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Belisarius Cawl: The Great Work

Setting
Warhammer 40,000
Type
Novel
First published
17 Mar 2020
Length
416 pp · ~7h 38m read
Rating
4.232,568 ratingsRating distribution: 1-star: 7 · 2-star: 57 · 3-star: 368 · 4-star: 1,055 · 5-star: 1,081. See the reviews on Goodreads (opens in a new tab)181 reviews on Goodreads  (opens in a new tab)
Audiobook
4.774,382 ratingsPerformance4.85Story4.7411h 6m·John BanksReviews on Audible  (opens in a new tab)
ISBN-13
9781789990584
Featuring
Adeptus MechanicusScythes of the EmperorTyranidsGreat RiftSothaUltramar

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Synopsis

Belisarius Cawl, Archmagos Dominus of the Adeptus Mechanicus is the most brilliant mind alive. For 10,000 years he has furthered the cause of mankind, working under the aegis of the Emperor and Lord Commander Roboute Guilliman to prevent the inexorable march of the alien and the traitor. Many call him heretic, but all must recognise the magnitude of his achievements, for who else but he was entrusted to create a new generation of Space Marines? Who else but the great Belisarius Cawl could even accomplish such a task?

Now, in the wake of the Great Rift and the Indomitus Crusade, his ambitions bring him to the long-dead world of Sotha, once home to the Scythes of the Emperor, now a barren wasteland devoured by the vile Tyranids. Accompanied by Tetrarch Felix and his elite warriors, it is here that Cawl believes the lynchpin of his mysterious Great Work lies. But uncovering it is a near impossible task, one in which the Archmagos must overcome an ancient evil that threatens to extinguish the last hope of humanity.