The Space Wolf — (1999-2008) by William King and Lee Lightner. Publisher: These three classic SF stories follow the adventures of Ragnar the Space Wolf, from his recruitment by the Space Marines on the savage world of Fenris to his aventures amongst the stars. Whether Ragnar and his friends are fighting orks, mutants, or the foul forces of Chaos, adventure is never far behind! |
|
|
|
The Inquisition War — (2002) by William King and Lee Lightner. Draco was originally published as Inquisitor. Publisher: The Inquisition War is the classic story of Inquisitor Jaq Draco and his desperate mission to uncover a plot that will bring mankind to its knees before the Dark Powers. Written by award-winning author, Ian Watson, The Inquisition War explores areas of the Warhammer 40,000 mythology that few other authors have dared to tackle. |
|
Gaunt's Ghosts — (1999-2011) by Dan Abnett. Omnibus editions available. Publisher: In the nightmare future of Warhammer 40,000, the galaxy-spanning Imperium is riven with dangers. In the Chaos-infested Sabbat system, Imperial Commissar Gaunt must lead his men through as much in-fighting amongst rival regiments as against the forces of Chaos. First and Only is an epic saga of planetary conquest, grand ambition, treachery and honour. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
The Last Chancers — (2000-2004) Publisher: Across a hundred blasted war-zones, upon a dozen bloody worlds, the convict soldiers of the Thirteenth Legion fight a desperate battle for redemption in the eyes of the immortal Emperor. In this endless war against savage orks, merciless eldar and the insidious threat of Chaos, Kage and the Last Chancers penal battalion must fight not only to win but to survive! ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Necromunda — (2000-2007) Status: Deadzone is an anthology. Publisher: D’onne Ulanti is an outlaw and a maniac,
known amongst the scum of Necromunda as
‘Mad Donna’, as her uncontrollable and violent ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
Eisenhorn — (2001-2002) by Dan Abnett. Publisher: Inquisitor Eisenhorn is one on the most senior members of the Imperial Inquisition. With his warband he scourges the galaxy in order to root out heresy. When that heresy is found to infiltrate the hierarchy of the Imperium and the Inquisition itself, he must rely on himself alone to deal with it — even if it means making deals with the enemy. Omnibus: All three books of the Eisenhorn trilogy along with two short stories and Eisenhorn's case book and compendium are included in one big volume. |
|
![]() ![]() ![]()
|
|
The Gothic War — (2001-2003) by Gordon Rennie. Publisher: An inhabited world. An imperial world, far from the nearest warzone. Once Again, the guidance of the Powers of the Warp has served him well. Already the name and location of this new target are being relayed to the rest of the fleet. The Planet Killer is making ready to strike another blow for the Dark Gods. The Doomed inhabitants could not possibly realise or understand it yet, but the hour of their appointed execution has just been set. ![]() ![]() |
Ultramarines — (2002-2010) by Graham McNeill. Publisher: Newly promoted Ultramarines Captain Uriel Ventris is assigned to investigate Pavonis, and Imperial planet plagued by civil disorder and renegade eldar raiders. But nothing is as straightforward as it appears, and wheels are turning within wheels. Uriel and his allies are forced into a deadly race against time to destroy their shadowy enemy — or the whole planet must be sacrificed for the good of humanity. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
Path of the Eldar — (2002, 2011) by William King and Gav Thorpe. Publisher: The eldar farseers can see the future — or more particularly, the futures. Endless possibilities stretch ahead of the galaxy. By manipulating events, the eldar can bring peace, for a time. But they are not powerful anymore — so they must find an agent. They must find one very special human being. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Soul Drinkers — (2002-2012) by Ben Counter. Publisher: Like all Space Marine Chapters, the Soul Drinkers are bound to serve the Imperium by ancient vows. But when an ancient relic of the Chapter is misappropriated, the Soul Drinkers face a terrible dilemma — betray the Imperium, or lose their honour? Their final choice, and its consequences, form the theme of this classic trilogy of SF stories set in the nightmare world of the 41st millennium. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Black Templars — (2003-2005) by Jonathan Green. Publisher: Battle-weary Marshal Brant of the Black Templars returns home after leading his Space Marines to victory through countless campaigns to find their planet, Solemnus, under attack from battle hungry orks. After a desperate struggle, Brant finds his forces are all but destroyed and the honour of the Chapter stained with blood. His vow for revenge takes him to the fiery shores of Armageddon, a sulphurous world synonymous with war, and into the heat of battle! ![]() ![]() |
Shira Calpurnia — (2003-2006) by Matt Farrer. Publisher: THE BUSTLING DOCKYARDS of the Hydraphur system are home to the mighty Imperial warfleets, which dock, rearm and repair in an endless cycle of war. Newly assigned Arbites officer, Shira Calpurnia, finds herself in the thick of the action when she investigates a series of assassination attempts. With the corruption and double-crosses of the Hydraphur elite dogging every step of her investigations, Calpurnia must survive the crossfire, and bring her faceless enemies to justice. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Ciaphas Cain — (2003-2012) by Sandy Mitchell. Omnibus editions available. Publisher: On an outpost Imperial world on the fringes of Tau space, Ciaphas Cain and his regiment of Valhallan Guard, find themselves in the middle of a war. As the Imperial Guard struggle to contain worldwide civil insurrection, can the wily Commissar Cain identify the real villain before the planet is lost to the Imperium forever? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
Ravenor — (2004-2007) by Dan Abnett. Publisher: In the war-torn future of the 41st millennium, the Inquisition fights a secret war against the darkest enemies of mankind — the alien, the heretic and the daemon. The three stories in this omnibus tell the tale of Inquisitor Gideon Ravenor and his lethal band of operatives, whose investigations take them from the heart of the Scarus Sector to the wildest regions of space beyond, and even through time itself. Wherever they go, and whatever dangers they face, they will never give up until their mission succeeds. |
|
![]() ![]()
|
|
The Grey Knights — (2004-2008) by Ben Counter. Publisher: There are times when the scale of a daemonic infestation is such that even the most formidable and righteous Inquisitors need to call upon aid to triumph. High speed action and adventure with the elite Grey Knights as they struggle to banish the powerful daemin Ghargatuloth before time runs out and the creature is free to rampage aroung the universe! Ben Counter's lates foray into the war-torn far future is packed with white hot action featuring the superhuman daemonhunters — the Grey Knights. From the epic clash between man and infernal daemon to the dark horrors of Chaos, Ben Counter hits the target on every level! |
|
![]() ![]()
|
|
Dawn of War — (2004-2009) by C.S. Goto. Publisher: The Third Company of the Blood Ravens Space Marines are fighting tooth and nail with a barbaric ork invasion. The battle is close and bloody, and orks never walk away from a fight. However, even as Blood Ravens Brother-Captain Gabriel Angelos prepares to throw his men forward in a last ditch defence of Tartarus, the mysterious eldar and the traitorous legions of Chaos are observed in the thick of battle. Angelos must guide his brother Marines through a web of deceit and intrigue, secrets that could threaten the entire Blood Ravens Chapter. Pulse-pounding action and adventure, based on the smash hit game from THQ, this is destruction on a planetary scale! |
|
![]() ![]()
|
![]() |
The Blood Angels — (2004-2010) by James Swallow. Omnibus editions available. Publisher: The Space Marines are the most popular of all of the forces fighting in the grim future of Warhammer 40,000, and the Blood Angels are possibly the most popular of all the Marine Chapters. In the first of two linked novels, rising Black Library (and Black Flame!) star James Swallow reveals the gore-soaked secrets of the Blood Angels for the very first time. Retreating from an inglorious defeat, the Space Marines are reinforced by a new army led by their legendary primarch, Sanguinius. But Sanguinius has been dead for centuries, so what by all that is holy is going on? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Deathwatch — (2005-2006) by C.S. Goto. Publisher: First in a series of Deathwatch titles. When the Deathwatch Space Marines are sent to investigate a vital outpost on a lonely planet, they find they have been betrayed. Can they escape the ravening hordes of giant bug like monsters called Tyranids and find the traitor who lurks in the heart of the Imperial forces? ![]()
|
Imperial Guard — (2005-2011) Publisher: Basic Training: Four Months. Planetary Transportation: Seven Weeks. Life Expectancy... Fifteen Hours. the stalwart troops of the Imperial Guard are the first line of defence against the nemerous foes of the Imperium. Their heroisn and courage is renowned across the galaxy and their armoured might has crushed countless rebellions and invasions. This action packed novel tells the story of a lone guardsman and his baptism of fire in a combat zone where the average expected lifespan is a mere fifteen hours. Fighting hand-to-hand against the barbarous orks, he must draw upon all of his training if he is to live to see another dawn. The horrors of war are only too real in this harrowing tale of carnage and valour! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
Sisters of Battle — (2006,2011) by James Swallow. Publisher: In the grim nightmare future of the 41st millennium, the Sisters of Battle stand between humanity and damnation. From the elite Seraphim warriors to the berserk Sisters Repentia, they are the strong arm of the Ecclesiarchy, bringing the Emperor’s justice to the enemies of mankind. When dangerous psychic heretic Torris Vaun escapes from her custody, Seraphim Miriya is disgraced in the eyes of her fellow sisters and superiors. Following Vaun’s trail to the planet Neva, Miriya takes her sisters in pursuit and, along with Hospitalier Sister Verity, starts her investigations. When they uncover a terrifying plot that could threaten the future of the Imperium, is Miriya’s and Verity’s faith strong enough for them to triumph? ![]()
|
Rogue Trader — (2006-2007) by Andy Hoare. Publisher: Rogue Trader Lucian Gerrit learns the true meaning of profit and loss! Andy Hoare presents an epic adventure in his debut novel for the Black Library. Lucian Gerrit is a rogue trader — a starship captain granted ancient trading rights along the Eastern Fringe of Imperial space. But his family's fortunes have been steadily declining for many generations and his inheritance amounts to little more than a pile of debt and misery. In a final desperate gamble to restore his family's former glory, Gerrit strikes a deal on a forgotten Imperial world to aid its commander in a long-standing war with his rival. As Gerrit commits his family's assets to the escalating conflict, he may lose more than his livelihood! ![]() ![]() |
The Horus HEresy — (2006-2011) by Graham McNeill, Ben Counter, Dan Abnett, James Swallow, Mitchel Scanlon, Alan Merrett. Omnibus available. Publisher: Led by the Emperor’s superhuman progeny, the primarchs, the vast armies of Earth have conquered the galaxy in the Great Crusade. The Emperor’s elite warriors, the heroic and battle-hardened Space Marines, have smashed all aliens, tyrant despots and traitors into compliance. Gleaming citadels of marble and gold celebrate their many victories. Triumphs are raised on a million worlds to record their epic deeds, but such vainglory will not last… Rebellion looms when the Primarch Horus, he who once stood by the side of the Emperor, is tempted by the Chaos gods. Horus’s defection will shake the foundations of the nascent Imperium and take it to the edge of annihilation. As the flames of war spread across the galaxy, mankind’s champions will be put to the ultimate test, as brother faces brother and the universe trembles with the beat of war. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() |
Dark Heresy — (2007-2009) by Sandy Mitchell. Publisher: The human Imperium is a dark, dangerous place. While Space Marines and the Imperial Guard battle aliens among the stars, it is the job of the Inquisition to hunt down the heretics who corrupt society from within. When an Ordo Hereticus warband is sent to investigate an inter-planetary people-trafficking operation, they soon find something much more sinister than people being smuggled and suddenly they are up against some very dangerous enemies indeed. ![]()
|
The Word Bearers — (2007-2010) by Anthony Reynolds. Publisher: Driven on by dark visions, Dark Apostle Jarulek of the Word Bearers and his force lay waste to the Imperial planet of Tanakreg. After brutally enslaving the population, they set them to work building a monstrous, kilometres-high tower. What is the Word Bearers' vile purpose, and can they achieve it before the Imperial forces arrive to reclaim the planet? |
|
![]()
|
|
Tome of Fire — (2009-2011) by Nick Kyme. Publisher: Hailing from the volcanic world of Nocturne, Space Marines from the Salamanders Chapter are in search of an ancient artefact that leads to a world overrun by Chaos. They are the fire-born: implacable warriors with iron hard determination. But all is not what it seems as far more dangerous foe is revealed. As bitter rivalries break out amongst the Salamanders their endurance will be tested to the limit. Will the Salamanders survive long enough to discover the truth about this world and the revelations that will shake the very foundations of this Chapter forever? ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
The Bastion Wars — (2009-2011) by Henry Zou. Publisher: Inquisitor Roth and his henchman Silverstein are sent to the worlds of the Medina Corridor to uncover the location of a set of ancient artefacts. Meanwhile, the Ironclads, a force of Chaos traitors, invades the subsector in search of their artefacts for their own nefarious ends. With the Ironclads' indomitable army crushing all before it, will Roth be able to find the artefacts in time and prevent a terrible cataclysm engulfing the Medina worlds? ![]() ![]()
|
Space Marine Battles — (2010-2011) Publisher: When the ork hordes of Warlord Snagrod lay waste to the planet of Badlanding and wipe out the Crimson Fists sent to stop them, Chapter Master Kantor prepare a hasty line of defence on the Fists homr planet of Rynn's World. Tragedy strikes when an errant missile destroys the Space Marine's Chapter monastery, killing most of their warriors. With a handful of Crimson Fists left, Kantor must fight the campaign of his life, to defeat Snagrod's orks and prevent his Chapter's annihilation. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
The Night Lords — (2010) by Aaron Dembski-Bowden. Publisher: The Night Lords are one of the most feared legions of Chaos Space Marines. Remorseless hunters and killers, they relentlessly battle the Imperium of Man to avenge the death of their Primarch Konrad Curze. Their dark crusade takes them to the valuable world of Crythe Primus, where they will fight Imperial forces to claim the planet. But will the allegiance with their cohorts in the Black Legion last long enough for them to be victorious? ![]() ![]() ![]() |
White Scars — (2011) by Andy Hoare. Publisher: Dal’yth. The forces of the Greater Good have established a strangehold on the planet, and the time has come for the Imperium to move against them. The White Scars lead the ground assault against the tau, launching into combat with speed and fury, shedding blood as they gain ground against their enemies. Meanwhile, the members of the Crusade Council are determined to pursue their own agendas, and their politicking and back-stabbing will place the entire war effort in jeopardy. But little do they know that Inquisitor Grand has more extreme measures in mind, and the White Scars must achieve victory quickly or the cost to Dal’yth will be devastating
|
Inquisitor Czevak — (2011) by Rob Sanders. Publisher: Inquisitor Bronislaw Czevak is a hunted man. Escaping from the Black Library of the eldar, Czevak steals the Atlas Infernal — a living map of the Webway. With this fabled artefact and his supreme intellect, Czevak foils the predations of the Harlequins sent to apprehend him and thwarts his enemies within the Inquisition who want to kill him. Czevak’s deadliest foe, however, is Ahriman — arch-sorcerer of the Thousand Sons. He desires the knowledge within the Black Library, knowledge that can exalt him to godhood, and is willing to destroy the inquisitor to obtain it. A desperate chase that will bend the fabric of reality ensues, where Czevak’s only hope of survival is to outwit the chosen of Tzeentch, Lord of Chaos and Architect of Fate. Failure is unconscionable, the very cost to the Imperium unimaginable.
|
The Raven Guard — (2011-2012) Publisher: The world of Idos is on the verge of destruction, wracked by catastrophic storms and plagued by ravening tyranids. Into this maelstrom come the Raven Guard 4th Company, the warzone perfectly suited to their lightning-strike methods of combat. Led by Veteran Sergeant Grayvus, their mission is simple — to rescue the planet’s last survivors. But in the midst of this nightmare, they receive new orders to locate and destroy a power station. The station is built upon a fault line, and the resulting quake would swallow thousands of tyranids and turn the war in the Imperium's favour. Grayvus and his company must fight their way through genestealers, acid spore mines and a deadly biomorph if they are to succeed and reclaim Idos for the Imperium.
Book 2: Labyrinth of Sorrows |
Other Warhammer 40k novels and anthologies:
Eldar Prophecy — (2007) by C S Goto. Publisher: Isolated and alone, the eldar craftworld Kaelor floats through the dark reaches of space. Exacting vengeance on those who brought low his ancestors, a youthful eldar warrior wreaks destruction across the craftworld — but can the prophecy that drives him be trusted, or are darker forces at work?
|
| You can support FanLit by purchasing books (or anything else) through our Amazon © 2007-2012 Fantasy Literature The FTC wants you to know that we often receive free review copies from publishers. |
















































































































































































