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The Darth Bane Series (Star Wars: Darth Bane #1-3) by Drew Karpyshyn
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSet a thousand years before the events of Star Wars: A New Hope, Drew Karpyshyn’s electrifying Darth Bane novels take us deep into the dark side. This action-packed series follows the transformation of a lost young man who becomes a legendary Sith Lord, able to wield the awesome power of the Force as never before... -
![Terry Pratchett Discworld Collection 7 Books Set (Unseen Academicals, the Colour ofMagic, GoingPostal, Making Money, the Light Fantastic, Equal Rites, Mort) by Terry Pratchett]()
Terry Pratchett Discworld Collection 7 Books Set (Unseen Academicals, the Colour ofMagic, GoingPostal, Making Money, the Light Fantastic, Equal Rites, Mort) by Terry Pratchett
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTerry Pratchett is the acclaimed creator of the Discworld series, started in 1983 with The Colour of Magic, and which has now reached 37 novels with Unseen Academicals. Worldwide sales of his books are 60 million, and they have been translated into 37 languages. Terry Pratchett was knighted for services to literature in 2009. Titles Included in this set : 1. Unseen Academicals 2... -
![Pacchi Festival by Nikita Thorn]()
Pacchi Festival by Nikita Thorn
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe wait is over! Welcome to the Pacchi Festival!As Shinshioka launches into the much-awaited week-long event, Seiki and his friends race to solve the mystery of the recent treasures from the Shussebora Cave... -
![The Wraith: Danger Close by Jeffery H. Haskell]()
The Wraith: Danger Close by Jeffery H. Haskell
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI may be super, but I'm no hero. I have one rule: If you're evil, you die. No trial, no judge, no mercy. Madisun Dumas, aka The Wraith, is close to achieving her goals. She faked her own incarceration, now the government will leave her alone. She wiped out ISO-1 in South America and added their top man to her kill list... Then she found out who was really in charge...An honest-to-God Alien... -
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![Return from Kragdon-ah by Shawn Inmon]()
Return from Kragdon-ah by Shawn Inmon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlex Hawk has spent six years in Kragdon-ah. He has led armies, won battles, and seen strange and fantastic creatures.He has been continually frustrated in his efforts to return to the twenty-first century and his daughter Amy.Return from Kragdon-ah not only wraps up this epic trilogy with more surprises, twists, and turns, it will reveal whether Alex Hawk will ever make it home... -
![Warrior of Kragdon-ah by Shawn Inmon]()
Warrior of Kragdon-ah by Shawn Inmon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlex Hawk spent a decade trying to return from Kragdon-ah. Now he is safely back in the twenty-first century with daughters Amy and Sanda and his loyal, giant dog.All is peaceful and good until, ten years later, Alex hears an incredible commotion in the basement where the door into time still stands safely behind a brick wall.The wall has fallen... -
![The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II A by Ben Bova, C.M. Kornbluth]()
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II A by Ben Bova, C.M. Kornbluth
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsEleven Classic Novellas by the most honored authors of science fiction:This volume is the definitive collection of the best science fiction novellas between 1929 to 1964 and contains eleven great classics. There is no better anthology that captures the birth of science fiction as a literary field... -
![Paradyzja by Janusz A. Zajdel, Mirosław Neinert]()
Paradyzja by Janusz A. Zajdel, Mirosław Neinert
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNajlepsza współczesna fantastyka to ma więc i Janusz to miał. Poczucie misji i świadomość że świat nie jest taki jak się wydaje, a naszą rzeczą jest to odkryć, ujawnić, nazwać. Ten problem wykracza poza doświadczenie komunizmu, które Janusza prześladowało, intrygowało, inspirowało, ale nie odebrało uniwersalizmu jego dziełu i spojrzeniu... -
![Трудно быть богом. За миллиард лет до конца света. Улитка на склоне. Пикник на обочине by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky]()
Трудно быть богом. За миллиард лет до конца света. Улитка на склоне. Пикник на обочине by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsНа планете, живущей по средневековым законам, работают наблюдатели-земляне. Они здесь, чтобы понять механизмы развития общества, и не имеют права вмешиваться в исторический процесс. Главный герой повести – благородный дон Румата, он же Антон – ученый из Института экспериментальной истории. А вокруг – грубый и мрачный мир Средневековья... -
![Enemies on All Sides by Michael Chatfield, Dawn Chapman]()
Enemies on All Sides by Michael Chatfield, Dawn Chapman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe game never changes, only the players do. Others might call it rebellion, call it cowardice. The Vanguard will not forgive, nor will they forget. Their trust lays with one another, in those who have shed blood with them and joined the Net. Empires, governments, leaders, alliances, planets, corporations—many have fallen in humanity’s past... -
![Without Law 19 by Eric Vall]()
Without Law 19 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTav, his beautiful and badass women, and the U.S. forces from Virginia have made their way south to reinforce the Army in Georgia. But the military situation is dire: outmanned, outgunned, and with the North Koreans controlling the skies, the American forces will soon be surrounded and forced to make a hopeless last stand... -
![Doctor Who: To the Death by Nicholas Briggs, Paul McGann]()
Doctor Who: To the Death by Nicholas Briggs, Paul McGann
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings'He can't be alive...'After a last, futile fight-back against the Daleks, Lucie, Susan and Alex are heading home to England in the desperate hope of saving the Doctor's life. But the true, terrible nature of the Daleks' plan is beginning to emerge and the Monk has blood on his hands.To defeat the Daleks, it can only be a struggle… to the death... -
![Summa Technologiae by Stanisław Lem]()
Summa Technologiae by Stanisław Lem
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Polish writer Stanisław Lem is best known to English-speaking readers as the author of the 1961 science fiction novel Solaris, adapted into a meditative film by Andrei Tarkovsky in 1972 and remade in 2002 by Steven Soderbergh... -
![A Pause in Space-Time by Laurence E. Dahners]()
A Pause in Space-Time by Laurence E. Dahners
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis novella length hard Sci-Fi book begins the “Stasis Stories,” a series of tales from the near future. They tell us about Kaem Seba, a sickly and financially destitute young man who uses his extraordinary math talents to work out a way to stop time within limited volumes of space-time. He and Arya Vaii, a business student, set out to develop the phenomenon... -
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![Королева Ойкумены by Henry Lion Oldie, Генри Лайон Олди]()
Королева Ойкумены by Henry Lion Oldie, Генри Лайон Олди
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsРегина ван Фрассен — о подарок судьбы! — родилась телепатом. В двадцать один год она познакомилась с войной, любовью и предательством. В двадцать пять спасла гуся из кувшина, химеру от голодной смерти и себя — от изгнания из Храма №3. В тридцать с небольшим ее настиг корабль-призрак, научив хоронить пациентов... -
![Time Shift: A Historical Novel Of Survival by Victor Zugg]()
Time Shift: A Historical Novel Of Survival by Victor Zugg
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA time travel historical adventure.Jackson Lee is a well-known adventure vlog influencer. He and a small support crew have been cashing in on the video craze with phenomenal, hair-raising exploits for years.Their latest undertaking is way beyond anything they’ve ever done. It’s extremely dangerous and, worse, highly illegal... -
![The Twice-dead King: Ruin by Nate Crowley, Richard Reed]()
The Twice-dead King: Ruin by Nate Crowley, Richard Reed
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Warhammer 40,000 novelPride is everything for the dynastic kings of the Necron race, who have awakened after millennia to see their empires occupied by foul beasts and simple minds. For the Necron Lord Oltyx, the Ithakas dynasty was his by right, but the machinations of the court see him stripped of his position and exiled to a forgotten world... -
![Renegade by Alex Knight]()
Renegade by Alex Knight
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKaiden Moore is on the run.A fugitive both in real life and the game world of Nova Online, his only hope is to follow the trail of virtual breadcrumbs left behind by Bernstein, the man whose murder Kaiden was framed and jailed for. The data Bernstein gathered may be the only way to expose the corruption of the Party and finally clear his name... -
![A Warm Place 2 - A Post-Apocalyptic Men's Adventure by Misty Vixen]()
A Warm Place 2 - A Post-Apocalyptic Men's Adventure by Misty Vixen
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![King of Superheroes by Eric Vall]()
King of Superheroes by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a world where a fraction of the population activates a super power, I was just hoping for a sem-cool ability, something to get me out of my mundane job and life.Then, during my long-awaited activation, I unleashed not just one power, but multiple. Which was basically unheard of and meant I was something called an Omega... -
![The John Varley Reader by John Varley]()
The John Varley Reader by John Varley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the moment John Varley burst onto the scene in 1974, his short fiction was like nothing anyone else was writing. His stories won every award the science fiction field had to offer, many times over. His first collection, The Persistence of Vision, published in 1978, was the most important collection of the decade, and changed what fans would come to expect from science fiction... -
![Man Who Sold the Moon / Orphans of the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein]()
Man Who Sold the Moon / Orphans of the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll-new Introduction by Mark Van Name. Two classic Robert A. Heinlein novels in one volume: The Man Who Sold the Moon and Orphans of the Sky. Journeys into space, one taking humans to space by hook or by crook, the other the classic first-time tale of a generation vessel with passengers who do not realize they are in a spaceship.Two classic Robert A... -
![Doctor Who: The Light at the End by Nicholas Briggs]()
Doctor Who: The Light at the End by Nicholas Briggs
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNovember 23rd 1963 proves to be a significant day in the lives of all eight Doctors…It's the day that Bob Dovie's life is ripped apart…It's also a day that sets in motion a catastrophic chain of events which forces the first eight incarnations of the Doctor to fight for their very existence... -
![Exhalation by Ted Chiang]()
Exhalation by Ted Chiang
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNight Shade Books PresentsFor your 2009 Hugo Award"Best Short Story" considerationTed Chiang’s "Exhalation"As Published inEclipse Two:New Science Fiction and FantasyEdited by Jonathan... -
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![Fabius Bile: Primogenitor by Joshua Reynolds]()
Fabius Bile: Primogenitor by Joshua Reynolds
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFabius Bile Book 1Exiled into the depths of the Eye of Terror for his dark deeds, former Emperor's Children Apothecary Fabius is drawn back to the Imperium in search of a secret that could be the key to saving his misbegotten life…READ IT BECAUSEIt's the start of a brand new series of twisted tales from the mind of an author for whom depraved antiheroes are his bread and butter... -
![Hell Follows by Andrew Vaillencourt]()
Hell Follows by Andrew Vaillencourt
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsDockside is burning, and it’s up to everybody’s least favorite Army-surplus cyborg to fix it.It starts when somebody takes a hit out on The Chairman, and quickly spirals into a mystery that takes Roland and his hyper-kinetic partner Lucia far from New Boston and into the depths of unregulated star systems... -
![The Hugo Winners 1955-1961 by Isaac Asimov, Walter M. Miller Jr.]()
The Hugo Winners 1955-1961 by Isaac Asimov, Walter M. Miller Jr.
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsNine award-winning stories for the years 1955 to 1961, each with an introduction by Isaac Asimov. — Contents: — 1955: 13th Convention, Cleveland — 1- The Darfsteller by Walter M. Miller, Jr. (novelette) — 2- Allamagoosa by Eric Frank Russel (short story)— 1956: 14th Convention, New York — 3- Exploration Team by Murray Leinster (novelette) — 4- The Star by Arthur C... -
![The Musashi Flex by Steve Perry]()
The Musashi Flex by Steve Perry
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsUnder the Galactic Confederation, there are very few ways to rise above your caste. One is to become a player in the extreme martial arts game known as the Musashi Flex. In the early 23rd century, three people will enter its violent culture: a battle-scarred veteran, an infiltrator, and a cunning upstart. Their fates will entwine--and be decided--in the bloody arena of the Flex... -
![Impossible Dreams by Tim Pratt]()
Impossible Dreams by Tim Pratt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this Hugo Award-winning story, movie buff Pete discovers a video store stocked with DVDs of films that were never made: a director's cut of The Magnificent Ambersons; Harlan Ellison's version of I, Robot; The Death of Superman directed by Tim Burton; and even more impossible visions. But there's something even more interesting than the remarkable movies: the woman working behind the counter...Categorized as:
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![Fernix by Michael Chatfield]()
Fernix by Michael Chatfield
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMark and Tyler Victor have fought Harmony from Masoul to Osdal. They've lost friends, shed blood and tears and now they're headed for one of Harmony's strongholds-Fernix. Osdal left Mark a changed man, a man not just looking to keep his people alive, but a man looking to avenge the only woman that cared for him... -
![The Best of Robert Heinlein by Robert A. Heinlein]()
The Best of Robert Heinlein by Robert A. Heinlein
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCONTENTS:Life-Line The Roads Must Roll '--And He Built a Crooked House--' The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag The Green Hills of Earth The Long Watch The Man Who Sold the Moon '--All You... -
![Pangaea: Exiles by Jeff Brackett]()
Pangaea: Exiles by Jeff Brackett
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTried and convicted for his crimes, Sean Barrow is sent into temporal exile—banished to a time so far before recorded history that there is no chance that he, or any other criminal sent back, has any chance of altering history... -
![Relacja z pierwszej ręki by Janusz A. Zajdel]()
Relacja z pierwszej ręki by Janusz A. Zajdel
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTrzydzieści trzy z ponad osiemdziesięciu.Najbardziej klasyczne z klasycznych.Dowcipne, rzetelne i prorocze.Czy najlepsze? Przekonaj się sam!Jadwiga Zajdel, żona zmarłego w 1985 roku Janusza, podjęła się sporządzić własną, w pełni autorską antologię Jego opowiadań. Znalazły się w niej teksty już publikowane i utwory odnalezione w papierach pośmiertnych... -
![7th Son: 7 Days by J.C. Hutchins]()
7th Son: 7 Days by J.C. Hutchins
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings7th Son: 7 Days is a prequel anthology to J.C. Hutchins’ award-winning thriller trilogy 7th Son.Set two weeks before the trilogy’s extraordinary events, these seven short stories reveal the lives of seven seemingly unrelated men. But the challenges they face — and the threads that connect them — are more complex than they'll ever suspect.Each story stars a unique "John Michael Smith... -
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![Universe Online - Enter the Game: Complete Edition by Ryan 'Viken' Henning]()
Universe Online - Enter the Game: Complete Edition by Ryan 'Viken' Henning
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings[Complete Edition includes Part 1 and Part 2, plus a bonus chapter!] My name is Allec Renn, and I was born with ALS. Even with our modern technology, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cannot be treated or cured. I've been bed or chair bound since I was a kid. The advent of Virtual Reality technology has given me a chance for a new life. Or rather dozens of them. Heh... -
![The War Doctor: Only the Monstrous by Nicholas Briggs]()
The War Doctor: Only the Monstrous by Nicholas Briggs
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree new battles for The War Doctor1.1 The InnocentAs the Daleks mass their time fleet for a final assault on Gallifrey, something ancient is waiting for them at Omega One. And a sacrifice must be made.Arch manipulator and Time Lord strategist, Cardinal Ollistra receives shock news of the Doctor’s death... -
![The Top of the Volcano: The Award-Winning Stories of Harlan Ellison by Harlan Ellison]()
The Top of the Volcano: The Award-Winning Stories of Harlan Ellison by Harlan Ellison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew, fresh, and different is tricky in the storytelling business, as rare as diamonds, but, as a born storyteller, Harlan made story brave, daring, surprising again, brought an edge of the gritty and the strange, the erudite and the street-smart, found ways to make words truly come alive again in an over-worded world... -
![Hlasy a hvězdy by Vilma Kadlečková]()
Hlasy a hvězdy by Vilma Kadlečková
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZnamení. Předzvěsti. Vlna změn. Ať to chcete nebo odmítáte, Hvězdovládci přicházejí.Sekta vyznavačů aurigiánské hereze je zničená, ale volání, vyslané do vesmíru, nezůstalo bez následků. Hvězdovládci – wëtrëigaës – se blíží. Představují hrozbu, proti které by se měli spojit i největší nepřátelé: telepat Aš~šád, velekněz z Rekeghu, Lodě, sgen z Fomalhiwy i nová pozemská Velekněžka Regentka... -
![Seventh Serpent by Graham McNeill]()
Seventh Serpent by Graham McNeill
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSince the near-destruction of the Iron Hands, Raven Guard and Salamanders on Isstvan V, scattered warbands from these ‘shattered Legions’ have waged a guerrilla war on Horus’ forces across the galaxy. Now, the crew of the Sisypheum are drawn into a covert assault on a hidden Alpha Legion outpost – an assault orchestrated by none other than the infamous warleader Shadrak Meduson himself... -
![Savage Weapons by Aaron Dembski-Bowden]()
Savage Weapons by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor two years, the Dark Angels have battled the Night Lords on the worlds of the Aegis sector, and they are no closer to victory. When the traitor’s Primarch – the Night Haunter – issues a challenge, Lion’El Johnson of the Dark Angels descends to an abandoned world for a final confrontation with his treacherous brother. But the Night Haunter has a darker purpose.. -
![Different Kinds Of Darkness by David Langford]()
Different Kinds Of Darkness by David Langford
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA major fiction collection from multiple Hugo Award winner David Langford, Different Kinds of Darkness complements his parody assortment He Do the Time Police in Different Voices. Besides the acclaimed, Hugo-winning title piece and its influential prequels, the 36 stories include the British SF Association Award winner "Cube Root", and eight "Year's Best" and "Best Of" anthology choices... -
![Дитя Ойкумены by Henry Lion Oldie, Генри Лайон Олди]()
Дитя Ойкумены by Henry Lion Oldie, Генри Лайон Олди
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsРегина ван Фрассен - о подарок судьбы! - родилась телепатом. В шесть лет ребенок впервые узнал сладость власти - и горечь запретов. В двенадцать она познакомилась с террором и насилием. В шестнадцать - с соперничеством и ложью. Да, космический мир Ойкумены дорожит своими менталами, как отчаянной редкостью, но и силовое поле не оградит тебя от холодных ветров реальности... -
![Doctor Who: Live 34 by James Parsons, Andrew Stirling-Brown]()
Doctor Who: Live 34 by James Parsons, Andrew Stirling-Brown
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratings‘You’re listening to LIVE 34.’‘LIVE 34 -- news on the hour, every hour -- LIVE 34 -- broadcasting to Colony 34 all day, every day -- LIVE 34 -- constantly updated every minute of every hour -- LIVE 34 -- sport, weather, business, local news, interplanetary affairs -- LIVE 34 -- live, independent, accurate, comprehensive -- LIVE 34 -- all news, all day, every day -- LIVE 34... -
![The Past Through Tomorrow: Vol. 1 by Robert A. Heinlein]()
The Past Through Tomorrow: Vol. 1 by Robert A. Heinlein
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHere, in volume one of two volumes, are approximately half of the stories, novelettes, novella, and novels which make up Heinlein's famous Future History -- the rich, imaginative architecture of Man's destiny that many consider his greatest and most prophetic work. Heinlein wrote most of the Future History stories early in his career, between 1939 and 1941 and between 1945 and 1950... -
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![The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories by Tom Shippey, H.G. Wells]()
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories by Tom Shippey, H.G. Wells
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is the definitive collection of the twentieth-century's most characteristic genre -- science fiction. The tales are organized chronologically to give readers a sense of how the genre's range, vitality, and literary quality have evolved over time. Each tale offers a unique vision, an altered reality, a universe all its own. Readers can sample H.G... -
![Paradox 3: Eternity by Phillip P. Peterson]()
Paradox 3: Eternity by Phillip P. Peterson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe wormhole from another universe that Ed and his crew brought back from their last mission was not a gift welcomed with open arms. While conflict brews between humankind and the extra-terrestrials, Ed and his friends travel with their spaceship to explore the most unusual artefact in our universe. There they find objects made by a civilization far more advanced than even the AI of the spheres... -
![Gwiazda Pandory - Ekspedycja by Peter F. Hamilton]()
Gwiazda Pandory - Ekspedycja by Peter F. Hamilton
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJest rok 2380. Wspólnota Międzyukładowa składa się z ponad sześciuset światów połączonych siecią tuneli czasoprzestrzennych. Na jednej z najdalej położonych planet astronom Dudley Bose jest świadkiem niewiarygodnego zjawiska. Odległa o tysiąc lat świetlnych gwiazda nagle znika... -
![Prepper's Apocalypse by A.J. Newman]()
Prepper's Apocalypse by A.J. Newman
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPrepper Post-Apocalyptic Survival FictionEMP blasts started the apocalypse during Tom and his family's return flight to San Francisco from Hawaii. Surviving the crash only caused them to confront the chaos of the apocalypse head-on. Their fellow survivors were helpless and lacked the skills to survive... -
![Doctor Who: Neverland by Alan Barnes, Paul McGann]()
Doctor Who: Neverland by Alan Barnes, Paul McGann
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Web of Time is stretched to breaking. History is leaking like a sieve. In the Citadel of Gallifrey, the Time Lords fear the end of everything that is, everything that was... everything that will be... -
![Scars by Chris Wraight]()
Scars by Chris Wraight
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsJaghatai Khan and his White Scars Legion must choose - the Emperor or Horus?Fresh from their conquest of Chondax and the discovery of Horus’s rebellion, Jaghatai Khan’s warriors stand divided. Long considered one of the less trustworthy Legions, many of the White Scars claim to owe their loyalty exclusively to Terra, and others still to the Warmaster and his warrior lodges...
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