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Sur d'innombrables mondes, la Sainte Inquisition mène une guerre sans merci contre les plus ignobles ennemis de l'Imperium : aliens, renégats, et hérétiques. Lorsqu'un affrontement contre un ancien ennemi se transforme en un danger mortel, l'Inquisiteur Eisenhorn doit prendre une décision terrible s'il veut sauver la vie de ses précieux alliés. Mais jusqu'où un homme peut-il frayer avec le Chaos avant de devenir la chose même contre laquelle il a juré de lutter ?

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.

La guerre approche, et elle menace de ravager l'Imperium de l'Humanité tout entier. Les Space Marines de l'Alpha Legion, le dernier et plus mystérieux des Chapitres Space Marines débarquent sur un monde barbare pour soutenir les forces impériales dans leur campagne de pacification contre un ennemi terrifiant.

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.

Amon Tauromachian, one of the Emperor's elite Custodian Guard, returns to the Imperial Palace after a year on one of the Blood Games by which these exalted heroes train. Tasked with a new mission, he is sent to the hives of Hy Brasil to check on the loyalty of a notorious troublemaker. With the galaxy at war and half the Imperium's armies in rebellion, any hint of heresy on the Throneworld must be stamped out.

The Inquisition is the most powerful and secretive organisation within the Imperium. Its agents, the Inquisitors, are the last line of defence for mankind. Gregor Eisenhorn, dedicated servant of the Inquisition, takes to the field again in three audio dramas: 'Regia Occulta', 'Master Imus's Transgression' and 'Thorn Wishes Talon'.

Join the Doctor and Martha on these journeys in Time and Space. The first five stories detail Martha’s journey around the Earth during the Master’s reign, and the stories she tells of her adventures with the Doctor. The last three novels tell of the Doctor’s own adventures as he partners with the Judoon on the trail of a notorious criminal, encounters Slitheen in Ancient Greece, and joins a party of Dalek bounty hunters in an era before the Time War.

The Chambers Militant of the Inquisition fight their battles against heretics, xenos and daemons. These audio dramas shed new light on these dark missions of critical importance to humanity’s survival. Those of the Imperial Inquisition consider themselves all that stands between the Imperium of Mankind and the Ruinous Powers - it's a demanding occupation that can occasionally lead them to make some morally ambiguous decisions. Get inside the heads of some of the Imperium's most intense civil servants with this collection of thrilling - and intriguing - audio dramas.

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.

On a world wracked by storms, Inquisitor Eisenhorn investigates a series of bizarre murders. Aided by local officials and using arcane methods of detection, Eisenhorn must decipher the secret of the Regia Occulta and stop the bestial killer before it strikes again.

Au 41e millénaire, les ennemis de l'Humanité sont nombreux, ils sont partout, et par-dessus tout, ils sont dangereux. Alors que les guerriers de l'Empereur affrontent leurs adversaires armés seulement de leur foi et de leurs bolters, la Sainte Inquisition agit dans l'ombre et traque les menaces les plus insidieuses : psykers renégats, xenos, et démons. L'inquisiteur Grégor Eisenhorn devra débusquer et vaincre ses ennemis, ou faire face à la fureur de ses supérieurs de l'Ordo Malleus.

Take your first steps into the adrenaline-fuelled fiction of the 41st millennium with a thrilling collection of tales, including an action-packed novella pitting noble Ultramarines against sinister necrons. Whether you're dipping a toe into the galaxy of Warhammer 40,000 or are a hardened veteran of the universe, this anthology is the perfect way to discover the many factions of the games in action-packed tales.

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.

'The Dark King' by Graham McNeill. The acts of terror and warmongering by Konrad Curze, Primarch of the Night Lords Legion, have earned the ire of his brother primarch, Rogal Dorn. Wracked by terrible visions of the future, Curze is driven insane and attacks Dorn, setting the Night Lord on an inexorable course towards eternal damnation. 'The Lightning Tower' by Dan Abnett. Rogal Dorn, Primarch of the Imperial Fists Legion, faces a stark reality - he must tear down the magnificence of the Emperor's Palace.

The colony planet of Eighty-Six looks as dull as all its fellow new worlds to veteran journalist Lex Falk. But when a local squabble starts to turn violent, and the media start getting the runaround from the military high command, his interest is seriously piqued. Forbidden from approaching the battlezone, he gets himself chipped inside the head of a combat veteran - and uncovers the story of a lifetime. When the soldier is killed, however, Falk must use all his resourcefulness to get safely back home again…and blow the lid off the whole damn thing.

Eve Myles, Gareth David-Lloyd, Kai Owen and others read 10 stories based on the hit BBC TV series. Written specially for audio, with additional sound design, the stories feature the original Torchwood lineup including Captain Jack, Gwen, Ianto, Owen and Toshiko, plus Rhys and PC Andy.

Als Gideon Ravenor während eines Anschlags schwer verletzt wird, scheint die Zukunft des vielversprechenden Inquisitors ein abruptes Ende gefunden zu haben. Gefangen in einem Lebenserhaltungssystem, das ihn für immer von der Außenwelt abschneiden wird, nutzt Ravenor nun seine formidablen Geisteskräfte, um seine Nachforschungen fortzusetzen. Gemeinsam mit einem Gefolge aus Kriegern und Assassinen dient Gideon Ravenor weiterhin einem Imperium, das er nicht mehr sehen, hören oder fühlen kann.

Die Inquisition ist ein rachsüchtiger Schatten, der die Feinde der Menschheit gnadenlos und ohne Kompromisse zur Strecke bringt. Als Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn einen alten Feind stellt, kommt er einer finsteren Verschwörung auf die Spur. Er und seine Verbündeten bekommen es mit einer interstellaren Kabale und dämonischen Mächten zu tun, die einer arkanen Schrift von abscheulicher Macht nachjagen - einem uralten Folianten, bekannt als das Necroteuch.

Michael Maloney reads this original adventure by Dan Abnett, featuring the Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory. For centuries the Maintainers have worked. With no help from other worlds, they subsist on the food they can grow and that’s little enough. But their purpose, their whole life, is to maintain the machines that will one day make their world as habitable as old Earth. Life used to be hard. Now as crops fail, livestock sicken, and the temperature drops, it’s becoming impossible.

An early case from the career of the famed Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn sees a most unusual mystery. Mild-mannered Administratum clerk Master Imus is quite sure that he's committed a most dreadful crime...but he's not entirely certain quite what it is or how he did it. Can Eisenhorn get to the bottom of the mystery before it's too late?