Into the Maelstrom (Warhammer 40,000)

This is a compilation of short stories in the dark future of Warhammer 40K, when the human empire has reached its peak and are challenged on all sides by relentless enemies. As with all 40K fiction, these stories are full of brutal carnage and non-stop action in a universe without limits. Follow federation soldiers, space marines, inquisitors, aribites, naval officers and all other manner of emperial servants on quests to fight evil and sustain the empire. These stories offer a great glimpse into the universe of Warhammer and would be a great place for someone to start reading WH40K literature.

This book is a collection of Warhammer 40,000/Black Library publications. It contains some of the earlier short stories orginally printed in "Inferno" a bi-monthly magazine that showcases several short stories each and every month. This book has several good short stories. Here is a rundown of a few of the stories you will read if you buy this book.The First Story is "Salvation". Its a story of a forgotten Ultramarine who was stranded on a planet after a tyranid cleansing; where he is was injured and considered MIA. The Ultramarine has no memory of who or what he truely is. He is taken by a family in a small farming community, and starts his life anew, as a simple farmer. But, some things are not meant to be, for there is something lerking in the woods. Something that must be dealt with."Into the Maelstrom" is a Twisted tale surrounding one of the divious and dangerous characters in the warhammer 40,000 universe, "The Blood Reaver"; the leader of the Chaos space marine pirates known as, Huron Blackheart. There is a plot to kill Huron Blackheart. But somethings are easier to plot than to achieve."The Black Pearl" is the story of Uzziel, a Interrogator-chaplin of the Dark Angels space marine chapter. Durning a Interrogation of one of the traitorous "Fallen", Uzziel falls upon knowlege of a ancient and precious artifact. "The Lion Sword" was the property of their Primarch Lion El' Jonson, and had been lost since the battle with luther. Will this information lead Uzziel and the Dark Angels to "The Lion Sword" or into a trap. Look for the Eldar to play a major part in this tale as well."Hell in a Bottle" is a story about a man made training planet, which is powered by the "Mimesis engine". The caretaker of these huge training vacility is Tydaemus, a instructor-sergent of the Iron Heart space marine chapter. A Chaos Prince named Kargon "The Seed bearer" and his hoard of Bloodletters has mistaken this planet of machine parts, gears and holografic material for a real planet, and has marked it for planting its "Seed of Chaos". The only person who can stand up to this demonic hoard is Tydaemus."In the Belly of the Beast" takes you inside a Tyranid Hive ship, along with a squad of young space wolves lead by sgt. Harkon. What will they find?? You'll have to read "Into the Maelstrom" to find out.

This book was excellent in all ways. I couldn't wait to read the next short story.

This is my first look into the WARHAMMER 40,000 world and I was quite pleased with the short stories of this high action sci-fi series. I usually don't like this short story format, but here it worked quite well and I had a hard time putting it down. There were 12 stories in all and only one to me was not that good. There are alot of talented writers out there! I like the premise and the hard action, along with the great characters good and bad. The aliens were many and colorful. If you like your sci-fi mixed with a little fantasy with high action like I do - well this ones for you! I bought all the other books in this series and will review them as well.

This book was amazing. It was a trip into the Warhammer 40,000 world like no other.The twists and turns of the plot were outstanding. This book is deffently the best Warhammer 40,000 novel I have ever read.