The Hammer and the Eagle - Icons of Warhammer ( BL2606 )

In the grim darkness of the far future, and in the vastness of the Mortal Realms, there are those characters who stand out amongst all others.

Within these pages, and collected for the first time, are stories of some of Black Library’s best-loved and well-known heroes and villains. On deadly battlefields, Commissar Ibram Gaunt leads his regiment, the Tanith ‘Ghosts’, in a desperate battle for survival; on Ultramar, Ultramarines Captain Uriel Ventris stands as a bulwark against the forces of Chaos; in the shadowy underbelly of the Imperium, Inquisitors Crowl and Covenant ply their clandestine trade. Throughout embattled lands, the realm of gods and monsters, Vampire Queen Neferata seeds dark plots to secure her power, whilst Lord-Celestant Gardus Steelsoul is a paragon of virtue and honour, and drives back the pestilent hordes of the Plague God. These are just some of the legends, the light and the darkness – the icons of the Warhammer worlds.

CONTENTS

Endurance, Blood Guilt and Argent by Chris Wraight

Execution by Rachel Harrison

The Battle for Markgraaf Hive by Justin D Hill

The Smallest Detail by Sandy Mitchell

Of Their Lives in the Ruin of Their Cities and Thorn Wishes Talon by Dan Abnett

Mercy by Danie Ware

The Wreckage, Eclipse of Hope and The Dance of the Skulls by David Annandale

Rite of Pain and Veil of Darkness by Nick Kyme

Chains of Command by Graham McNeill

Redeemer by Guy Haley

Extinction and Shadow Knight by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

Prodigal and Ghosts of Demesnu by Josh Reynolds

Fireheart by Gav Thorpe

The Absolution of Swords by John French

One, Untended and Gods’ Gift by David Guymer

The Old Ways by Nick Horth

Hunting Shadows by Andy Clark

Shiprats by C L Werner