Warsphere (Short Story)

This article is about the Short Story; for the Kroot vessel, see Warsphere.

Publications Portal Warsphere Cover art Author Darius Hinks[1] Publisher Black Library Series Blackstone Fortress (Series) Released February 2021[2] Pages 24[2] ISBN ASIN: B08VRCQGH3[2] Collected in Only War: Stories from the 41st Millennium Blackstone Fortress: The Omnibus

"Warsphere" is a short story written by Darius Hinks and published in 2021 by Black Library. It was collected in the anthology Only War: Stories from the 41st Millennium in 2022, and in Blackstone Fortress: The Omnibus in 2023.

Cover description

An ambitious drukhari archon has ventured far from the Dark City of Commorragh in search of a mighty prize. Guided by a band of savage kroot warriors led by the inscrutable Dahyak Grekh, the archon and his cabal venture into the ruins of a kroot Warsphere, an immense city-ship that holds many secrets, including the location of a weapon that could bring pain to the entire galaxy: a Blackstone Fortress. But the drukhari are in Dahyak Grekh's domain now, and finding his goal may be a greater challenge than they anticipate…^[1]

Notes

• The description on the Black Library website refers to the archon as Zhain, but in the text of the story, the archon is an unnamed narrator, and Zhain is a member of his retinue.

Sources

• 1: Black Library: Warsphere (saved archive page, dated 18 January 2025, last accessed 08 March 2025, original link: https://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/warsphere-eshort-2021.html)
• 2: Amazon: Warsphere (Warhammer 40,000) (saved archive page, dated 08 March 2025, last accessed 08 March 2025, original link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Warsphere-Warhammer-000-Darius-Hinks-ebook/dp/B08VRCQGH3)