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In a gripping tale of survival, Ufthak Blackhawk confronts the sinister Drukhari within the nightmarish flesh pits of Commorragh. He is thrust into a brutal gladiatorial contest against sadistic foes who revel in inflicting suffering. This intense setting highlights the themes of resilience and the struggle against overwhelming odds, as Ufthak must navigate a world defined by cruelty and despair to emerge victorious.
The Lion. Son of the Emperor, brother of demigods and Primarch of the Dark Angels. Awakened. Returned. And yet... lost.The Lion. Son of the Emperor, brother of demigods and primarch of the Dark Angels. Awakened. Returned. And yet lost. After ten thousand years, Lion El'Jonson finds himself trapped in the nightmare of Imperium Nihilus, where the dying embers of humanity are threatened on all sides by the darkness. Alone, he has no hope of prevailing against this evil. However, there are those who would aid him in this quest. Hunted to the edge of endurance, his fallen knights have long awaited the day their liege would return to redeem them. Now he must gather them to his side once more, and ride out to vanquish a traitorous son and his twisted Chaos warband. And yet in these strange times the Lion can be certain of nothing and no one except for himself. But without the Emperor, without the Imperium, without his Legion and without Caliban... who is he?
A Warhammer 40,000 Novel The leader of an Alpha Legion warband continues the Long War against the Imperium of Mankind, while harbouring the ambition to become the Harrowmaster and unite his Legion. READ IT BECAUSE See the Alpha Legion in the wake of the Great Rift, as they face the power of the Primaris Space Marines of the Indomitus Crusade. THE STORY The Alpha Legion are devious beyond measure, but deceit is a double-edged sword. As the Indomitus Crusade pushes into the far reaches of the Ultima Segmentum, and Solomon Akurra and his warband the Serpent’s Teeth encounter the feared Primaris Marines, the Alpha Legion is faced with a choice – fade into the shadows, or adapt and strike back. Solomon intends to take the title of Harrowmaster and bind together the feuding heads of the hydra that make up his Legion, but his allies are disparate and unproven, and his enemies march with the might of the Imperium at their back. Much is not as it seems, and the odds are stacked against the sons of Alpharius… but Solomon is armed with a weapon the Imperium cannot ignore: the truth.
The second volume in the God-King Chronicles, The Splinter King is the sequel to The Black Coast, and tells an epic fantasy tale of gods and thieves, of kings and assassins, of dragons and the warriors who ride them into battle . . .
Ork action at it's finest, join us for the next epic Waaagh! Ufthak Blackhawk and the green tide descend upon Hephaesto – an Adeptus Mechanicus forge world bristling with loot – only to find it already under siege by the notorious Freebooter Kaptin Badrukk. When his warboss, Da Biggest Big Mek, orders temporary co-operation, Ufthak seeks to make a name for himself by crushing some of the Imperium’s most advanced defenders and claiming the greatest prize. But with a sinister new war machine on the horizon, Badrukk’s plotting, and a thoroughly annoying grot in his way, Ufthak is going to need the brutal kunnin’ of Mork himself just to survive.
Two armies will clash - led by two fearsome generals. Rumour claims one is a demon, and the other is a god reborn... In the West, Marin and Alazar are in the army of the Godsworn following Tyrun, who claims to be Nari Reborn. In the East, the demon known as The Golden lands with Tjakorsha at its back, looking to slay a god. In the City of Islands, Jeya and Bulang try to survive as factions seek to use Bulang's ancestry for their own gain. In the South, Daimon and Saana fight to keep the peace they brokered alive amid the onset of war. And in amongst it all is Tila Narida, the Divine Princess, who has always turned chaos to her own advantage... The legacy of Narida's God-Kings spans a continent, and will end in blood. Experience the battle-filled finale to the God-King Chronicles, an epic fantasy series by Mike Brooks. The God-King Chronicles: The Black Coast The Splinter-King The Godbreaker
In the third book of the “entertaining” (Kirkus Reveiws) Keiko series, Captain Ichabod Drift and his crew find themselves in another mess as a ship-wide vacation leads to their second-in-command taken hostage by the planet’s criminal mastermind. After the riotous civil war in Dark Sky, the crew of the Keiko decides to go on vacation at an illegal gambling port for a little fun. What they don’t realize is that the casinos are run by an ex-client who didn’t get his shipment due to the war. The mob boss decides to take Tamara Rouke, the Keiko’s second-in-command, and hold her hostage until the crew raises enough money to pay him back for the lost shipment. If they don’t pay up in time, Rouke will be killed. Captain Ichabod Drift and his crew agree. But as they find a way to get the funds, one will betray everyone and one will die…
WAR DRAGONS.FEARSOME RAIDERS.A DAEMONIC WARLORD ON THE RISE.When the citizens of Black Keep see ships on the horizon, terror takes them because they know who is coming: for generations, the keep has been raided by the fearsome clanspeople of Tjakorsha. Saddling their war dragons, Black Keep's warriors rush to defend their home only to discover that the clanspeople have not come to pillage at all. Driven from their own land by a daemonic despot who prophesises the end of the world, the raiders come in search of a new home . . .Meanwhile the wider continent of Narida is lurching toward war. Black Keep is about to be caught in the crossfire - if only its new mismatched society can survive.THE START OF AN UNMISSABLE FANTASY SERIES.
Set in the sinister city of Commorragh, known for its brutality and treachery, the story follows Lelith Hesperax, the galaxy's most lethal gladiator. Raised amidst a culture steeped in violence and intrigue, she has earned her reputation by ruthlessly slaying her opponents in the dark arenas of this urban nightmare. The narrative explores the dark themes of survival and dominance in a world where murder is a way of life, highlighting the harrowing environment that shapes its inhabitants.
This anthology contains the novella - Wanted: Dead by Mike Brooks - and nine short stories by some of the Black Library's finest authors
Ichabod Drift and his crew sign on for a new smuggling job that soon goes south when they are separated and caught up in a dangerous civil war.
Delve back in to grimy underbelly of the sprawling city of Varangantua in this great Warhammer 40,000 crime anthology. In the sprawling hive city of Varangantua, crime lords and gangers, law enforcers and vigilantes live cheek- by-jowl – killers and thieves from all echelons of society doing what they can to survive. In ‘Once 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 feature stories from Nick Kyme, Denny Flowers, Jude Reid, and lots more besides. Welcome to Varangantua – watch your back.
"Huron Blackheart is the master of the Red Corsairs, but keeping power is never certain for those renegades who have renounced the Imperium. With the galaxy thrown into turmoil by the return of Roboute Guilliman, and new challenges to his authority emerging within his own ranks, Huron must call on every trick he knows to stay in control... and alive. But even a warrior as ferocious as the Blood Reaver must be wary, for although there are still bargains open to him, not all are ones he should rush into..."--Provided by publisher
"From within the hives of Necromunda, where unchecked billions teem and fester, House Cawdor knows the truth - the doom of the universe hangs eternal over their heads. You cannot escape it, and you cannot escape your past. Floodgrave burns, and with it burns the life Zeke of House Cawdor has built. With his friends dead, their children missing, and the culprits nowhere to be found, Zeke takes up the weapons he swore to leave behind, and starts a path downhive that will see him face the man he used to be. He will stop at nothing, even if that means bringing the horrors of his past back into the light."--Provided by publisher
For fans of political intrique and machinations. The death of Lord Azariel, head of the Navigator House Brobantis, draws his widow into a dark world of ritual killings and cult murders, while larger plans are at work and entire worlds are threatened… Lord Azariel, Head of the Navigator House Brobantis is dead. 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
The Keiko is a ship of smugglers, soldiers of fortune and adventurers, travelling Earthâe(tm)s colony planets searching for the next job. And nobody talks about their past. But when a face from Captain Ichabod Driftâe(tm)s former life send them on a run to Old Earth, all the rules change. Trust will be broken, and blood will be spilled.
With only one bastion still standing on the once unconquerable fortress world of Aranua, Warboss Gazrot Goresnappa should be basking in the light of impending victory. Instead, he lies ‘proppa dead’ beneath a decapitated Gargant’s head. The biggest and baddest bosses from each of the six (no- longer-united) clans step forward to duke it out to become the next warboss – but the ork gods have other plans. A prophecy foretells of a mysterious gate that lies beneath the human city. The one true warboss will be the first to find it, and will use it to turn the galaxy green. Da Genrul of the Blood Axes knows only he is worthy, but it seems Evil Sunz Speedboss Zagnob and Goff Big Boss Mag Dedfist didn’t get the memo. And to add insult to injury, nor did the leader of the grot uprising, the one true prophet of Gork and Mork (or so he claims), Snaggi Littletoof, who seeks to use this opportunity to turn the tide of grot oppression. Who will the green gods deem worthy?
Viele Legenden ranken sich um die glorreichen -- oder auch berüchtigten -- Taten der Söhne des Imperators. Doch kaum etwas ist bekannt über Alpharius, den geheimnisvollsten von ihnen. Der Herr der Alpha Legion ist ein Meister der Kunst der Täuschung. Seine Fähigkeiten auf dem Gebiet der Verschwiegenheit und Irreführung sind derart, dass sogar die Details seines Wiederfindens durch den Imperator ein Mysterium bleiben -- bis jetzt. Doch wenn diese Geschichte direkt aus dem Mund der Schlange kommt, wo endet dann das Blendwerk und wo beginnt die Wahrheit?
Ein Roman über die Alpha Legion Der Anführer einer Kriegerschar der Alpha Legion führt den Langen Krieg gegen das Imperium der Menschheit fort, während er selbst die Ambition hegt, seine Brüder unter sich zu vereinen. WARUM DU DIESES BUCH LESEN SOLLTEST Erlebe die Alpha Legion nach dem Erscheinen des Großen Risses in Aktion, inklusive ihrer Begegnung mit den Primaris Space Marines des Indomitus-Kreuzzugs. DIE GESCHICHTE Die Alpha Legion ist über alle Maßen verschlagen, aber Täuschung ist ein zweischneidiges Schwert. Als der Indomitus-Kreuzzug in die Tiefen des Segmentum Ultima vordringt und Solomon Akurra und seine Kriegerschar, die Schlangenzähne, auf die gefürchteten Primaris Marines treffen, steht die Alpha Legion vor der Wahl: in den Schatten verschwinden oder sich anpassen und zurückschlagen. Solomon will der Erste Schinder werden und die verfeindeten Köpfe der Hydra, aus denen seine Legion besteht, vereinen, doch seine Verbündeten sind gespalten und unerprobt, und seine Feinde haben die Macht des Imperiums auf ihrer Seite. Vieles ist nicht so, wie es scheint, und die Chancen stehen schlecht für die Söhne des Alpharius – aber Solomon hat eine Waffe, die das Imperium nicht ignorieren kann: die Wahrheit. Geschrieben von Mike Brooks Übersetzt von Birgit Hausmayer
Dieses Jahr wird das Fest Revolutionär Da Rote Gobbo – ein Name, der für Freiheit von der eisernen Faust orkischer Unterdrückung steht, der Aufstände anzettelt und den Funken der Rebellion in Grotbäuchen entfacht. Schließt euch der Revvoluzion an und lest diese Sammlung von Kurzgeschichten und Novellen von Mike Brooks, Denny Flowers und Rhuairidh James. Ein ORKS Roman
Der Rückkehr von Roboute Guilliman markiert den Beginn eines düsteren Kapitels in der Geschichte der Menschheit, als der Große Riss am Nachthimmel über Terra Dämonen heraufbeschwört. Diese Ereignisse stellen die fundamentalen Prinzipien der Imperium in Frage und fordern die Überlebenden heraus, sich den neuen Bedrohungen zu stellen. Der Primarch bringt sowohl Hoffnung als auch die düstere Realität eines Krieges, der das Schicksal der Menschheit entscheidend beeinflussen wird.
Ufthak Schwarzfalke fürchtet, dass er jetzt dran ist. Da Meklord hat ihn zu sich gerufen, und der Gargantenmoscha weiß einfach, dass sein Boss ihm eigentlich nur die Fresse polieren will … Da ihm die Optionen ausgehen, führt Ufthak seinen Waaagh durch das rätselhafte Netz der Tausend Tore, an einen Ort, wo die Devise lautet, klävva, heimlich und übalegt vorzugehen. Einen Ort, an dem reine Muskelkraft wenig zählt: Commorragh, die Dunkle Stadt. In den wimmelnden Fleischgruben der Drukhari, wo Kabalen und Haemonculus-Zirkel psionische Überreste in den Warp pumpen, landet Ufthak in einem Gladiatorenkampf mit den Meistern der Schmerzen und sieht sich bald einer Archontin gegenüber, die um jeden Preis beweisen will, dass sie es verdient, die Dunkle Stadt zu beherrschen – selbst, wenn sie in dem Zuge Commorragh niederreißt. Die Drukhari merken allerdings schon bald, dass die Orks zwar einfach gestrickt sein mögen, der Umgang mit ihnen jedoch alles andere als unkompliziert ist.
