crosses of the Hydraphur elite dogging every step of her investigations, Calpurnia must survive the crossfire, and bring her faceless enemies to justice.

The other two mercenaries jerked round like lightning, one going for his sidearm, the other leaping at me with clawing hands. A slash of my sword bisected his head like a ripe fruit.
The corpse rolled off the car top into the darkness. I stood ready, Barbarisater twitching in my hands. The remaining Vessorine backed away, aiming a large calibre autopistol at me. The two of us could barely stand, such was the blizzard's windshear.
He fired once. I flicked the round away. He fired again, his feet slipping, and I made a parry that spat the bullet off into the darkness.
'My name is Gregor Eisenhorn. I am the man you have been paid to kill.'
ACROSS COUNTLESS worlds, the Inquisition pursues a - secret war against humankind's foullest enemies - the alien, the unclean and the unholy. When a battle with an ancient foe turns deadly, Inquisitor Eisenhorn is forced to take terrible measures to save the lives of himself and his companions. But how much can any man deal with Chaos before turning into the very thing he is sworn to destroy?

Rogue Trader Janus Darke is a desperate man. Once rich and famous, a string of bad luck has brought him to the brink of ruin. Dreaming of past glories, lost in despair, the last thing he wants is to accept a commission from two mysterious strangers – a voyage to the Eye of Terror, the dark heart of the galaxy. But Janus finds himself in more danger than he could have ever imagined, as he is pulled into the middle of a deadly power struggle between the elder and their ancient enemy, a daemon prince of Slaanesh.
Read it because It's the original eldar novels, from one of the minds behind the early development of Warhammer 40,000. It's a wild and sometimes wacky adventure, and it's packed with moments both chilling and revelatory.

Pellucid blue pane, like a searing wall of acid, suddenly washed through the churning mob behind the Gate. Men, women, soldiers, civilians, were caught in it and shuddered, melting, resolving into skeletons that turned to dust and blew away.
I felt the pain in my sinuses, the throb in my spine. I knew what it was. Psyker-evil.
The prisoners were loose.
I drew my power sword and my boltgun, plunging into the milling bodies, crunching over the calcified bones of those slaughtered by the psychic-wane.
IN THE 41st MILLENNIUM, the enemies of mankind are legion, omnipresent and utterly deadly. While the warriors of the Imperium fight with firepower and faith, the Holy Inquisition hunts the shadows for the most terrible of foes -- rogue psykers, xenos, and daemons. Inquisitor Eisenhorn must track down and defeat the forces who would destroy him or face the wrath of the Ordo Malleus.

The thundering sound rolled through the thawing vaults of Processional Two-Twelve. Fists and palms, beating at coffin hoods. The sleepers were waking, their frigid bodies trapped in their caskets. I could hear footsteps above the screams. Eyclone was running. I ran after-, passing gallery after gallery of frenzied, flailing forms. Me screaming, the pounding... God-Emperor help me, I will never forget that. Thousands of souls waking up to death, frantic, agonised. Damn Eyclone. Damn him to hell and back.
THE INQUISITION moves amongst mankind like an avenging shadow, striking down the enemies of humanity with uncompromising ruthlessness. Inquisitor Eisenhorn faces a vast interstellar cabal and the dark power of daemons, all racing to recover an arcane text of abominable power - an ancient tone known as the Necroteuch.

In the war-torn 41st millennium, humanity stands on the shores of damnation, their only savior is the Immortal God Emperor and the massed armies of the Imperium, in this anthology of Warhammer( 40,000 stories ripped from the pages of Inferno! magazine.

In the nightmare future of Warhammer 40,000, mankind teeters on the brink of extinction. Here are a dozen action stories from this dark and brooding universe.
Contents
"Salvation" by Jonathan Green
"Into the Maelstrom" by Chris Pramas
"Emperor's Grace" by Alex Hammond
"The Raven's Claw" by Jonathan Curran
"Children of the Emperor" by Barrington J. Bayley
"The Black Pearl" by Chris Pramas"
"Acceptable Losses" by Gav Thorpe
"Tenebrae" by Mark Brendan
"Ancient Lances" by Alex Hammond
"Hell in a Bottle" by Simon Jowett
"Unthinking Justice" by Andras Millward
"In the Belly of the Beast" by William King