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Cover of The Iron Star by Dan Abnett

The Iron Star

Setting
Warhammer 40,000
Type
Short Story
First published
1 Sep 2008
Length
32 pp · ~35m read
Rating
4.1893 ratingsRating distribution: 1-star: 3 · 2-star: 34 · 3-star: 180 · 4-star: 329 · 5-star: 347. See the reviews on Goodreads (opens in a new tab)27 reviews on Goodreads  (opens in a new tab)
ISBN-13
9780857872449
Featuring
Astra MilitarumSabbat Worlds

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Synopsis

After the cataclysmic events of Only In Death, Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt leads the Tanith First-and-Only – his Ghosts – in the defence of a bridge on an unnamed planet deep in the Sabbat Worlds. But something is wrong: long-dead Ghosts live again, and time isn't running as it should. Worst of all, the spoiled-meat sky with its iron star is affecting Gaunt. He is exhausted, and his eyes hurt… Read it because It provides a fitting – and at times deeply emotional – epilogue to the dramatic events of 'Only in Death' and sets Gaunt up for the next chapter in his life after coming closer to death than ever before.