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Cover of Cult of the Spiral Dawn by Peter Fehervari

Cult of the Spiral Dawn

Setting
Warhammer 40,000
Type
Novel
First published
20 Mar 2018
Length
336 pp · ~6h 10m read
Rating
4.09602 ratingsRating distribution: 1-star: 6 · 2-star: 18 · 3-star: 119 · 4-star: 232 · 5-star: 227. See the reviews on Goodreads (opens in a new tab)49 reviews on Goodreads  (opens in a new tab)
Audiobook
4.5970 ratingsPerformance4.7Story4.66h 52m·Helen KeeleyReviews on Audible  (opens in a new tab)
ISBN-13
9781784966652
Featuring
Astra MilitarumGenestealer CultsGenestealersTyranids

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Synopsis

A Genestealer Cults story Members of a seemingly loyal cult devoted to the Emperor make a pilgrimage to the world on which their order began. But what they find there puts all they believe into question… READ IT BECAUSE It's a typically thoughtful and bizarre tale from Peter Fehervari that exposes just how insidious and devastating Genestealer Cults can be. THE STORY The galaxy is vast, and worship of the God-Emperor by His faithful takes many forms. The Spiral Dawn is one of the countless sanctioned sects of the Imperial Cult. As a gathering of Spiralytes make their holy pilgrimage to Redemption, the sect's world of origin and a shrine world of the Imperium, they find not a haven of enlightenment and introspection, but a soot-choked hellhole where their order's founders and an unorthodox regiment of Astra Militarum maintain an uneasy coexistence. As tensions between the serene congregation and the superstitious Guardsmen mount, the new arrivals begin to unravel the dark secrets concealed at the heart of their faith. This novel was previously available under the title Legends of the Dark Millennium: Genestealer Cults. This edition also includes the additional short story 'Casts a Hungry Shadow'.