Across a hundred blasted war-zones, upon a dozen bloody worlds, the convict soldiers of the Thirteenth Legion fight a desperate battle for redemption in the eyes of the immortal Emperor. In this endless war against savage orks, merciless eldar and the insidious threat of Chaos, Kage and the Last Chancers penal battalion must fight not only to win but to survive!

In the second volume of Thorpe's Last Chancers series, Lieutenant Kage, a convict soldier of the 13th Penal Legion, languishes in an Imperial detention center when his old commanding officer returns with a deadly assignment. Kage must whip into shape a new team of the very worst the Imperial Guard has to offer before leading them on a mission to assassinate a warmongering enemy general.

Desperate for a change to redeem themselves in the eyes of the immortal Emperor, the convict soldiers, under the leadership of Lieutenant Kage, risk everything on a final dangerous mission that takes them across the galaxy to the killing fields of Armageddon, in search of a traitor. Original.

A Last Chancers novel – available first as an eBookl! When Lieutenant Kage of the 13th Penal Legion seemingly returns to life, he becomes a symbol for the Emperor's servants… but his old commander Colonel Schaeffer has plans for Kage. READ IT BECAUSE It's the triumphant return of fan-favourite characters, thrown into another mission where chances of survival are slim and only the strongest can hope to prevail. THE STORY Lieutenant Kage of the 13th Penal Legion is dead, his charred remains lost to the depths of a fiery chasm. But as his battalion – the Last Chancers – mourns, a new hero rises from the ashes. The Burned Man. Kage’s miraculous survival attracts a cult of desperate followers, who believe him sent to the ork-infested world of Armageddon by the God-Emperor Himself. However, the rampaging greenskins are not the only threat to his new life. The ruthless Colonel Schaeffer, his former commander, has seen through his ploy and will stop at nothing to bring his errant charge to justice… Yet unbeknownst to both men, darker powers yearn to see Armageddon bathed and bound in blood. Kage and Schaeffer must put the ghosts of their past aside and unite, or see the Emperor’s Light forevermore extinguished upon this tortured world. Written by Gav Thorpe