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Sunday Preview – Black Library Celebration and Blood Bowl releases

Horus Rising

After millennia of expansion and conquest, the Imperium is at its height. His dream for humanity accomplished, the Emperor hands over the reins of power to his Warmaster, Horus, and heads back to Terra. However, can the idealistic Horus carry out the Emperor’s grand plan, or will this promotion sow the seeds of heresy amongst his brothers? 

Horus Rising – the first chapter in the epic tale of the Horus Heresy, a galactic civil war that threatened humanity’s extinction – returns to print as the first of the new Horus Heresy Saga series in hardback, featuring four illustrations. It will also be available on release day in eBook and MP3 format on the new Black Library app*, and in other digital stores.

Plus, it is available in French and German as a paperback. It will also be available on release day in eBook format on the new Black Library app, and in other digital stores.

Horus Rising (Premium Edition)

You can also pre-order Horus Rising as a stunning Premium Edition hardback. This handsome hardback features a leather-effect cover with gold details and an embedded metal medallion, gold-edged pages, and a brown ribbon bookmark. Inside is artwork, including four black-and-white illustrations, full-colour cover art, and a detailed galactic map.

This is your first chance to buy this edition, which is currently only available while stocks last. This edition may return to print at a future date.

Ghazghkull Thraka: Warlord of Warlords

Slitta da Stabba is a new warboss of the Blood Axes, and his problems are only just beginning. Now he answers to Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka, unchallenged warlord of the greatest Waaagh! to ever assail Humanity. Worlds burn in his bootprints, and every boss bows before him.

Ghazghkull has set his sights on the Blood Axe world of Gabal for a titanic showdown with the Black Templars, and not all of his boyz are happy about it. Caught between treacherous allies, vengeful crusaders, and the unstoppable momentum of Da Warlord of Warlords himself, Slitta must decide which side he’s on, and fast. Ghazghkull Thraka: Warlord of Warlords, the new Ork novel by Denny Flowers, arrives for pre-order as a hardback. It will also be available on release day in eBook and MP3 format on the new Black Library app, and in other digital stores.

Ghazghkull Thraka: Warlord of Warlords (Special Edition)

Plus while stocks last, you can also pre-order Ghazghkull Thraka: Warlord of Warlords as a Special Edition hardback. Each copy is uniquely numbered, signed by the author, and features a soft-touch cover with embossed and debossed details, black gilt page edges, an author’s afterword, and an Orkish green ribbon bookmark.

Chem Dog

A newly minted Commissar steps out of the Schola Progenium’s crisp parade ground and into a posting with the Savlar Chem-Dogs – a penal legion with a storied past. Before long, he’s tasked with leading a kill team on a crucial mission through Ork-infested territory. Chem Dog, by Callum Davis, is a brand-new Astra Militarum novel, where the outcome is anything but certain. Pre-order it next week in hardback. It will also be available on release day in eBook and MP3 format on the new Black Library app, and in other digital stores.

Grombrindal: The Legend of the White Dwarf

One legend unites the stubborn and ferocious duardin throughout the Mortal Realms. Within Fyreslayer lodges, ancient stone halls, and Kharadron sky-ports, the duardin speak of a traveller older than the realms themselves. As the story goes, white-bearded Grombrindal appears in his people’s darkest moments. Grombrindal: The Legend of the White Dwarf is an anthology collection of legendary tales, including a novella and seven short stories, written by a cast of Black Library authors, and available in hardback. It will also be available on release day in eBook and MP3 format on the new Black Library app, and in other digital stores.

The Infinite and the Divine – Illustrated and Annotated Edition

Though Trazyn the Infinite and Orikan the Diviner are both Necron nobility, they have been polar opposites since the days of the flesh-bearing Necrontyr. While they are each obsessed with their particular specialties and convinced of their own superiority, together they may hold the secret to saving their entire race – if they can hold off trying to delete each other from existence long enough to realise.

The Infinite and the Divine – Illustrated and Annotated Edition contains Robert Rath’s standout Necrons novel, and features an introduction and over 240 boxout annotations from the author, as well as 15 new illustrations. All this is contained within a stunning hardback edition featuring a soft-touch cover with foil details, bright green page edges, and a green ribbon bookmark.

This is your first chance to buy this edition, which is currently only available while stocks last. This edition may return to print at a future date.

Faith & Fire (Anniversary Edition)

Disgraced by the escape of a dangerous heretic psyker, Seraphim Miriya of the Adepta Sororitas swears to hunt down and recapture the traitor, whatever the cost. To mark its 20th anniversary, James Swallow’s fan-favourite novel, Faith & Fire, returns to print as a stunning Anniversary Edition hardback.

This edition is only available while stocks last, and features a new introduction by fellow author of Adepta Sororitas fiction, Danie Ware, as well as silver foil details on the cover’s exterior and the full, regular edition cover art inside. It’ll also available in eBook format on release day.

The Green Tide

All sides of the green tide collide in this epic collection of Ork fiction, from the brilliant minds of some of Black Library’s favourite authors. Two novels, two novellas, and four short stories packed with propa kunnin’ and a whole lot of Waaagh! follow the Orks in action against some of their staunchest enemies. 

The Green Tide digs into the Orks’ martial mindset that makes facing them so daunting. You’ll be able to pick it up in paperback next week and in eBook format on release day.

Deathwatch

The winners of 2025’s Black Library Reader’s Choice vote also arrive for pre-order next week, starting with Steve Parker’s classic Warhammer 40,000 novel, Deathwatch, which is available once again in paperback format.

Follow the Imperium’s foremost xenos hunters as they take centre stage in a novel that showcases their selection, training, and the dangerous mission they undertake in defence of the Emperor’s realm. 

Grudge Bearer

Also returning to shelves in paperback format is Gav Thorpe’s tale of Dwarfen revenge from the World of Legend, Grudge Bearer. In an epic story that spans centuries, Barundin battles his way through enemies on a desperate quest to avenge the wrongs against his father and save his people from a terrible war against the dark forces of Chaos.

Black Library Celebration 2026

Celebrate the fiction of Black Library with this selection of five thrilling stories from the worlds of Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Age of Sigmar, by a selection of supremely talented authors. From Orks and Adepta Sororitas to Skaven and the denizens of Shyish, these tales showcase what makes Black Library fiction so special.

This paperback anthology will be FREE in stores while stocks last*, and will also be available as an eBook via Black Library: The App. Physical and digital versions are available in English, French, and German.

Archmagos – French and German

Belisarius Cawl continues to be one of the most important figures in the 41st Millennium, as he attempts to solve the greatest problem facing the Imperium – allowing safe passage through the Cicatrix Maledictum. He squares off against ancient Necrons and the forces of Chaos in an audacious attempt to do the impossible. Archmagos, by Guy Haley, is available to pre-order next week in French and German paperback. It will also be available on release day in eBook on the new Black Library app, and in other digital stores.

Siege of Terra: Omnibus IV – French and German

Sanguinius prepares to defend the Eternity Gate against one of his most dangerous brothers – the Red Angel. Meanwhile, as the final battles unfold on the surface, Horus moves his flagship into position to deliver the killing blow. Siege of Terra: Omnibus IV collects Echoes of Eternity, by Aaron Dembski-Bowden, and The End and the Death: Volume I, by Dan Abnett, into a single paperback in French and German. It will also be available on release day in eBook on the new Black Library app, and in other digital stores.

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