Anthony Reynolds

The first ever novel set in the blockbuster universe of League of Legends, one of the most popular video games of all time, Ruination is an epic tale of magic, revenge, and an empire on the verge of ruin. Camavor is a brutal land with a bloody legacy. Where the empire’s knights go, slaughter follows. Kalista seeks to change that. When her young and narcissistic uncle, Viego, becomes king, she vows to temper his destructive instincts, as his loyal confidant, advisor, and military general. But her plans are thwarted when an assassin’s poisoned blade strikes Viego’s wife, Isolde, afflicting her with a malady for which there is no cure. As Isolde’s condition worsens, Viego descends into madness and grief, threatening to drag Camavor down with him. Kalista makes a desperate gambit to save the kingdom: she searches for the long lost Blessed Isles, rumored to hold the queen’s salvation, if only Kalista can find them. But corruption grows in the Blessed Isles’ capital, where a vengeful warden seeks to ensnare Kalista in his cruel machinations. She will be forced to choose between her loyalty to Viego and doing what she knows is right–for even in the face of utter darkness, one noble act can shine a light that saves the world.

The King is dead. Demacia is mourning. And in the eyes of Garen Crownguard, it’s his fault. But can he rise to the challenge when Demacia needs him again? While on a peacetime expedition beyond the borders of Demacia, Garen, Quinn, and the Dauntless Vanguard uncover a plot that threatens to destroy long-standing alliances. As the knight-ranger Quinn tries to get word back to Demacia, Garen and his comrades make a desperate last stand. How long can they last, and at what cost?

The Shadow Crusade spreads across Ultramar, with the Word Bearers 34th Company falling upon the isolated world of Percepton Primus. As the fighting draws out into a programme of extermination, embittered commander Sor Talgron begins to question his part in Lorgar’s grander scheme – for one who stood beside primarchs and high lords in the grand halls of the Imperial Palace, what glory can there now be in punishing Guilliman’s upstart sons? But the price of doubt is known all too well, and if the Word Bearers are ever to return to Terra in triumph then they must purge the last remnants of such unbelief from the face of the galaxy...

The Word Bearers encounter a planet where worship of the Dark Gods echoes their own nascent beliefs. Will they purge this world or embrace its darkness? Shortly after the shameful events of Monarchia, the Word Bearers Legion have begun to prosecute the Great Crusade with a previously unseen level of zealotry and aggression. The world of Forty-Seven Sixteen falls into their sights, a world where the human populace worship graven idols in their heathen rights, and yet plead to be integrated into the wider Imperium. Captain Sor Talgron of the 34th Company stands ready to serve his primarch – but does the Legion have more in common with the people of Forty-Seven Sixteen than they realise? Another step in the Word Bearers' fall to darkness is revealed, along with some of the foul deeds they committed to get the attention of the Chaos gods. Running time: 1 hour, 18 minutes Narrated by Gareth Armstrong Written by Anthony Reynolds

When the Word Bearers launched their surprise assault on Calth, it marked the beginning of their righteous campaign of vengeance against the hated Ultramarines Legion. But for one young acolyte of Kor Phaeron, it is not the sons of Guilliman that he seeks to bring low - through infernal pacts and daemonic power he strives to carve out a destiny for himself in the midst of the greatest war that the galaxy has ever seen. The name of Marduk shall be spoken with awe for millennia still to come... Read it because A well-loved character from the Warhammer 40,000 Word Bearers series makes his mark in the 31st millennium, and we get new insight into what the Word Bearers were up to as they attacked Calth.

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El rey ha muerto. Demacia está de luto. Y para Garen Guardia de la Corona, todo fue su culpa. ¿Pero estará a la altura de las circunstancias cuando Demacia lo necesite de nuevo? Durante una expedición pacífica más allá de las fronteras de Demacia, Garen, Quinn y la Vanguardia Valerosa descubren una conspiración que amenaza con destruir alianzas de toda la vida. Mientras la caballero guardián Quinn intenta llevar el mensaje a Demacia, Garen y sus compañeros libran una desesperada última batalla. ¿Por cuánto tiempo podrán resistir, y a qué costo?

Ryze confronts a fragment of his past—and ignites a battle for an ancient power.

Camavor es una tierra desoladora cuyos cimientos se erigen sobre un legado de sangre y destrucción. Donde van los caballeros del imperio, la carnicería sigue. Kalista sueña con dar un vuelco a la situación y cambiar todo lo malo de su tierra. Cuando su joven y narcisista tío, Viego, se convierte en rey, ella promete moderar sus instintos destructivos, como su leal confidente, consejera y general militar. Pero sus planes se frustran cuando la espada envenenada de un desalmado asesino golpea a la esposa de Viego, Isolda, afligiéndola con una enfermedad para la que no hay cura. A medida que el estado de Isolda empeora, Viego empieza un inevitable descenso hacia la locura y el dolor, y amenaza con arrastrar a Camavor con él. Kalista, sin más opciones, decide jugársela de forma desesperada con tal de salvar el reino: deberá buscar las Islas Bendecidas, perdidas hace mucho tiempo, en las que se rumorea que guardan la salvación de la reina en forma de antídoto solo si Kalista consigue encontrarlas. Pero la corrupción crece en la capital de las Islas Bendecidas, donde un guardián vengativo busca atrapar a Kalista en sus crueles y enrevesadas maquinaciones. Kalista se verá obligada a elegir entre su lealtad a Viego y hacer lo que sabe que es correcto pues, incluso frente a la oscuridad total, un acto noble puede hacer brillar una luz que salve al mundo.