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{{Short
|Name         =The Word of the Silent King
|Image        =Word-of-the-Silent-King.jpg
|Image caption=Cover art
|Author       ={{Auth|L.J. Goulding}}
|Publisher    =[[Black Library (BL Publishing)|Black Library]]
|Series       =[[Shield of Baal]]
|Released     =December 2014
|Pages        = 32
|Collected in =[[The Everliving Legion (Anthology)|The Everliving Legion]]<br>[[Crusade + Other Stories (Anthology)]]<br>[[The Great Devourer: The Leviathan Omnibus]]
|Editions     =2014 ebook<br>ISBN 9781782515739
}}
'''The Word of the Silent King''' is a short story written by [[L.J. Goulding]]. It was released in December 2014 as part of the [[Black Library 2014 Advent Calendar]].


==Cover Description{{Fn|1}}==
The [[Blood Angels]] and [[necron]]s, locked in a long and bitter war for the fate of the [[Gehenna system]], are both endangered by the arrival of the monstrous [[tyranid]]s. When [[Szarekh|the Silent King]] himself makes overtures of alliance, [[Chapter Master|Commander]] [[Dante]] of the Blood Angels enacts a dangerous plan that could rid the [[Imperium]] of the [[Silent King]] forever - but when the two leaders meet at [[Devil's Crag]], everything changes.

==See also==
*[[List of Short Stories]]

==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [https://www.blacklibrary.com/warhammer-40000/quick-reads/word-of-the-silent-king-ebook.html Black Library] ''(last accessed 18th April 2022)''

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