Nemesis

Erebus felt a thrill of dark power. “And if the Emperor does not?”

Horus’ gaze became cold. “Then I—and I alone— will kill him.”

The primarch walked on, throwing a nod to his officers. On his command, the

lines of melta-bombs buried beneath the hundreds of thousands of survivors

detonated at once, and Erebus listened to the chorus of screams as they perished in a

marker of sacrifice and offering.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Once more, tips of the helm to Dan Abnett and Graham McNeill for that moment

when the core concept for Nemesis emerged from our shared creative flux; to Nick

Kyme and Lindsey Priestley for sterling editorial guidance, and once again, to the

great Neil Roberts for crafting another stunning cover.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

James Swallow’s stories from the dark worlds of Warhammer 40,000 include the

Horus Heresy novel The Flight of the Eisenstein, the Blood Angels books Deus

Encarmine, Deus Sanguinius and Red Fury, the Sisters of Battle novel Faith & Fire,

as well as a multiplicity of short fiction. Among his other works are Jade Dragon, The

Butterfly Effect, the Sundowners series of “steampunk” Westerns and fiction in the

worlds of Star Trek, Doctor Who, Stargate and 2000AD, as well as a number of

anthologies.

His non-fiction features Dark Eye: The Films of David Fincher and books on

scriptwriting and genre television. Swallow’s other credits include writing for Star

Trek Voyager, scripts for videogames and audio dramas. He lives in London.

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