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Throughout the tortured galaxy, Ephrael Stern is known by many names. The Thrice-born. The Daemonifuge. The Heretic Saint. Trapped deep within Imperium Nihilus following the coming of the Great Rift, the maligned Sister of Battle fears the Imperium is no more. The God-Emperor’s light, which has guided her through centuries of strife, has too extinguished. Seemingly forsaken, Stern is bereft until a mysterious stranger arrives, offering her a new destiny. One that might yet see the Imperium saved. Stern must prove herself worthy of the God-Emperor’s grace once more.

On the planet Mistral, an uprising of barons has upset the delicate balance of power. But, as Yarrick was soon forced to learn, Mistral and Imperial politics are often murky, the truth seldom clear cut. As war engulfs the world, a plot unravels that pits old friends against one another and fashions unusual alliances. Chaos cults, the fanatical Adepta Sororitas and clandestine inquisitors all stand between Yarrick and his mission. Here is where the legend began. In this crucible, Lord Commissar Sebastian Yarrick was forged in blood.

War makes for strange alliances - and so it is for the free city of the Colonnade, which must turn to the Mother of Nightmares and her dynasty of monsters to defend themselves against the hordes of Chaos. The Colonnade, a free city, is the jewel of Ghur, obsessed with purity in a realm of bestial savagery. But now, it faces annihilation at the hands of an unstoppable beastherd. In a desperate gamble, Councillor Atella Reigehren requests the aid of a being anathema to the Colonnade. She seeks Lauka Vai, the Mother of Nightmares, and her dynasty of monsters, the Avengorii.

Once, the Galaspar System suffered under the cruel regime of the Order. Billions of people toiled endlessly to enrich their masters, enduring short lives of poverty, squalor and fear. But Galaspar’s sins did not go unnoticed by the Imperium, and so Death itself sentenced the Order to annihilation. Mortarion, newly uplifted to commander of the Death Guard, descended upon the world, and with him came a slaughter of untold proportions. The sheer brutality of Mortarion’s campaign left the Imperium appalled.

Long before the coming of the Imperium, the realm of Ultramar was ruled by Roboute Guilliman, the last Battle King of Macragge. Even after learning of his true heritage as a primarch son of the Emperor of Mankind, he strove to expand his domain as efficiently and benevolently as possible, with the XIII Legion Ultramarines as his alone to command.

The Siege of Terra looms, and the fate of the galaxy balances on a razor's edge. Roboute Guilliman leads the immense fleet of the Ultramarines in a race towards the Throneworld, and such is the power he commands that he could turn the tide of the war in the loyalists' favour. As determined as Guilliman is to reach Terra, Horus is as resolute in delaying his brother primarch until it is too late. Guilliman's path through the Ruinstorm crosses through the Charchera system, and here, Warsmith Khrossus and a lone company of Iron Warriors have been given a fateful mission.

As the Emperor marshals his armies to reclaim the galaxy for the glory of mankind, one by one his Space Marine Legions are reunited with their missing primarchs. The XVIII Legion are still waiting to find their true identity, unaware their own lord has been found. In the Taras Division, legionaries face annihilation as they take a last, desperate stand against a monstrous ork invasion. Meanwhile, on Nocturne, Vulkan has raised and trained a new force of warriors. Now it is the time for him to lead his sons into battle.

The Honoured joins the survivors from both sides in the immediate aftermath of the attack on Calth as they are driven into the subterranean arcology shelters by the tortured Veridian star. While their primarch, Roboute Guilliman, had planned for many seemingly unthinkable eventualities, the Ultramarines now face a new war in the underworld. The Unburdened follows Kurtha Sedd of the Third Hand Chapter of the Word Bearers. Garro: Vow of Faith tells the continuing story of Nathaniel Garro.

The Horus Heresy is a civil war on a scale the likes of which the galaxy has never seen before. After the Great Crusade united the disparate worlds of humanity, the very warriors who made it possible turned on each other and tore it apart. The Siege of Terra looms, and the fate of the galaxy balances on a razor's edge.

The Imperium is at war – with xenos, the servants of Chaos, and worse. Warriors, both human and post-human, fight on far-flung battlefields with no end in sight, selling their lives dearly for the sprawling domain of Humanity to hold on for just a moment longer. This collection of short stories and a novella tells just a fraction of their tales. This anthology features stories from some of Black Library's most beloved authors, including Dan Abnett, Guy Haley, and Mike Brooks.

This Horus Heresy anthology contains eighteen short stories by authors such as Graham McNeill, Aaron Dembski-Bowden, Nick Kyme, and many more. Also, Chris Wraight’s acclaimed novella Brotherhood of the Storm delves into the nature of the elusive White Scars Legion, and their questionable sense of duty to the Emperor.

The Emperor's vision of mankind ascendant lies in tatters. The Great Crusade is naught but a fading memory. The dream of Unity is no more. But with Horus's rebellion spreading to every corner of the Imperium and war engulfing new worlds and systems almost daily, there are some who now ask: were the signs there to be seen all along?

Driven almost to the brink of self-destruction at Isstvan V, the Iron Hands now seek vengeance for the murder of their primarch Ferrus Manus. Gathering survivors from the Raven Guard and the Salamanders aboard any vessels capable of warp travel, these Shattered Legions wage a new campaign of annihilation against the traitor forces across the galaxy - a campaign masterminded by legendary warleader Shadrak Meduson.

Die Space Wolves sind ein stolzer und grimmiger Kriegerorden mit einer langen und ereignisreichen Geschichte. Doch nicht alle ihre Sagas künden von Ruhm und Glorie. In ihrer Vergangenheit liegen Geheimnisse und Widersacher verborgen, welche die Folge der Taten eines vergangenen und halb vergessenen Zeitalters sind. Als Fenris, die Heimatwelt der Space Wolves, von einer Flut bösartiger Dämonen angegriffen wird, beantworten alle, die dem Orden dienen, den Ruf zu den Waffen.

The Horus Heresy was the darkest moment in the history of mankind, as brother turned upon brother and threatened to tear the galaxy apart. This bundle of audiobooks delivers an action-packed, yet intimate look at the heroes and villains of the era. In this collection of audiobooks, Black Library stalwarts take on big names and story beats pertaining to some of the landmark events of the Horus Heresy - the greatest conflict the galaxy has ever known.

Während der Imperator mit seinen Armeen auszieht, die Galaxis zum Ruhme der Menschheit zurückzufordern, werden seine Legionen nach und nach mit ihren verschollenen Genvätern, den Primarchen, vereint. Die XVIII. Legion wartet noch darauf, zu ihrer wahren Identität zu finden. Dabei ahnt sie nicht, dass ihr Herr bereits gefunden wurde. Im Taras-System sehen die Legionäre der Salamanders ihrer Auslöschung ins Auge, als sie sich verzweifelt einer monströsen Invasion der Orks entgegenstellen. Unterdessen hat Vulkan auf Nocturne neue Krieger ausgehoben und ausgebildet.

Nach dem Landungsfeldmassaker von Isstvan V findet sich eine angeschlagene Gruppe aus Iron Hands, Raven Guards und Salamanders auf einer scheinbar unbedeutenden Todeswelt zusammen. Nachdem sie die Angriffe aller Arten von Monstern zurückgeschlagen haben, schöpft das brüchige Bündnis neue Hoffnung in Form einer Gruppe Menschen, die vor dem Krieg geflüchtet sind. Doch noch während die Space Marines für sie eine Zuflucht inmitten der Dschungel von Pythos errichten, braut sich eine Dunkelheit zusammen, die sie alle auf ewig zu verschlingen droht.

Lange vor der Ankunft des Imperiums herrschte Roboute Guilliman, der letzte Schlachtenkönig von Macragge, über das Reich Ultramar. Nachdem er von seinem wahren Erbe als Sohn des Imperators der Menschheit erfahren hat, strebt er weiterhin danach, sein Herrschaftsgebiet so effizient und großmütig wie zuvor auszuweiten. Als die Welt Thoas von den Orks bedroht wird, muss Guilliman sein Vorgehen mit Bedacht wählen – sonst könnte sein Traum von einer strahlenden Zukunft für immer verloren sein.

Auf Isstvan V wurde die Iron-Hands-Legion beinahe ausgelöscht. Jetzt will sie Vergeltung für den Mord an ihrem Primarchen. Gemeinsam mit Überlebenden der Raven Guard und Salamanders bilden sie nun die Zerschlagenen Legionen und jagen in der gesamten Galaxis die Streitmächte der Verräterlegionen, ein Feldzug, der von dem legendären Krieger Shadrak Meduson angeführt wird.

Auf Befehl des Kriegsherrn Horus brennt die gesamte Galaxis und jeden Tag verlieren Millionen Menschen ihr Leben. Doch einst stand der Titel des Kriegsherrn für Ehre, Loyalität und den grimmigen Stolz auf die Stärke der Space-Marine-Legionen. Vielleicht lässt sich etwas Licht in dieses Dunkel bringen, indem man den unzähligen Fäden des Schicksals und des Widerstands folgt, die sich schon immer um die Primarchen und ihre Söhne rankten. Vielleicht lässt sich so die Bitterkeit verstehen, die selbst an der standhaftesten Seele nagt.