The Relentless Dead (Novel)

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The Relentless Dead
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Author	Steve Lyons
Performer	Timothy Watson
Publisher	Black Library
Series	Death Korps of Krieg (Novel Series)
Preceded by	Siege of Vraks (Novel)
Released	November 2025
Length	10 hours and 13 minutes

The Relentless Dead is a 2025 Black Library novel written by Steve Lyons.

Story Description

Colonel Graven of the 401st Krieg Regiment has been tasked with finding a missing inquisitor in an endless warren of bone caverns wracked by Chaos plague, and it doesn’t take long for his kill team to come up against unspeakable horrors that cannot be allowed to see the light of day.^[1]

Trivia

The following information is not to be regarded as officially sanctioned and/ or is not written from an in-universe point of view. A detailed explanation of the term "Trivia" as used in the Lexicanum can be found here.

• The Krieg Kill Team Units were directly inspired by the Veteran Guardsman Kill Teams from Kill Team (Board Game), in an effort by the author to lean away from the usual large-scale assault trope the Krieg are known for.^[2]
• The Catacombs of Oleris III are directly inspired by the Catacombs of Paris.^[2]

See also

• List of Novels

Sources

• 1: Warhammer Community: Stand with Yarrick and the Astra Militarum in a new lineup of Black Library releases (archived from the original 16 September 2025, last accessed 16 September 2025)
• 2: The Relentless Dead (Novel) (Limited Edition), Afterword, pgs. 249-151