26 must-read science fiction books like The Only Good Ork (Ciaphas Cain) by Sandy Mitchell

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The Only Good Ork (Ciaphas Cain)

By: Sandy Mitchell

4.13

Format: 33 pages, Kindle Edition

A Ciaphas Cain Short Story Commissar Ciaphas Cain stumbles from a conflict with a genestealer cu…

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1. The Carrion Throne

By: Chris Wraight

4.48

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Inquisitor Erasmus and his acolyte Spinoza root out a shadowy conspiracy on Holy Terra itself, the … read more

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2. Brotherhood of the Moon

By: Chris Wraight

4.05

Format: 336 pages, ebook

In the aftermath of the rebellion within his Legion, Jaghatai Khan ordered the trials of his waywar… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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3. Pariah

By: Dan Abnett

3.95

Format: 254 pages, Hardcover

Inquisitor Gideon Ravenor returns to action to hunt the most dangerous enemy he has ever encountere… read more

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4. His Last Command

By: Dan Abnett

4.33

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

Returning from a long mission on a Chaos world, Commissar Gaunt finds that his old regiment - nickn… read more

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Cover of Roboute Guilliman: Lord of Ultramar by David Annandale

5. Roboute Guilliman: Lord of Ultramar

By: David Annandale

4.33

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Roboute Guilliman, the Battle King of Macragge, leads his Legion, the mighty Ultramarines, in conqu… read more

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6. Only in Death

By: Dan Abnett

3.47

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

As the crusade to liberate the Sabbat Worlds continues, Colonel-Commissar Gaunt leads the Tanith Fi… read more

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7. Soul Hunter

By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden

3.46

Format: 103 pages, Paperback

The Night Lords form an uneasy allegiance with the Black Legion in order to assault the valuable pl… read more

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8. The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun #1)

By: Gene Wolfe

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Shadow of the Torturer is the first volume in the four-volume series, The Book of the New Sun. … read more

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9. Ravenor Returned

By: Dan Abnett

3.36

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Following the adventures of Imperial Inquisitor Ravenor and his warband of the dark and gothic futu… read more

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10. Ravenor Rogue

By: Dan Abnett

3.34

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the third book of the series, Inquisitor Ravenor's pursuit of his arch-nemesis Molotch takes him… read more

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11. Ravenor

By: Dan Abnett

4.23

Format: 11 pages, Paperback

Dan Abnett's action-packed novel leaps into the fray as genius psyker Gideon Ravenor and his truste… read more

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12. Blood Pact

By: Dan Abnett

4.00

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

Twelfth novel in the eternally popular SF series Gaunt's Ghosts, which follows the story of Commiss… read more

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13. Cypher: Lord of the Fallen (Warhammer 40,000)

By: John French

4.02

Format: 179 pages, Hardcover

A Warhammer 40,000 Novel Cypher has slipped his bonds on Holy Terra itself. Hunted by some of th… read more

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14. The Infinite and the Divine (Warhammer 40,000)

By: Robert Rath

4.46

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

A Necrons novel Trazyn the Infinite and Orikan the Diviner are opposites. Each is obsessed with … read more

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"The sound of mechanized brutality that could only come from one species."

-Robert Rath, The Infinite and the Divine (Warhammer 40,000)

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15. The Lion: Son of the Forest (Warhammer 40,000)

By: Mike Brooks

4.42

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

The Lion. Son of the Emperor, brother of demigods and Primarch of the Dark Angels. Awakened. Return… read more

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"I asked myself in the aftermath of the Siege of Terra whether the so-called victory was worth the cost. Now I wonder if we won at all."

-Mike Brooks, The Lion: Son of the Forest (Warhammer 40,000)

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16. The End and the Death: Volume III (The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra)

By: Dan Abnett

4.48

Format: 507 pages, Hardcover

Siege of Terra Book 8, Part 3 It all comes down to this final confrontation – the Emperor versus… read more

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"And in the end. It's just a man killing his son with a stone...then the galaxy burns"

-Dan Abnett, The End and the Death: Volume III (The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra)

Cover of The End and the Death: Volume II (The Siege of Terra) by Dan Abnett

17. The End and the Death: Volume II (The Siege of Terra)

By: Dan Abnett

4.15

Format: 752 pages, Hardcover

Siege of Terra Book 8, Part 2 Volume II picks up right where the first left off, with cataclysmi… read more

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Cover of The Emperor's Legion (Watchers of the Throne #1) by Chris Wraight

18. The Emperor's Legion (Watchers of the Throne #1)

By: Chris Wraight

4.30

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Book 1 in the Watchers of the Throne series The Adeptus Custodes are the Emperor's praetorian gu… read more

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"That's the great danger that condemns us - not daemon blades, but dumb ignorance. We've become a stupid race, glorying in the easy goals of anger and piety."

-Chris Wraight, The Emperor's Legion (Watchers of the Throne #1)

"Say you release the Custodians from their vigil here. They say there are ten thousand of them. The enemy numbers in the billions. A lion is a poor hunter to set against so many jackals."

-Chris Wraight, The Emperor's Legion (Watchers of the Throne #1)

"Even now, hard against the End of Time, when the death rattle of our species has become audible even to the thick-eared, they still grasp for a little more of the things we have always desired - coin…"

-Chris Wraight, The Emperor's Legion (Watchers of the Throne #1)

"The warp was the source of so much anguish for us, and yet its absence generated the greatest abhorrence of all. I suppose that is the tragedy of our kind- we are as moths to the candle, bound inextr…"

-Chris Wraight, The Emperor's Legion (Watchers of the Throne #1)

Cover of Krieg (Warhammer 40,000) by Steve Lyons

19. Krieg (Warhammer 40,000)

By: Steve Lyons

4.06

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

A Death Korps Novel The Death Korps of Krieg are deployed to a soul-crushing siege in the Octari… read more

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20. Genefather (Warhammer 40,000)

By: Guy Haley

4.20

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

A Warhammer 40,000 Novel Archmagos Belisarius Cawl invites representatives from across the Imper… read more

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21. The Magos (Eisenhorn, #4)

By: Dan Abnett

4.41

Format: 720 pages, Paperback

Inquisitor Eisenhorn returns in a stunning new novel that pits him against his oldest foe, forcing … read more

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"Spider legs. Some arachnid form, anyway. A xenos variety of chelicerata. But these limbs were not under a microscope. They were two hundred metres long. 'That's not local,' he said."

-Dan Abnett, The Magos (Eisenhorn, #4)

"Why do you do it?' asked Drusher. 'And don't say "because someone must" or anything like that.' 'Why are you a magos biologis, Drusher, when that calling has apparently given you a life you resent?' …"

-Dan Abnett, The Magos (Eisenhorn, #4)

Cover of The Regent's Shadow (Watchers of the Throne #2) by Chris Wraight

22. The Regent's Shadow (Watchers of the Throne #2)

By: Chris Wraight

4.30

Format: 406 pages, Paperback

Book 2 in the Watchers of the Throne series A new day has dawned for the Imperium, but not every… read more

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"This war has created monsters, and not all are in the camps of the enemy."

-Chris Wraight, The Regent's Shadow (Watchers of the Throne #2)

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23. Sons of the Emperor (The Horus Heresy: Primarchs)

By: John French

4.13

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

A Primarchs anthologyThe primarchs, nigh-immortal sons of the Emperor of Mankind, are laid bare in … read more

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Cover of The Vincula Insurgency: Ghost Dossier 1 (Gaunt's Ghosts: Warhammer 40,000) by Dan Abnett

24. The Vincula Insurgency: Ghost Dossier 1 (Gaunt's Ghosts: Warhammer 40,000)

By: Dan Abnett

4.32

Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition

A Gaunt's Ghosts Novel: Ghost Dossier 1 In a brief respite between wars, Gaunt's Ghosts find the… read more

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Cover of The Iron Kingdom (Dawn of Fire #5) by Nick Kyme

25. The Iron Kingdom (Dawn of Fire #5)

By: Nick Kyme

3.63

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Dawn of Fire Book 5 A depleted Battle Group Praxis returns the slain heir of Kamidar to the Knig… read more

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26. Less Than Human (Warhammer 40,000)

By: Steve Lyons

4.27

Format: 34 pages, Kindle Edition

An Astra Militarum Short Story The Astra Militarum stands as a redoubtable bulwark in the face o… read more

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27. Blood Sands (Warhammer 40,000)

By: Victoria Hayward

4.03

Format: None pages, ebook

An Astra Militarum Short Story The Astra Militarum stands as a redoubtable bulwark in the face o… read more

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28. The Only Good Ork (Ciaphas Cain)

By: Sandy Mitchell

4.13

Format: 33 pages, Kindle Edition

A Ciaphas Cain Short Story Commissar Ciaphas Cain stumbles from a conflict with a genestealer cu… read more

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29. Regia Occulta

By: Dan Abnett

3.91

Format: None pages, ebook

On a world wracked by storms, Inquisitor Eisenhorn investigates a series of bizarre murders. Aided … read more

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Cover of Knights of Macragge (Warhammer 40,000) by Nick Kyme

30. Knights of Macragge (Warhammer 40,000)

By: Nick Kyme

3.79

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

An Ultramarines novelREAD IT BECAUSECaptain Sicarius returns in a new novel from the author of Fall… read more

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31. Gathering Storm: Fall of Cadia

By: Games Workshop

3.85

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

For ten thousand years Cadia has stood firm against the horrors spewed forth by the Eye of Terror. … read more

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