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Malleus by Dan Abnett
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsIn the 41st Millenium, the enemies of mankind are legion, omnipresent and utterly deadly. While the warriors of the Imperium fight with firepower and faith, the Holy Inquisition hunts the shadows for the most terrible of foes – rogue psykers, xenos, and daemons. Inquisitor Eisenhorn must track down and defeat the forces who would destroy him or face the wrath of the Ordo Malleus... -
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Hereticus by Dan Abnett
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIn this concluding novel of Dan Abnett's sensational trilogy, a dark figure from the past returns to exact a cruel vengeance upon Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn... -
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Flesh and Steel by Guy Haley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Warhammer Crime novelMurder in the neutral zone between Imperial and Adeptus Mechanicus territory sets Probator Symeon Noctis on a dangerous investigation.READ IT BECAUSEDiscover tensions between Imperial servants on Varangantua as an extremely odd pair of detectives seek to solve a murder... -
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Legion by Dan Abnett
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsA Great War is coming, and it will engulf the Imperium of Man. The Space Marines of the Alpha Legion, the last and most secretive of all the Astartes brotherhoods, arrive on a heathen world to support the Imperial Army in a pacification campaign against strange and uncanny forces...Categorized as:
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Infidel by Kameron Hurley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsNo matter where you go, the Bel Dames will find youNyx used to be an assassin, part of the sisterhood of the Bel Dames. Now she's babysitting diplomats to make ends meet and longs for the days when killing was a lot more honorable. So, when her former ‘sisters’ lead a coup against the government, she‘s the perfect choice to stop them...Categorized as:
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Rapture by Kameron Hurley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAfter years in exile, Nyxnissa so Dasheem is back in service to the bel dames, a sisterhood of elite government assassins tasked with eliminating deserters and traitors.The end of a centuries-long holy war has flooded the streets of Nasheen with unemployed - and unemployable - soldiers whose frustrations have brought the nation to the brink of civil war...Categorized as:
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Fear the Future by Stephen Moss
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA predator hunts the skies over Earth. Its intent is peaceful, and its mission is essential, but it is the deadliest machine humanity has ever created. Piloted by a six-year-old girl, the godlike Skalm guards the Districts of TASC. Her family is long dead... -
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Rites of Passage by Mike Brooks
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Warhammer 40,000 novelThe death of Lord Azariel, head of the Navigator House Brobantis, draws his widow into a dark world of ritual killings and cult murders, while larger plans are at work and entire worlds are threatened…READ IT BECAUSEDelve into the murky politics of the Navigator houses with a novel packed full of murder, conspiracy and warp-borne threats...Categorized as:
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Broken Angels by Richard K. Morgan
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsWelcome back to the brash, brutal new world of the twenty-fifth century: where global politics isn’t just for planet Earth anymore; and where death is just a break in the action, thanks to the techno-miracle that can preserve human consciousness and download it into one new body after another.Cynical, quick-on-the-trigger Takeshi Kovacs, the ex-U.N... -
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The Human Disguise by James O'Neal
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe world has been shattered. Disease and war have ravaged the Earth. A resurgent Germany once again threatens Europe, and the United States is engaged in the Middle-East while New York sits, an empty, radioactive ruin. The city of Miami has become a virtual prison, home to the worst life has to offer.Tom Wilner lives on the outskirts of this foresaken realm...Categorized as:
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Starfall by David H. Reiss
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLast year, the notorious Doctor Fid waged a violent war to save the Earth from annihilation. Two months ago, the armored supervillain fought a vicious, deadly battle to protect his city. Today, there is only one little girl in need of rescue. Pity any who stand in Doctor Fid's way... -
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Irredeemable Digital Omnibus, Volume 1 by Mark Waid, Peter Krause
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCollecting issues 1 to 19 of the series... -
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Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth Uncensored by John Wagner, Pat Mills
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe orginal Dredd epic complete, unexpurgated collected wuth the 'banned' material for the very first time!Mega-City One, 2100. This post-apocalyptic city of the future is blighted by overcrowding, poverty and misery. With each of the 400 million citizens a potential criminal, order is maintained by future lawmen known as the Judges who have the power to act as judge, jury and executioner... -
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Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 03 by John Wagner, Pat Mills
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis volume features many of Dredd's most exciting cases including the first appearance of Judge Death and Psi Judge Anderson and the return of Satanus... -
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Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 02 by John Wagner, Pat Mills
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFar future lawman Judge Dredd has been a mainstay of the British comics scene for almost thirty years and now you can follow his earliest cases in this vast collection of graphic novels... -
![Guardians of the Galaxy: Rocket Raccoon & Groot Steal The Galaxy by Dan Abnett]()
Guardians of the Galaxy: Rocket Raccoon & Groot Steal The Galaxy by Dan Abnett
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMarvel's first original prose novel, featuring the stars of Guardians of the Galaxy! These are not the Avengers or the Fantastic Four -in fact, they're barely even famous -but Rocket Raccoon and the faithful Groot are the baddest heroes in the cosmos, and they'e on the run across the Marvel Universe! During a spaceport brawl, the infamous pair rescues an android Recorder from a pack of alien...Categorized as:
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StormWatch by Warren Ellis, Vol. 2 by Warren Ellis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWarren Ellis concludes his run on Stormwatch, redefining the team and introducing new members, including the powerhouse Apollo and brutal Midnighter... -
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New Avengers by Jonathan Hickman Vol. 2 by Jonathan Hickman, Simone Bianchi
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Multiverse is collapsing, destroying entire dimensions, and the Illuminati must combat the ever-increasing Incursions even as they cope with their own personal challenges. The worldwide Terrigenesis has thrown Black Bolt's kingdom into chaos. Reed Richards transforms one of his greatest inventions to view thedeath of worlds. And Dr... -
![The Authority: Revolution, Vol. 1 by Ed Brubaker]()
The Authority: Revolution, Vol. 1 by Ed Brubaker
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Authority, a powerful coalition of post-humans, has overthrown the United States government and taken over the country. A rival group of patriotic heroes called Paul Revere and the Sons of Liberty responds by sparking destructive riots against the Authority's regime... -
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The Authority, Vol. 5: Harsh Realities by Robbie Morrison
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOriginally published in single magazine form as The Authority: Volume 2, #0-5.--T.p. verso... -
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Marvel Universe vs. The Punisher by Jonathan Maberry, Goran Parlov
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJonathan Mayberry and Goran Parlov take you on a journeyinto the darkest territory. A terrible plague has swept the Earth, turning everyone--human, hero, villain, god and monster--into sadistic cannibal predators. As Spider-Man, the Hulk, the Thing and other infected start a feeding frenzy, the world falls in a wave of insatiable violence... -
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The Authority, Vol. 6: Fractured Worlds by Robbie Morrison
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Authority have tangled with every form of villain, alien and monster, in their stint as the Earth's Last Line of Defense. But how do they counter belief? The Church of Transcendence is the fastest growing religion on the planet, counting celebrities, world leaders, and even superpowered beings among their followers... -
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Uber, Volume 2 by Kieron Gillen
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKieron Gillen redefined the alternate history comic by radically revitalizing the super soldier in the pages of Uber. This sweeping war epic shows all the grime, and fear, and blood of enhanced soldier warfare in an unrelenting World War II drama. The first blow in the battle between English and German Ubers has been wrought and neither nation walks away whole...Categorized as:
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Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar by Kieron Gillen, Jacen Burrows
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCollects Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar (2020) #1-5.The saga of WARHAMMER 40,000 comes to Marvel Comics! In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war. Marneus Calgar, the legendary Chapter Master of the Ultramarines, leads his elite Space Marines against humanity’s greatest threats in a galaxy engulfed in endless war... -
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![Jenny Sparks: The Secret History of the Authority by Mark Millar]()
Jenny Sparks: The Secret History of the Authority by Mark Millar
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt is well known that the demise of the super group StormWatch led to the birth of their successors, the Authority. But until now the inner origins of how the most powerful team in the WildStorm Universe came together has never been revealed... -
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Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 01 by John Wagner, Peter Harris
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFor almost thirty years, one man has dominated the British comic scene. He is judge, jury and executioner, a merciless far-future lawman delivering justice with an iron fist on the mean streets of Mega-City One... -
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The Authority: The Magnificent Kevin by Garth Ennis
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDown-on-his-luck Special Air Service Corporal Kev Hawkins's life has been an interesting mix of surprises and disappointments. When the death of a close friend is revealed, Kev begins to entertain ideas of the futility and horror of the life he leads--until he gets a call from his boss... -
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The Authority: Kev by Garth Ennis
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTo date, the life of down on his-luck S.A.S. Corporal Kev Hawkins has been an interesting mix of surprises and disappointments--but nothing could have prepared him for his repeated run-ins with the super-hero team knows as "The Authority"! After committing a debacle in his early career with the S.A... -
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God's War by Kameron Hurley
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsNyx is a bel dame, a bounty hunter paid to collect the heads of deserters – by almost any means necessary.‘Almost’ proved to be the problem.Cast out and imprisoned for breaking one rule too many, Nyx and her crew of mercenaries are all about the money. But when a dubious government deal with an alien emissary goes awry, her name is at the top of the list for a covert recovery...Categorized as:
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