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Fast paced Astra Millitarum story focussing on the troops of the Death Korps of Krieg.Krieg is a dead world. Fifteen hundred years ago, it declared its independence from the Imperium of Man, and paid the price. One loyal soul defied its treacherous rulers, and laid the world to waste. From these ashes emerged a unique fighting force, forged and tempered in nuclear fire… Today, the Death Korps of Krieg lay siege to a captured hive city on the outskirts of the system-spanning Octarius War, in a desperate attempt to secure the cordon that stops untold masses of orks and tyranids from spilling out into the Imperium at large. The Korpsmen are relentless, ruthless, implacable and unstoppable, even in the face of a war that seems unwinnable. How far will they go to achieve victory, and is history doomed to repeat itself?

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This is a Mortal Realms story with a twist – a virtuous man succumbs to the path of darkness, and wages a war against Sigmar.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 this choice is made, who will Heldanarr Fall become?

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Book 4 in the Global best selling The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra series. The Traitor Host of Horus Lupercal tightens its iron grip on the Palace of Terra, and one by one the walls and bastions begin to crumple and collapse. Rogal Dorn, Praetorian of Terra, redoubles his efforts to keep the relentless enemy at bay, but his forces are vastly outnumbered and hopelessly outgunned. Dorn simply cannot defend everything. Any chance of survival now requires sacrifice, but what battles dare he lose so that others can be won? Is there one tactical stroke, one crucial combat, that could turn the tide forever and win the war outright?

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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.

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A wandering vampire hunts for the sorcerer who ruined his kingdomCado Ezechiar is a wanderer who has outlived the memory of the age that made him. A Soulblight vampire who accepted the curse as his people and kingdom fell to Chaos, he now roams the Realm of Death and beyond seeking retribution and salvation for the ones he failed. Aided by the bound spirits of those he lost, Cado follows a path of revenge, hunting the servants of Chaos to slake his need for blood while seeking the Sorcerer of Change who destroyed his kingdom. When his hunt leads him to the free city of Aventhis, Cado becomes caught up in the machinations of greater powers – beings who see the city and its people as dust in the eyes of ambitious gods. Torn between his code of honour and his desire for vengeance, Cado must navigate a web of war and deceit, or lose everything.

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Having secured Baal, the Flesh Tearers receive timely reinforcements from the Indomitus Crusade. In that moment of hope, however, they realise they've not heard from their now isolated homeworld of Cretacia in far too long…Ordered by Gabriel Seth to secure Cretacia, Chaplain Dumah and Apothecary Barachial set course for the Flesh Tearers' homeworld. But when they finally lay eyes on it once more, will they find a garrison standing firm, or a desolate wasteland scoured by their enemies? The Space Marines must walk in the footsteps of their chapter's mythic founder, and along the way they will learn what it means to embrace the Wrath of the Lost – or die trying.

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The first three action-packed adventures of Commissar Ciaphas Cain, and his malodorous aide Jurgen are collected together into one amazing volume. His brand of sarcasm and self-preservation are a hit with Black Library fans and provide a unique counterpoint to the usual darkness of the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

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Después de la traición de Isstvan V, Horus comienza su campaña contra el Emperador, una guerra a escala galáctica que tiene como objetivo final Terra. Pero el camino que lleva al enfrentamiento entre padre e hijo es muy largo: siete años llenos de secretos y de silencios, de planes y de proyectos. Los años más oscuros de la Herejía de Horus están a punto de ser desvelados. La Era de la Oscuridad nos adentra en un nuevo capítulo épico de esta historia, e incluye relatos de algunos de los mejores autores de la Black Library, incluidos Dan Abnett, Graham McNeill, James Swallow y Aaron Dembski-Bowden.

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El inquisidor Gregor Eisenhorn se ha pasado la vida rondando los límites más oscuros y peligrosos del Imperium en su persecución de la herejía y el Caos. Pero cuánto tiempo puede un hombre seguir ese camino sin sucumbir a la tentación de la disformidad? Eisenhorn sigue siendo un paladín del Trono o ha sido seducido por la misma maldad que pretende erradicar?El antihéroe más apreciado de Warhammer 40,000?s regresa finalmente con una fascinante novela, que lo enfrenta a su enemigo más antiguo y constante, y lo obliga a hacer frente a la auténtica oscuridad que se haya dentro de sí.Por primera vez, la Black Library presenta el dossier de casos definitivo de Gregor Eisenhorn, en el que se recogen todos los relatos cortos del famoso inquisidor de Dan Abnett en un único volumen épico. Las historias, algunas de las cuales nunca antes se han publicado, han sido reunidas por el autor, que también nos ofrece una introducción, para ser un complemento indispensabl

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Un omnibus de novelas de la Black Library.El Imperio nunca se ha visto en una situación tan crítica: una luna de ataque orka planea sobre Terra y una marea de armadas orkas asola el espacio humano. Nada parece ser capaz de detener a los pielesverdes, sea fuerza bruta, ciencia o fe. Cuando el Adeptus Mechanicus revela haber descubierto el punto de origen de los orkos, los Space Marines reúnen sus fuerzas para lanzar un asalto a gran escala sobre el mundo natal de su enemigo.Pero lo que necesitan las fuerzas imperiales es un rostro al que seguir, un héroe de leyenda que las dirija: un primarca. Será posible encontrar a alguna de estas míticas figuras y además convencerla de que preste su ayuda?Incluye las novelas:MUNDO TRONOECOS DE LA GUERRA ETERNALA BÚSQUEDA DE VULKANLA BESTIA DEBE MORIRMinotauro publica la esperada continuación de El despertar de la Bestia: Volumen 1, un ómnibus épico del universo Warhammer 40.000. Incluye las novelas: Mundo Trono (Gu

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