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I can't source an image, please advise

I recently received an epub copy of what I had previously believed to be an in-print-only short story (Eminence Sanguis). I believe this document to be legitimate, it has the ebook license, the newsletter page, the advertisement for the Dante novel, the cover artist etc. It cites the right year on the This is a Black Library Publication page and has Eminence Sanguis (followed by the copyright C) before all the other trademarks. I have scoured Google and other search engines. I have attempted to look via the internet archive in the following format: (http://www.blacklibrary.com/warhammer-40000/eminence-sanguis-ebook.html) The only place I have found this image online --> [[1]] (Look about 4/5ths down on the right).
^Based on that image alone, I would have thought it a fan cover, however the epub I have looks very genuine when compared to numerous other 40K eShorts I've read. If its fake, it's a believable fake. I'm happy to send a copy of this to anyone who'd like to see it with their own eyes. It's a slightly modified cover of Black Crusade: Angel's Blade. I would note that such reuse of artwork has been used before for official covers for some of the minor short stories in James Swallow's Blood Angels (Novel Series). This is my rationale for assuming it's not out-rightly fake. I'm prepping an article for the aforementioned short story, so, can I upload this, even when I can't source it? GrumpyDilettante (talk) 16:18, 29 May 2019 (MDT) GrumpyDilettante (talk) (Apologies for my forgetfulness)

If you could upload the image here (temporarily) this would be helpful. I was not able to locate it on your linked-to page (I am sure it is somewhere there, but then there are easier ways of doing things).
In general: If there is no print or online source saying that story exists in e-book format that sounds very fishy. So as a precaution: no. There is no limit to what fans are able to do with the technical means of today.
But as I said if I know what the image is supposed to look like, I am happy to help looking for it.
--Inquisitor S., Großmeister des Ordo Lexicanum (talk) 16:09, 29 May 2019 (MDT)
Addendum: It could also be a leaked/ stolen e-book that has not yet been officially put out. In that case we will not use the image either. We all know how these supposedly exclusive contents tend to be re-monetized by GW after a certain while, so that is a theoretical possibility. --Inquisitor S., Großmeister des Ordo Lexicanum (talk) 16:13, 29 May 2019 (MDT)

Nevertheless, the image should be viewable here [[2]]. Absenting the other official-looking information in the epub, it looks rather dubious. Either way, as you say, its unlikely this image will be uploaded. My thanks, GrumpyDilettante (talk) 16:18, 29 May 2019 (MDT)

The most compelling argument against this e-book being official is of course the absence of any BL mention of it. I mean their plan is to sell us our poison, no? ;) So probably somebody OCRd the print version or nicked the file from somebody at GW/ BL to put it out there with a mock-up cover. --Inquisitor S., Großmeister des Ordo Lexicanum (talk) 16:23, 29 May 2019 (MDT)