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When his body is hideously damaged in an enemy attack, it looks as though Inquisitor Gideon Ravenor's promising career would be abruptly brought short. Now, encased in a life support sytem that keeps him alive but forever cuts him off from the physical world, Ravenor utilises his formidable mental powers to continue his investigations. Along with his retinue of warriors and assassins, Gideon Ravenor fights to protect an Imperium he can no longer see, hear or feel.

These are not the Avengers or the Fantastic Four - in fact, they're barely even famous - but Rocket Raccoon and the faithful Groot are the baddest heroes in the cosmos, and they're on the run across the Marvel Universe! During a spaceport brawl, the infamous pair rescues an android Recorder from a pack of alien Badoons. Everyone in the galaxy, however, including the ruthless Kree Empire and the stalwart Nova Corps, seems to want that Recorder, who's about as sane as a sandwich with no mustard.

Welcome to Sacramentus. Austerity and toil will teach the true measure of the Hive's failing. No one is blameless. The planetary governor has fallen, deposed in scandal and treachery. The Adeptus Arbites roam the smog-choked vertics and zontals, rooting out traitors, enforcing the Imperial law without mercy. As a new governor, an outsider, is crowned, the Hive teeters between order and anarchy. Whispers of rebellion echo from the heights of the Waistland to the depths of the Neg. Rival gangs seize both opportunity and territory, and forbidden cults grow ever bolder.

Hydra has a synthetic pathogen that will make the entire human race dependent on them for the cure. A.I.M.'s newly developed nanotech compound to enslave humanity is dangerously close to contaminating the world's water supplies. Ultron is poised on the edge of Singularity, Earth's technology at his metallic fingertips. Dormammu has a plan to save the world - by claiming it as his own. The High Evolutionary is rewriting the human genome in a bid to turn humankind into a eugenic slave-race. Everybody wants to rule the world - and only the isolated Avengers can stop them.

The Traitor Host of Horus Lupercal tightens its iron grip on the Palace of Terra, and one by one the walls and bastions begin to crumple and collapse. Rogal Dorn, Praetorian of Terra, redoubles his efforts to keep the relentless enemy at bay, but his forces are vastly outnumbered and hopelessly outgunned. Dorn simply cannot defend everything. Any chance of survival now requires sacrifice, but what battles dare he lose so that others can be won? Is there one tactical stroke, one crucial combat, that could turn the tide forever and win the war outright?

Als die Elite-Kampfpiloten des XX. Phantine auf der belagerten Welt Enothis eintreffen, wissen sie, dass die Lage verzweifelt ist. Die Streitkräfte des Chaos rücken immer näher und ihr letzter Vorstoß könnte jegliches menschliches Leben auf dem Planeten auslöschen. Tausende Flüchtlinge fliehen vor den dunklen Armeen, während Khrel Kas Obarkon, berüchtigter Kampfpilot des Chaos, den Himmel auf der Suche nach Beute unsicher macht.

The Imperium is at war – with xenos, the servants of Chaos, and worse. Warriors, both human and post-human, fight on far-flung battlefields with no end in sight, selling their lives dearly for the sprawling domain of Humanity to hold on for just a moment longer. This collection of short stories and a novella tells just a fraction of their tales. This anthology features stories from some of Black Library's most beloved authors, including Dan Abnett, Guy Haley, and Mike Brooks.

Hunted by his former allies as a radical and enemy of the Imperium, Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn must fight to prove that he remains loyal as he tracks down a dangerous heretic whom the Inquisition believes dead, the dread former Inquisitor Quixos. As he grows more desperate for victory, Eisenhorn uses ever darker means to achieve his goals, but how far can he go using the weapons of the enemy until he becomes that very enemy, and no different to the traitor he hunts?

A century after his recovery of the alien Necroteuch, Gregor Eisenhorn is one of the Imperial Inquisition's most celebrated agents. But when a face from his past returns to haunt him, and he is implicated in a great tragedy that devastates the world of Thracian Primaris, Eisenhorn's universe crumbles around him. The daemon Cherubael is back, and seeks to bring the inquisitor to ruin - either by his death, or by turning him to the service of the Dark Gods.

Encore inconscient de l'Hérésie qui se noue et fidèle aux ordres de plus en plus obscurs du Maître de Guerre, Roboute Guilliman retourne sur Ultramar pour mobiliser sa Légion contre les Orks qui se massent dans le système Veridian. Sans crier gare, les soi-disant alliés de la Légion des Word Bearers lancent une invasion dévastatrice sur Calth, dispersant la flotte des Ultramarines et massacrant quiconque s'y oppose. Cela corrobore le pire scénario que Guilliman puisse imaginer – Lorgar a bien l'intention de mettre un terme définitif à leur rivalité inexpiable.

Auf der Welt Verghast herrscht ein zermürbender Krieg zwischen zwei Makropolen. Eine steht loyal zum Imperium, während die andere den Dunklen Göttern verfallen ist. Kommissar-Oberst Gaunt und das Erste und Einzige Tanith werden als Speerspitze einer Entsatzstreitmacht in den Kampf geschickt, doch erbitterte Konkurrenzkämpfe und Verrat drohen, die Verteidigung der Vervun-Makropole scheitern zu lassen. Gaunt ist gezwungen, das Kommando zu übernehmen und zu versuchen, die drohende Niederlage in einen Sieg zu verwandeln.

Auf Monthax warten Kommissar-Oberst Ibram Gaunt und das Erste und Einzige Tanith den Befehl zum Vorrücken in einen drückend heißen Dschungel, um die fremdartigen Eldar von dem Planeten zu vertreiben. Als der Zeitpunkt der Schlacht immer näher rückt, marschiert Gaunt die Reihen entlang, stärkt den Kampfgeist der Männer und erinnert sich ihrer größten Heldentaten - und der Tragödien, welche die Geister seit ihrer Gründung auf dem zerstörten Tanith heimsuchen. Der Tag, an dem Gaunt als Geistermacher bekannt wurde.

Als der Kriegsherr Horus sich gegen den Imperator auflehnte, zerstörte der darauf folgende Bürgerkrieg beinahe das Imperium. Space Marines kämpften gegen ihre eigenen Brüder in einer Auseinandersetzung, aus der nur der Tod als Sieger hervorging. Doch die Legionen rangen schon lange vor diesem Zeitpunkt mit ihrer eigenen Identität und den Anforderungen des Großen Kreuzzugs, mit dem der Imperator die Galaxis für die Menschheit erobern wollte.

In early 20th Century England Hamilton James Macaulay relates the tale of how he found himself in a Scarborough Bric-a-brac shop. The owner of the shop has 13 long playing records that each contain a hidden track at the end, that tell strange tales of future times. These 13 tales of terror will change Hamilton James Macaulay's life forever and he will leave the shop a murderer. Thirteen is a portmantaeu audio anthology, harking back to the classic horror albums of the 1970s.

Seit eintausend Jahren werden die Sabbatwelten von den Mächten des Chaos beherrscht und sind für das Imperium verloren. Jetzt wird eine gewaltige Kreuzzugsflotte mobilisiert, um diesen Sektor wieder unter imperiale Herrschaft zu bringen. An vorderster Front dieses Feldzugs kämpfen Kommissar-Oberst Ibram Gaunt und das Erste und Einzige Tanith-Regiment, besser bekannt als Gaunts Geister.

In the sprawling Imperium of Mankind, everyone serves the Emperor in their own way. From the Inquisitors who hunt the hidden enemies of humanity in the dark places of the galaxy to the brave soldiers who stand on the front line, and the Imperial Assassins who can change the tides of war with a single shot, each has a part to play in preserving the Imperium. This audio drama anthology contains eight stories of the agents who dispense the Emperor's justice.

For more than 200 years, the armies of the Emperor of Mankind fought to reconquer the galaxy - led by the superhuman primarchs, the Space Marine Legions brought countless worlds back under the rule of ancient Terra. Now Horus, once honoured Warmaster and favoured son of the Emperor, has been corrupted by the whispered promises of Chaos. At his command the Imperium is torn apart by a terrible and bloody civil war, the likes of which the galaxy has never seen.

Freema Agyeman, Nicholas Briggs and Debbie Chazen are the readers of these eight original stories featuring the Tenth Doctor and Martha, as played on TV by David Tennant and Freema Agyeman Join the Doctor and Martha on these journeys in Time and Space. The first five stories detail Martha’s...

Best-selling author Dan Abnett turns his hand to the mighty Space Marines! The war-torn far future is laid bare as Brothers of the Snake follows the exploits of the Iron Snakes Space Marines as they battle against the enemies of mankind. First appearing in the pages of Inferno! magazine, the Iron Snakes Space Marines quickly gathered a loyal following, and now they wage war in a full-blown adventure, battling aliens and heretics as they defend the Imperium.

Sons of the primarch Roboute Guilliman, the Primaris Ultramarines are peerless warriors whose sworn duty is to protect mankind from the predations of the xenos and the foul traitors of the Heretic Astartes. In a galaxy riven by eternal war, they and the other armies of the Imperium are all that stand between mankind and damnation. Their ship damaged by warp storms, the Ultramarines of strike force Cassian make for Kalides Prime. Also within this book is a host of awesome short stories to give you a flavour of the many warring armies that exist within the worlds of Warhammer 40,000.