Planetkill

An anthology; published by the Black Library in July 2008
A-Format Paperback
320 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1-84416-550-6

Publisher's description
Set in the nightmare universe of the 41st millennium, Planetkill is a collection of short stories on the theme of planetary destruction. These tales of total war are scribed by fan favourites such as Graham McNeill along with up and coming new talent to really get the adrenaline pumping.

Brutal green-skinned orks, mysterious eldar and the deadly champions of the Chaos powers all seek to conquer the galaxy. The forces of the Immortal Emperor, the stalwart Imperial Guard and the superhuman Adeptus Astartes are the only defence against enslavement and slaughter. For in the grim darkness of the far future there is only war!

Notes
This anthology includes Richard's short story Mortal Fuel. Mortal Fuel is the prequel story to Relentless.

Mortal Fuel takes you back in time to a year before the arrival of Captain Becket aboard ship and details one midshipman's big chance to advance his career amongst the corrupt officers led by First Officer Ward.

Reviews
‘Mortal Fuel’ by Richard Williams and ‘The Heraclitus Effect’ by Graham McNeill raise the bar. However, they don’t diverge from the characters covered in each authors’ novels, so Williams writes about the Relentless and McNeill about Uriel Ventris. Obviously, this is a matter of taste - but when reading a short story, I’m looking to discover something new instead of obtaining some extra information for already existing stories.
For the full review see Firebase Issue #7

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