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Warhammer 40,000 Series

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Warhammer 40,000 (informally known as Warhammer 40K or simply 40K) is a tabletop miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop, set in a dystopian science fantasy universe. After the creation of the Warhammer 40,000 universe by Games Workshop, the sister company, Black Library, began publishing novels describing the various Space Marine Legions, Imp…
The 13th Black Crusade
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4.15 · 88 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2004 · 1 edition
A collection of charts, maps, illustrations, and p…

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    13th Legion
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    3.93     · 727 Ratings · 45 Reviews · published 2001 · 11 editions
    Across a hundred blasted war-zones, upon a dozen b…

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    25 for 25
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    4.05     · 59 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2012 · 2 editions
    An exclusive Black Library product to celebrate th…

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    Abaddon: Chosen of Chaos
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    3.77     · 98 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 2013 · 1 edition

    In the aftermath of battle, a group of Black Legio…

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    Abaddon Denied
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    3.73     · 15 Ratings · published 2016 · 1 edition

    At the order of the Warmaster himself, Talomar Loc…

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    The Absolution of Swords
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    3.84     · 49 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2017 · 2 editions
    A Story of the Horusian Wars

    On the Ecclesiarchy wo…

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    Abyssal
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    3.59     · 88 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2018 · 2 editions
    Advent Calendar 2018: Day Six

    Prisoner on a Black S…

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    The Abyssal Edge
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    4.18     · 157 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 2019 · 2 editions

    A Horus Heresy story

    An accidental discovery pu…

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    Accept No Failure
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    3.49     · 101 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 2014 · 4 editions
    As the war against the vicious alien orks on the w…

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    The Accursed
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    3.81     · 133 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 2021 · 3 editions
    A Warhammer Horror anthology

    Do you love Warhammer …

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    Accursed Eternity
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    3.63     · 78 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2011 · 1 edition
    A Space Marine Battles novella

    The Star Dragons and…

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    Action and Consequence
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    3.46     · 35 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2015 · 1 edition
    Newly promoted to leader of his squad, Silver Skul…

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    The Adeptus Astartes Audio Collection
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    3.77     · 31 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2020 · 1 edition
    A Warhammer 40,000 audio drama collection.

    From the…

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    Adeptus Mechanicus
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    3.86     · 138 Ratings · 9 Reviews · 3 editions
    Two grim tales of war featuring the implacable leg…

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    The Adeptus Mechanicus eBook Collection
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    4.00     · 9 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2014 · 1 edition
    A great explorator fleet sets out into uncharted s…

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    Advent 2014: Audio Collection
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    4.50     · 4 Ratings · published 2014 · 1 edition
    This audio collection contains all 7 new audio dra…

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    Advent 2014: eBook Collection
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    4.71     · 7 Ratings · published 2014 · 1 edition
    This anthology contains all 22 new eBooks released…

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    The Aegidan Oath
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    4.16     · 61 Ratings · 7 Reviews · 1 edition

    Almost a thousand years after the Great Heresy, th…

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    After Desh'ea
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    3.98     · 257 Ratings · 18 Reviews · published 2015 · 2 editions
    The War Hounds Legion have been reunited with thei…

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    Age of Darkness
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    3.73     · 4428 Ratings · 200 Reviews · published 2011 · 18 editions
    After the betrayal at Isstvan, Horus begins his ca…

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    Agent of the Throne: Ashes and Oaths
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    3.84     · 107 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2019 · 2 editions
    An Inquisition audio drama.

    When a mission goes bad…

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    Agent of the Throne: Blood and Lies
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    3.94     · 195 Ratings · 23 Reviews · published 2017 · 2 editions
    For Ianthe, war is all too familiar. A former sold…

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    Agent of the Throne: Truth and Dreams
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    3.73     · 123 Ratings · 14 Reviews · published 2018 · 2 editions
    THE STORY
    As an agent of the Throne, former soldier…

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    Agents of the Imperium
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    3.90     · 20 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2019 · 2 editions
    A Warhammer 40,000 audio drama anthology.

    Across th…

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    The Agents of the Imperium Audio Collection
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    3.75     · 20 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2020 · 1 edition
    A Warhammer 40,000 audio drama collection

    Discover …

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    Ahriman: The Complete eBundle
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    5.00     · 3 Ratings · published 2015 · 1 edition
    Cast from his Legion and spurned by his brothers, …

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    Ahriman: The Dead Oracle
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    3.97     · 129 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2014 · 1 edition
    Ctesias, an ancient Space Marine and former prison…

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    Ahriman: eBook Collection
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    4.67     · 3 Ratings · published 2014 · 1 edition
    Ahriman is the greatest sorcerer of the Thousand S…

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    Ahriman: Exile
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    3.81     · 1185 Ratings · 88 Reviews · published 2012 · 19 editions
    A Chaos Space Marine Sorcerer seeks the power of t…

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    Ahriman: Exodus
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    3.86     · 105 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2015 · 3 editions
    Ahriman, exiled sorcerer lord of the Thousand Sons…

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    Ahriman: The First Prince
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    3.87     · 156 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 2014 · 2 editions
    When his servant Ctesias meets his end, the Thousa…

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    Ahriman: Gates of Ruin
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    4.13     · 105 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2014 · 1 edition

    Ahriman, sorcerer lord of the Thousand Sons, seeks…

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    Ahriman: Hand of Dust
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    3.63     · 115 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2013 · 1 edition

    On Prospero, a solitary living soul walks across t…

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    Ahriman: The Omnibus
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    4.17     · 335 Ratings · 31 Reviews · 5 editions
    Omnibus containing all three novels in the Ahriman…

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    Ahriman: Sorcerer
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    3.89     · 647 Ratings · 43 Reviews · published 2014 · 17 editions
    Ahriman, greatest sorcerer of the Thousand Sons an…

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    Ahriman: Unchanged
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    3.92     · 472 Ratings · 27 Reviews · published 2015 · 12 editions
    The final installment in the Ahriman trilogy

    It has…

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    The Alien Beast Within
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    3.72     · 80 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2012 · 1 edition

    Meh'Lindi, the foremost assassin of the Callidus t…

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    The Alien Hunters
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    3.64     · 33 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2014 · 1 edition

    A squad of alien hunters from the elite and secret…

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    All is Dust
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    3.68     · 136 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2012 · 1 edition
    To their foes, Thousand Sons are automata, deadly …

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    All That Remains
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    3.62     · 114 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2015 · 1 edition

    As Horus' rebellion consumes the galaxy, the dead …

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    Allegiance
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    3.81     · 108 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 2017 · 1 edition

    After the Second Battle of Prospero, the White Sca…

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    Alone
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    3.62     · 60 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2014 · 3 editions
    Separated from his brothers aboard a seemingly aba…

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    Alpharius: Head of the Hydra
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    4.46     · 1544 Ratings · 125 Reviews · published 2021 · 11 editions
    A Primarchs novel

    Who better to relate the tale of …

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    Altar of Cyrene
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    3.54     · 35 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2004 · 1 edition

    The planet of Cyrene, tainted by the touch of the …

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    Ambition Knows No Bounds
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    3.50     · 20 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2011 · 1 edition

    On the fringes of the Imperium, rogue trader Briel…

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    Anarch
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    4.58     · 1865 Ratings · 133 Reviews · published 2019 · 16 editions
    Men of Tanith… do you want to live forever?’

    On the…

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    Anathemas
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    3.72     · 184 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 2020 · 3 editions
    A Warhammer Horror anthology

    Unexplained deaths ter…

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    And They Shall Know No Fear
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    4.00     · 36 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2011 · 1 edition

    Stygia XII has turned from the Emperor's light, gr…

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    Angel Exterminatus
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    4.08     · 4174 Ratings · 255 Reviews · published 2012 · 1 edition
    Perturabo – master of siegecraft, and executioner …

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    Angel of Fire
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    3.93     · 485 Ratings · 28 Reviews · published 2012 · 17 editions
    At the dawn of the forty-first millennium, Lord Co…

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    Angels of Caliban
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    3.78     · 2164 Ratings · 150 Reviews · published 2016 · 16 editions

    With the Dark Angels spread across a hundred syste…

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    Angels of Darkness
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    3.89     · 1398 Ratings · 79 Reviews · published 2003 · 22 editions
    A Warhammer 40,000 Dark Angels Novel The Angels of…

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    Angels of Death
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    3.73     · 33 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2014 · 4 editions
    While the Space Marines are humanity's defenders -…

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    Angels of Death: The Digital Collection
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    3.78     · 23 Ratings · published 2013 · 1 edition
    An eBundle containing all 28 stories from the Spac…

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    Angron
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    4.02     · 280 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 2013 · 1 edition

    Many are the legends surrounding the wrathful prim…

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    Angron: Slave of Nuceria
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    4.22     · 976 Ratings · 90 Reviews · published 2019 · 7 editions
    Placed in command of a Legion he does not want, in…

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    Angron's Monolith
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    3.58     · 78 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2014 · 3 editions

    As war engulfs Armageddon, the mysterious and mist…

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    Animus Malorum
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    2.93     · 27 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2013 · 1 edition

    Fighting against ork invasion, Fourth Captain Eric…

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    Annihilation Squad
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    3.61     · 351 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 2004 · 9 editions
    Desperate for a change to redeem themselves in the…

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    Anomalien
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    4.33     · 3 Ratings · published 2020 · 2 editions
    Librarian note: This is a translation of the short…

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    The Apex
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    4.00     · 23 Ratings · published 2014 · 1 edition

    The alien menace of the tyranids sweeps across Sig…

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    Apex Predator
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    3.85     · 40 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2019 · 1 edition

    A Warhammer 40,000 story

    Imperial Knight pilot Seth…

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    Apocalypse
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    4.01     · 429 Ratings · 35 Reviews · published 2019 · 10 editions
    Forces from several Space Marine Chapters mobilise…

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    Architect of Fate
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    3.48     · 310 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 2012 · 10 editions
    The Space Marines stand against the darkness, and …

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    Argent
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    3.87     · 223 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 2017 · 2 editions
    An Inquisition story

    When Interrogator Luce Spinoza…

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    Arjac Rockfist: Anvil of Fenris
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    4.03     · 59 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2014 · 7 editions
    One of the great sagas of Space Wolf legend, Arjac…

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    The Arkunasha War
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    3.60     · 45 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2015 · 1 edition

    Witness the origin of a legend... When the Tau col…

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    Armageddon
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    4.39     · 280 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2013 · 6 editions
    ++Grimaldus.
    They lied to us about the Mannheim Gap…

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    Armageddon Saint
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    3.94     · 108 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2019 · 5 editions

    A Last Chancers novel – available first as an eBoo…

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    Armageddon: The Third War
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    4.50     · 4 Ratings · published 2014 · 1 edition
    Armageddon is a world engulfed by war. As the Thir…

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    The Armour of Contempt
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    4.25     · 3139 Ratings · 87 Reviews · published 2006 · 17 editions
    The Imperial crusade, including Gaunt's Ghosts, ar…

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    Armour of Faith
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    3.58     · 38 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2014 · 4 editions

    Sent to secure a seemingly unimportant fortress on…

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    The Armour of Fate
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    3.97     · 229 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2018 · 2 editions
    The return of Roboute Guilliman, primarch of the U…

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    Army of One
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    3.31     · 212 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2012 · 1 edition
    As civil war blazes across the galaxy, the hive wo…

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    The Art of Clint Langley
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    4.37     · 38 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2008 · 2 editions
    A stunning collection of the fantasy and science f…

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    The Art of Provocation
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    3.96     · 54 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2016 · 2 editions
    A Space Wolves audio drama

    Lukas the Trickster play…

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    The Art of Warhammer 40,000
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    4.30     · 86 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2006 · 2 editions
    A lavish hardback art book for the general trade, …

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    Artefacts
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    3.56     · 151 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 2015 · 1 edition

    Before the massacre on Isstvan V, the primarch Vul…

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    The Ascension of Balthasar
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    3.64     · 91 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 2012 · 4 editions
    When the world of Stern's Remembrance comes under …

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    The Ash of Souls
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    3.61     · 23 Ratings · published 2014 · 1 edition

    Sol Ba'ken, commander of the Salamanders' Scout co…

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    The Ashes of Prospero
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    3.93     · 362 Ratings · 28 Reviews · 8 editions
    A Space Marine Conquests novel

    Concerned by his Cha…

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    The Assassination of Gabriel Seth
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    3.73     · 89 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 2017 · 1 edition
    A Flesh Tearers audio drama

    Gabriel Seth, Chapter M…

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    Assassinorum: Divine Sanction
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    3.79     · 71 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2019 · 1 edition
    A Warhammer 40,000 story

    A Callidus Assassin's miss…

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    Assassinorum: Iron Sight
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    3.87     · 78 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2020 · 1 edition
    An Officio Assassinorum story

    The Vindicare Assassi…

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    Assassinorum: Live Wire
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    3.92     · 66 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2020 · 1 edition
    An Officio Assassinorum short story

    Captivity becom…

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    Assault on Black Reach: The Novel
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    3.29     · 241 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 2009 · 4 editions
    The companion novel to the Warhammer 40,000 boxed …

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    Astorath: Angel of Mercy
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    3.69     · 300 Ratings · 24 Reviews · 9 editions
    A Blood Angels Limited Edition

    In the aftermath of …

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    Astorath the Grim: Redeemer of the Lost
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    3.90     · 49 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2013 · 1 edition

    Amongst the brotherhood of the sons of Sanguinius,…

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    Astra Militarum
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    3.94     · 132 Ratings · 9 Reviews · 4 editions

    For ten thousand years, the massed armies of the A…

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    The Astra Militarum Audio Collection
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    4.25     · 44 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2020 · 2 editions
    A Warhammer 40,000 audio drama collection.

    The Impe…

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    Asurmen: The Darker Road
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    3.39     · 94 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 2017 · 2 editions
    A Phoenix Lords audio drama

    With the future of Craf…

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    Asurmen: Hand of Asuryan
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    3.79     · 197 Ratings · 19 Reviews · published 2015 · 9 editions
    The Phoenix Lords are demigods of battle, warriors…

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    At Gaius Point
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    3.98     · 115 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2016 · 1 edition

    Emerging from the wreckage of a crashed Thunderhaw…

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    At Slaughter's End
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    3.78     · 78 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2014 · 2 editions
    In the aftermath of battle, Flesh Tearers Chapter …

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    Atlas Infernal
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    3.72     · 306 Ratings · 31 Reviews · published 2011 · 5 editions
    Inquisitor Bronislaw Czevak is a hunted man. Escap…

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    The Atonement of Fire
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    3.63     · 94 Ratings · 6 Reviews · 1 edition

    Advent Calendar 2018: Day Sixteen


    Seeking to atone …

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    Atrophy
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    3.47     · 32 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2014 · 1 edition

    On a damned world, the Emperor's Children warband …

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    Augur of Despair
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    2.87     · 60 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2020 · 2 editions
    A Blackstone Fortress audio drama.

    A pair of explor…

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    Augur of Despair: Part 1
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    3.27     · 49 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2019 · 2 editions
    A Blackstone Fortress audio drama

    A pair of explore…

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    Augur of Despair: Part 2
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    3.23     · 35 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2019 · 2 editions
    A Blackstone Fortress audio drama

    If Murad and Mont…

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