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The Final Compliance of Sixty-Three Fourteen


Guy Haley - 2014
    With the Sons of Horus already at battle readiness over Sixty-Three Fourteen, a grim decision must be made...Witness the brutal methods of re-conquest enacted by the Warmaster and the Traitor Legions as the war for humanity wages on. This Quick Read is a fascinating look at the changes the war has wrought in Horus and the way he is viewed by the Imperium’s defenders.

The Devil You Know


Sandy Mitchell - 2014
    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.

The Watcher in the Rain


Alec Worley - 2019
    As citizens flee from the drowning city, a sadistic Imperial interrogator seeks a lowly data-drone with a terrible secret. But when disaster strikes, the pair must rely on each other for survival as the Watcher in the Rain awaits them.LISTEN TO IT BECAUSEHear a world in peril, with a magnificent soundscape acting as the backdrop to a thoroughly frightening tale of two enemies forced to work together against a darkness that will consume them both.THE STORYIn the far reaches of Imperial space, a ferocious warp storm approaches an Administratum world, cutting off the entire planet from the rest of the Imperium. As their towering grey spires are punished by endless rain, countless administrators, tithe-masters, and book-keepers are forced to evacuate. Among them is Greta, a lowly data-drone with a terrible secret, wanted for questioning by the sadistic Imperial interrogator Stefan Crucius. As disaster strikes and the pair are left stranded in the depths of the drowning city, captor and captive must co-operate to stand any chance of escaping. But a mysterious presence stalks them through the abandoned, flooded towers, a dread entity each must confront but which neither dare acknowledge, a Watcher in the Rain.

Rites of Passage


Mike Brooks - 2019
    His widow and murderer, the Lady Chettamandey, stands to inherit his power and influence. Her plans for ascension are curtailed when she’s drawn into a dark world of ritual killings and cult murders, with planets being dragged into the warp seemingly at a whim, the threat to Chettamandey’s legacy is dire, and only she can avert potential disaster.

Labyrinth of Sorrows


George Mann - 2012
    Far from the front lines, Space Marines of the Brazen Minotaurs infiltrate an ancient temple-tomb, seeking an artefact sacred to their Chapter... one that could turn the tide of battle in the Imperium’s favour. But they are not the first to enter the tomb – as the Space Marines race to seize their prize, they are watched from the shadows. Are the mysterious Raven Guard there to help the Brazen Minotaurs, or to destroy them?

Hammer of the Emperor


Lucien Soulban - 2011
    This omnibus collects three tales of savage warfare and heroism on the frontline.

Overfiend


David Annandale - 2014
    Now, at last, three Chapters of Space Marines come together to destroy the greenskin menace and restore Imperial rule. The Salamanders, White Scars and Raven Guard, together with their allies from the Astra Militarum and bolstered by the aid of the mercurial alien eldar, fall upon the worlds of Octarius system with chainsword and bolter, bringing death to the orks.Three interconnected stories show off the way the Raven Guard, White Scars and Salamanders fight. Find out what's more effective against the orks: Sneaky ninja tactics, speed and fury or fire. Lots of fire. Overfiend contains the following novellas, all of which have been previously available as eBooks: Stormseer Shadow Captain Forge Master

Malediction


C.Z. Dunn - 2012
    But when his old comrade, Master Tigrane of the Dark Angels Space Marine Chapter, arrives to join the festivities and asks to hear the glorious tale told once more, Antigone seems flustered. With the details of his account cast under close scrutiny and with the judgement of the Imperium hanging over him, will his noble reputation remain intact?

Crusade + Other Stories: Great Fiction from the Dark Imperium


Dan AbnettSteve Parker - 2017
    In a galaxy riven by eternal war, they and the other armies of the Imperium are all that stand between mankind and damnation.Their ship damaged by warp storms, the Ultramarines of strike force Cassian make for Kalides Prime. They hope to find safe harbour to repair their craft before rejoining the Indomitus Crusade. Instead, the Primaris Space Marines discover a world reduced to rot and ruin by the plague-ridden warriors of the Death Guard.Also within 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 40,000The Lightning Tower by Dan AbnettYarrick: Sarcophagus by David AnnandaleExtinction by Aaron Dembski-BowdenA Sanctuary of Wyrms by Peter FehervariThe Purity of Ignorance by John FrenchThe Word of the Silent King by L.J. GouldingThe Lost King by Robbie MacNivenCulling the Horde by Steve ParkerThe Zheng Cipher by Josh ReynoldsRed & Black by James SwallowHonour of the Third by Gav ThorpeHowl of the Banshee by Gav Thorpe

Damocles


Phil Kelly - 2014
    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 Kelly Broken Sword by Guy Haley Black Leviathan by Ben Counter Hunter’s Snare by Josh Reynolds

The Wicked and the Damned


Joshua Reynolds - 2019
    Each of them has a tale to tell of a narrow escape from death. Amid the toll of funerary bells and the creep and click of mortuary-servitors, the truth is confessed. But whose story can be trusted? Whose recollection is warped, even unto themselves? For these are strange stories of the uncanny, the irrational and the spine-chillingly frightening, where horrors abound and the dark depths of the human psyche is unearthed.

The Horus Heresy Vol. III: Visions of Treachery


Alan Merrett - 2005
    It is told for the first time in this series of amazing artbooks, in explosive text and swathes of incredible art.

Deathwatch: The Omnibus


Steve Parker - 2017
    Recruited from numerous Space Marine Chapters, their mission is simple: exterminate any xenos threat to the Imperium. Assembled into kill-teams, the Deathwatch are expert alien hunters, equipped to undertake any mission in any environment. None are as dedicated or as skilled in the brutal art of alien annihilation. This action-packed omnibus contains three separate novels written by Steve Parker, Ian St Martin and Justin D Hill, along with a dozen of the best short stories ever written about the Imperium's premier xenos hunters.

Blood Royal


Gordon Rennie - 2005
    Original.

Angel of Fire


William King - 2012
    A man of steel and fire, Macharius is the only one with the will to lead the massed armies of the Imperium to victory. As the crusade rolls onwards, it reaches the world of Karsk. In the city of Irongrad, the Imperial forces face the crusade’s end, unless Macharius and his army can defeat the dreaded Angel of Fire.