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The Twice-Dead King: Ruin

Setting
Warhammer 40,000
Type
Novel
First published
9 Oct 2021
Length
368 pp · ~6h 45m read
Rating
4.291,989 ratingsRating distribution: 1-star: 10 · 2-star: 28 · 3-star: 258 · 4-star: 764 · 5-star: 929. See the reviews on Goodreads (opens in a new tab)153 reviews on Goodreads  (opens in a new tab)
Audiobook
4.843,598 ratingsPerformance4.9Story4.811h 22m·Richard ReedReviews on Audible  (opens in a new tab)
ISBN-13
9781800261891
Featuring
NecronsOrks

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Track of Words Having tackled necrons once already in his phenomenal Black Library novella Severed, it felt inevitable that Nate Crowley would turn his hand to a full-length novel exploring this lesser-seen (in BL terms) 40k faction, so it’s a welcome bonus that The Twice-de read (opens in a new tab)

Synopsis

Exile to the miserable world of Sedh, the disgraced Necron Lord Oltyx is consumed with bitterness. Once heir to the throne of a dynasty, he now commands nothing but a dwindling garrison of warriors, in a never-ending struggle against Ork invaders. Oltyx can think of nothing but the prospect of vengeance against his betrayers, and the reclamation of his birthright. But the Orks are merely the harbingers of a truly unstoppable force. Unless Oltyx acts to save his dynasty, revenge will win him only ashes. And so he must return to the crownworld, and to the heart of the very court which cast him out. But what awaits there is a horror more profound than any invader, whose roots are tangled with the dark origins of the Necrons themselves.