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Valorous Heart. Our Martyred Lady. Bloody Rose. These names of Adepta Sororitas orders are famed across the galaxy, as are the Battle Sisters who serve the emperor's will. To die in the name of the God-Emperor of Mankind is to live eternal, and none are more willing to bleed in his name than the Adepta Sororitas - the Sisters of Battle. The Book of Martyrs charts the deaths of these exemplars.

Saint Sabbat has returned, and she is being hunted by the deadliest of assassins. Gaunt's Ghosts must fight to protect her - but can they defend against treachery from within? It's the culmination of a massive story arc that sees tragedy strike even as the Sabbat Worlds Crusade is given new hope with the reappearance of the Saint herself. Mysticism and warfare collide, with compelling results.

The Indomitus Crusade burns across the stars, while new threats emerge to challenge the Imperium's resurgence. As the Kingdom of Iron is secured and the Primarch Reborn's thoughts turn to future salients, the Arch-enemy strikes back against the Indomitus Crusade's forces. The shrine worlds of the Golden Chain are all but broken, and only Velua remains defiant. Canoness Irinya of the Order of Our Martyred Lady and Champion Gaheris of the Black Templars hold the line, fighting against the plague-ridden cultists reducing the planet to anarchy.

When Summer Mackenzie and her boyfriend disappear in the fog-shrouded forests of Northern California, it sets off more than one alarm. The sheriff’s department is looking for them, the state rangers are on their trail, and even private security companies have gotten involved. But Summer wasn’t an ordinary college student; She was a human born into the immortal Mackenzie clan, a line of powerful vampires from the Great Smoky Mountains. Now Carwyn ap Bryn and Brigid Connor are getting messages from allies across the world.

After being approached by the military with a contract he couldn't refuse, James winds up uploaded into a virtual-reality game as a beta tester. Waking up in the Great Savanna, James struggles with a less-than-useful interface before he comes across two creatures locked in battle. The shoulder-high grass allows him glimpses of a lionesque creature fending off a torrent of scales and claws. He grows to love the beauty of the Great Savanna and his adopted game brother, whose life he saved.... That is until Patrick arrives and the tranquility of the game is shattered.

While attempting to rescue a young orphan, Maxwell Flynn becomes separated from his brother and the rest of the small group of persecuted Christians. Grace Winslow, distraught at the loss of Max and Jonah, is forced to make a tough decision: stay with the group, or go search for the two missing members? Since they lost their sanctuary camp in the Canadian wilderness, the group’s struggle for basic survival grows more challenging by the day. Where can they hide? How will they find safe water? When will they have their next meal?

A traitor’s death awaits Sergeant Zachariah of the 158th Elysian. Accused of murdering a rival officer, the veteran drop trooper must convince the ruthless Commissar Mastroval of his innocence if he is to survive. As the interrogation reveals disturbing truths surrounding the high-ranking officer’s demise, Zachariah realises not all is as it seems. A secret he buried long ago, one perhaps even more condemning, is on the verge of being unearthed.

What would you die for? That's the question suddenly thrust upon a small band of women and children in Bosnia at the close of World War II. When a group of bitter soldiers stumble upon their peaceful village, they suddenly face an insidious evil . . . and the ultimate test. It is then, in the...

For the first time in decades, the Martyrs have something to celebrate: Pride is gone. While the Underground revels in this victory, seeing hope through a darkness so thick they never thought they’d escape it, Darius Jones only has one thing on his mind: How can they do it again? The hunt to bring more Virtues into the Underground begins, but everything is thrown into chaos when bombs start lighting up New York City and Thorn Rose is nearly killed. The Martyrs are pulled between stopping the violence, protecting their own, and bringing in the only people who can eradicate the Sins for good.

There is an African proverb, “Se wo were fi na wosankofa a yenkyi,” which translates as “It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten.” This is why we continue to remember the tales of struggle and tales of perseverance, even as we look to tales of hope. What a people choose to remember about their past, the stories they pass down, informs who they are and sets the boundaries of their identity. We remember the pain of our past to mourn, to heal, and to learn. Only in that way can we ensure the same mistakes are not repeated.

A cyberpunk/scifi adventure with metaphysical themes. Lex is in her early 20s when President Mason's administration starts to charge for access to EverDawn's digital world. Her parents are in there, along with the families of many others—and now families are being divided. With tensions high, Lex finds some likeminded friends and finds herself at the head of a movement to fight the injustice, but how far will she have to go to make things right?

Darius Jones is just trying to survive in a city that doesn't give a damn if he lives or dies, and even though his life is far from perfect, he's found a way to make it matter. Until a monster wearing human skin shows up on his doorstep and tears it all to shreds.

When armed robbers come into the convenience store Cyrus Murphy works at, he's faced with more than the barrel of a gun—he ends up pulled into a world he never imagined, where he can't trust the people, their stories, or even the thoughts in his own head.