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Broken City

Setting
Warhammer 40,000
Type
Anthology
First published
17 Aug 2021
Length
438 pp · ~8h 2m read
Rating
4.05177 ratingsRating distribution: 1-star: 3 · 2-star: 3 · 3-star: 31 · 4-star: 85 · 5-star: 55. See the reviews on Goodreads (opens in a new tab)14 reviews on Goodreads  (opens in a new tab)
ISBN-13
9781789999457
Featuring
Varangantua

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Synopsis

Take another stroll through the back alleys and seedy dens of Varangantua, an Imperial hive city riddled with lawless gangs and filled with the ever-present stench of death. Start with the novella Bleedout, and finish up with six short stories from a variety of Black Library authors, both old and new. Varangantua is broken. Vast, ancient, and crumbling, the city is a breeding ground for crime and corruption. Gangs and criminal cabals rule over massive, lawless territories, and many who claim to enforce the Law are complicit in allowing this rot to spread. The labyrinthine bureaucracy of the Imperium strangles those few idealists who seek to bring order. All the while, deadly, forgotten things lurk in the dark corners of Varangantua’s decaying districts, just waiting to be unearthed…

Contents

  • Bleedout Robert Rath
  • The Verdant Sun Gary Kloster
  • Sanctioner Chris Wraight
  • Old Instincts Jonathan D Beer
  • Rites of Binding Gareth Hanrahan
  • No Third Chance Noah Van Nguyen
  • Extended Family J C Stearns