A Matter Of Time
Inquisitor Syman Kant allowed himself a brief moment to watch the single bead of sweat work its way down Prewitt’s furrowed brow.'Yes, it’s definitely bad,' Bellane Friemann commented, a half-smile…
Awoken
In the beginning there was darkness, and from it, a light was born. No man can say when exactly the first star lit up, but soon after, countless more did follow. When…
Everyone’s Seen It
Adeptus Ministorum Interrogator Lorne strode into the dingy room, dataslate in hand. The center of the cramped space was dominated by a sturdy plascrete chair occupied by a slight man…
Thinly Veiled Dagger
Aloysio Vysterian slipped inside the palace undetected. Formerly it was simply an Imperial Bastion, before then-governor Marcala had renounced Terra’s authority, proclaimed himself Supreme Regent and declared Edoran’s secession from…
The Good Citizen
Everyone knew he was up to something. Lupern had to be the one to do the right thing. It’s just who he was. There are so many good men and…
A Riddle in Three Parts
'A riddle, then: Name an invisible thing that everybody can see.'Three crew sit in the command module of the freighter Wings of Deliverance. The ship putters across the icy gulf…
First Redoubt
After a while, the pounding of the drums creeps under your skin and plays a tattoo on your soul. I haven’t slept for days. None of us have. Reveille, when…
The Dark Stabba
Kommando Kaptin Gron may have been built like a grox, but currently he was squeezing through the pitch-black air vent like an unwilling grot oiler crammed into a trukk exhaust.…
No More Hiding
In the darkness of his office, Father Henry clicked on the vid-feed screen. Staticky images and shadows battled across his walls. For the past month his city had been a…
The Burning of Sebastian Chiara
All my life I prayed for proof of my faith. Now, everyone can see it.They tied Sebastian Chiara to the husk of a tree, his arms lashed outstretched to the…