Archmagos (Paperback)

A Warhammer 40,000 Novel

Belisarius Cawl is the greatest mind of his age, and he has a plan to open up the Attilan Gap to allow safe passage through the Great Rift. In order to complete his work, he travels to a necron tomb world. In the process, he attracts the attention of something even more dangerous than ancient xenos…

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Belisarius Cawl continues to be one of the most important figures in the 41st Millennium as he attempts to solve the greatest problem facing the Imperium – allowing safe passage through the Cicatrix Maledictum. He squares off against ancient necrons and the forces of Chaos in his audacious attempt to do the impossible.

THE STORY
For years, Belisarius Cawl has nurtured an audacious plan to stabilise the Attilan Gap sufficiently that the Imperium might open a stable route into Imperium Nihilus. With the primarch Roboute Guilliman having crossed the Great Rift, and now isolated on the far side, time is running out.

Before Cawl can perfect his latest great work, he requires one last element: control codes preserved on an ancient necron world trapped on the event horizon of a black hole. Realising that even he cannot do this alone, Cawl recruits help from across the Adeptus Mechanicus. Yet as victory nears, malign intelligences have taken note of the archmagos, and Cawl is about to discover it is unwise indeed to provoke the interest of Vashtorr the Arkifane…

Written by Guy Haley.

Prisoners of Waaagh! tells the tale of a daring prison break as a contingent of Astra Militarum throw down their tools and take up whatever arms they can find to fight off their ork captors.

In Where Dere's Da Warp Dere's a Way, a daring Bad Moon boss sees an opportunity to lead a raid against an Adeptus Mechanicus vessel.

In Painboyz, a group of orks end up in the den of a drukhari haemonculus and nearly lose their hides attempting to escape.

Mad Dok sets the stage for the galaxy-shaking return of Ghazghkull Thraka.

In the short story The Enemy of My Enemy an Astra Militarum regiment considers the unthinkable – allying with a hated ork warboss to repel a tyranid invasion.

CONTENTS
– Warboss (novel) by Mike Brooks
– Catachan Devil (novel) by Justin Woolley
– Iron Resolve (novella) by Steve Lyons
– Prisoners of Waaagh! (novella) by Justin Woolley
– Where Dere's Da Warp Dere's a Way (short story) by Mike Brooks
– Painboyz (short story) by Mike Brooks
– Mad Dok (short story) by Nate Crowley
– The Enemy of My Enemy (short story) by Nate Crowley