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Read more about the article As Many Are The Sands

As Many Are The Sands

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“Wake up, young wolf…” the words echoed as if from a dream, and Einar gasped as he bolted awake. The monstrous corpse of a foe sprawled across his breastplate—a hideous…

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Red Talon

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‘...Ferrum Hold is unbreakable,’ the colonel declares, his tone steady despite the red-lit gloom of the bridge.‘All the intelligence concurs,’ another officer adds, gesturing to hololiths of the fortress-world, its…

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Gravity’s Return

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Calculating time to impact… Calculating time to impact…The cogitator delights in tormenting Lev Ermak. …time to impact… Finally, it answers in uncaring block gothic lettering: Unknown.Impact is assured, though it could be in…

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Hollow Men

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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…

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Irreversible

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Resplendent Hero of Ullanor. Slayer of the Dark Champion of Ekxos IV. Favoured son of Roboute Guilliman. Titles that meant nothing as Praetor Cestus gurgled on his swiftly coagulating blood.…

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Leftovers

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The Rhino crested the ridge and swung into view. Its blocky square form stood out against the sharp outline of the Atuluvian mountains. The fact that it was painted bright…

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Our Own Hands

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Ambrecht slammed the fish down on the table at the centre of the cafeteria. It stank in the muggy heat; the windows were all sealed to keep out the eastern…

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The Last of Vireshan

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Soot drifted past the cockpit like snow, caught by thermal winds from decade-long fires. Ashur had forgotten when he last slept; the chronometer was the first tertiary system he’d jettisoned…

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Stars Burn Cold

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There have been so many, many nightmares, but Terra was the worst. Of all the battlefields, on all the worlds that I had piloted my Questoris Magaera through, the screams had…

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True Believers

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The throng of prisoners huddled together in the afternoon haze, drenched in sweat and caked with dirt. It had been hours since they were marched to the Imperial camp, but…

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