While engaged in a mission to destroy sslyth breeding grounds and stall their invasion of Imperial territories, Zameon Gydrael encounters an ancient foe of the Dark Angels Chapter – one of the legendary Fallen.
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It's not easy being a Dark Angel. Keeping all those secrets is tough enough even amongst other Dark Angels, but in the Deathwatch, it can be deadly. When Gydrael spots a Fallen in the midst of a vital alien-hunting mission, his decision to place Chapter above duty probably isn't going to end well for him... or anyone else.

In the upper reaches of Theron, vast arco-refineries harvest the volatile atmospheric lightning storms, and it was this that brought the orks. The Space Wolves sent by Kjarl Grimblood to relieve the Adeptus Mechanicus defenders fight valiantly – none more so than the fierce young Blood Claw Drenn – but it is the expertise of the assigned Deathwatch kill-team that promises to turn the greenskin tide. Even so, Drenn's reckless actions once again draw the wrath of his commander, and the self-styled 'Redblade' must pay the price...
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It's a look at one of the ways in which the Deathwatch recruit – and shows how they fight alongside other Space Marines, in this case Space Wolves who're not keen on playing nicely with others.

Humanity's front-line defenders, the Imperial Guard, are aware of the risks to their bodies in defending the species, but they did not count on the damage to their souls. Reprint.

The third installment in this series from Gameshop's Warhammer 40,000 finds Commissar Gaunt and his Legion, or "Ghosts", back in Alien Worlds, embroiled in an ancient and deadly civil war between the nine noble houses of the shattered planet of Verghast.

Commissar Gaunt and his Ghosts return to action on a mission to a distant shrine world to bring back a priceless spiritual relic, the remains of an ancient saint who first led humankind to the stars, but the forces of Chaos will do anything to stop them. Original.

More machine than Space Marine, the Iron Hand Ennox Sorrlock has still become a formidable weapon of the Deathwatch Chapter. His mind is a logic engine with only one purpose – to slay the xenos. But when Chaplain Cassius offers him the chance to take part in a new mission against the same dark eldar raiders who crippled him and slaughtered all his brethren so many years before, Sorrlock’s lack of emotional response is... unexpected. Will he do his duty, or is he simply biding his time in order to confront the foul creature known only as the Black Spider?
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It's a portrait of an Iron Hands Space Marine who joins the Deathwatch for all the wrong reasons – but he might just be able to turn that into victory against the eldar. Then again, he might not...

Brother-Codicier Jensus Natorian of the Blood Ravens has served the Deathwatch for many years, bringing his psychic talents to bear against the hated xenos on countless battlefields. However, when his original Chapter request aid in combating a genestealer infestation within the space hulk Endless Despair, he is compelled to answer this new call to duty in person. Will an unexpected reunion with his old mentor, Librarian Captain Lanneus, on board the hulk herald the beginning of greater cooperation between the Chapters, or something much darker?
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A Space Marine Librarian turned against his brothers by the power of the Hive Mind? Sounds like a winning read to us.

Following their campaign against a rising ork Waaagh, the Imperial Fists inadvertently shoot down a xenos asteroid onto the world of Basatani. Unfortunately, this leads the Navis Nobilite to demand that the Deathwatch go after a young Navigator scion who was last seen in the capital. The veteran Imperial Fist Rodricus Grytt volunteers to join Kill Team Almuta, bound for the planet’s surface – but as a Devastator sergeant with a reputation for causing untold collateral damage, is he the best candidate for such a sensitive rescue operation?
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Atonement, duty, or just a chance to cause some damage and kill aliens? See for yourself why Rodricus Grytt of the Imperial Fists wants to join the Deathwatch mission on Basatani.

Tracking his prey through the verdant jungle, Edryc Setorax strikes from the shadows like a phantom. Under the command of the xenos-hating Inquisitor Gravelyn, the Raven Guard veteran is scouting the movements and command structure of eldar exodite forces, trying to ascertain what their mysterious goals might be. But by using his own Deathwwatch kill team as bait, Setorax stumbles upon a much larger struggle, and realises that his own reputation amongst the eldar has become almost the stuff of alien legend…
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It's the tale of a sneaky and stealthy Raven Guard who's not above risking the lives of his Deathwatch team for the good of the mission

The heretical forces of Chaos fight back in the Sabbat Worlds Crusade, cutting off Imperial forces. Gaunt and his men must recapture the key world Phantine, in order to save the Emperor's beleaguered forces. Now available in a brand new edition, with awesome new cover art.

Deathwatch Chaplain Ortan Cassius, the most honoured battle-brother of the Ultramarines Chapter, is called before a council of watch captains to account for his recent actions – namely the destruction of the Imperial Port Cepheus. With many of his former kill team still unaccounted for, he must justify his use of such extreme measures or face permanent dismissal from the Deathwatch. But Cassius is unconvinced of his superiors’ motives, and begins to delve deeper into the mysterious Ghosar Enigma…
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It's the final instalment in the series, and this time the focus is Chaplain Cassius himself. Discover the hidden past of the future hero of the Tyrannic Wars and his role in one of the most renowned missions of the alien-hunting Deathwatch.

From the shadows, he strikes… Kayvaan Shrike is a legend among the Raven Guard and beyond, a swift and silent killer whose journey has taken him to Chapter Master. This is his story.

Vaunted warrior of the Raven Guard, Shrike has ascended the ranks of this most mysterious and deadly brotherhood all the way to Chapter Master. He is a legend amongst his battle-brothers, one that began humbly enough in the wilds of Kiavahr. Shrike has fought and bested many foes, but one in particular, the Ork Warlord Gorkrusha, dogged him throughout many campaigns. From veteran to Shadow Captain, Shrike clashed with his old nemesis time and again, determined to bring about a final reckoning and bloody vengeance to the greenskin.

George Mann, undisputed master of Raven Guard fiction, weaves the tale of the Chapter's new leader and his decades-long feud with the vicious greenskin warboss Gorkrusha. It's a tale of obsession and vengeance, and it's wholly satisfying.

Golgof’s Kommandos are the best there is, the sneakiest there is. They’ll deal with the death-ghosts in the forest. That’s what Golgof has promised Warboss Skullcrak, and that’s what his boyz will do. But as their black-clad foes lure them deeper into the forest, Golgof starts to realise that his Kommandos might not be quite the sneakiest after all…
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A Lords of the Space marines short story by Gav Thorpe