Blood of Iax

Blood of Iax (Hardback). From Warhammer 40k.
Release Date: 29 September 2018.
A Warhammer 40,000 novel

When Ultramarines Primaris Chaplain Kastor and Apothecary Polixis are separated in the fight against a fearsome ork warlord, they must battle to survive and be reunited. The characters from Robbie MacNiven's Advent Calendar tale A Brother's Confession return for a full-length adventure that will pit them against the power of the Waaagh!

THE STORY In the age of the Dark Imperium, Primarch Guilliman's Primaris Ultramarines are a shining beacon in the darkness of war. On the Imperial Hive World of Ikara IX, Chaplain Kastor and Apothecary Polixis, brothers in blood as well as in battle, stand firm against the endless Greenskin horde. But a threat is looming. An invasion like no other assaults the broken city of Shebat, as the crazed warlord Urgork arrives to lay waste to the Imperial forces and capture a Primaris Marines for his own twisted ends. As Kastor and Polixis find themselves separated by the disaster that unfolds, the brothers must turn the tide of war to win the battles that rage within their very natures, as well as those upon the battlefield.

Written by Robbie MacNiven.