Stormlord

Warhammer 40,000

by Guy Haley

Stuck in an unending, bloody siege, Lieutenant Jonas Vor Artem Lo Bannick of the 477th Paragon Foot sees little hope of victory. But then a miracle arrives, in the form of three Stormlord super-heavy tanks. As the massive war machines lead the way into the heart of the enemy compound, Bannick seizes the chance to take decisive action and win the war on Gullen once and for all – if he can survive the attentions of his company’s commissar…

ABOUT THE BOOK
A brand new Imperial Guard short story by Guy Haley, author of Baneblade.

Genres: 40k, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Fiction

ebook

First published April 15, 2012

About the author

Guy Haley is the author of over 50 novels and novellas. His original fiction includes Crash, Champion of Mars, and the Richards and Klein, Dreaming Cities, and the Gates of the World series (as K M McKinley). However, he is best known as a prolific contributor to Games Workshop's Black Library imprint.

When not writing, he'll be out doing something dangerous in the wild, learning languages or gaming.

Reviews

[Stephan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite an entertaining short story about a final push to defeat an army of rebels in control of a citys main surface to orbit defence laser.
The problem is that the rebels are well dug in. the Laser keeps orbiting ships from levelling the city and so the valiant soldiers of the imperial guard must take it down. How hard could that be? Think WW1 trench warfare with lots and lots of causalities at every attempt to gain a few metres of ground.
The story takes place at the arrival of three super heavy tanks, Stormlords. The perfect vehicles for breaking dug in enemies. and we follow the main character as he leads one of the units in an attempt to finally end the siege. As nothing ever goes the way it should he also have an imperial commissar stalking him, looking for any sign of incompetence or cowardice and just itching to execute him.

As I said, quite an interesting read with good, human, characters and lots of sci-fi militaristic action.

The Book ties in nicely with Banebladet, another book by Guy Haley featuring a super heavy battletank, without actually using the characters from that book as more than cameos.

[Robert McCarroll · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I do recall that I was entertained by this story, I can't recall too many details beyond the fact that it was at most loosely tied to the work "Baneblade" in that the regiment here came from the same world as that in Baneblade. This lack of a distinct impression cost "Stormlord" a star. I still remember enough to recommend it as a quick read, but not a lot past that.

[Anthony Giordano · Rating 4 out of 5]

My review of Stormlord here:

http://hachisnaxreads.blogspot.com/20...

[Marc S · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short, but excellent. Loosely tied to Baneblade. I think enjoyed this one slightly more.