Ominous portents have arrived from the Black Library, heralding cursed new editions covering two of the bloodiest killers the galaxy has ever known. Huron Blackheart, the master of the Red Corsairs, stars in a tale of deceit and treachery, while Khârn the Betrayer gets a suitably crimson special edition makeover.
We’ve seen the consequences of consulting heretical tracts in an episode of Hammer and Bolter on Warhammer+, but when the books look this good, it’s hard not to have a peek.*
Huron Blackheart: Master of the Maelstrom
Once the commander of the noble Astral Claws Chapter, Lufgt Huron’s ambitions ignited a vicious civil war** that plunged the Badab Sector into chaos. His bid for independence didn’t go so well, and after a close encounter with a meltagun, the Space Marine now known as Blackheart scrambled into the very Maelstrom he had once pledged to contain.
There he assembled a fleet of renegades, pirates, and traitors, who quickly became more than just a thorn in the Imperium’s side. You can discover his latest exploits in this stunning limited edition of Huron Blackheart: Master of the Maelstrom, or in a standard hardback edition, an ebook, or an MP3 audiobook which all arrive on the same day.
As you’d expect from a band of turncoats and betrayers, loyalty is in short supply among the Red Corsairs, and Huron Blackheart’s position is far from unassailable. With Roboute Guilliman back in action, the forces of Chaos face their greatest foe since the Horus Heresy – and challenges to the Blood Reaver’s leadership are coming thick and fast.
While Mortarion’s invasion of Macragge may have stolen most of the headlines following Guilliman’s return – as seen in the Dark Imperium series – Chaos has been far from idle elsewhere in the galaxy.*** Huron Blackheart: Master of the Maelstrom is the perfect next step for anyone wondering what the Imperium’s least favourite ex-employees have been up to lately,
Khârn: Eater of Worlds
From one crisis of leadership to another – the World Eaters are left without a hand on the tiller when Angron disappears at the climax of the Horus Heresy. With no leader strong enough to unite them, the remnants of the Legion turn on each other as the Butcher’s Nails spur them to ever-greater heights of barbarism.
Khârn, the legendary Eighth Captain of the World Eaters, awakens amid the madness – but will his arrival spell salvation or doom for the XII Legion? The answer can be found in Khârn: Eater of Worlds, which returns to Black Library in a new special edition dripping with Khornate swagger.
Once a proud anchor for his Legion and a close confidant to his Primarch, Khârn’s descent into bloodlust is a tragic echo of the World Eaters’ fall from grace. The raging berserker of the 41st Millennium is a far cry from his glorious past.
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* Records show that this was among the many wise instructions Magnus the Red passed to his sons.
** The Badab War is said to have been the fiercest Space Marine-on-Space Marine conflict since the Horus Heresy.
*** The Death Guard confront legacies of their past in The Lords of Silence, and the Alpha Legion get hands-on with our man Khârn in Shroud of Night.