Creed: Ashes of Cadia (Novel)
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| Author | Jude Reid | |
| Publisher | Black Library | |
| Released | September 2023[1] | |
| Pages | 496[3] | |
Creed: Ashes of Cadia is a novel by Jude Reid, published by Black Library in September 2023.[1]
Cover description[2]
What does it mean to be Cadian after the Fall?
Ursula Creed has come to terms with the loss of her home world. For decades she has built a glittering career in the furthest reaches of the Imperium, far from her legendary father's shadow. But when unexpected orders arrive from the Avenging Son himself, Roboute Guilliman, the new Lord Castellan realises that the past may not be ready to let her go.
Dispatched to the shattered remains of Cadia in search of Ursarkar E. Creed's final battle plans, Ursula finds the planet a hellscape full of deadly secrets. What horrors claim Cadia's corpse as their domain? What became of those left behind? What orders did Creed leave for Cadia when all was lost? And, most troubling of all, how can she succeed where her illustrious father has already failed?
Dramatis Personae[4]
Indomitus Command
- Lord Regent Roboute Guilliman, Primarch of the Ultramarines, reborn son of the God-Emperor of Holy Terra
- Lord Admiral Cassandra VanLeskus, commander of Indomitus Fleet Tertius, the Hero of the Machorta Sound
The Lord Castellan and retinue
- Lord Castellan Ursula Creed, commander-in-chief of the Cadian Armies and lord castellan of the lost fortress world of Cadia
- Lord General Pyoter Valk, in command of the Cadian Third Armoured Infantry, presently deployed on Tectora Prime
- Major Gideon Argent, the lord castellan's adjutant
- Enginseer Rho, assigned to the lord castellan's Capitol Imperialis, the Wrath of Olympus
- Lieutenant Wilfret Fletz, staff officer
Soldiers of the eighth regiment
- Colonel Hadrian Aurelius Van Haast
- Tempestor Valcrev
- Sergeant Major Domnik Strahl
- Sergeant Vanatu Harapa
- Trooper Shel Laskari
- Trooper Lainn Anka
- Mac Ossin, former regimental chirugeon, Cadian 477th (disgraced)
- Liga Yager, former member of the Portside Razerwhips gang
- Clavie, an ogryn
The 12th Cadian Sappers, the 'Mole Rats'
- Captain Ari Tethys
- Trooper First Class Zhata Meraq
- Trooper Amyt Meraq
The enemy
- Livor Opilionis, Death Guard Sorcerer, known as The Huntsman
Sources
- 1: Warhammer Community: Black Library Pre-orders – Return to Cadia with a New Creed (posted 9 September 2023) (last accessed 4 October 2023)
- 2: Black Library: Creed: Ashes of Cadia (Last accessed 22 Nov 2024. Archived from the original on 22 Nov 2024)
- 3: Goodreads
- 4: Creed Ashes of Cadia (Novel), Dramatis Personae