Knowledge is everything in Warhammer 40,000. It is a weapon and a shield used in the battle against the primordial forces of Chaos, and few wield it as proficiently as Belisarius Cawl, the Archmagos Dominus of the Adeptus Mechanicus. For millennia, he has worked tirelessly to defend the Imperium, often bending, if not outright breaking, various rules and laws in his pursuit of technological advancement and the wisdom required to develop new weapons and armour.
His story has been traced as a secondary character in the Dark Imperium trilogy by Guy Haley, to being the full fledged lead of Belisarius Cawl: The Great Work and Genefather, and now the maverick Tech-Priest’s adventures continue in a brand new book, Archmagos.
This latest tale focuses on Cawl's continued efforts to stabilise the Attilan Gap at the order of Roboute Guilliman, to provide another potentially functional route for crossing the Great Rift.In order to put his latest great work into action, he requires one last item – a series of control codes preserved on an ancient Necron world.
The hitch is that this planet is trapped on the event horizon of a black hole, increasing the risk substantially, even after factoring in the residents. To achieve his mission, Cawl will need to call on recruits from across the Adeptus Mechanicus. And to make matters even worse, the Archmagos’ meddlings in matters best left untouched have piqued the attention of a like-minded but altogether more malicious artificer, and rumours abound that Vashtorr the Arkifane is on the move…
This new novel provides even more insight into the Imperium’s greatest mind, and pits him against his greatest foe yet. If you want to read about Cawl grappling with another equally intelligent foe, then you can pick up Genefather, where the Archmagos tests his mettle against none other than Fabius Bile.
Archmagos will be available later this year in hardback, eBook, and MP3 audiobook versions. A special edition is also in the works, with a fancy cover and all the usual trimmings plus the short story Five Questions, which chronicles Alpha Primus looking for answers in the Warp to questions Cawl won't answer..
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