of Nagash and The Lord of the End Times, the Gotrek & Felix tales Charnel Congress, Road of Skulls and The Serpent Queen. He has also written many stories set in the Age of Sigmar, including the novels
Hallowed Knights: Plague Garden, Eight Lamentations: Spear of
Shadows, Nagash: The Undying King, Fury of Gork, Black Rift and Skaven Pestilens. He lives and works in Sheffield.
James Swallow is best known for being the author of the Horus Heresy novels Fear to Tread and Nemesis, which both reached the New York Times bestseller lists, The Flight of the Eisenstein and a series of audio dramas featuring the character Nathaniel Garro. For Warhammer
40,000, he is best known for his four Blood Angels novels, the audio
drama Heart of Rage, and his two Sisters of Battle novels. His short fiction has appeared in Legends of the Space Marines and Tales of Heresy.
Gav Thorpe is the author of the Horus Heresy novels Deliverance Lost, Angels of Caliban and Corax, as well as the novella The Lion, which formed part of the New York Times bestselling collection The Primarchs, as well as several audio dramas including the bestselling Raven’s Flight and The Thirteenth Wolf. He has written many novels for Warhammer 40,000, including Rise of the Ynnari: Ghost Warrior, Jain
Zar: The Storm of Silence and Asurmen: Hand of Asuryan. He also
wrote the Path of the Eldar and Legacy of Caliban trilogies, and two volumes in The Beast Arises series. For Warhammer, Gav has penned
the End Times novel The Curse of Khaine, the Time of Legends trilogy The Sundering, and much more besides. Gav’s Warhammer Age of
Sigmar novel Warbeast was the winner of the 2017 David Gemmell
Legend award. He lives and works in Nottingham.
FURTHER READING
SPACE MARINES
Calgar’s Fury
Paul Kearney
Carcharadons: Red Tithe
Robbie MacNiven
Cassius
Ben Counter
Dark Imperium
Guy Haley
Deathwatch: The Omnibus
Various
The Last Hunt
Robbie MacNiven
GREY KNIGHTS
Warden of the Blade
David Annandale
SPACE WOLVES
Legacy of the Wulfen
David Annandale / Robbie MacNiven
Ragnar Blackmane
Aaron Dembski-Bowden
DARK ANGELS
Azrael
Gav Thorpe
Legacy of Caliban
Gav Thorpe
BLOOD ANGELS
Dante
Guy Haley
Lemartes
David Annandale
Mephiston: Blood of Sanguinius
Darius Hinks
The Devastation of Baal
Guy Haley
CHAOS SPACE MARINES
Ahriman: The Omnibus
John French
Fabius Bile: Primogenitor
Josh Reynolds
Soul Hunter
Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Lucius: The Faultless Blade
Ian St Martin
Talon of Horus
Aaron Dembski-Bowden
ASTRA MILITARUM
Baneblade
Guy Haley
Cadia Stands
Justin D Hill
First and Only
Dan Abnett
Glory Imperialis Omnibus
Andy Hoare / Mark Clapham / Richard Williams
The Macharian Crusade Omnibus
William King
IMPERIAL AGENTS
Xenos
Dan Abnett
Ravenor
Dan Abnett
The Emperor’s Legion
Chris Wraight
The Horusian Wars: Resurrection
John French
Vaults of Terra: The Carrion Throne
Chris Wraight
SISTERS OF BATTLE
Cult of the Warmason
C L Werner
Shroud of Night
Andy Clark
Sisters of Battle: The Omnibus
James Swallow
ADEPTUS MECHANICUS
The Eye of Medusa
David Guymer
Forges of Mars
Graham McNeill
Warlord: Fury of the God-Machine
David Annandale
IMPERIAL KNIGHTS
Kingsblade
Andy Clark
AELDARI
Asurmen: Hand of Asuryan
Gav Thorpe
Jain Zar: The Storm of Silence
Gav Thorpe
Rise of the Ynnari: Ghost Warrior
Gav Thorpe
Path of the Eldar Omnibus
Gav Thorpe
Path of the Dark Eldar Omnibus
Andy Chambers
ORKS
Shrike
George Mann
Straken
Toby Frost
The Beast Arises: I Am Slaughter
Dan Abnett
T’AU
Farsight: Crisis of Faith
Phil Kelly
THE HORUS HERESY
Horus Rising
Dan Abnett
False Gods
Graham McNeill
Galaxy in Flames
Ben Counter
Flight of the Eisenstein
Primarchs: Roboute Guilliman
David Annandale
Primarchs: Leman Russ
Chris Wraight
AUDIO DRAMAS
Agent of the Throne: Blood and Lies
John French
Scions of Elysia
Chris Dows
The Geld
George Mann
The Horus Heresy: Blackshields – The False War
Josh Reynolds
The Horus Heresy: Dark Compliance
John French
The Horus Heresy: Echoes of Revelation
Dan Abnett / Chris Wraight / Gav Thorpe
The Horus Heresy: The Binary Succession
David Annandale
A BLACK LIBRARY PUBLICATION
‘The Lost King’ first published in 2016.
‘Honour of the Third’ first published in 2013.
‘The Word of the Silent King’ first published in 2015.
‘Extinction’ first published in the Games Day Anthology 2012/13
in 2012.
‘Sarcophagus’ first published in 2014.
‘The Purity of Ignorance’ first published in 2016.
‘Red & Black’ first published as an audio drama in 2011.
‘The Zheng Cipher’ first published in 2015.
‘Sanctuary of Wyrms’ first published in 2012.
‘Howl of the Banshee’ first published as an audio drama in 2014.
‘Culling the Horde’ first published in 2014.
‘The Lightning Tower’ first published as an audio book in 2007.
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Document Outline
Cover
Backlist
Title Page Crusade – Andy Clark
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Epilogue
The Lost King – Robbie MacNiven
Honour of the Third – Gav Thorpe
The Word of the Silent King – L J Goulding
Extinction – Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Sarcophagus – David Annandale
The Purity of Ignorance – John French
Red & Black – James Swallow
The Zheng Cipher – Josh Reynolds
A Sanctuary of Wyrms – Peter Fehervari
Howl of the Banshee – Gav Thorpe
Culling the Horde – Steve Parker
The Lightning Tower – Dan Abnett
About the Authors
Further Reading
A Black Library Publication
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