Dark Imperium (Anthology)
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Dark Imperium is an anthology of short stories by various authors, edited by Marc Gascoigne and Andy Jones. It was first published in 2001 and is currently out of print.
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Apothecary's Honour
Author: Simon Jowett.
His Company destroyed, an Apothecary of the Avenging Sons Space Marines must fulfill his oaths and safeguard the gene-seed of both the living and the dead.
Daemonblood
Author: Ben Counter.
Battle Sister Aescarion of the Ebon Chalice pursues Castus, Champion of Nurgle, determined to bring him to repentance.
Nightmare
Author: Gav Thorpe.
A young boy is troubled by his nightmares, in particular by a beguiling Voice that seeks to lead him on a crusade against monsters.
The Lives of Ferag Lion-Wolf
Author: Barrington J. Bayley.
Ferag Lion-Wolf, Champion of Tzeentch details his rise to glory as a servant of the capricious Changer of Ways...
Small Cogs
Author: Neil Rutledge.
Colonel Soth of the Ulbaran VIIIth Regiment of the Imperial Guard finds himself ordered to hold a position against Eldar raiders. His regiment, turned out for ceremonial duties and therefore under-equipped and impractically dressed, must prove themselves as combat capable, physically and mentally.
Angels
Author: Robert Earl.
Almost forty summers ago, the monsters came to Pasternach. They slew everyone they saw and threatened to wipe the community out completely. And then the angels arrived.
Hellbreak
Author: Ben Counter.
Commissar Von Klas is a numbered man. When the Dark Eldar came for his regiment, they decreed that ten percent of the humans be kept for entertainment. Von Klas is the last of them, the one in a million, and he intends to give his Dark Eldar captors the greatest show they'll ever see.
Battle of the Archaeosaurs
Author: Barrington J. Bayley.
The Titans of the Adeptus Mechanicus are the mightiest and most glorious engines of war controlled by humanity...aren't they?
Know Thine Enemy
Author: Gav Thorpe.
Xavier, a new Battle-Brother of the 4th Company of the Salamanders Space Marine Chapter discover that no matter how courageous, careful and experienced in combat you are, the most important factor in warfare is still intelligence.
The Wrath of Khârn
Author: William King.
Khârn the Betrayer leads an outnumbered unit of Khorne Berzerkers into combat with Slaaneshi cultists led by a Daemon of immense power and finds that amidst the constant death, pain and carnage, even his damned soul can be touched with joy.
Ancient History
Author: Andy Chambers.
Press-ganged and made into a gunner on the Imperial ship Retribution, Nathan discovers that there are far, far worse things that can happen to you in the grim darkness of the galaxy than simple forced labour...
Snares & Delusions
Author: Matthew Farrer.
Chaplain De Haan of the Word Bearers has a vision; the exodite Eldar ground underfoot, his mighty towers piercing the sky and great sacrifice made to Chaos. And for it all to happen, all he has to do is set his eyes on the heart of Varantha...
Hive Fleet Horror
Author: Barrington J. Bayley.
A tale of Hive Fleet Kraken and a fugitive Adeptus Mechanicus Genetor.
