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The Enemy of My Enemy

Setting
Warhammer 40,000
Type
Short Story
First published
12 Nov 2018
Length
33 pp · ~36m
Reader rating
★ 4.3 from 77 ratings
ISBN-13
9781780308883
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Synopsis

For a decade, the Astra Militarum have been stuck in grinding trench warfare against the alien orks. General Pyrrhus, commander of the ""Golden Eighth"" hates the world of Cavernum Tertius on which he is trapped. He hates the unmoving nature of the war. But most of all, he hates his opposing number, the ork warboss who has dubbed himself ""General Taktikus"". But that all changes when the tyranids arrive. With a common foe to fight, can Pyrrhus and Taktikus do the unthinkable and unite in an alliance that could save them both? This story also appears in Inferno: Volume 1 READ IT BECAUSE Nate Crowley's Black Library debut takes a very simple premise – can human and ork fight together against a common foe? – and turns it into something quite special indeed.