Lysander: The Fist of Dorn

Black Library Advent Calendar 2013 #11

by Anthony Reynolds

Darnath Lysander is a man tortured by his past, a past in which the Iron Warriors play a prominent, and unpleasant, role. As the First Captain of the Imperial Fists must choose between the lives of innocents and the death of one of Perturabo’s sons, he recalls a similar incident that haunts him still, and must decide what mistakes are worth repeating.

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A Lords of the Space Marines short story by Anthony Reynolds

Genres: Short Stories

9 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 11, 2013

About the author

Anthony Reynolds was a Games Developer and manager at Games Workshop in the UK. Since then he's written freelance for a number of companies, including Black Library Publishing, Mantic Games, THQ, Bandai-Namco, Behaviour Interactive, and River Horse Games. He currently lives in California.

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Reviews

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

A really well done mini-character study.

[Michael Botterill · Rating 5 out of 5]

A small insight to his background, but a really interesting and good one

[Dylan Murphy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really good stuff!
I was never much a fan of the Imperial Fists until I read the Soul Drinkers series and Endeavor of Will, but I can honestly say now that I have a huge respect for both the Imperial Fists and Lysander.
Getting to see a very early glimpse into the rivialry between Shon'tu and Lysander was awesome!
As well as the Iron Warrior Lysander COULD defeat, because everyone knows that Lysander will eventually fall to the glorious Iron Warriors!
Iron Within! Iron Without!