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Blood of the Emperor

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Synopsis

Get new insights into several of the primarchs in tales set across the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy.

A weak Cthonian boy forges a bloody destiny among the stars. Tribal warriors hunt a beast in the Fenrisian snows. Prosperine sorcerers seek hidden secrets. The Emperor's Praetorian shows his ruthless side. Alpharius submits to questioning over a brutal campaign, and Mortarion returns to Terra for the first time since his ascension to daemonhood. Each of these six tales provides you with a new look at one of the primarchs, the demigod sons of the Emperor. Once brothers-in-arms, these legendary heroes fell into war and strife, loyalist and traitor. But each remains a mighty lord of warriors and leader of men, and each has tales to tell…

Contents

  • Lupus Daemonis Graham McNeill
  • Skjalds Nick Kyme
  • The Sixth Cult of the Denied David Guymer
  • The Will of the Legion Andy Clark
  • Council of Truth Mike Brooks
  • Terminus Chris Wraight