More great books are here from GW this week, as Slaves To Darkness, Realm Gate Wars, and more headline the lore side of things from the Black Library.
Keep tabs on your favorite factions and characters from the worlds of Warhammer with this week’s new release titles.
The Realmgate Wars: Volume 1: $21
A Warhammer Age of Sigmar omnibus
The Age of Chaos has been long and dark. The Mortal Realms are a brutal place, their people consigned to slavery and terror. But now a light has come. A storm breaks, and the God-King Sigmar’s celestial armies arrive to liberate the Realms. The Realmgate Wars have begun.
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It’s a collected edition of the first fiction from the Age of Sigmar, starring the Stormcast Eternals as they make their first strikes against the forces of Chaos and seek allies for their ongoing battle.DESCRIPTION
For five centuries, Chaos has tormented the Mortal Realms. Ancient portals known as realmgates stand defiled by the armies of the Dark Gods, preventing the forces of order from moving freely between the realms. The lands are broken, their populations enslaved, hunted for sport or infected with unholy plague. All hope of salvation was thought lost – until now. For Sigmar has been watching and making ready, and those destined to suffer his retribution will finally know the might of the God-King’s wrath as he unleashes his greatest weapon: the Stormcast Eternals. Reborn heroes clad in god-forged armour, Sigmar’s golden warriors descend to liberate the realms from the yoke of Chaos. The Realmgate Wars have begun…CONTENTS
The Gates of Azyr by Chris WraightWar Storm
– Borne by the Storm by Nick Kyme
– Storm of Blades by Guy Haley
– The Gates of Dawn by Josh ReynoldsGhal Maraz
– War in the Hidden Vale by Josh Reynolds
– The Eldritch Fortress by Guy HaleyHammers of Sigmar
– Stormcast by Darius Hinks
– Scion of the Storm by C L WernerWardens of the Everqueen by C L Werner
Black Rift by Josh Reynolds
Pantheon by Guy Haley
Servants Of The Machine God: $16
An Adeptus Mechanicus anthology
The forces of the Adeptus Mechanicus –Titans, Imperial Knights, servitors and skitarii legions – march in a dozen tales showcasing how the servants of the Omnissiah wage war.
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It’s an essential collection of tales about the tech-priests and their cohorts. As they would put it: 01010100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01001111 01101101 01101110 01101001 01110011 01110011 01101001 01100001 01101000 00100000 01100100 01100101 01101101 01100001 01101110 01100100 01110011 00100000 01101001 01110100.DESCRIPTION
It is the 41st millennium and humanity teeters on the brink of destruction. Yet out of the darkness comes a cold hope. The Adeptus Mechanicus are logical, remote beings of cybernetic construction. Their armour is a work of mechanical art, their weapons unparalleled in intelligent design.One of the most hostile fighting forces of the Imperium, the Priesthood of Mars serves justice upon their enemies with forbidding momentum. Though nominally allied with mankind, it is in the name of the Omnissiah that their mighty war machines step forth into the cauldron of war, for the Machine God alone is worthy of their sacrifice and neither man nor xenos can deter them from their single purpose of championing his dominion. .
This anthology contains a dozen gripping tales about the formidable Titans, Imperial Knights, battle-servitors and skitarii legions with which the Adeptus Mechanicus wage war, written by some of Black Library’s most popular authors, including Graham McNeill, Gav Thorpe, David Guymer and David Annandale..
CONTENTS
Gates of the Devourer by David Annandale
Becoming and Defiant by Andy Clark
Vanguard by Peter Fehervari
Infinite Circuit by David Guymer
Knights of the Imperium by Graham McNeill
The Zheng Cipher by Josh Reynolds
Clade by Rob Sanders
Of Gods and Men by Andy Smillie
Hunting Ground by Ian St. Martin
Vengeance of the Immortal by Gav Thorpe
The Enigma of Flesh by C L Werner
Book 51: Slaves To Darkness: $30
A Horus Heresy novel
As the traitor fleet closes on Terra, turmoil grips its heart. Horus lies wounded, and as the greatest battle of all time looms, it falls to Maloghurst the Twisted to hold the force together and save the Warmaster..
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The time is nearly here… but first, the events of Wolfsbane have left Horus in a bad way, and now we get to take a look at the inner workings of the Traitor fleet as it threatens to fall apart.THE STORY
After a long and gruelling conflict, the traitors at last close upon Terra. But time is dwindling for an attack. Both Guilliman and the Lion are returning with all haste, and their armies could turn the tide. The hosts of the Warmaster must unite, for only then can they attack the Throneworld itself. While Mortarion is sent on ahead as the fleet’s vanguard, it falls to Lorgar and Perturabo to marshal Fulgrim and Angron, both now elevated to daemonhood and perhaps beyond even the will of the Warmaster to command. But Horus lies wounded and as the greatest battle the galaxy has ever know looms, it is up to Maloghurst to hold his fractious Legion together and to wrench Horus himself from the edge of oblivion.Written by John French
Running time 10 hours 49 minutes. Narrated by Jonathan Keeble
The Tainted Heart: $27
A Warhammer Age of Sigmar novel
Amidst a deadly blight that has engulfed the Realm of Metal, witch hunters Talorcan and Esselt pursue a cultist whose bloody trail leads them into danger – and a possible solution, if they can survive….
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C L Werner – no stranger to witch hunters and tales of horror and danger – turns his talents to telling a dark and twisted story in the Mortal Realms.THE STORY
Chamon wails in anguish. An untraceable blight has engulfed the realm, and oases scattered across its deserts recoil and fester at the dread touch of Nurgle. Lands once brimming with life now suffocate beneath a leprous undergrowth. The stink of rotting souls, wracked by the pestilence that compels them, spreads throughout the metallic dunes, and the tendrils of decay ever broaden their reach. Resisting the epidemic are witch hunters of the Order of Azyr, Talorcan and Esselt. A renowned tracker amongst the Brotherhood, Talorcan’s brooding severity is matched only by the ruthlessness of his lover’s sword. Together they pursue a cultist whose bloody trail leads them to the site of a massacre, whereupon the witch hunters stop at nothing to purge the realm of its loathsome affliction – until they’re confronted with their greatest challenge yet. Faced with the unthinkable, the battle against corruption swiftly escalates into the ultimate test of faith, and Talorcan and Esselt turn to the only certainty they have: each other.Written by C L Werner
These upcoming releases are going to be a must for all you lore hounds out there. Score these titles today from The Black Library and check back next week for the latest.
