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Following the tragic death of his son many centuries ago, the cruel Vulture Lord, King Zothar Athrabis, made a terrible bargain with Nagash to preserve his child’s soul. Now, once every 10 years, the new champion of the Games must become host to the boy’s tormented spirit, while the old vessel is condemned to death. Most citizens of Lament deem this a great honour, but when the city’s newly crowned champion, Lycus, is taken by the king to raise as his own, his family question their sacrifice.

Neferata is besieged. To the east, the daemon prince Graunos gathers the legions of the Blood God, seeking to tear the Mortarch from her throne. To the south, Sigmar’s storm heralds the coming of the Anvils of the Heldenhammer, intent on pressing the God-King’s claim. All the while, an ancient enemy grows, hidden within Neferata’s lands. Never has her power seemed so fragile. But, within the dominion of bones, the Mortarch of Blood controls all, and even the champions of the Dark Gods will find themselves puppets in her schemes.

On the mean streets of Altdorf, Guard Captain 'Filthy Harald' Kleindeist investigates a series of gruesome murders that take him into the upper echelons of Imperial society and expose horrors beyond imagining.

The Siege of Excelsis is over at last, and the survivors count the costs amidst the rubble of their city. Even for Galen and Doralia ven Denst, two of the most feared witch hunters in the Order of Azyr, the horrors they have witnessed are not so easily dismissed. Struggling with the traumas inflicted by the siege, Doralia's concerns only grow when her father disappears into the wilds of Ghur. As she sets off on his trail, Doralia begins to suspect that Galen is hunting down a dark secret from their past - one that might hold the key to a new threat rising to engulf Excelsis.

A single, harrowing trial stands between supplicant Ferendir and a life of loyal service to his Alarith temple. But on the day of the young aelf’s final initiation, a Slaaneshi warhost descends upon his mountain home, leaving slaughter and destruction in their wake and stealing a long-hidden Lumineth treasure of terrible power. His world now torn asunder, Ferendir and his stalwart masters, Serath and Desriel, are forced to navigate a realm at war to stop the depraved warriors of the Dark Prince.

In the dark and dangerous Warhammer world, the desperate and the depraved live hand in glove. In this anthology of stories, reacquaint yourself with some of its more morally ambiguous denizens, including ‘Filthy’ Harald Kleindeinst and the scryer Rosanna Ophuls, Baron Johann von Mecklenberg, playwright and self-confessed genius Detlef Sierck and, of course, the vampire Genevieve.

There are many secrets in the dark places of the Old World. From the cities of the Empire, where men huddle together in defiance of the darkness that sweeps across the land, to the vast, savage forests that house all manner of terrible beasts, everywhere you look there is a dark tale or ancient legend waiting to be unearthed. For the vampire Genevieve Dieudonné, several of these ancient horrors and blood-soaked nightmares are about to come to light, as she is plunged into battles for her life and her very soul across three linked novellas.

Ghur is a realm of vast wilds and savage beasts. Few are more vicious than the herdchief, Ghroth the Rootcutter. Brutal and ruthless, he leads his warherd from one massacre to the next, slaughtering all who defy him. Yet this is not enough to sate Ghroth's bloodthirsty ambition - to become the mightiest of beastlords. When a fearsome vision promises Ghroth the power he craves, he leads a small band of warriors far across the wastes to seize the relic that will make all beastkin submit to his dominion.

"Der Traum... ist ein Omen... des Endes." Die Festungswelt Regium blickt auf eine stolze Geschichte zurück. Während andere dem Untergang und der Verdammnis zum Opfer fielen, überdauerte sie die Jahrtausende und verteidigte standhaft das Imperium der Menschheit. Doch jetzt wird sie in ihren Grundfesten erschüttert. Parasitäre Seuchen grassieren und ihre Bewohner träumen von schrecklichen Ungeheuern, die sich an ihrem Fleisch und ihren Knochen laben. Lieutenant Castamon von den Ultramarines kennt die Vorzeichen einer drohenden Tyranideninvasion nur zu gut.

Gotrek Gurnisson, einer der größten Zwergenkrieger, die jemals gelebt haben, sucht um jeden Preis nach einem Weg, die seltsame Rune loszuwerfen, die sich in die Haut auf seiner Brust versenkt hat. Dazu reist er in das fremdartige Reich des Metalls, Chamon, und hofft, dass ihm dort die Himmelsherrscher der Kharadron helfen können. Doch als der Wahnmond aufgeht und die Stämme der Grünhäute drohen, den Himmelshafen Barak-Urbaz zu zerstören, stellt sich Gotrek erneut diesem ältesten Feind seines Volkes.

Viele Jahre führten seine Abenteuer den Zwerg Gotrek Gurnisson bis in die fernsten Winkel der Alten Welt. Jetzt findet sich der unbeugsame Krieger in einem neuen Zeitalter und in fremden Reichen wieder. Betrogen von den Göttern und auf der Suche nach Vergeltung begibt er sich in die trostlose Unterwelt von Shyish und sucht dort nach dem Fürsten des Todes.

Gotrek Gurnisson ist der größte Slayer der Ära Sigmars. Er ist ein rasendes Relikt einer zerstörten Welt, ein geschworener Feind des Chaos und ein Fremder in den Reichen der Sterblichen. Wiedergeboren und rachedurstig durchquert er die Länder des Reiches Chamon, getrieben von neuen Eiden, und stellt sich dort den Mächten der Finsternis. Begleitet von der tödlichen Assassinin Maleneth Hexenklinge zieht er gemeinsam mit den Fŷrslayern der Grimmberge in den Kampf gegen einen Feind, der die Duardin zu vernichten droht.