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Black Legion by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAbaddon returns from exile and raises the dreaded Black Legion. The Sons of Horus may be no more, but rising from their ashes come the Black Legion. Returning after his long self-imposed exile, Abaddon offers the disparate Chaos Space Marine warbands within the Eye of Terror a simple choice - join him or die... -
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Anarch by Dan Abnett
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGaunt's Ghosts Book 15The battle for Urdesh has begun – and the outcome will determine the fate of the Sabbat Worlds Crusade. Ibram Gaunt, now right hand to the Warmaster, and his Ghosts hold the key to victory – but can they defeat the sinister Anarch and his Sons of Sek?READ IT BECAUSEIt's all been leading to this... -
![Dead Heroes by Ryan W. Aslesen]()
Dead Heroes by Ryan W. Aslesen
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAt the bleeding edge of space... In the 35th Century, mankind has colonized vast reaches of space, yet war remains constant as galactic governments and interstellar corporations fight for control of resource-rich planets and lucrative interstellar trade routes. And if centuries of war has taught man one thing, it's that planets are valuable and lives are cheap... -
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Necropolis by Dan Abnett
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsOn the shattered world of Verghast,Gaunt and his Ghosts find themselvesembroiled within an ancient and deadly civilwar as a mighty hive-city is besieged by anunrelenting foe... -
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![Blood Reaver by Aaron Dembski-Bowden]()
Blood Reaver by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDriven on by their hatred of the False Emperor, the Night Lords stalk the shadows of the galaxy, eternally seeking revenge for the death of their primarch. Their dark quest leads them to a fractious alliance with the Red Corsairs, united only by a common enemy. Together with this piratical band of renegades, they bring their ways of destruction to the fortress-monastery of the Marines Errant... -
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Invasion Force by T.R. Harris
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNo planet is safe from the invading horde.From international bestselling science fiction author T.R. Harris, here is the 21st volume in his Epic 29-book-long saga of Human Superiority throughout the galaxy, and the foolish aliens who get in our way: The Human Chronicles Saga - Invasion ForceAdam Cain is an Alien with an Attitude...This time it's serious ....The Klin... -
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Scorched Earth by T.R. Harris
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when the Adam Cain—the Alien with an Attitude—gets really pissed off?Hint: It ain’t pretty.The scorched earth in the title doesn’t refer to the Human’s homeworld... -
![Shadows of Olympus by Christian Kallias]()
Shadows of Olympus by Christian Kallias
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith the arrival of a powerful new threat in orbit around Earth, the Alliance is forced to vacate Earth space while a small group stays behind to ensure humanity isn’t enslaved or worse, wiped out. Meanwhile, the rest of the fleet splits into separate missions, each of them vital in rebuilding the Earth Alliance forces and strengthening what’s left of the fleet... -
![Fabius Bile: Clonelord by Joshua Reynolds]()
Fabius Bile: Clonelord by Joshua Reynolds
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFabius Bile Book 2Drawn back into the deadly machinations of his former Legion, Fabius Bile finds his destiny lies in a forgotten world on the Eastern Fringe… a world called Solemnace.READ IT BECAUSEIt's another outing for everyone's favourite mad scientist Space Marine, as he gets mixed back up with the Emperor's Children, and something altogether deadlier... -
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Star Force: Origin Series by Aer-ki Jyr
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Origin Series is empire building at its finest, with 100 episodes and over 2.5 million words in the military science fiction serial detailing the rise of Star Force from corporate entity into an interstellar empire over the course of more than a millennium... -
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Star Force: Origin Series by Aer-ki Jyr
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Origin Series is empire building at its finest, with 100 episodes and over 2.5 million words in the military science fiction serial detailing the rise of Star Force from corporate entity into an interstellar empire over the course of more than a millennium...Categorized as:
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Last Species Standing by T.R. Harris
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom international bestselling science fiction author T.R. Harris, here is the 20th volume in his Epic saga of Human Superiority throughout the galaxy: The Human Chronicles Saga - Last Species StandingAdam Cain is an Alien with an Attitude...It's amazing how quickly things can change, as Adam and his team go from heroes to hunted prey overnight... -
![Guard at the Gates of Hell (Gladius Book 1) by George Olney]()
Guard at the Gates of Hell (Gladius Book 1) by George Olney
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHuman civilization is crumbling. The Empire, the structure that held civilization together for a thousand years, is collapsing. Trying to hold things together is the Corps of Imperial Gladius, one of the pillars originally created to support and protect the Empire throughout its long life. A Gladius is a genetically bred ultimate soldier, the best soldier that ever existed... -
![The Copernicus Deception by T.R. Harris]()
The Copernicus Deception by T.R. Harris
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAdam Cain is an Alien with an Attitude… His Adventures Continue. When Adam and Riyad journey to the planet Visidor to help free their alien friends Kaylor and Jym from vindictive local law enforcement, they thought all it would take would be wowing the locals with their celebrity. After all, they’d just saved the galaxy from the evil Sol-Kor menace... -
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![Prelude to War by T.R. Harris]()
Prelude to War by T.R. Harris
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe gang is back, and this time pitted against the most-dangerous enemy the galaxy has ever faced. Among the challenges our heroic trio encounters are a five-thousand-year-old mutant genius and a one-trillion-strong race of ravenous trans-dimensional invaders... -
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Refusing Excalibur by Zachary Jones
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe First Civilization collapsed without cause and without warning a thousand years ago, leaving behind a galaxy at war as would-be galactic empires attempt to rebuild the First Civilization in their own image. Victor Selan fought one of those empires and lost... -
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The Orphan in Near-Space by Laer Carroll
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJane Kuznetsov, orphan of some cataclysmic stellar event a big fraction of a million years ago, or maybe several times that, is now a captain in the U.S. Air Force, the part informally called the Space Force. She is leading a crew of four friends and fellow Space Force officers doing research.She can travel routinely to the World Space Station to carry out that research and does so... -
![Shroud of Night by Andy Clark]()
Shroud of Night by Andy Clark
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn band of elite Chaos Space Marines from the Alpha Legion undertake a deadly stealth mission to infiltrate a heavily defended Imperial world.Upon the oceanic hive world of Tsadrekha, the darkness of the Noctis Aeterna is held at bay by the golden light of a unique beacon... -
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Fire Caste by Peter Fehervari
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn Astra Militarum novelIn the jungles of the Dolorosa Coil, a coalition of alien tau and human deserters have waged war upon the Imperium for countless years.READ IT BECAUSEIt's a typically weird and twisted tale from Peter Fehervari, with intriguing characters, a plot that will keep you guessing and more mystery than you can shake a pulse rifle at... -
![Escalante by Andrew Vaillencourt]()
Escalante by Andrew Vaillencourt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere's a stranger in town, and he just wants to be left alone.But Dockside doesn't like strangers, and the dirty old town never leaves anyone alone.Join New Boston's most famous fixer for his first week in the most dangerous part of town... -
![Sabbat Worlds: Of Their Lives in the Ruins of Their Cities by Dan Abnett]()
Sabbat Worlds: Of Their Lives in the Ruins of Their Cities by Dan Abnett
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDan Abnett takes the Tanith First back to the beginning. On Voltemand, long before they gain fame and glory as Gaunt’s Ghosts, the Tanith are a broken unit. Crippled by doubt and hating their commander for his part in the death of their world, they are fractious and undisciplined. Leading a patrol into no-man’s-land, Gaunt is ambushed... -
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Iron Warriors: The Complete Honsou Omnibus by Graham McNeill
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA great omnibus, collecting together Iron warriors stories from two great Black Library authors. The traitorous Iron Warriors are masters of siegecraft, builders of nigh-impenetrable defences – and just as good at tearing down those of their foes, as these action-packed tales of siege warfare demonstrate... -
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The Apex Predator by T.R. Harris
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Apex Predator … The Human Chronicles Saga Part Two Book 2 of 3 In this alien universe, Humans are the Supermen – stronger, faster and more coordinated than nearly all the other aliens in the galaxy. It’s this unique concept that has made The Human Chronicles Saga one of the most-popular science fiction series on the market today... -
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A Galaxy to Conquer by T.R. Harris
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn A Galaxy to Conquer, all the great forces in the galaxy clash for one final, epic battle to determine who will come out on top. And racing the clock is Adam Cain and his team of aliens and SEALs out to rescue Riyad Tarazi from a Kracori prison ahead of the approaching conflagration... -
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![In Remembrance by Dan Abnett]()
In Remembrance by Dan Abnett
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOn the world of Verghast, the Imperium is triumphant. The forces of the Imperial Guard – aided by the brave men and women of Vervunhive – have defeated the Chaos-tainted soldiers of rival Ferrozoica Hive. The traitor leader is dead, killed in single combat by Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt... -
![The Eons-Lost Orphan by Laer Carroll]()
The Eons-Lost Orphan by Laer Carroll
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJane Doe remembered nothing about her past when she awoke naked in a park. She was unhurt and seemed 14 years old, a small pretty blond. In the hospital and later in an orphanage her intelligence was found to be so high it could not be measured. She liked people and made friends easily. She was also incredibly agile and tough. She was adopted by a professor and his retired school-principal wife... -
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The Iron Star by Dan Abnett
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Iron Star, by Dan Abnett, is an exclusive, stand–alone Gaunt’s Ghosts short story. Released in September 2008, it’s limited to 1,200 copies, and will be available at UK Games Day, from the Black Library webstore, and at the 2009 US Games Days, until stock runs out... -
![Battle of the Fang by Chris Wraight]()
Battle of the Fang by Chris Wraight
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt is M32, a thousand years after the Horus Heresy. The Scouring is over and the Imperium at the height of its post-Crusade power. When Magnus the Red is tracked down to Gangava Prime, the Space Wolves hasten to engage the daemon primarch. Even as Great Wolf Harek Ironhelm closes on his ancient enemy, the Fang on the Space Wolves home world is besieged by a massive force of Thousand Sons... -
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Cain's Crusaders by T.R. Harris
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAdam Cain -- the alien with an attitude -- is back for more exciting adventures among the stars.This is the exciting continuation of The Human Chronicles Saga, the story of Human Superiority among the stars. You see, in this universe, WE are the Supermen. The baddest, the toughest, and the meanest creatures around... -
![Carcharodons: Red Tithe by Robbie MacNiven]()
Carcharodons: Red Tithe by Robbie MacNiven
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNight has fallen on the prison world of Zartak. Renegades from the Imperium's dawn stalk the complex, bringing pain and death. But something just as dangerous awaits them: the loyal, but brutal and predatory, Carcharadons.On the prison world of Zartak, darkness has fallen on arbitrators and inmates alike. The Night Lords have come, and with them the shadow of fear and pain... -
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Eureka: Road Less Traveled: Road Less Traveled by Cris Ramsay
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Global Dynamics researcher has a breakthrough on her project visualizing another dimension. And since GD's experiments have a bad tendency to affect the entire town, Sheriff Jack Carter heads over to check it out. What he sees blows him away... -
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Blood and Fire by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the aftermath of the war for Hive Helsreach, Black Templars Chaplain Grimaldus receives a unexpected distress call from an old ally. The Celestial Lions Space Marines are being targeted by the Inquisition and have been brought to the brink of extinction. Will they regroup and rebuild, or will they choose to go out in a final blaze of glory? That is what Grimaldus must decide.. -
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Angron by Aaron Dembski-Bowden, Matthew Farrer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMany are the legends surrounding the wrathful primarch of the XIIth Legion. From the bloody sands of the Desh'ean gladiatorial pits, to the battlefields of Isstvan and the farthest reaches of the Shadow Crusade, the name of Angron is a byword for carnage and berserk fury.. -
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Garro: Legion of One by James Swallow
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNathaniel Garro continues his mysterious mission in the latest Horus Heresy audio drama. Nathaniel Garro, loyalist Death Guard, and hero of The Flight of the Eisenstein, has found a new calling in his service to the Emperor. Surrounded by a cloak of secrecy, Garro travels the galaxy in pursuit of his new goal... -
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![Grimmer Than Hell by David Drake]()
Grimmer Than Hell by David Drake
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShort stories. In one future world, police have cameras watching everybody, everywhere - and a watcher watches the watchmen. In another future, the Fleet preserves the peace in the galaxy - in theory, and at a price. Grim worlds all... -
![13th Legion by Gav Thorpe]()
13th Legion by Gav Thorpe
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAcross 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... -
![World's Worst Day Ever by Craig Martelle, Jeff Morris]()
World's Worst Day Ever by Craig Martelle, Jeff Morris
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA resource for fans of The Kurtherian Gambit. End of the world as we know it. Plausible. Scary in its simplicity. Horrible in its effect. Set in the Kurtherian Gambit Universe, this story explains how a few mistakes can have grave consequences. Unfortunately, the technology in the following short story is real. Yes, this could happen. Dammit... -
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Crisis of Faith by Phil Kelly
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA T'au Empire novelFresh from his victory on Arkunasha, the young Commander Farsight leads a crusade to reclaim colonies lost to mankind's Imperium. But stiff resistance will test him to his limits, and beyond... -
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Resurrection by John French
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook 1 in the Horusian Wars seriesSummoned to an inquisitorial conclave, Inquisitor Covenant believes he has uncovered an agent of Chaos and prepares to denounce the heretic Talicto before his fellows…READ IT BECAUSEJohn French shines a spotlight on the Inquisition in his own inimitable style, delving into the grim darkness of the far future as never before... -
![Cadian Honour by Justin D. Hill]()
Cadian Honour by Justin D. Hill
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook 2 of the Cadian seriesSent to the capital world of Potence, Sergeant Minka Lesk and the Cadian 101st discover that though Cadia may have fallen, their duty continues.READ IT BECAUSEIt's the follow-up to Cadia Stands and continues the journey of Minka Lesk and her warriors as they seek revenge against the Imperium's enemies for the loss of their world... -
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The Dark Fragment by Andreas Suchanek
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn 1 November 2265, Captain Jayden Cross takes command of the Hyperion. Equipped with an experimental interlink drive and the latest offensive and defensive technologies, the Hyperion will serve on the front lines at hot spots across the Solar Union. On their first assignment the crew finds itself in a perilous predicament as a rescue mission spirals into disaster... -
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Path of the Incubus by Andy Chambers
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSecond novel in the Dark Eldar Path seriesThe eternal city of Commorragh has been cast into turmoil by the Dysjunction, a cataclysmic disturbance in the very fabric of its existence. As the streets are inundated with horrors from beyond the veil the supreme overlord, Asdrubael Vect, battles to keep his enemies in check and maintain his stranglehold over the riven city... -
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Cadian Blood by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn Astra Militarum novelWhen the Imperial shrine world of Kathur is blighted by Chaos, the brave Guardsmen of Cadia are sent to reclaim it. Yet, they cannot imagine what lies ahead ...READ IT BECAUSEAaron Dembski-Bowden's first novel, Cadian Blood is a Black Library classic, pitting a force of plucky Guardsmen from Cadia against a zombie apocalypse... -
![Dark Apostle by Anthony Reynolds]()
Dark Apostle by Anthony Reynolds
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDriven 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... -
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![Garro: Oath of Moment by James Swallow]()
Garro: Oath of Moment by James Swallow
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIn surviving the horrors on board the Eisenstein, Nathaniel Garro proved his courage and absolute loyalty to the Emperor. On his return to Terra, Garro is despatched on a mission of even greater importance – a mission given to him by Malcador the Sigillite himself... -
![Shadow of Heaven by Christie Golden]()
Shadow of Heaven by Christie Golden
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe trilogy draws to a conclusion as Voyager races against time to gather a deadly contaminant... -
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Angel of Fire by William King
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAt the dawn of the forty-first millennium, Lord Commander Macharius and his forces embark upon the re-conquest of over a thousand worlds. A man of steel and fire, Macharius is the only one with the will to lead the massed armies of the Imperium to victory. As the crusade rolls onwards, it reaches the world of Karsk... -
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Fist of Demetrius by William King
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook two in the epic Macharian Crusade TrilogyAs the crusade reaches its apex, Lord Solar Macharius is drawn by a prophecy to the world of Demetrius in search of an ancient artefact - the Fist of Demetrius. Rumours and legends abound of the artefact’s providence as a weapon of a primarch, the lords of the Horus Heresy... -
![Cadia Stands by Justin D. Hill]()
Cadia Stands by Justin D. Hill
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe brutal war for Cadia is decided, as Lord Castellan Ursarkar Creed and the armies of the Imperium fight to halt the Thirteenth Black Crusade and prevent a calamity on a galactic scale.Under almost constant besiegement by the daemonic hosts pouring from the Eye of Terror, Cadia stands as a bulwark against tyranny and death... -
![The Death of Antagonis by David Annandale]()
The Death of Antagonis by David Annandale
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe latest Space Marine Battles novelThe Black Dragons fall upon the world of Antagonis, summoned to combat the plague of undeath that has engulfed the planet. Allying themselves with Inquisitor Werner Lettinger and a force of Sisters of Battle, the Black Dragons endeavour to save the souls of the Imperial citizens who have succumbed to the contagion...
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