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The Red Path
Series · 8 books · 2016

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#1

Furnaces of Haeleon

2016

Part one of the Red Path Quick Reads series A brand new series begins, focusing on the infamous Khârn the Betrayer and his blood-soaked wars against both the Imperium and his fellow Chaos Space Marines. Khârn the Betrayer wages bloody war across the Imperium, following the Red Path and leading his warband of Khorne Berzerkers in greater and greater acts of battle and bloodshed against all-comers. Abaddon desires to yoke Khârn's strength and ferocity for his own ends, but the Champion of Khorne will not kneel easily as his violent crusade brings him into conflict not only with the Imperium but also the Black Legion...
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#2

Will of the Blood God

2016

Part 2 of the Red Path Quick Reads series As Khârn the Betrayer chases down an enemy who escaped his wrath, Abaddon the Despoiler's preparations for his apocalyptic Thirteenth Black Crusade continue apace… Khârn the Betrayer and his berzerkers have achieved a bloody victory over the White Scars – but before battle’s end the Chogorian khan managed to beat a cowardly retreat. For the Champion of Khorne, no battle is won while a single enemy breathes, and so he launches a furious pursuit of his quarry across the shimmering mirror-surfaces of Haeleon, only for the planet itself to offer deadly challenges of its own. Meanwhile, the Imperium holds its breath as Abaddon the Despoiler continues his Black Crusade, and the cardinal of Salandraxis knows all too well how vulnerable they are…
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#3

Abaddon Denied

2016

Part 3 of the Red Path series Abaddon unleashed the Betrayer… and now he is betrayed. The Hounds of Abaddon hunt Khârn across the galaxy, while the Blood God's champion seeks to understand visions sent by Khorne himself. At the order of the Warmaster himself, Talomar Locq and his Hounds of Abaddon are hunting for Khârn the Betrayer. Arriving too late at the planet of Haeleon, he hopes that a seemingly derelict White Scars ship may contain the information they need to complete their hunt. Khârn seeks to understand the visions granted him by the Blood God, but what part will a showdown with the Black Legion play in his pursuit of the Red Path? Chapter Master Solucious Gaul, meanwhile, must look to his defences as his fleet attempts to safeguard a Living Saint on a vital journey through perilous space. The plot thickens as the forces of Chaos are sent to hunt down the wayward Khârn and the scene is set for a confrontation between the World Eaters and Black Legion…
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#4

Blood Vision

2016

Khârn the Betrayer intercepts an astropathic beacon so hatefully pure that it must be connected to his visions, but he struggles to see what Khorne bids him do. Perhaps he can find clarity in the fighting pits, deep in the bowels of the Skulltaker… Chapter Master Gaul of the Angels Eradicant must take decisive action as the Living Saint Lozepath openly heralds his return to the shrine world of Salandraxis – the seat of his throne. Locq of the Hounds of Abaddon faces his master Urkanthos and suffers the consequences for his failure to capture Khârn. Read it because As the story reaches its halfway point, intrigue abounds and action awaits.
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#5

Wrath of the Emperor

2016

As klaxons fill the corridors of the Skulltaker, Khârn the Betrayer and his warband prepare to repel the attack of an unexpected enemy. His ship is caught in a perilous position and overrun by hostile raiding parties, but Khârn and his Khorne Berzerkers do not give up the fight easily. Elsewhere, on the shrine world of Salandraxis, Cardinal Astral Pradillo sees the Living Saint Lozepath return to his throne for the first time in many years. Will his holiness see reason and make arrangements for his own safety? Read it because Khârn is best known as an aggressor, a dangerous killer and unstoppable force. So seeing him defending is something special indeed.
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#6

Disciples of Khârn

2016

Captain Locq of the Hounds of Abaddon stands triumphantly in front of Khârn the Betrayer. He has destroyed the Angels Eradicant fleet attacking the Skulltaker and has the Chosen of Khorne under his control. Finally, Locq will bring Khârn before the Warmaster. But as a fleet of Chaos warships breaks from the Immaterium over Salandraxis, has Locq succeeded in fulfilling his oath? On the shrine world below, the Imperial defenders make ready to defend their Saint to the last. Read it because It's a crucial point in Khârn's story, and in the Red Path series, as all the storylines collide and everything hangs in the balance.
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#7

Skulls of Salandraxis

2016

Part 7 of the Red Path series Khârn's fury has been unleashed upon the shrine world of Salandraxis, and a great prize awaits him… if he can survive the attentions of the Hounds of Abaddon, who are determined to end the Betrayer's bloody rampage. Khârn the Betrayer has been promised great glory on the clerical world of Salandraxis. As his bolstered warband spills across the planet’s sacrosanct capital, the Chosen of Khorne is focused only on finding the trophy promised to him by the Blood God. In the wake of the devastating orbital invasion, Captain Locq leads his Hounds of Abaddon into the fray, killing indiscriminately as he resolves to break his oath and take the Betrayer’s skull for himself. It's the penultimate instalment of Khârn's blood-soaked series, and the stakes are high… but not as high as the piles of skulls are going to be once the Betrayer and his own betrayer are done.
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#8

Court of Daemons

2016

Part 8 of the Red Path series It all ends here... after eight episodes of head-taking, axe-wielding, blood-shedding action, all the threads come together as Khârn faces both his target, the Living Saint Lozepath, and his would-be master… Doom has come to the holy planet of Salandraxis. The legions of Khorne fill its shrine city and claim skulls for their dark god by the thousands. In the High Temple of the Emperor, Khârn the Betrayer finally faces his trophy, the Living Saint Lozepath. But as Warmaster Abaddon himself descends from the fiery heavens to parley with the Chosen of Khorne, it becomes clear to Khârn that the Red Path does not end here. The Red Path never ends. It's the final blood-soaked instalment in the Red Path series, and Abaddon himself comes down from on high to deal with Khârn…

Author

Chris Dows
Author · 19 books
Chris Dows is a professor of creative writing at the University of Lincoln.
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