It’s a big week for the defenders of the Imperium in the Black Library this week, starting with the Astra Militarum.
Many long years have passed since the Fall of Cadia, and amidst the wreckage of this once-proud fortress world, a mystery calls to the new Lord Castellan.
Creed: Ashes of Cadia
Ursula Creed rose to take command of the Cadian Shock Troops through sheer determined accomplishment, grinding her way up the ranks entirely on her own merit – forging her own legend, distinct from the legacy of her martyred father. But even as she makes peace with the past and looks to Cadia’s future, a missive from the Lord Commander of the Imperium sends her right back to the site of her homeworld’s destruction.
Creed: Ashes of Cadia by Jude Reid takes the Lord Castellan and her chosen Guardsmen back to a shattered hellscape in search of her father’s lost battle plans, and this awesome new novel is available to pre-order today in hardback, eBook, and audiobook editions.
In addition, a beautiful gilded Special Edition is also up for pre-order, for those dedicated Astra Militarum fans who want a proper showpiece for their collection.
This Special Edition features an embossed cloth cover with shining gold foil, a brown ribbon page marker, and the extra short story Creed: Chains of Command. Each is individually numbered and signed by the author, and strictly limited to just 1,750 copies.
Valdor: Birth of the Imperium
In the earliest days of the Imperium, Constantin Valdor was the Emperor’s personal champion – First Spear of the Legio Custodes and a warrior of near supernatural ability. As the Unification Wars draw to a close, he finds himself tested like never before in Valdor: Birth of the Imperium by Chris Wraight – forced to confront difficult decisions about the fate of the Thunder Warriors, and the future of the Emperor’s great plan.
This novel is available to pre-order in a new paperback edition.
Blood of the Emperor
Discover new tales of six Primarchs in Blood of the Emperor, a compilation of short stories by Graham McNeill, Nick Kyme, David Guymer, Andy Clark, Mike Brooks, and Chris Wraight. This new audiobook edition collects stories about Horus, Leman Russ, Magnus the Red, Rogal Dorn, Alpharius, and Mortarion, exploring unknown events from their murky pasts – from Fenrisian warriors hunting beasts in the snow to the shadowy interrogation of a victorious, yet shamed Alpharius.
The Horus Heresy Collection XI (German Edition)
Return to the Age of Darkness with the eleventh collection of stories from the Horus Heresy, now available for the first time in German. You’re getting even more than usual in this weighty package, as both Legacies of Betrayal and War Without End are themselves anthologies of short stories – the former containing nine exciting tales, while the latter splashes out on a whopping 21 separate stories from your favourite Black Library authors.
Sandwiched between them, Deathfire by Nick Kyme continues the story of Vulkan’s fate following his many deaths and rebirths in the wake of the Drop Site Massacre. Artellus Numeon, captain of his Pyre Guard, is certain that the Primarch can be revived amidst Nocturne’s fiercest fires, but first the embattled Salamanders will have to reach their homeworld intact.
The Horus Heresy Collection X (French Edition)
The tenth Horus Heresy Collection also returns to shelves in a new hardback edition, this time for its French-language debut. Scars by Chris Wraight finds Jaghatai Khan at an important crossroads, deciding the allegiance of his Legion as the Horus Heresy erupts across the galaxy, while the Warmaster himself finally launches his next grand plan from the tainted world of Molech in Vengeful Spirit by Graham McNeill.
Finally, members of the Shattered Legions – Salamanders, Raven Guard, and Iron Hands – come together in the wake of their Legions’ mauling to protect vulnerable civilians in The Damnation of Pythos by David Annandale.
All of these pre-orders are available now on the Games Workshop webstore.
