21 Top 40k books like Playing Patience by Dan Abnett

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Playing Patience

By: Dan Abnett

4.12

Format: 50 pages, ebook

THE STORY A young woman growing up in poverty on the dismal world of Sameter, Patience Kys has a r…

"Believe me, Harlon, in the length and breadth of this great Imperium of Man, there is no such thing as coincidence." - Gideon Ravenor"

-Dan Abnett, Playing Patience

"Believe me, Harlon, in the length and breadth of this great Imperium of Man, there is no such thing as coincidence." - Gideon Ravenor"

-Dan Abnett, Playing Patience

"My psi-wave threw them all backwards violently, like the pressure blast of a hurricane. Windows shattered. They tumbled over, robes shredding, flying like dolls or desperately trying to grip onto the floor. Wystan lit a lho-stick. 'What I like about you,' he said, 'is that you don't muck around.' 'Thank you."

-Dan Abnett, Playing Patience

"My psi-wave threw them all backwards violently, like the pressure blast of a hurricane. Windows shattered. They tumbled over, robes shredding, flying like dolls or desperately trying to grip onto the floor. Wystan lit a lho-stick. 'What I like about you,' he said, 'is that you don't muck around.' 'Thank you."

-Dan Abnett, Playing Patience

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1. False Gods (The Horus Heresy, #2)

By: Graham McNeill

4.12

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

The human Imperium stands at its height of glory - thousands of worlds have been brought to heel by… read more

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  • 40k
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
"The truth is useless if no one can hear it."

-Graham McNeill, False Gods (The Horus Heresy, #2)

"History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future." - Warmaster Horus"

-Graham McNeill, False Gods (The Horus Heresy, #2)

"Those with courage and character to speak the truth always seem sinister to the ignorant." - First Chaplain Erebus"

-Graham McNeill, False Gods (The Horus Heresy, #2)

"Las palabras moldean el pensamiento, remueven los sentimientos y accionan las fuerzas. Matan y reviven, corrompen y curan."

-Graham McNeill, False Gods (The Horus Heresy, #2)

Cover of The Primarchs (The Horus Heresy, #20) by Nick Kyme, Gav Thorpe, Graham McNeill, Rob   Sanders, Christian Z. Dunn

2. The Primarchs (The Horus Heresy, #20)

By: Nick Kyme , Gav Thorpe , Graham McNeill , Rob Sanders , Christian Z. Dunn

3.61

Format: 416 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Created in the Emperor’s own image, the primarchs had long thought themselves to be princes of the … read more

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  • 40k
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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3. Cain's Last Stand

By: Sandy Mitchell

3.86

Format: 445 pages, Mass Market Paperback

After a long and distinguished career, Commissar Cain is about to enjoy a well-deserved retirement,… read more

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  • 40k
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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4. A Thousand Sons

By: Graham McNeill

3.59

Format: 378 pages, Paperback

Censured at the Council of Nikea for his flagrant use of sorcery, Magnus the Red and his Thousand S… read more

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  • 40k
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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5. Nightbringer

By: Graham McNeill

3.86

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

Newly promoted Ultramarines Captain Uriel Ventris is assigned to investigate Pavonis, an imperial p… read more

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  • 40k
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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6. The Flight of the Eisenstein

By: James Swallow

2.57

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

Having witnessed the events on Istvaan III, Deathguard Captain Garro seizes a ship and heads to Ter… read more

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  • 40k
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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7. A Mug of Recaff

By: Sandy Mitchell

2.50

Format: 32 pages, ebook

Another mission to purge the worlds of the Imperium of the followers of Chaos ends in success, than… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • 40k
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8. Descent of Angels

By: Mitchel Scanlon

3.71

Format: 656 pages, Paperback

The next novel in the ground-breaking, bestselling series that tells the story of the Horus Heresy … read more

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  • 40k
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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9. 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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  • 40k
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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10. Age of Darkness

By: Dan Abnett , Chris Wraight , Nick Kyme , Gav Thorpe , Aaron Dembski-Bowden , Graham McNeill , James Swallow , John French , Rob Sanders , Christian Z. Dunn

3.40

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

After the betrayal at Isstvan, Horus begins his campaign against the Emperor, a galaxy-wide war tha… read more

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  • 40k
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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11. Deliverance Lost

By: Gav Thorpe

3.47

Format: 288 pages,

As the Horus Heresy divides the Imperium, Corax and his few remaining Raven Guard escape the massac… read more

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  • 40k
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction

12. Mark of Calth

By: Dan Abnett , Aaron Dembski-Bowden , Graham McNeill , John French , Guy Haley , Anthony Reynolds , Rob Sanders , David Annandale , L.J. Goulding

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this all-new collection of Horus Heresy stories, witness the untold tales of the Underworld War.… read more

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13. The First Heretic

By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden

3.17

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Amidst the galaxy-wide war of the Great Crusade, the Emperor castigates the Word Bearers for their … read more

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14. Fulgrim

By: Graham McNeill

4.00

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

It is the 31st millennium, and humanity is at the peak of its powers. As the Great Crusade, led by … read more

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15. Galaxy in Flames

By: Ben Counter

4.25

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Having recovered from his grievous injuries, Warmaster Horus leads the triumphant Imperial forces a… read more

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16. The Outcast Dead

By: Graham McNeill

4.07

Format: 71 pages, Paperback

The galaxy is burning. The Emperor's loyal primarchs prepare to do battle with Warmaster Horus and … read more

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17. For The Emperor

By: Sandy Mitchell

3.73

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Commisar Ciaphas Cain - hero of the Imperium and renowned across the sector for his bravery and val… read more

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18. Duty Calls

By: Sandy Mitchell

3.73

Format: 216 pages, Mass Market Paperback

While assisting local forces quell widespread civil disorder, Commissar Cain and his regiment of Va… read more

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19. Caves of Ice

By: Sandy Mitchell

3.73

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Still attached to the Valhallans, Commissar Ciaphas Cain fights orcs and necrons on the ice world o… read more

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20. Helsreach

By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden

3.84

Format: None pages, Paperback

When the world of Armageddon is attacked by orks, the Black Templars Space Marine Chapter are among… read more

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21. The Twice-Dead King: Ruin

By: Nate Crowley

4.27

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

A Warhammer 40,000 novel Pride is everything for the dynastic kings of the Necron race, who have… read more

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  • 40k
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
"Orks, thought Oltyx, feeling pure hatred. Only they could enter the ancient tomb of a culture so might it had defeated gods, get massacred in the process, and then have a party."

-Nate Crowley, The Twice-Dead King: Ruin

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22. The Twice-dead King: Reign

By: Nate Crowley

4.17

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

A Warhammer 40,000 Novel Follow the exploits of Oltyx, who, having finally been granted the thro… read more

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  • 40k
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
"Never let your scars become drowned in gold."

-Nate Crowley, The Twice-dead King: Reign

"Simple reason suggested that the Space Marines of the Lystraegonian were, by now, categorically out of the fight. But reason, Oltyx had learned over the course of the Akrops' flight, was near useless…"

-Nate Crowley, The Twice-dead King: Reign

"Yenekh sent nothing in return but glyphs of profound obedience, arranged with an immaculate balance of humility and flare. The fact the sequence could also be read in an obscure homeworld dialect fro…"

-Nate Crowley, The Twice-dead King: Reign

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23. The Dark City (Vaults of Terra: Warhammer 40,000 Book 3)

By: Chris Wraight

4.18

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

Vaults of Terra Book 3 Separated from Inquisitor Cowl, Interrogator Spinoza hoists her crozius a… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • 40k
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24. The Fall of Cadia

By: Robert Rath

4.45

Format: 542 pages, Leather Bound

An Astra Militarum Novel Cadia. This proud world stood defiant for centuries – a bulwark against… read more

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  • 40k
  • fiction
  • science fiction
"This is not a foxhole. This is the rich earth of my world. Dirt I threw in handfuls on the coffins of troopers that came before me. Those who stood in the ranks on the bastion wall, lasgun in hand, A…"

-Robert Rath, The Fall of Cadia

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25. The Hollow Mountain (Vaults of Terra #2)

By: Chris Wraight

4.08

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

Vaults of Terra Book 2 Inquisitor Erasmus Crowl and his acolyte Spinoza face new dangers as the … read more

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  • 40k
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
"There were so few real choices in the lives they all led, he reflected. Only different varieties of duty."

-Chris Wraight, The Hollow Mountain (Vaults of Terra #2)

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26. Assassinorum: Kingmaker

By: Robert Rath

4.41

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

An Officio Assassinorum story On the Knight World of Dominion, a Vindicare and a Callidus Assass… read more

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  • 40k
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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27. Bloodlines (Warhammer Crime)

By: Chris Wraight

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A Warhammer Crime novel An investigation into a missing member of a wealthy family leads Probato… read more

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  • 40k
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
"That’s a common failing of women, isn’t it, probator? A man doesn’t try to change a woman – he accepts her or he rejects her. A woman thinks she can reform a man, and that’s why she gets hurt, becaus…"

-Chris Wraight, Bloodlines (Warhammer Crime)

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28. Hidden Depths (Ciaphas Cain)

By: Sandy Mitchell

4.02

Format: None pages, ebook

Inquisitor Amberley Vail, best known for chronicling the escapades of Commissar Ciaphas Cain, follo… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • short stories
  • 40k
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29. The Smallest Detail (Ciaphas Cain)

By: Sandy Mitchell

4.10

Format: None pages, ebook

The ‘simple’ task Jurgen is sent on by Ciaphas Cain proves to be nothing of the kind... Just how mu… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • 40k
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30. Playing Patience

By: Dan Abnett

4.12

Format: 50 pages, ebook

THE STORY A young woman growing up in poverty on the dismal world of Sameter, Patience Kys has a r… read more

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  • 40k
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"Believe me, Harlon, in the length and breadth of this great Imperium of Man, there is no such thing as coincidence." - Gideon Ravenor"

-Dan Abnett, Playing Patience

"My psi-wave threw them all backwards violently, like the pressure blast of a hurricane. Windows shattered. They tumbled over, robes shredding, flying like dolls or desperately trying to grip onto the…"

-Dan Abnett, Playing Patience

"One life, Harlon. I learned many things from Eisenhorn, but ruthlessness was not one of them. Thousands may die, millions even, unless Molotch is found and brought to justice. But any count of a mill…"

-Dan Abnett, Playing Patience

Cover of Livesuit (The Captive’s War #1.5) by James S.A. Corey

31. Livesuit (The Captive’s War #1.5)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.45

Format: 90 pages, ebook

Humanity's war is eternal, spread across the galaxy and the ages. Humanity's best hope to end the e… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction

22 must-read fiction books like Playing Patience by Dan Abnett

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False Gods (The Horus Heresy, #2)

Graham McNeill

4.12

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The Primarchs (The Horus Heresy, #20)

Nick Kyme , Gav Thorpe , Graham McNeill , Rob Sanders , Christian Z. Dunn

3.61

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Cain's Last Stand

Sandy Mitchell

3.86

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A Thousand Sons

Graham McNeill

3.59

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

Mike Brooks

4.42

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Belisarius Cawl: The Great Work

Guy Haley

4.23

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Guy Haley

4.04

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Guy Haley

4.22

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