17 Best 40k books like The Emperor's Legion (Watchers of the Throne #1) by Chris Wraight

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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…

"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)

"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)

"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)

If you liked the 40k plot in The Emperor's Legion (Watchers of the Throne #1) by Chris Wraight , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of Dante (Warhammer 40,000) by Guy Haley

1. Dante (Warhammer 40,000)

By: Guy Haley

4.32

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The untold origin story of Chapter Master Dante of the Blood Angels, one of the Imperium's greatest… read more

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  • 40k
  • military fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Fabius Bile: Primogenitor (Fabius Bile #1) by Joshua   Reynolds

2. Fabius Bile: Primogenitor (Fabius Bile #1)

By: Joshua Reynolds

4.19

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Fabius Bile Book 1 Exiled into the depths of the Eye of Terror for his dark deeds, former Empero… read more

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  • 40k
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Void Stalker by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

3. Void Stalker

By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

The third in the bestselling Night Lordsseries.Talos leads First Claw further down their dark path,… read more

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  • 40k
  • war
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Soul Hunter by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

4. 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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  • 40k
  • war
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

5. Dark Imperium

By: Guy Haley

3.67

Format: 350 pages,

A Warhammer 40,000 novel The galaxy has changed. Darkness spreads, warp storms split reality and Ch… read more

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6. The Emperor's Gift

By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Grey Knights are all that stands between mankind and the ravages of Chaos. Since their secretiv… read more

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7. The Talon of Horus

By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The rise of Abaddon, successor to Horus and Warmaster of the Black Legion. When Horus fell, his Son… read more

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8. Blood Reaver

By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden

4.29

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Driven on by their hatred of the False Emperor, the Night Lords stalk the shadows of the galaxy, et… read more

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9. 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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  • 40k
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The sound of mechanized brutality that could only come from one species."

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

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

10. 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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  • 40k
  • war
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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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11. Belisarius Cawl: The Great Work

By: Guy Haley

4.23

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

An Adeptus Mechanicus novel In the wake of the Great Rift, Belisarius Cawl turns his attention t… read more

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  • adventure
  • 40k
  • military fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • war
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Your technology may look more advanced than mine, but I have the Machine-God on my side."

-Guy Haley, Belisarius Cawl: The Great Work

Cover of Plague War (Dark Imperium #2) by Guy Haley

12. Plague War (Dark Imperium #2)

By: Guy Haley

4.04

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Intent on rebuilding Ultramar, the returned primarch Roboute Guilliman wages war on the treacherous… read more

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  • 40k
  • military fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Kul'Gath was closely associated with the divine. He knew no god could avoid mistakes entirely."

-Guy Haley, Plague War (Dark Imperium #2)

"Rejoice, for I bring you glorious news. God walks among us. So ran the first two lines of the Lectitio Divinitatus."

-Guy Haley, Plague War (Dark Imperium #2)

"The girl's abilities are subdued by hexagrammatic chains. She is blanked by Obsidian Knight Voi. If she were a vessel of the Emperor's will, neither of these things would affect her."

-Guy Haley, Plague War (Dark Imperium #2)

"They said the Emperor protects, but most of the laity misunderstood the saying. They assumed the Emperor would protect them personally, but the Emperor's role was to safeguard the species. A single m…"

-Guy Haley, Plague War (Dark Imperium #2)

Cover of Godblight (Dark Imperium #3) by Guy Haley

13. Godblight (Dark Imperium #3)

By: Guy Haley

4.22

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

Book 3 of the Dark Imperium trilogy The destinies of primarch and Imperial Regent Roboute Guilli… read more

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  • 40k
  • military fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Age is a matter of perspective."

-Guy Haley, Godblight (Dark Imperium #3)

" They do say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery./b> "

-Guy Haley, Godblight (Dark Imperium #3)

"Nothing is impossible until the moment for it to occur has passed."

-Guy Haley, Godblight (Dark Imperium #3)

"As individuals, people are intelligent creatures, but as a group, they are animals, and animals need a firm hand."

-Guy Haley, Godblight (Dark Imperium #3)

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

14. 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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  • 40k
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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

15. 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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  • 40k
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Emperor's Legion (Watchers of the Throne #1) by Chris Wraight

16. 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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  • adventure
  • 40k
  • military fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • war
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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 The Devastation of Baal (Space Marine Conquests #1) by Guy Haley

17. The Devastation of Baal (Space Marine Conquests #1)

By: Guy Haley

4.12

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

The Blood Angels Chapter and their successors mount a desperate defence of their home world of Baal… read more

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  • 40k
  • military fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Let the damned march with the damned!"

-Guy Haley, The Devastation of Baal (Space Marine Conquests #1)

Cover of The Wolftime (Dawn of Fire #3) by Gav Thorpe

18. The Wolftime (Dawn of Fire #3)

By: Gav Thorpe

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Dawn of Fire book 3 Book three spins the saga of the Space Wolves as they stand against rampagin… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • 40k
  • audiobook
Cover of The Gate of Bones (Dawn of Fire #2) by Andy     Clark

19. The Gate of Bones (Dawn of Fire #2)

By: Andy Clark

4.06

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Dawn of Fire Book 2 As the Indomitus Crusade spreads across the Imperium Sanctus, the cardinal w… read more

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  • 40k
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Throne of Light (Dawn of Fire #4) by Guy Haley

20. Throne of Light (Dawn of Fire #4)

By: Guy Haley

4.07

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Dawn of Fire Book 4 Roboute Guilliman has broken the orkish advance that threatened Fenris, but … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • 40k
  • audiobook
Cover of Avenging Son (Dawn of Fire #1) by Guy Haley

21. Avenging Son (Dawn of Fire #1)

By: Guy Haley

3.97

Format: 520 pages, Paperback

Dawn of Fire Book 1 As the Indomitus Crusade spreads out across the galaxy, one battlefleet must… read more

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  • 40k
  • military fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"A good wall well defended is worth a thousand prayers."

-Guy Haley, Avenging Son (Dawn of Fire #1)

"A goos wall well defended is worth a thousand prayers."

-Guy Haley, Avenging Son (Dawn of Fire #1)

"All we have is life. It is the only thing that is ours."

-Guy Haley, Avenging Son (Dawn of Fire #1)

"There's always a first time. With death, it's also the last."

-Guy Haley, Avenging Son (Dawn of Fire #1)

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