[Horus Heresy 03] Galaxy in Flames by Ben Counter

Author:Ben Counter
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science Fiction. warhammer 40000
ISBN: 9781844163939
Publisher: The Black Library
Published: 2006-09-26T22:00:00+00:00

‘ARE YOU SURE?’ asked Captain Garro of the Death Guard, limping on his newly replaced augmetic leg.

The gyros had not yet meshed with his nervous system and, much to his fury, he had been denied a place in the Death Guard speartip. The bridge of the Eisenstein was open to the workings of the ship, as was typical with the Death Guard fleet, since Mortarion despised ornamentation of any kind.

The bridge was a skeletal framework suspended among the ship’s guts with massive coolant pipes looming overhead like knots of metallic entrails. The bridge crew bent over a platform inset with cogitator banks, their faces illuminated in harsh greens and blues.

‘Very sure, captain,’ replied the communications officer, reading from the data-slate in his hand. ‘An Emperor’s Children Thunderhawk is passing through our engagement zone.’

Garro took the data-slate from the officer and sure enough, there was a Thunderhawk gunship passing close to the Eisenstein, a pack of fighters at its heels.

‘Smells like trouble,’ said Garro. ‘Put us on an intercept course.’

‘Yes, captain,’ said the deck officer, turning smartly and heading for the helm.

Within moments the engines flared into life, vast pistons pumping through the oily shadows that surrounded the bridge. The Eisenstein tilted as it began a ponderous turn towards the approaching Thunderhawk.

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