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Epic omnibus includes the first 4 novels of The Beast Arises series: I Am Slaughter; Predator, Prey; The Emperor Expects; and The Last Wall.
About the author
Dan Abnett has written over fifty novels, including the acclaimed Gaunt’s Ghosts series and the Ravenor, Eisenhorn and Bequin books. For the Horus Heresy, he is the author of the Siege of Terra novel Saturnine, as well as Horus Rising, Legion, The Unremembered Empire, Know No Fear and Prospero Burns, the last two of which were both New York Times bestsellers. He also scripted Macragge’s Honour, the first Horus Heresy graphic novel, as well as numerous Black Library audio dramas. Many of his short stories have been collected into the volume Lord of the Dark Millennium. He lives and works in Maidstone, Kent.
Rob Sanders is the author of the Horus Heresy novellas Cybernetica and The Serpent Beneath, the latter of which appeared in the New York Times bestselling anthology The Primarchs. His other Black Library credits include the The Beast Arises novels Predator, Prey and Shadow of Ullanor, the Warhammer 40,000 titles Sons of the Hydra, Skitarius, Tech-Priest, Legion of the Damned, Atlas Infernal and Redemption Corps and the audio drama The Path Forsaken. He has also written the Warhammer Archaon duology, Everchosen and Lord of Chaos, along with many short stories for the Horus Heresy and Warhammer 40,000. He lives in the city of Lincoln, UK.
David Annandale is the author of the Warhammer Horror novel The House of Night and Chain and the novella The Faith and the Flesh, which features in the portmanteau The Wicked and the Damned. His work for the Horus Heresy series includes the novels Ruinstorm and The Damnation of Pythos, and the Primarchs novels Roboute Guilliman: Lord of Ultramar and Vulkan: Lord of Drakes. For Warhammer 40,000 he has written Warlord: Fury of the God-Machine, the Yarrick series, and several stories involving the Grey Knights, as well as titles for The Beast Arises and the Space Marine Battles series. For Warhammer Age of Sigmar he has written Neferata: Mortarch of Blood and Neferata: The Dominion of Bones. David lectures at a Canadian university, on subjects ranging from English literature to horror films and video games.
Summary
In the thirty-second
millennium, the Horus Heresy is ancient history. After centuries of peace, the
Imperium is thrown into peril as a new threat menaces the galaxy, the rise of
the ork empire. Epic omnibus including the first four novels of The Beast Arises
series.
'The Beast Arises' is an
epic Warhammer 40,000 series from Black Library. Spanning twelve volumes, the
story covers a galaxy-wide conflict between humanity and a massive ork
invasion.
It is the thirty-second
millennium, and the Heresy is but a distant memory. After centuries of peace,
the Imperium is thrown into panic as worlds everywhere are menaced by orks. In a
relentless tide of slaughter, ork attack moons destroy planet after planet with
gravity weapons of unstoppable power. On Terra, the High Lords are paralyzed by
the scale of the threat, and fail to take any effective action. With entire
Space Marine Chapters missing or destroyed, does anyone have the will and the
power to rise to the Imperium's defense?
