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A Warhammer Age of Sigmar Novel Heldanarr Fall just wants to be left in peace in Aqshy, but the gleaming golden warriors of Sigmar won’t let him be. So he fights back – and draws upon a more primal power. READ IT BECAUSE It's a Mortal Realms story with a twist – a virtuous man succumbs to the path of darkness, and wages a war against Sigmar himself. THE STORY Heldanarr Fall dreams of a world without gods. When the Azyrites descended upon the Burning Valley – a kingdom carved from the Aqshian desert – they brought arrogance and cruelty with their riches, and a god who seemed blind to it all. Despite harrowing losses, Held clung to his people’s ways, forging a new existence without a single prayer to the armoured deity, Sigmar. Now, all Held wants is solitude. But after saving a Sigmarite priestess from violent death, her troubles catch up to them and destroy the last of his peace. First broken, then enraged, he launches a brutal war of vengeance against Sigmar’s worshippers and soon finds himself thrust against the Stormcast Eternals, led by the cunning strategist Ildrid Stormsworn. Alone, he cannot hope to win, yet surrender would mean accepting the mercy of a god he despises. To defeat the Stormcasts and avenge his fate, Held must embrace older, darker powers that risk the very freedom for which he fights. But when Sigmar's rulers are tyrants and the Champions of Chaos prove worthy, which path is the most righteous? And once he makes his choice, who will Heldanarr Fall become? Written by Noah Van Nguyen.
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. READ IT BECAUSE 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. Written by Robert Rath.
A Warhammer 40,000 Omnibus Inquisitor Ravenor and his followers investigate a daemonic conspiracy that stretches across space and time. This is a war that is fought in the shadows, where there will be no respite, and no quarter asked for or given. READ IT BECAUSE As a counterpart to the Eisenhorn series, Ravenor explores new territory both literally and figuratively. This omnibus brings together three novels and three short stories to reveal the arc of Gideon Ravenor's greatest triumphs – and greatest failures – bringing together a cast of compelling characters thrust into a mission that tests them all to their limits. None of them are quite what they seem, and all of them have a story to be told. Some of these stories are brutal and end very, very messily… THE STORY In the war-torn future of the 41st Millennium, the Inquisition fights a secret war against the darkest enemies of humanity – the alien, the heretic and the daemon. When Inquisitor Gideon Ravenor and his band of lethal operatives are drawn into a conspiracy to spread the taint of Chaos across a sector, their investigations take them into the gravest peril through space and even time. Wherever they go, and whatever dangers they face, they will never give up until their mission succeeds. CONTENTS –  Playing Patience  (short story) –  Ravenor  (novel)  –  Thorn Wishes Talon  (short story)  –  Ravenor Returned  (novel)  –  Ravenor Rogue  (novel)  –  Perihelion  (short story) Written by Dan Abnett.
Siege of Terra Book 1 After years of devastating war, Horus and his forces have arrived at Terra. But before they can set foot on the Throneworld, they must first break the defences of the Sol System. Powerful fleets and cunning defences bar their path – but can anything hope to halt the advance of the Traitor armada? READ IT BECAUSE The final act of the long-running, bestselling series starts here, with a brutal and uncompromising look at the first stage of the Siege of Terra, the war to conquer the solar system. Armies will fall, heroes will rise and legends will be written… THE STORY After seven years of bitter war, the end has come at last for the conflict known infamously as the Horus Heresy. Terra now lies within the Warmaster’s sights, the Throneworld and the seat of his father’s rule. Horus’ desire is nothing less than the death of the Emperor of Mankind and the utter subjugation of the Imperium. He has become the ascendant vessel of Chaos, and amassed a terrible army with which to enact his will and vengeance. But the way to the Throne will be hard as the primarch Rogal Dorn, the Praetorian and protector of Terra, marshals the defences. First and foremost, Horus must challenge the might of the Sol System itself and the many fleets and bulwarks arrayed there. To gain even a foothold on Terran soil, he must first contend the Solar War. Thus the first stage of the greatest conflict in the history of all mankind begins. Written by John French
An Ork Omnibus A pair of novels, a novella, and 3 short stories explore the horror of facing orks on the battlefield. Both brutal and kunnin', these warlike xenos are a constant threat to the Imperium, and everyone else for that matter. Can the Space Marines and Astra Militarum hold them back, or will they be overrun? READ IT BECAUSE Top Black Library authors Dan Abnett, Aaron Dembski-Bowden, and Sandy Mitchell showcase their talents in this action-packed collection. The Space Marines and Astra Militarum face off against the green tide on war-torn worlds all across the galaxy. THE STORY Unrelenting, ferocious, and proud, orks unleash gleeful carnage as one of the fiercest and most numerous threats ever faced by humanity. I Am Slaughter  by Dan Abnett sees the Imperial Fists leaving Terra for the first time in centuries, and in doing so, encountering a foe far mightier (and… greener?) than they anticipated. In Sandy Mitchell’s  Caves of Ice , Commissar Ciaphas Cain investigates the mysterious disappearances that plague an ice world, but soon finds himself caught between an ork incursion and another evil stirring below. Helsreach  by Aaron Dembski-Bowden follows the Black Templars as they take a last stand to defend Hive Helsreach, whatever the cost. There are also 3 short stories, one by each of the above authors, about the efforts of the Imperium to hold back the orks. Can the Space Marines, the Astra Militarum, or even Ciaphas Cain himself be enough to stem the great green tide? CONTENTS : –  Caves of Ice  (novel) by Sandy Mitchell –  Helsreach  (novel) by Aaron Dembski-Bowden –  I am Slaughter  (novella) by Dan Abnett –  The Only Good Ork  (short story) by Sandy Mitchell –  Ork Hunter  (short story) by Dan Abnett –  One Hate  (short story) by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
A Warhammer 40,000 Omnibus An exiled lord of the necrons fights to reclaim his birthright in a pair of novels, while a novella and a trio of short stories recount other tales of these deathless machines. READ IT BECAUSE Nate Crowley has mastered the unusual perspective of this mysterious xenos race, offering insight into their strange culture and brutal methods of warfare. THE STORY In  The Twice-Dead King: Ruin , we meet the bitter exiled necron Lord Oltyx, and follow his journey to take down his betrayers and reclaim his birthright, all while fighting off a massive host of orks. Oltyx faces a new menace in  The Twice-Dead King: Reign  – ruling over a faded dynasty and dealing with the Flayer's Curse. Meanwhile, a fresh threat attempts to take everything away from him again – a barbaric alien war-cult known as the Imperium of Man. Severed  brings us to the vaunted Sautekh dynasty, where the Stormlord himself has charged Zahndrekh and Vargard Obyron with putting down a rebellion. One Million Years  pits the eternal necrons against the ambitious Leagues of Votann aboard an awakening necron ship. The Life of Jethras the Martyr  takes us to the other side to see how a lowly pilgrim found a moment of glory in fighting back against the hated necrons. Finally,  Patience  tells the story of a Voidborn crewman who encounters Astartes, necrons, and... something else for the first time – and lives to tell the tale. CONTENTS –  The Twice Dead King: Ruin  (novel) –  The Twice Dead King: Reign  (novel) –  Severed  (novella) –  One Million Years  (short story) –  The Life of Jethras the Martyr  (short story) –  Patience  (short story) Written by Nate Crowley.
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