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Cover of Fearful Symmetries by Rob Sanders

Fearful Symmetries

Setting
Warhammer 40,000
Type
Short Story
First published
10 Jul 2017
Length
20 pp · ~22m read
Rating
4.1429 ratingsRating distribution: 1-star: 0 · 2-star: 0 · 3-star: 5 · 4-star: 15 · 5-star: 9. See the reviews on Goodreads (opens in a new tab)4 reviews on Goodreads  (opens in a new tab)
ISBN-13
9781785727030
Featuring
Adeptus MechanicusInquisitionTyranids

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Synopsis

A new threat has emerged on the eastern fringes of the Imperium: a voracious alien swarm, made up of many species, named for the first world they destroyed: tyranids. Inquisitor Fidus Kryptman, desperate to find a way to defeat these beasts, visits a secretive Adeptus Mechanicus laboratory, with one goal: to discover more about this xenos foe. As the tech-priests open a seemingly dormant alien spore, Kryptman tests the creatures within, to discover their capabiltiies – and how they can be killed. But can the tyranids be contained, or do they have the inquisitor and his allies exactly where they want them? Read it because It's a very different type of story from Rob Sanders, focusing on the dark underbelly of an inquisitor's work.