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The Zheng Cipher

by Josh Reynolds

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Setting
Warhammer 40,000
Type
Short Story
First published
27 Apr 2015
Length
18 pp · ~20m read
Rating
3.7761 ratingsRating distribution: 1-star: 0 · 2-star: 6 · 3-star: 16 · 4-star: 25 · 5-star: 14. See the reviews on Goodreads (opens in a new tab)7 reviews on Goodreads  (opens in a new tab)
ISBN-13
9781782516958
Featuring
Adeptus MechanicusTyranids
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Synopsis

As the mining world of Kotir-8 falls to the hive fleets of the monstrous alien tyranids, the arrival of a force of skitarii under Alpha Vanguard 6-Friest seems like an Omnissiah-sent miracle to the planet’s battered survivors. But as the radiation-soaked skitarii vanguard hold off the tyranids, their true motives for arriving on Kotir-8 come into question. Are they there to save the people of the planet - or do their Adeptus Mechanicus overseers have something more sinister in mind?

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