The Martyr's Tomb (Novel)
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The Martyr's Tomb is a novel by Marc Collins released in June 2023 by Black Library. It is the sixth book in the Dawn of Fire series.[1]
Description[1]
The Indomitus Crusade burns across the stars, while new threats emerge to challenge the Imperium's resurgence.
As the Kingdom of Iron is secured and the Primarch Reborn's thoughts turn to future salients, the Arch-enemy strikes back against the Indomitus Crusade's forces. The shrine worlds of the Golden Chain are all but broken, and only Velua remains defiant. Canoness Irinya of the Order of Our Martyred Lady and Champion Gaheris of the Black Templars hold the line, fighting against the plague-ridden 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[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
- Irinya Sarael - Canoness
- Josefine - Battle Sister
- Agata - Battle Sister
- Sybele - Battle Sister
- Beatrice - Battle Sister
- Oxanna - Battle Sister
- Selene - Battle Sister
- Eloise - Sister Superior, Conductor of the Artillery Choir
- Anghard - Novitiate
- Gaheris - The Emperor's Champion
- Utrix - 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 - Initiate
- Eralicus - Neophyte
- 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
- Astrid Helvintr - Daughter and heir to Katla, lost beyond the Rift
Veluan Hoplites, The Shrinesworn
- 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
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 of the Cardinal's Cells
- Grommulus Tuul - The Pilgrim, the Faithbreaker, Hand of Abaddon
- Ulgrath - Destroyer
- Dakren - Biologus Putrifier
- Pustrus - Sorcerer
- Fedrach
- Ertros
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. 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.[2]
See also
Sources
- 1: 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)
- 2: 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/)
- 3: 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)
- 4: The Martyr's Tomb (Novel), Dramatis Personae
