Victor Mancini has devised a complicated scam to pay for his mother's hospital care: pretend to be choking on a piece of food in a restaurant and the person who "saves you" will feel responsible for you for the rest of their lives. Multiply that a couple of hundred times and you generate a healthy flow of cheques, week in, week out.
Victor also works at a theme park with a motley group of losers, cruises sex addiction groups for action, and visits his mother, whose Alzheimer's disease now hides what may be the startling truth about his parentage.

The world of Herodian IV is doomed when the nightmarish tyranid hive fleets descend from the depths of space, intent on devouring every living thing on the planet. In the vital hours before the planet is lost, Inquisitor Kalypsia and a team of Deathwatch Space Marines are sent on a mission to investigate a vital research outpost. The terrible secret they uncover could spell a fate worse than death for Kalypsia and her warriors - maybe even for the whole of humanity, but can they escape to safety before they are torn apart by the ravenous alien hordes?

In the War-torn future of the 41st millennium, the Sabbat Worlds Crusade has begun. With the massed ranks of the Imperial Guard hard-pressed by the evil forces of Chaos, mankind must prevail - whatever the cost in lives. Commisar Ibram Gaunt has vowed to lead the men of the Tanith First-and-Only safely through this campaign, but they must evade the treacherous scheming of rival regiments just as much as the lethal firepower of the enemy.

Science fiction novel set in Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 universe. Sequel to Execution Hour

Sent to the ice world of Frigidia with his regiment of Valhallan guardsmen, Commissar Ciaphas Cain finds his quest for a peaceful life threatened by unrest among the mine workers, an invasion of orks, and a malevolent evil that is awakened deep in the ice caves of the planet. Original.

Princeton. Good Friday, 1999. On the eve of graduation, two students are a hairsbreadth from solving the mysteries of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, a Renaissance text that has baffled scholars for centuries. Famous for its hypnotic power over those who study it, the five-hundred-year-old Hypnerotomachia may finally reveal its secrets-to Tom Sullivan, whose father was obsessed with the book, and Paul Harris, whose future depends on it. But as the deadline looms, research has stalled-until an ancient diary surfaces. What Tom and Paul discover inside shocks even them: proof that the location of a hidden crypt has been ciphered within the pages of the obscure Renaissance text.

One Blood Raven and one Apothecary are the only survivors of a mission on Prosperon (now a dead world) to retrieve a relic. Ten Blood Ravens fell. Nine gene-seeds were recovered. Needing to recruit additional warriors to the Chapter, the Blood Ravens go to Calderis, a desert world. Humans and feral orks populate the planet. The Blood Ravens are surprised when the orks attack Argus Township. The feral orks from beyond the mountains have never before attacked the human settlements on this hemisphere. The Blood Ravens launch into action.

Feral orks are not the only problem though. Behind them are developed orks, spacefaring greenskins armed for war, and they have a legendary warlord leading them. Worse, the Blood Ravens within Argus Township are exposed to an unexpected enemy, xenos!

The eldar farseers can see the future - or more particularly, the futures. Endless possibilities stretch ahead of the galaxy. By manipulating events, the eldar can bring peace, for a time. But they are not powerful anymore - so they must find an agent. They must find one very special human being.

Learn the basics of painting elves, sprites, gnomes and dwarves in natural surroundings. This book is suitable for beginners yet realistic enough to expand skills and provide inspiration. Materials, techniques and step-by-step demonstrations go from simple to more intermediate. The demonstrations feature individuals and groups, from simple subjects without backgrounds to those with various background elements. This book covers watercolour techniques in a popular, sweet style that makes this unique in its appeal.

Ragnar and the Space Wolves are despatched to the sacred world of Garm following the theft of one of the Chapter's most sacred relics - the Spear of Russ - said to have been touched by the hands of Primarch Leman Russ himself.

A squad of Catachan Jungle Fighters is sent to the deathworld of Rogar III in response to an ork incursion. But, as well as dealing with the orks, they must do battle the planet itself - not to the mention the mysterious figures that stalk them across the deadly terrain.

With the death of Rogue Trader Hoyyon Phrax, his trading Charter is destined to be bequeathed to his son, and Shira Calpurnia is appointed to insure that Hoyyon Phrax's legacy is carried out, despite the enemies and rival heirs in her path. Original.

This is the third book in the "Shira Calpurnia" series. Australian author Matthew Farrer once again brings his dazzling talent to bear on the "Shira Calpurnia" series. The fast-paced, intelligent action takes place in the great Imperial fortress system of Hydraphur, where Adeptus Arbites officer Shira Calpurnia enforces the law. Now, she is investigating the murder of a blind astropath - psychic humans who use their gifts to communicate across the vast reaches of the galaxy - and she fears that the killer will strike again.

The ancient Navigator House of Belisarius has long been bound to the mighty Space Wolves as allies. In return for the means to navigate the treacherous warp, the Space Wolves provide an honour guard of elite warriors - the Wolfblade - to protect the house. When Ragnar takes up his duties on ancient Terra he soon becomes embroiled in an assassination plot that reaches into the very depths of the Imperium! Unused to delicate political machinations, Ragnar must resort to the howling fury of the Wolves if he is to save this noble dynasty and regain his honour!

As the title suggests the story is set on the war-torn world of Armagedon. The Imperials are fighting hard a new ork crusade although this time things do not look very promicing…
The backbone of the story is based on a "revenge crusade" of the Black Templars chapter. The marines have set out to avenge their fallen brothers and finally the orks responsible for their death are found on Armegadon. You can guess what's coming next…