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13th Legion (20th Anniversary Edition) (Warhammer 40,000) Kindle Edition

by Gav Thorpe (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Book 1 of the Last Chancers series

Of all the many penal legions of the Astra Militarum, the 13th have a special reputation – under the command of the fierce Colonel Schaeffer, they always get the job done, no matter the cost…

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Discover what it's like to live (and die) in a penal legion, through the eyes of Lieutenant Kage, one of the most vile, selfish and strangely heroic characters in Warhammer 40,000 fiction.

THE STORY

Across a hundred blasted war zones upon a dozen bloody worlds, the convict soldiers of the 13th Penal Legion fight a desperate battle for redemption in the eyes of the immortal Emperor. In this endless war against savage orks, merciless eldar and the insidious threat of Chaos, Lieutenant Kage and the Last Chancers must fight, not to win, but merely to survive!

Written by Gav Thorpe

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Gav Thorpe is the chief game developer of the Warhammer design team. He has also written a batch of stories for the bimonthly anthology Inferno! including the earlier adventures of Kage and the Last Chancers.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B084NT8KMG
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Black Library (Feb. 29 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 760 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 267 pages
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Gavin Thorpe

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Joining Games Workshop at the age of nineteen, Gav Thorpe was a staff writer and games developer on the Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 universe for fourteen years, and has also written novels in those worlds for the past fifteen years and more.

His most popular works include The Sundering trilogy, the Path of the Eldar, works from the Horus Heresy series including Deliverance Lost, the audio dramas Raven’s Flight and Honour to the Dead, and the New York times best-selling novella The Lion.

His novel Warbeast won the 2017 David Gemmell Legend Award for Fantasy.

Gav is published by Angry Robot books where you can find his epic swords-and-sandals fantasy saga gathered in the omnibus collection entitled Empire of the Blood. Gav has worked on, and is currently working on, numerous tabletop and video games, including as a designer, writer and world creation consultant. He also delivers workshops at writing events such as the Derby Literature Festival, and regularly appears on panels at conventions such as FantasyCon and EdgeLit. He lives near Nottingham with his partner Kez and baby boy Sammy.

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  • "mrtedsmith"
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Epitome
    Reviewed in Canada on March 9, 2001
    In my opinion, this is the best of the Warhammer 40,000 novels produced by the Black Library thus far. Games Workshop's publishing branch has really outdone itself with the 13th Legion; the novel contains everything that made its predecessors good and takes these qualities a step further. It has the action and atmosphere that one can find in the Gaunt's Ghosts series but this is coupled with the sort of character development that we saw in Eye of Terror. The novel is told from the 1st person point of view and this does a lot to improve the literary quality. Admittedly, the novel is still 'pulp fiction' but it's a definitely more mature incarnation. I doubt anyone is looking for some profound existential comments from a Warhammer novel, but by the same token I think we as readers require the talent of a skilled writer. Gav definitely comes through; he puts to use all the talent that brought us so many other things over the years (Games, supplements, colour text, etc...) and applies it to a novel with spectacular results.
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  • Tyrone Wilson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Dude, where's my arm?
    Reviewed in Canada on December 15, 2003
    Bloody carnage? Hopeless battles against impossible odds? Violent psychopaths let loose on the battlefield? Yes, this book has all these things, and manages to weave it all into a pretty fun plot with interesting characters! Our protagonist is Kage, the psychopathic member of the 13th penal legion, a unit led by the mysterious Colonol on an endless succession of suicide missions. Quite the departure from Dan Abnett's more conventional infantry stories, this book is all about the anti-hero.
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  • william c cooper
    4.0 out of 5 stars pretty good book
    Reviewed in Canada on March 2, 2001
    If you like the Gaunt's Ghosts series of books, this novel is right up your alley. It seems to have the same spirit and breakneck pacing as the Ghosts series w/ a new set of characters.
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  • Jeff Teer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ready to read the best book in 40k?
    Reviewed in Canada on June 28, 2002
    At first it was hard to understand mainly because its from a Imperial Guard Penial Leigon. But i then found my self hooked into the book. Battles and Life and Death situations kept me reading and reading. Looking forward to reading Kill Team. This book is a must especailly because of Lorii!! Once you begin reading 'bout her you will never stop reading!
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  • Doug Bridges
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great story
    Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2024
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    I read this book a year ago and still think about it. A lot of action and moves fast. Great story. I Really like Cage in this book. Great character
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  • Jorge Ferreira Pechs
    5.0 out of 5 stars Classic 13th Legion Lore
    Reviewed in Spain on June 19, 2024
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    Great story and a must read piece of 40k lore. 13th Penal Legion (Col Schaeffer's Last Chancers) is a fan favorite!
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  • Mr. Smith
    5.0 out of 5 stars A great example of how the Imperial Guard can have the best stories and characters!!!!!!
    Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2021
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    Great book with interesting and compelling characters. Lt Kage and Col Schaefer are great. There is a sense of impending doom from the novel that’s real, but that’s only in between the action!
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  • Eric L
    4.0 out of 5 stars Last chance first
    Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2020
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    Loved it. The life of a guardsman is war in the far future of the 41st millennium. Action packed fun.
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  • Otto
    5.0 out of 5 stars Classic 40k
    Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2023
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    It's just a fun little story about the futility of life and the pointlessness of war. Highly recommend to anyone getting into Warhammer books.
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