The Shaking
Lorn was strong. That was all that mattered.An Ogryn’s worth was in his arms and shoulders, in how many rocks he could split digging the trenches, how many heavy shells…
Lorn was strong. That was all that mattered.An Ogryn’s worth was in his arms and shoulders, in how many rocks he could split digging the trenches, how many heavy shells…
This is what we call victory. The scarred hulls of starships visible in low orbit. The taste of ash, drifting across the skies of Terra. The wind carrying rumours, scourging a…
One last push for atonement, one last push for Vostroya, one last push for the Emperor. The smog is thinner than it once was, the manufactories still roar with the strike…
‘By the Emperor!’ Lyrian flinched as another explosion echoed nearby. ‘We're here at the worst possible moment. It was so peaceful back at our forge. Why did they send us…
There came a roar of thunder, muffled by the thickness of sweet protective earth. But it was the flicker of the shuddering lights, humming flashes of lightning, which awoke Private…
I remember the first pair of hands that ever held me. Rough and perfunctory. Treated me only like a tool, checking I was up to snuff. When judged healthy, I…
‘What the frak is that?’ Corporal Joriah Hask tutted as he looked to his watch partner, Guardsman Kant.‘Stop gawking, Kant. You're Cadian.’‘I’m serious,’ said Kant. ‘Something big’s coming.’Hask felt like he’d…
Deep in the bowels of Kulograd, production lines hum every hour of the day. It’s long, hard work, with no time to rest, though nobody complains. Most of them remember…
Do you trust me?Even a few days ago, I’d have sneered at the red-haired alien’s question.Of course, that was before my fellow guardsmen tried to cut my throat.I don’t remember…
Sergeant Cooper dropped his lasrifle, turned his back and ran for the toilet. He went for the last made in the freshly-digged trenches, the one he had previously assigned Private…