Cepheus

Deathwatch: Ignition #11

by Braden Campbell

Deathwatch Chaplain Ortan Cassius, the most honoured battle-brother of the Ultramarines Chapter, is called before a council of watch captains to account for his recent actions – namely the destruction of the Imperial Port Cepheus. With many of his former kill team still unaccounted for, he must justify his use of such extreme measures or face permanent dismissal from the Deathwatch. But Cassius is unconvinced of his superiors’ motives, and begins to delve deeper into the mysterious Ghosar Enigma…

Read it because
It's the final instalment in the series, and this time the focus is Chaplain Cassius himself. Discover the hidden past of the future hero of the Tyrannic Wars and his role in one of the most renowned missions of the alien-hunting Deathwatch.

29 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 22, 2016

Reviews

[Michael Dodd · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cepheus by Braden Campbell, the eleventh and final short story in Black Library’s Deathwatch mini-series (now also available in a single volume entitled Deathwatch : Ignition), sees the return of Chaplain Cassius and serves to loosely tie the whole series together. Petitioning a council of Watch Captains for approval of a rescue mission, Cassius finds himself retelling the events on Port Cepheus that led to him being there and the necessity of going in search of his absent brothers. Under the scrutiny of three Watch Captains however he finds his decisions being questioned, and starts to see the undercurrent of politics that runs through even the Deathwatch.

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