View source for The Martyr's Tomb (Novel)

{{Book
|Name         =The Martyr's Tomb
|Image        =MartyrsTomb.jpg
|Image caption=Cover art
|Author       =[[Marc Collins]]
|Performer    =[[John Banks]]{{Fn|1}}
|Publisher    =[[Black Library (BL Publishing)|Black Library]]
|Series       =[[Dawn of Fire (Novel Series)|Dawn of Fire]]
|Preceded by  =''[[The Iron Kingdom (Novel)|The Iron Kingdom]]''
|Followed by  =''[[Sea of Souls (Novel)|Sea of Souls]]''
|Released     =June 2023{{Fn|3}}
|Pages        =368{{Fn|3}}
|Length       =14 hours 11 minutes{{Fn|1}}
|Collected in =
|ISBN         = ISBN-10: 180026190X{{Fn|3}}<br>ISBN-13: 978-1800261907{{Fn|3}}
|Editions     =
}}
'''''The Martyr's Tomb''''' is a novel by [[Marc Collins]] released in June 2023 by [[Black Library (BL Publishing)|Black Library]]. It is the sixth book in the [[Dawn of Fire (Novel Series)|Dawn of Fire]] series.{{Fn|1}}

==Description{{Fn|1}}==
The [[Indomitus Crusade]] burns across the stars, while new threats emerge to challenge the [[Imperium]]'s resurgence.

As the [[Ironhold Protectorate|Kingdom of Iron]] is secured and [[Roboute Guilliman|the Primarch Reborn]]'s thoughts turn to future salients, [[Chaos|the Arch-enemy]] strikes back against the Indomitus Crusade's forces. The [[shrine world]]s of the [[Golden Chain]] are all but broken, and only [[Velua]] remains defiant. [[Canoness]] [[Irinya]] of the [[Order of Our Martyred Lady]] and [[Emperor's Champion|Champion]] [[Gaheris (Black Templar)|Gaheris]] of the [[Black Templars]] hold the line, fighting against the [[Nurgle|plague-ridden]] [[Chaos Cultist|cultists]] reducing the planet to anarchy.

While the war rages on and the true enemy makes itself known, the fate of Velua and the wider crusade may rest upon the shoulders of another of the Imperial Regent's agents: the disgraced [[Rogue Trader]] [[Katla Helvintr]]. Heroes rise and worlds fall, and only the light of faith will guide the warriors of the Imperium to their destiny.

==Dramatis Personae{{Fn|4}}==
'''Of [[Terra]]'''
*[[Roboute Guilliman]] - The Avenging Son, Lord Regent of the [[Imperium]]
*[[Morvenn Vahl]] - [[Abbess Sanctorum]] of the [[Adepta Sororitas]], [[High Lord of Terra]]

'''[[Order of Our Martyred Lady]]'''
*[[Irinya Sarael]] - [[Canoness]]
*[[Josefine]] - [[Battle Sister]]
*[[Agata]] - [[Battle Sister]]
*[[Sybele]] - [[Battle Sister]]
*[[Beatrice (Battle Sister)|Beatrice]] - [[Battle Sister]]
*[[Oxanna]] - [[Battle Sister]]
*[[Selene (Battle Sister)|Selene]] - [[Battle Sister]]
*[[Eloise]] - [[Sister Superior]], Conductor of the Artillery Choir
*[[Anghard]] - [[Novitiate]]

'''[[Black Templars]]'''
*[[Gaheris (Black Templar)|Gaheris]] - The [[Emperor's Champion]]
*[[Utrix]] - [[Marshal (Black Templars)|Marshal]]
*[[Barisan]] - [[Sword Brother]], [[Squad Fidelitas]]
*[[Aneirin]] - [[Neophyte]], [[Squad Fidelitas]]
*[[Arvin]] - [[Initiate]], [[Squad Fidelitas]]
*[[Fenek]] - [[Initiate]], [[Squad Fidelitas]]
*[[Partus]] - [[Initiate]], [[Squad Fidelitas]]
*[[Havdan]] - [[Initiate]], [[Squad Fidelitas]]
*[[Tavris]] - [[Sword Brother]]
*[[Micael]] - [[Initiate]]
*[[Ranulf (Black Templar)|Ranulf]] - [[Initiate]]
*[[Eralicus]] - [[Neophyte]]
*[[Hargus (Black Templar)|Hargus]] - [[Techmarine]]
*[[Toron]] - [[Venerable Dreadnought]]

'''[[House Helvintr]] and [[Task Force Saturnine]]'''
*[[Katla Helvintr]] - Jarl Paramount of [[House Helvintr]], captain of the [[Wyrmslayer Queen]]
*[[Tyra]] - Huscarl
*[[Caldr]] - Huscarl
*[[Bodil]] - [[Gothi]]
*[[Yazran]] - [[Magos]] astrocartographic
*[[Ana]] - Master of Auspex
*[[Arkadys Solvarg]] - [[Navigator]]
*[[Augustus (Custodian)|Augustus]] - [[Custodian]]
*[[Astrid Helvintr]] - Daughter and heir to [[Katla Helvintr|Katla]], lost beyond the [[Great Rift|Rift]]

'''[[Veluan Hoplites]], The Shrinesworn'''
*[[Maxim Draszen]] - [[Colonel]]
*[[Yitrov]] - [[Colonel]]
*[[Joachim (Veluan Hoplite)|Joachim]] - [[Trooper]]

'''[[Legio Arconis]]'''
*[[Melpomene Takravasian]] - [[Princeps]], [[Warlord Titan]] [[Vengeance of Sareme]]
*[[Valtin]] - [[Moderatus]]
*[[Tovrel]] - [[Sensorus]]
*[[Skell]] - [[Steersman]]
*[[Bertolt]] - [[Princeps]], [[Warhound Titan]] [[Dune Hound]]
*[[Lares]] - [[Princeps]], [[Warhound Titan]] [[Nightbeast]]

'''[[Savlar Chem-Dogs]]'''
*[[Rungrenz]] - [[Commissar]]
*[[Tygan]] - [[Trooper]]
*[[Evran]] - [[Trooper]]

'''The [[Ecclesiarchy]]'''
*[[Erikos]] - [[Cardinal]] of the High Sacristy, [[Velua]]
*[[Teneu]] - The [[Saint]], the Lady of Woes
*[[Mathilde]] - [[Sister instructor]], of the [[Schola Progenium]]
*[[Martinus (Brother Gaoler)|Martinus]] - Brother Gaoler of the [[Cardinal]]'s Cells

'''[[Death Guard]]'''
*[[Grommulus Tuul]] - The Pilgrim, the Faithbreaker, [[Hand of Abaddon]]
*[[Ulgrath]] - Destroyer
*[[Dakren]] - [[Biologus Putrifier]]
*[[Pustrus]] - [[Sorcerer]]
*[[Fedrach]]
*[[Ertros]]

'''[[Children of the Sevenfold Revelation]]'''
*[[Weryn]] - Prophet
*[[Ceren]] - Luminor

==Special Edition==
The special edition was also released in 2023 which was signed by the author, uniquely numbered, and contains a foreword and an additional short story, [[The Wolf’s Hour (Short Story)|The Wolf's Hour]]. It is presented in a leather-effect cover with rounded spine and foil text. It also has a gold ribbon bookmark, contains pieces of interior art, and has gold gilt page edges. There were only 2,000 copies available.{{Fn|2}}

==See also==
*[[List of Novels]]
*[[Void King (Novel)]]

==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [http://web.archive.org/web/20231015050709/https://www.blacklibrary.com/warhammer-40000/novels/ebook-the-martyrs-tomb-eng-2023.html  Black Library: The Martyr's Tomb] ''(saved archive page, dated 15 October 2023, last accessed 5 January 2025, original link: https://www.blacklibrary.com/warhammer-40000/novels/ebook-the-martyrs-tomb-eng-2023.html)''
*{{Endn|2}}: [http://web.archive.org/web/20250105125751/https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/EhKrjWtz/black-library-pre-orders-crusades-rogue-traders-and-criminal-conspiracies/ Warhammer Community: Black Library Pre-orders – Crusades, Rogue Traders, and Criminal Conspiracies (dated 24 June 2023)] ''(saved archive page, dated 5 January 2025, last accessed 5 January 2025, original link:https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/EhKrjWtz/black-library-pre-orders-crusades-rogue-traders-and-criminal-conspiracies/)''
*{{Endn|3}}: [http://web.archive.org/web/20250105130827/https://www.amazon.com/-/en/Marc-Collins/dp/180026190X Amazon: The Martyr's Tomb] ''(saved archive page, dated 5 January 2025, last accessed 5 January 2025, original link:https://www.amazon.com/-/en/Marc-Collins/dp/180026190X)''
*{{Endn|4}}: '''The Martyr's Tomb (Novel)''', Dramatis Personae

{{DEFAULTSORT:Martyr's Tomb, The (Novel)}}

[[Category:Novels]]
[[Category:Works by Marc Collins]]

[[fr:Le Tombeau de la Martyre (Roman)]]