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Relics

by James Swallow

Setting
Warhammer 40,000
Type
Short Story
First published
29 Mar 2010
Length
27 pp · ~30m read
Rating
3.4117 ratingsRating distribution: 1-star: 0 · 2-star: 2 · 3-star: 8 · 4-star: 5 · 5-star: 2. See the reviews on Goodreads (opens in a new tab)1 reviews on Goodreads  (opens in a new tab)
ISBN-13
9781782510567
Featuring
Doom Eagles
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Synopsis

Out on the unforgiving desert plains of the planet Serek, a squad of determined novices of the Doom Eagles Chapter are undergoing a brutal training regimen. Gruelling in the extreme, some of these would-be Space Marines are struggling in the harsh conditions. But these trials are nothing compared to the danger that comes for them from beneath the sands when the blood and sweat of the training ground suddenly becomes that of a deadly battlefield. Read it because A Doom Eagles short story by James Swallow. Originally published in Inferno #43.

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