Iron Warriors (Novel Series)

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Iron Warriors

The Iron Warriors series by Graham McNeill follows the actions of the renegade Iron Warriors Warsmith Honsou, who also frequently appears as an antagonist in McNeill's Ultramarines series.

Cover Images

The Iron Warriors series by Graham McNeill.
Storm of Iron, 2002 Edition. Cover art by Clint Langley.	Storm of Iron, 2008 Edition.

Iron Warrior (2010).	Iron Warriors: The Omnibus (2012).

Contents

Novels

The series began with Storm of Iron, published in 2002 and republished in 2007 and 2008. A limited release novella, Iron Warrior (Novella), was published in 2010.

Short Stories

1. The Enemy of My Enemy (Short Story) - first published in Inferno! #44
2. The Heraclitus Effect (Short Story) - first published in Planetkill (Anthology)
3. The Skull Harvest - published in Iron Warriors: The Omnibus
4. The Iron Without - published in Iron Warriors: The Omnibus
5. The Beast of Calth - published in Iron Warriors: The Omnibus
6. The Corpse Road - published in Renegades of the Dark Millennium (Anthology)

Anthologies

Iron Warriors: The Omnibus was published on February 28, 2012, which collects Storm of Iron, Iron Warrior and the first five of the above-listed short stories.

Summaries

The Enemy of My Enemy

Within the Eye of Terror the Iron Warriors homeworld has become a living hell for many brave warriors of the Imperium. But their lifetime of slavery may be about to end, thanks to the unlikeliest of saviours.

The Iron Without

As the Iron Warriors fall upon the world of Calth, Soltarn Vull Bronn is tasked with an important mission by the warsmith, one that could decide the result of the entire war.

The Beast of Calth

Calth has been saved and the Iron Warriors defeated, but rumours spread of a vicious beast haunting the tunnel-cities, a beast that may still have the power to destroy the world…

Chronology

The events of the Iron Warriors series occur parallel to those of the Ultramarines series, also by McNeill, and frequently intersect. The rough chronological order of the two series is as follows:

Iron Warriors Series	Ultramarines Series	Noteworthy Events
Storm of Iron		The Iron Warriors assault Hydra Cordatus. As the only surviving champion, Honsou returns to Medrengard as leader of "The Warsmith"'s Grand Company.
	Dead Sky, Black Sun	After refusing to share the spoils from Hydra Cordatus, Honsou is drawn into a war with rival Warsmiths Berossus and Toramino, into which comes Uriel Ventris and Pasanius Lysane, exiled from the Ultramarines after the events of Warriors of Ultramar.
The Heraclitus Effect		As revenge for Uriel's destruction of his fortress, Honsou destroys Tarsis Ultra.
	Courage and Honour (Novel)	Uriel learns about the destruction of Tarsis Ultra.
The Skull Harvest		Honsou gathers a new army.
Iron Warrior		Honsou takes the star fort Indomitable and frees M'kar.
The Iron Without	The Chapter's Due	Honsou, M'kar, and the Bloodborn invade Ultramar.
The Beast of Calth		Takes place in the aftermath of the invasion of Ultramar.

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