Showing results for "John French" in Action & Adventure

It has taken many long years and countless sacrifices, but finally Ahriman, former Chief Librarian of the Thousand Sons, now exile and sorcerer, is ready to attempt the most audacious and daring feat of his long life. His quest for knowledge and power has all been for one purpose, and he would now see that purpose fulfilled. His goal? Nothing less than undoing his greatest failure and reversing the Rubric that damned his Legion.

After seven long years of conflict, the Horus Heresy nears its end. But now, as the Warmaster Horus marches on Terra to rip his father from the Throne, the seat of the arch-traitor’s power lies empty. Cthonia, a world once dominated by brutal murder-gangs, is occupied by the Emperor’s praetorians—the indomitable Imperial Fists. For the Sons of Horus, this outrage demands a reckoning.

War rages in the Caradryad Sector. Worlds are falling to madness and rebellion, and the great war machine of the Imperium is moving to counter the threat. Amongst its agents is Inquisitor Covenant. Puritan, psyker, expert swordsman, he reserves an especial hatred for those of his order who would seek to harness the power of Ruin as a weapon. Summoned to an inquisitorial conclave, Covenant believes he has uncovered such a misguided agent and prepares to denounce the heretic Talicto before his fellows.

The battle for Tallarn rages between the traitor Iron Warriors and the Imperial Army. A carpet of armour covers the surface of the toxic planet: Dreadnoughts versus tanks versus Titans. But what secret purpose drives the Iron Warriors onwards to war?

Doom has come upon the Thousand Sons. A plague of fire and dust stalks the Legion across time and space, born from the sorcerous Rubric that saved them from annihilation and damned them for eternity. One by one, the spirits of the Rubricae are vanishing from the prisons of their armour—and one by one, living sorcerers are cursed to take their place. Driven by the obsessive need to save his Legion and find redemption, Ahzek Ahriman seeks the time-altering technology of the forgotten necrons to overwrite his past mistakes.

This collection includes 'Chosen of Khorne' by Anthony Reynolds, 'Throne of Lies' by Aaron-Dembski Bowden, 'Perfection' by Nick Kyme, 'Ahriman: The First Prince' by John French, 'Repairer of Ruin' by Josh Reynolds, and 'The Embrace of Pain' by Ian St Martin.

The Sabbat War is a savage Imperial crusade, cutting a bloody, burning path across a vast swathe of the Imperium's lost territory. On the front line, the stalwart regiments of the Astra Militarum, including the valiant Tanith First-and-Only—better known as Gaunt’s Ghosts—confront the relentless menace of Chaos, the Archenemy of Mankind. There is, and ever will be, only war.

It is 1781, and the British-held American port of Yorktown on the Chesapeake Bay is under siege. Pounded by the American colonists on land and the deadly warships of their French allies at sea, the once proud city is in flames and near ruin. But on the horizon, the King's own fleet of heavily armed frigates heads full sail to blast through France's blockade. Aboard His Majesty's swift flagship DESPERATE, midshipman Alan Lewrie quickly sets his gunners to their lethal work, firing rapid broadsides of 24 pound shot at the enemy vessels.

Jack Biddlecomb has much to live up to, being as he is the eldest son of the esteemed Captain Isaac Biddlecomb, wealthy merchant captain, leading light of the War for American Independence, and newly minted congressman. Jack finds himself off to a promising start, however, when he’s given command of the merchant vessel Abigail bound from Philadelphia for Barbados. But even before the dock lines are cast off, the voyage, which should have been routine, begins to look like a stormy passage indeed.

Après la chute de Dun Carreg, Corban, sa mère Gwenith, leurs amis et la princesse Edana sont en fuite. Les fuyards se rendent vers l'est, mais il n'y a plus de refuge alors que les troupes de la reine Rhin sont partout... Nathair, champion du dieu Elyon dans la conflagration à venir, toujours accompagné de Veradis, son guerrier fidèle, se mêle à la guerre de conquête que mène Rhin. Mais ses idéaux le conduiront sur un chemin douloureux... Maquin cherche à venger le jeune Kastell, qu'il était censé protéger, mais sa quête l'amènera à croiser la route des terribles.

In the country of Burgundy, the Sauval brothers have begun to terrorize the surrounding lands in an attempt to bring the area under their control. They raid the Red Keep, in hope of gaining it for themselves, only to be thwarted by Sir Roger and young Conan. Now they plot anew to steal the Keep from its rightful owner, Lady Anne. She, with Conan and her loyal followers, sets out to bring justice upon the evil brothers.

La Chute de Gondolin est l’ultime œuvre de Christopher Tolkien, une dernière pierre à l’édifice titanesque qu’il entreprit en hommage au travail de son père. Un texte important à l’histoire admirable.

Von den Schlachtfeldern auf Phall und Istvaan zu den heimgesuchten Schatten von Terra selbst - der größte Krieg in der Geschichte der Menschheit wütet um sich. Während die Verräterlegionen ihren grausamen Feldzug durch die Galaxis weiter fortführen, werden Vorbereitungen für die Verteidigung des Imperialen Palastes getroffen und für die letzte unausweichliche Abrechnung, die stattfinden wird zwischen Horus und dem Imperator.

Nach dem Verrat von Istvaan beginnt Horus seinen Feldzug gegen den Imperator, einen galaxisweiten Krieg, dessen letztes Ziel Terra selbst darstellt. Doch der Weg zur letzten Konfrontation zwischen Vater und Sohn ist lang - sieben Jahre der Kämpfe, Ränke, Pläne und Bündnisse, die zwischen den entfernten Sternen geschmiedet werden. Unbekannte Ereignisse aus den dunkelsten Jahren der Horus-Häresie kommen ans Licht und Begebenheiten werden enthüllt, die das Imperium in seinen Grundfesten erschüttern.

Die Häresie erreichte Calth ohne Vorwarnung. In nur wenigen Stunden desVerrats und Blutvergießens wurden die stolzen Krieger der XIII. Legion - Guillaumes Ultramarines - von ihren früheren Brüdern der XVII. Legion heimtückisch überwältigt. Jetzt droht den überlebenden auf einem Planeten, der von Eruptionen der verwundeten SonneVeridian versengt wird, in den finsteren Arkologie-Komplexen unter der Oberfläche der Untergang. Der einzige Ausweg: Sie müssen den Kampf zu den Word Bearers und deren grausigen Verbündeten tragen.