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? Book 52 of the much loved and hugely popular Horus Heresy series. An awesome collection of sixteen short stories, including several set just before the Siege of Terra begins…

A galaxy burns and brother turns on brother as the conflict brought about by a beloved son’s betrayal reaches its fateful end. The Warmaster Horus has triumphed. His massive fleet at last nears Terra and the patriarchal Throne of his hated father. Many have fallen to bring this moment about, their tales are the ashes upon which the Heresy was born and prospered. Others have played their own small parts, drops in an ocean of war and blood. None of it matters. Terra looks to the skies as it raises its defences. Armies muster, heroes raise their swords, citizens cower. The war is coming. And nothing can stop it.

This anthology includes sixteen stories set during the Horus Heresy, some of which are in print for the first time or were originally released as audio dramas, by authors Gav Thorpe, Chris Wraight, John French, James Swallow, Guy Haley, Nick Kyme, Rob Sanders and Anthony Reynolds.

CONTENTS
Dark Compliance & Now Peals Midnight by John French
The Painted Count & Duty Waits by Guy Haley
Dreams of Unity by Nick Kyme
Children of Sicarius by Anthony Reynolds
Myriad & The Ember Wolves by Rob Sanders
Exocytosis by James Swallow
The Grey Raven, Valerius & The Board is Set by Gav Thorpe
Blackshield, The Last Son of Prospero, The Soul, Severed & Magisterium by Chris Wraight

About The Authors

John French is the author of several Horus Heresy stories including the novels The Solar War, Mortis, Praetorian of Dorn, Tallarn, Slaves to Darkness and Sigismund: The Eternal Crusader, the novella The Crimson Fist, and the audio dramas Dark Compliance, Templar and Warmaster. For Warhammer 40,000 he has written Resurrection, Incarnation and Divination for The Horusian Wars and three tie-in audio dramas – the Scribe Award-winning Agent of the Throne: Blood and Lies, as well as Agent of the Throne: Truth and Dreams and Agent of the Throne: Ashes and Oaths. John has also written the Ahriman series, the Age of Sigmar novels The Hollow King and The Dead Kingdom and many short stories.

Rob Sanders is the author of the Horus Heresy novellas Cybernetica and The Serpent Beneath, the latter of which appeared in the New York Times bestselling anthology The Primarchs. His other Black Library credits include the The Beast Arises novels Predator, Prey and Shadow of Ullanor, the Warhammer 40,000 titles Sons of the Hydra, Skitarius, Tech-Priest, Legion of the Damned, Atlas Infernal and Redemption Corps and the audio drama The Path Forsaken. He has also written the Warhammer Archaon duology, Everchosen and Lord of Chaos, along with many short stories for the Horus Heresy and Warhammer 40,000. He lives in the city of Lincoln, UK.

Nick Kyme is the author of many Horus Heresy novels, novellas and audio dramas, including Old Earth, Promethean Sun and Nightfane. His novella Feat of Iron was a New York Times bestseller in the Horus Heresy collection The Primarchs. For Warhammer 40,000, Nick has written Volpone Glory and the Dawn of Fire novel The Iron Kingdom. He is also well known for his popular Salamanders series and the Cato Sicarius novels Damnos and Knights of Macragge. His work for Age of Sigmar includes the short story ‘Borne by the Storm’, included in the novel War Storm, and the audio drama The Imprecations of Daemons. He has also written the Warhammer Horror novel Sepulturum. He lives and works in Nottingham.

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James Swallow is the author of the Horus Heresy novels Fear to Tread and Nemesis, which both reached the New York Times bestseller lists. Also for the Horus Heresy, he has written the Siege of Terra novella Garro: Knight of Grey, the novels The Flight of the Eisenstein and The Buried Dagger, and a series of audio dramas featuring the character Nathaniel Garro, the prose versions of which have now been collected into the anthology Garro. For Warhammer 40,000, he is best known for his four Blood Angels novels, the audio drama Heart of Rage, and his two Sisters of Battle novels. His short fiction has appeared in Legends of the Space Marines and Tales of Heresy.

Gav Thorpe’s long and prolific career with Black Library has seen him write across the depth and breadth of the Warhammer universes. Author of the Horus Heresy novels The First Wall, Deliverance Lost, Angels of Caliban, Corax, and novella The Lion, he has also written the titles Luther: First of the Fallen and Rogal Dorn: The Emperor’s Crusader. His Warhammer 40,000 work includes Indomitus, the Dawn of Fire novel The Wolftime, and The High Kâhl's Oath, amongst many others. For Age of Sigmar, Gav wrote the novel The Red Feast, and in 2017 he won the David Gemmell Legend Award for his novel Warbeast. He lives and works in Nottingham.

Guy Haley’s work for Black Library spans the depth and breadth of the Warhammer universes. He is the author of several Horus Heresy novels, including The Lost and the Damned, Titandeath, Wolfsbane and three titles in the Primarchs series. He has also written many Warhammer 40,000 books, including Dawn of Fire: Avenging Son, the Dark Imperium trilogy, and the Belisarius Cawl novels The Great Work, Genefather and Archmagos. For Age of Sigmar he has penned the Drekki Flynt novels The Arkanaut’s Oath and The Ghosts of Barak-Minoz as well as many other stories. He lives in Yorkshire with his wife and son.

Chris Wraight is the author of the Horus Heresy novels Ashes of the Imperium, Warhawk, Scars and The Path of Heaven, the Primarchs novels Leman Russ: The Great Wolf and Jaghatai Khan: Warhawk of Chogoris, as well as several novellas and the audio drama The Sigillite. For Warhammer 40,000 he has written the Space Wolves books Blood of Asaheim, Stormcaller and The Helwinter Gate, as well as the Vaults of Terra and Watchers of the Throne series, The Lords of Silence and the Dawn of Fire novel Sea of Souls. Additionally, he has many Warhammer Fantasy novels to his name, and the Warhammer Crime novel Bloodlines. Chris lives and works in Bradford-on-Avon, in south-west England.

Anthony Reynolds is the author of the Horus Heresy novella The Purge, audio drama Khârn: The Eightfold Path and short stories ‘Scions of the Storm’ and ‘Dark Heart’. In the Warhammer 40,000 universe, he has written the Space Marine Battles novel Khârn: Eater of Worlds, alongside the audio drama Chosen of Khorne, also featuring Khârn. He has also penned the Word Bearers trilogy and many short stories.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Games Workshop (March 31, 2020)
  • Length: 432 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781789990522

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