Space Marine Battles (Novel Series)
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This article is about the novel series, for the game sourcebook see Space Marine Battles |
Space Marine Battles is a series of Black Library novels launched in 2010. The series focuses on notable battles and exploits of various Space Marine Chapters and their heroes.
At the 2012 Black Library Weekender, C.Z. Dunn announced that the next episodes to be treated in the series would likely include the battle aboard the World Engine, and, later, memorable vignettes from the Badab War.
Novels in the series
Rynn’s World
(Jan. 2010)
by Steve Parker
Helsreach
(Apr. 2010)
by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Hunt for Voldorius
(Sep. 2010)
by Andy Hoare
The Purging of Kadillus
(Feb. 2011)
by Gav Thorpe
Fall of Damnos
(Mar. 2011)
by Nick Kyme
Battle of the Fang
(Jun. 2011)
by Chris Wraight
The Gildar Rift
(Dec. 2011)
by Sarah Cawkwell
Legion of the Damned
(Apr. 2012)
by Rob Sanders
Architect of Fate
(May 2012)
edited by Christian Dunn
Wrath of Iron
(Jul. 2012)
by Chris Wraight
The Siege of Castellax
(Dec. 2012)
by C.L. Werner
The Death of Antagonis
(Jan. 2013)
by David Annandale
The Death of Integrity
(2013)
by Guy Haley- Malodrax.jpg
Malodrax
(2013)
by Ben Counter
Novellas and Short Stories
Catechism of Hate
(Jan. 2012)
by Gav Thorpe
Kraken
(March 2012)
by Chris Wraight
Flesh of Cretacia
(Nov. 2012)
by Andy Smillie
Steel Blood
(Jan. 2013)
by C.L. Werner
Traitor's Gorge
(2013)
by Mike Lee
Audio Dramas
Bloodspire
(May 2012)
by C.Z. Dunn
Deathwolf
(June 2012)
by Andy Smillie
The Ascension of Balthasar
(October 2012)
by C.Z. Dunn
The Stromark Massacre
(November 2012)
by C.Z. Dunn and Andy Smillie- Image Needed
Mortarion's Heart
(August 2013)
by Laurie Goulding
Novel Summaries
Rynn's World
Details the Pyrrhic victory of the Crimson Fists over the Orks on Rynn's World, ending in the decimation of the chapter.
Helsreach
Reclusiarch Grimaldus and the Black Templars must defend the Hive City of Helsreach from the Orkish onslaught.
Hunt for Voldorius
Captains Kor'sarro Khan and Kayvaan Shrike of the White Scars and the Raven Guard, respectively, unexpectedly join forces to capture the head of the Daemon Prince Kernax Voldorius.
Fall of Damnos
Captain Cato Sicarius leads the Ultramarines 2nd Company against the Necrons during the Damnos Incident.
Battle of the Fang
In M32, the Chaos Space Marines of the Thousand Sons launch a devastating invasion of Fenris, the homeworld of their hated archenemies, the Space Wolves. To defend the chapter's fortress monastery, the Fang, Bjorn the Fell-Handed, the most venerable warrior in the Imperium, must confront the Daemon Prince Magnus himself.
The Purging of Kadillus
On Piscina IV, Captain Belial leads the Dark Angels' Third Company in a desperate defense of Kadillus Harbour from the Orks.
The Gildar Rift
The Silver Skulls chapter retaliates when Lufgt Huron, the Tyrant of Badab, captures the Wolf of Fenris from the Space Wolves.
Legion of the Damned
The Excoriators are nearly overwhelmed by the World Eaters, until the mysterious Legion of the Damned appears.
Architect of Fate
Kairos Fateweaver, Greater Daemon of Tzeentch, manipulates the Space Marines to bring about the future he has foreseen.
Wrath of Iron
The Iron Hands bring the Emperor's vengeance to the Slaanesh-worshipping cultists of Contqual.
The Siege of Castellax
In the midst of building a new Chaos empire on Castellax, the Iron Warriors, masters of siege warfare, find their fortifications put to the test by an Ork Waaagh! large enough to drown the system.
The Death of Antagonis
The Black Dragons must fight an outbreak of Plague Zombies.
The Death of Integrity
A force of more than two hundred Terminator Space Marines is required to cleanse the Space hulk Death of Integrity of the genestealer taint.
Malodrax
Darnath Lysander, First Captain of the Imperial Fists, leads his Chapter to the Iron Warriors' stronghold of Malodrax to exact revenge for his centuries of imprisonment there.
Novella and Short Story Summaries
Catechism of Hate
Ortan Cassius, Master of Sanctity of the Ultramarines and hero of the First Tyrannic War, leads the defense of the Imperial World of Styxia Prime from the Hive Fleets.
Kraken
The Space Wolves forge new legends in search of a mythical beast.
Flesh of Cretacia
In the aftermath of the Horus Heresy, Amit of the Blood Angels leads his Company to Cretacia to found a new chapter.
Traitor's Gorge
A year after the disastrous Invasion of Rynn's World, the Crimson Fists are still struggling to eradicate the greenskins from their homeworld.
Audio Book Summaries
Bloodspire
On Axonar, a squad of Blood Angels Scouts infiltrates a Hive Spire, hoping to open a path for an aerial assault that will ensure victory.
Deathwolf
In the Luetin Necropolis, the Kabal of the Shattered Hand are ambushed by an enemy as treacherous and bloodthirsty as themselves: the Space Wolves of Erik Morkai.
The Ascension of Balthasar
A Dark Angels strike force, led by Deathwing veteran Balthasar, clashes with the Chaos Space Marines of the Crimson Slaughter.
The Stromark Massacre
The two feuding forge worlds of the Stromark system learn the price of unrest when the Angels Encarmine and the Flesh Tearers are dispatched to settle the conflict "by any means necessary."
Mortarion's Heart
The young Kaldor Draigo confronts the Daemon Primarch Mortarion, destined to give the Death Guard an insult he will never forget.
Related articles
| Novels | Rynn’s World • Helsreach • Hunt for Voldorius • The Purging of Kadillus • Fall of Damnos • Battle of the Fang • The Gildar Rift • Legion of the Damned • Architect of Fate • Wrath of Iron • The Siege of Castellax • The Death of Antagonis • The Death of Integrity • Malodrax |
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| Short Stories and Novellas | Catechism of Hate • Accursed Eternity • Sanctus • Endeavour of Will • Fateweaver • Kraken • Flesh of Cretacia • Steel Blood • Traitor's Gorge |
| Original audio dramas | Bloodspire • Deathwolf • The Ascension of Balthasar • The Stromark Massacre • Mortarion's Heart |
