Stealing Orpheon

by Richard S. Ford

A Logos Historica Verita Short Story

There is no time for peace. No forgiveness. No respite. There is only war.

The galaxy writhes in the mailed fist of all-consuming conflict. The Imperium of Mankind teeters on the brink of annihilation, beset upon all sides by heretic warlords, daemon-summoning witches and rapacious alien empires. In every star system and upon every planet, fierce battle rages as loyalists, heretics and aliens tear reality itself apart in their war for dominance. Every day the flames rise higher.

This is a more terrible era than ever before, and there is no peace amongst the stars...

READ IT BECAUSE
It’s a trip into the murky underworlds of the far future.


THE STORY
A former ganger visits her home planet and engages old contacts to carry out a daring heist and retrieve precious information.

Written by Richard Ford.

Genres: 40k

36 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 26, 2023

About the author

R S Ford originally hails from Leeds in the heartland of Yorkshire. He is a writer of fantasy and historical fiction (check out Richard Cullen on Goodreads here: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...)

You can find out more about what he's up to, and download free stuff, here:
http://wordhog.co.uk

And follow him on Twitter here: @rich4ord
And Instagram here: thewordhog

Reviews

[Andrew Alvis · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's funny for Richard's name seemed familiar and now going back through his other work I can see he previously contributed, quite a long time ago might I add, to both an anthology and past monthly magazine for Black Library.

I'm pleased to say he can spin a compelling short, one featuring a character I definitely would like to see appear again and see where her further exploits will take her.

[Danny Saines · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredibly enjoyable. The first couple of pages are brilliantly intriguing and atmospheric and the story effortlessly draws you in. The ending could lead to so many further interesting stories but I’m just as intrigued as to how we got here in the first place.

[Urgewyrm · Rating 4 out of 5]

A neat little heist with a surprise kicker at the end.

[AA_Logan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m not quite sure what prompted me to buy this story, I think it’s been sat on my kobo for ages, but I’m very glad that I did. A nice heist story that is hopefully the setup for a novel down the line.