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Brothers of the Snake
Brother Priad of the Iron Snakes Space Marine Chapter's celebrated Damocles Squad fights in a series of engagements against the enemies of mankind, from the traitor legions of Chaos, to the vile Dark Eldar, to the ravenous Ork hordes The world of Ball Solock in the Reef Stars is attacked by the mythical Primuls, also known as the Dark Eldar. The relatively primitive weapons of the backwater world are ineffective against the beasts. The primary clerk to t...
First and Only
Ibram Gaunt, commander of the Tanith First and Only, struggles against time to unravel a deadly plot by his fellow Imperial Guardsmen while simultaneously bringing death to the enemies of mankind. In the distant future of the Warhammer 40,000 universe, the human Imperium fights for its very survival against foul xenos and twisted servants of the dark Chaos Powers. Ibram Gaunt, the Colonel-Commissar of the Tanith First and Only (also known as Gaunt's Ghos...
Ghostmaker
Gaunt's Ghosts, stuck in a reverie on the eve of a battle with Chaos, must uncover the secrets of Monthrax before they are overwhelmed. In the dark future of the Warhammer 40k universe, Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt leads the Tanith First-and-Only, also known as Gaunt's Ghosts. The scouting and light infantry unit is the only survivor of their homeworld, fallen to Chaos on the day of the Founding of their Imperial Guard regiments. In Ghostmaker, Gaunt an...
Horus Rising
Loyal captain Garviel Loken, accompanying Warmaster Horus on his crusade of conquest, watches as circumstances conspire to erode the dream of the rationalist Empire he serves. This is the first book in the Horus Hersey series, telling the story of the fall of Horus, most beloved of the Emperor's Primarch sons, into the worship of Chaos, ten millenia before the era of Warhammer 40K. Horus Rising sets its action shortly after the Emperor has handed command...

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Know No Fear
The Horus Heresy reaches the home of the Ultramarines legion, as the Word Bearers traitor legion launches an insidious sneak attack against their Ultramarine brothers on the world of Calth. By order of the Warmaster Horus, the forces of the Ultramarines space marine legion, including both the marines proper and their attendant Imperial Army regiments and Imperial Navy spaceships, are to rally and prepare to embark, along with their brothers in the Word B...
Necropolis
When the Verghast metropolis of Vervunhive falls under assault by the armies of Chaos, several Imperial Guard units, including Gaunt's Ghosts, are deployed to fend off the ravening hordes of fallen Ferrozoica. Peaceful Vervunhive, a munitions manufacturer for the broader Imperium, is rocked by a sudden assault from its neighboring hive-city, Ferrozoica. The initial defense falls into disarray due to disagreements among the Vervunhive military and governm...
Prospero Burns
Historian Kasper Hawser, assigned to document the strange Space Marines of the feral Space Wolves legion, finds himself in the middle of events that lead to the struggle between the Wolves and the sorcerous Thousand Sons. Imperial historian Kasper Hawser has had a long and storied carrier, leading the Conservatory Project to preserve ancient Terran history. NOw, however, he faces a rather different challenge: joining the savage Space Wolves as a chronicl...
Ravenor: The Omnibus
The powerful psychic Inquisitor Ravenor, trapped within a life-support chair after a terrible accident, unravels a conspiracy among the spires of Eustis Majoris with the aid of his talented agents. Something foul is afoot on the world of Eustis Majoris. A new drug called Flect, in which the addict gets high by gazing into a small mirror-shard, has caught the attention of the heresy-fighting Inquisition of the Hellican subsector. The famed Inquisitor Rave...