On the war-torn world of Armageddon, the Season of Fire is abating and the Season of Shadows beginning, and Marshal Brusc of the Black Templars faces a long journey across the ash wastes. But the enemy awaits even in the great and deadly expanse between hives and soon the Black Templars and their human charges find themselves assailed by ork ‘speed freaks’. A deadly chase begins…
When the mining installation of Valmar’s Gorge comes under attack, it seems like the end of the world for Kaivon and his fellow workers. After all, the alien raiders who now plague them have wiped so many other installations from the face of the Imperium… But then hope is renewed in the form of Onyx Squad of the Deathwatch. For Ingvar of the Space Wolves, in service to the Ordo Xenos, the mission is a chance to bring death to enemies of the Allfather. But when the situation deteriorates, Ingvar and his comrades may be forced to make a decision that will haunt them all.En écrivant le passé dans la Deathwatch de notre héros Ingvar, Chris Wraight surprend tout autant qu'il complète son personnage d'une expérience qui le marquera probablement à tout jamais.
The battle for Voltoris has been won, but the war for the Damocles Gulf grinds on, world after world falling to the sinister tau ideal of the Greater Good. Despatched to the planet of Sarej in the company of a secretive and untrustworthy inquisitor, Sergeant Talow of the Raven Guard fights a shadow war as he struggles to expose a traitor to the Imperium and stop the world from turning from the Emperor’s light. As the tau influence over Sarej grows, Talow and his squad find themselves cut off from support with danger looming on all sides.
When a Deathwatch mission goes awry, a kill-team led by Techmarine Zaeus are forced into a rapid and desperate exfiltration. Their captain, Polino, is badly injured. When they find their transport destroyed, its pilot dead, they know they are in trouble. Hope lies in the chance discovery of a communication from another Adeptus Astartes force on the world and the promise of reinforcement. As his brothers try to hold out against murderous alien kroot, Zaeus goes on alone to find the source of the message and bring help before it's too late.Cette nouvelle de Nick Kyme est assez classique dans l'ensemble et accuse en plus certaines faiblesses de taille. Néanmoins le plaisir de lire un récit sur la Deathwatch ne devrait pas entamer votre morale de fer face à la horde de xenos qui arrive.
With Captain Sicarius laid low and defeat looming, the Ultramarines rally behind Chief Librarian Tigurius to try and save the world of Damnos from the necrons. As the legendary tank commander Antaro Chronus engages the necrons in a massed armour battle on the plains of the deadly world, Tigurius and his followers make a desperate attempt to win the war once and for all.Cette nouvelle nous offre enfin l'occasion de clore La Chute de Damnos en nous procurant des scènes riches et marquantes concernant une véritable défaite de l'Adeptus Astartes.
Sent to meet with Flesh Tearers Chapter Master Gabriel Seth to discuss a recent incident in which the Flesh Tearers and Space Wolves came to blows, Inquisitor Corvin Herrold boards the flagship of the Chapter, the mighty Victus. But when he discovers a shocking secret, Herrold finds himself a prisoner of Sanguinius’s most dangerous sons, and his audience with the Master of the Flesh Tearers proves more perilous than he could have ever imagined.Court mais convainquant, Know Thyself n'a que le rôle de prélude à d'autres événements qui mettront les Flesh Tearers en danger. C'est donc une histoire supplémentaire à ajouter au tableau du Chapitre, et plus particulièrement à son instabilité.
In the aftermath of the war for Hive Helsreach, Black Templars Chaplain Grimaldus receives a unexpected distress call from an old ally. The Celestial Lions Space Marines are being targeted by the Inquisition and have been brought to the brink of extinction. Will they regroup and rebuild, or will they choose to go out in a final blaze of glory? That is what Grimaldus must decide.Une nouvelle efficace qui se laisse lire et qui marque le lecteur grâce à ses situations originales. Un récit qui semble faire le lien entre deux grandes guerres. W&S...
As Inquisitor Damietta of the Ordo Malleus interrogates the survivor of a doomed attack on the daemon world of Voidsoul, she realises that a deeper mystery lies behind the events that occurred there. Defying her master’s commands, she delves into Sergeant Morbach’s account and discovers a shocking secret about the nature of the Space Wolves Chapter of the Space Marines, a secret that will change Damietta forever.Chris Wraight n'en finit pas d'étoffer le portrait qu'il dresse des Space Wolves et ce à travers le regard d'un homme ayant pu témoigner de leur instabilité. Les Wulfen sont une menace qu'il ne faut pas sous-estimer.
The Fissure est une nouvelle de Nik Vincent éditée à 750 exemplaires et remis lors du Black Library Live 2013.The Fissure est une nouvelle très courte, qui réussit à nous raconter peu de choses avec trop de mots. Il manque cette flamme de l’auteur qui anime tant les récits. Dommage, car Nik Vincent avait tout le talent pour nous surprendre et commencer une carrière à la Black Library comme son mari av...
The Space Wolves forge new sagas as they hunt a monstrous beast of the oceans and battle the alien menace of the tyranids in a brand new tale by the author of Battle of the Fang.Kraken est une nouvelle surprenante car avec peu de personnages, Chris Wraight arrive à apporter pas mal de subtilités à l’action. Fan de Space Wolf, faites-vous plaisir !