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Abandoned by his primarch and left to lead the Space Wolves into an uncertain future, Bjorn the Fell-Handed is amongst the greatets of the sons of Russ. But even legends must fall, and when Bjorn meets his end on a distant world, his body broken beyond repair, his brothers battle to save him, and he remembers the events that brought him to this place...and realises his destiny.

The Horus Heresy is a civil war on a scale the likes of which the galaxy has never seen before. After the Great Crusade united the disparate worlds of humanity, the very warriors who made it possible turned on each other and tore it apart. Soon after word reached Terra of Horus's nascent rebellion, Mars fell. Set upon by the forces of the Alpha Legion before they had even recovered from the Razing of Prospero, the Space Wolves have been hounded to the edge of the Alaxxes Nebula. In desperation, Leman Russ called out to his primarch brothers for aid. None came.

The war is over, and the Mortal Realms have all but fallen to Chaos.... Korghos Khul rampages across the fiery Realm of Aqshy, hunting down mortal kind to slaughter or subjugate to Khorne. His Goretide have crushed all resistance...until the storm. From the heavens hurtle paladins clad in gold. Sent by Sigmar, the Stormcast Eternals have come to liberate all the realms from the yoke of Chaos.

A weak Cthonian boy forges a bloody destiny among the stars. Tribal warriors hunt a beast in the Fenrisian snows. Prosperine sorcerers seek hidden secrets. The Emperor's Praetorian shows his ruthless side. Alpharius submits to questioning over a brutal campaign, and Mortarion returns to Terra for the first time since his ascension to daemonhood. Each of these six tales provides you with a new look at one of the primarchs, the demigod sons of the Emperor. Once brothers-in-arms, these legendary heroes fell into war and strife, loyalist and traitor.

The Horus Heresy was the darkest moment in the history of mankind, as brother turned upon brother and threatened to tear the galaxy apart. This bundle of audiobooks delivers an action-packed, yet intimate look at the heroes and villains of the era. In this collection of audiobooks, Black Library stalwarts take on big names and story beats pertaining to some of the landmark events of the Horus Heresy - the greatest conflict the galaxy has ever known.

Salvor Lermentov, Astra Militarum officer turned would-be freedom fighter, languishes in a dark cell deep within an Inquisition fortress. Captured for the crime of treachery, he is sure of his innocence - for did he not aid a servant of the Inquisition in preventing a grievous threat to Terra itself? As he and Inquisitor Crowl match wits in an interrogation, Lermentov outlines his reasons for deserting - but Inquisitor Crowl knows darker truths about the Imperium of Man, and with them in mind, can he possibly allow this traitor to live?

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.

The galaxy is divided, but while his armies prepare for battle, the Emperor himself remains curiously absent. In his place stands Malcador - legendary Sigillite, First Lord of Terra and regent to the throne - now arguably the single most powerful man in the Imperium. Army officer Khalid Hassan reports back to the Palace after a disastrous secret mission into the wastelands of Gyptus but soon learns an awful truth about the destiny of mankind. Where do Malcador's true loyalties lie?

As word of Horus's treachery spreads to fully half of the Legiones Astartes, Terra looks to the remaining loyalist Space Marines to defend the Imperium. One group, however, remains curiously silent in spite of apparent efforts from both sides to contact them—the storied V Legion, Jaghatai Khan's fearsome White Scars. In the ork-held territory of Chondax, a bitter war has been raging since the Triumph at Ullanor, and only now do the sons of Chogoris return their gaze to the heavens.

As daemons swarm across the fields of Velbayne, bringing madness and Chaos to all that they touch, Leman Russ and the Rout stand arrayed against them. Packs fight back to back, brothers protecting one another - except for one. The Lone Wolf, the warrior without a pack, stands alone. And somewhere on the battlefield is a foe against which he will have vengeance.

After the horrors of Isstvan, the XVIth Legion destroyer-class Grey Talon now flies under a loyalist crew on a campaign of retribution and vengeance, using her original colours to strike covertly at isolated traitor forces. Commanded by Bion Henricos of the Iron Hands, the ship is also home to many disgraced White Scars who have taken death-oaths to seek atonement. But tensions run higher with each new engagement and, without a wider strategy to guide them, the crew will surely come to a sudden end.

As Lord Commander Primus, Eidolon leads the Emperor's Children in the absence of his primarch - who even knows where the daemon prince Fulgrim resides now? But a challenge from within the Legion forces Eidolon to confront one of his rivals, the ambitious Archorian, a capable officer and tactician who would see the Legion returned to glory. Dissent is unacceptable. It is time for the Kakophoni to be set against their erstwhile brethren.

Caught by the renegade forces of the Alpha Legion and forced to take refuge in the Alaxxes Nebula, the Space Wolves are bloodied but unbowed. The young pack leader Bjorn - now known to his warriors as 'the One-Handed' - is desperate to recover his honour in battle, but replacing lost limbs for proud legionaries is not a task worthy of the Iron Priests. If Bjorn is to fight again, then he must seek out new claws for himself and christen them in the blood of the traitors....

Nach dem Verrat von Istvaan beginnt Horus seinen Feldzug gegen den Imperator, einen galaxisweiten Krieg, dessen letztes Ziel Terra selbst darstellt. Doch der Weg zur letzten Konfrontation zwischen Vater und Sohn ist lang - sieben Jahre der Kämpfe, Ränke, Pläne und Bündnisse, die zwischen den entfernten Sternen geschmiedet werden. Unbekannte Ereignisse aus den dunkelsten Jahren der Horus-Häresie kommen ans Licht und Begebenheiten werden enthüllt, die das Imperium in seinen Grundfesten erschüttern.

Nachdem sie ein halbes Jahrhundert getrennt der Deathwatch und ihrem Orden gedient haben, sind die Space Wolves Ingvar und Gunnlaugr nun wieder vereint. Sie werden auf eine bedeutende Schreinwelt geschickt, um diese gegen die seuchenbeladene Death Guard zu verteidigen. An ihrer Seite stehen die frommen Schwestern des Adeptus Sororitas, welche die Space Wolves für wenig besser halten als den Gegner, gegen den sie kämpfen.

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....

Die White Scars von Jaghatai Khan sind die rätselhafteste, die am schwersten zu fassende der Legiones Astartes. Sie entstammen einer Kultur, die großen Wert auf Ehre, Geschwindigkeit und unerschütterliche Treue legt. Doch während die Galaxis nach Horus Verrat im Krieg versinkt, bleibt unklar, wem die Loyalität der White Scars gilt. Beide Seiten scheinen sie für kommende Schlachten als mögliche Verbündete zu betrachten.

Viele Sagas berichten von Leman Russ, dem Herrn des Winters und des Krieges, dem meistgefürchteten Primarchensohn des Imperators. Auf dem Höhepunkt des Großen Kreuzzuges kämpfen seine Space Wolves um die Konformität der rebellischen Welt Dulan. Erzürnt über den Trotz des Herrschers Durath schwört Russ, den Tyrannen persönlich niederzustrecken – doch sein Bruder Lion El'Jonson von den Dark Angels rät ihm zur Vorsicht. Obwohl zwei Legionen gegen Durath aufmarschiert sind, droht die Rivalität zwischen dem Wolf und dem Löwen die imperialen Streitkräfte zu spalten.

Abgeschieden. Allein. Die Krieger des Járnhamar-Rudels sind gezwungen, vor dem Urteil ihres Ordens zu fliehen. An Bord eines gestohlenen Leerenschiffes durchqueren sie ein Imperium, das im Krieg versinkt. In ihrem anhaltenden Rachefeldzug gegen altes Unrecht durchsuchen die Space Wolves die Ruinen von Welten nach einem Feind, der sich hartnäckig versteckt hält. Doch während dieser gefährlichen Reise erkennt das Rudel, dass nicht nur ihre Nemesis ihr Überleben auf die Probe stellt.

Als die Ereignisse auf der von Pestilenz verseuchten Welt Ras Shakeh außer Kontrolle geraten, greift das Imperium mit all seiner Macht ein. Njal Sturmbringer, Runenpriester der Space Wolves, landet auf der Welt, um das bedrängte Jarnhamar- Rudel zu unterstützen, doch seine Ordensbrüder gehen sich gegenseitig an die Gurgel. Jeder von ihnen verfolgt seine eigenen Ziele.