Legends of the Waaagh!

Synopsis

A pair of novels, a novella, and 3 short stories explore the horror of facing orks on the battlefield. Both brutal and kunnin', these warlike xenos are a constant threat to the Imperium, and everyone else for that matter. Can the Space Marines and Astra Militarum hold them back, or will they be overrun? Unrelenting, ferocious, and proud, orks unleash gleeful carnage as one of the fiercest and most numerous threats ever faced by humanity. I Am Slaughter by Dan Abnett sees the Imperial Fists leaving Terra for the first time in centuries, and in doing so, encountering a foe far mightier (and… greener?) than they anticipated. In Sandy Mitchell’s Caves of Ice , Commissar Ciaphas Cain investigates the mysterious disappearances that plague an ice world, but soon finds himself caught between an ork incursion and another evil stirring below. Helsreach by Aaron Dembski-Bowden follows the Black Templars as they take a last stand to defend Hive Helsreach, whatever the cost. There are also 3 short stories, one by each of the above authors, about the efforts of the Imperium to hold back the orks. Can the Space Marines, the Astra Militarum, or even Ciaphas Cain himself be enough to stem the great green tide?