Comic books in 'Black Library Summer Reading'

1st printing.

By Andy Clark.

New-forged sons of the primarch Roboute Guilliman, the Primaris Ultramarines are peerless warriors whose sworn duty is to protect mankind from the predations of the xenos and the foul traitors of the Heretic Astartes. In a galaxy riven by eternal war, they and the other armies of the Imperium are all that stand between mankind and damnation. Their ship damaged by warp storms, the Ultramarines of Strike Force Cassian make for Kalides Prime. Here they hope to find safe harbour to repair their craft before rejoining the Indomitus Crusade. Instead, the Primaris Space Marines discover a world reduced to rot and ruin by the plague-ridden warriors of the Death Guard.

Softcover, 128 pages, Text. Cover price $5.00.

1st printing.

By Nick Kyme.

In the dark future of the 41st millennium, the Imperium fights a desperate battle for mankind's survival amongst the stars. Foremost among its protectors are the Space Marines, genetically engineered superhumans trained to be the ultimate warriors. And of all the Space Marines, it is the noble and courageous Ultramarines who best embody this warrior ideal. When the planet of Black Reach is invaded by a mighty ork horde, the Ultramarines must act fast - if the greenskins gain a foothold in the system, then they will surely spread and threaten the enitre sector. As the Ultramarines attack in all their righteous fury, the scene is set for an epic battle: one hundred Space Marines versus fifty thousand orks!

Softcover, 128 pages, Text. Cover price $5.00.

1st printing.

By Gav Thorpe.

Six centuries ago, Space Marines of the Blood Angels Chapter boarded the space hulk Sin of Damnation to cleanse it of a genestealer infestation. They were never seen again. Now, the ancient space hulk has reemerged from the warp, and Captain Raphael leads a kill team of mighty Terminators aboard, determined to avenge that ancient shame and finally destroy the aliens. Vastly outnumbered and beset by the psychic might of the hive mind, the Blood Angels must complete their mission before they are overwhelmed by the xenos and their Chapter is humbled once more.

Softcover, 128 pages, Text. Cover price $5.00.

1st printing.

By Chris Wraight.

The Space Wolves were set upon by the forces of the Alpha Legion before they had even recovered from the Razing of Prospero. Hounded to the edge of the Alaxxes Nebula, in desperation Leman Russ called out to his primarch brothers and their Legions for aid. None came. Now, with their fleet stranded and supplies dwindling, the warriors of the Rout face almost certain death amidst the rust-red clouds of the nebula. But what a glorious end it shall be, worthy of the sagas of old, for Alpharius's sons will soon learn that a cornered wolf is always the most deadly.

Softcover, 128 pages, Text. Cover price $5.00.

1st printing.

By Josh Reynolds.

Dark forces stir within the bowers of the mysterious Hexwood. A great warhost of tzaangor beastkin, creatures devoted to the Chaos god Tzeentch, defile the once-verdant lands of Ghyran. All that opposes them are the Stormcast Eternals of the Hallowed Knights, noble warriors reforged in resplendent sigmarite and wielding the lightning of Azyr. But Tzeentch's followers are cunning, and as the Hallowed Knights wage bloody war in the forests, a secret and potentially ruinous attack on the great city of Hammerhal, which the Stormcasts are oath-sworn to protect, is about to begin. Both the warriors without and the hunters within the city must act fast, or the truth about the Hexwood will be the undoing of the Twin-tailed City.

Softcover, 128 pages, Text. Cover price $5.00.

1st printing.

By Nick Horth.

Excelsis is the city of secrets, a grand and imposing bastion of civilization in the savage Realm of Beasts. Within its winding streets and shadowy back alleys, merchants deal in raw prophecy mined from an ancient fragment of the World That Was, and even the poorest man may earn a glimpse of the future. Yet not all such prophecies can be trusted. When Corporal Armand Callis of the city guard stumbles upon a dark secret, he finds himself on the run from his former comrades, framed for a crime he did not commit. Only the witch hunter Hanniver Toll knows the truth of his innocence. Together the pair must race against time to save Excelsis from a cataclysm that would drown the city in madness and fear.

Softcover, 128 pages, Text. Cover price $5.00.