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Krakenblood
A Warhammer 40,000 Novel
A Wolf Priest is tasked by Ulrik the Slayer to recover an ancient relic of the Chapter – a chance for him to write his own legendary saga.
READ IT BECAUSE
Ivar Krakenblood is a Space Wolves hero in the making. But first he must learn that those who seek glory in place of destiny – and an end worthy of the sagas – never find what they yearn for.
THE STORY
All sagas begin with blood.
Born upon the ice world of Fenris, Ivar Krakenblood has been raised to stand as one of its warrior sons, anointed to serve as a Wolf Priest. Life and death are his to give, and Ivar has proven his worth with deed and word. Still, the glory of true legend has always escaped him.
On a quest given to him by Ulrik the Slayer himself, Ivar seizes the chance to recover a lost relic of the Space Wolves Chapter and challenge the fates themselves. With a band of warriors, old comrades, and new allies, he sets out to forge his own path, one worthy of a son of Russ.
Yet those who strive to change their destiny must often pay a terrible price. There are forces that lurk in the darkness, seeking to sever him from his fate.
In the short story Price of Morkai, a Wolf Priest must deliver a fallen brother's geneseed back to the Space Wolves Chapter, while reflecting on his battle as a Blood Claw with the great Fenrisian beast responsible.
Written by Marc Collins.
A Wolf Priest is tasked by Ulrik the Slayer to recover an ancient relic of the Chapter – a chance for him to write his own legendary saga.
READ IT BECAUSE
Ivar Krakenblood is a Space Wolves hero in the making. But first he must learn that those who seek glory in place of destiny – and an end worthy of the sagas – never find what they yearn for.
THE STORY
All sagas begin with blood.
Born upon the ice world of Fenris, Ivar Krakenblood has been raised to stand as one of its warrior sons, anointed to serve as a Wolf Priest. Life and death are his to give, and Ivar has proven his worth with deed and word. Still, the glory of true legend has always escaped him.
On a quest given to him by Ulrik the Slayer himself, Ivar seizes the chance to recover a lost relic of the Space Wolves Chapter and challenge the fates themselves. With a band of warriors, old comrades, and new allies, he sets out to forge his own path, one worthy of a son of Russ.
Yet those who strive to change their destiny must often pay a terrible price. There are forces that lurk in the darkness, seeking to sever him from his fate.
In the short story Price of Morkai, a Wolf Priest must deliver a fallen brother's geneseed back to the Space Wolves Chapter, while reflecting on his battle as a Blood Claw with the great Fenrisian beast responsible.
Written by Marc Collins.
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389 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 31, 2025
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About the author
Marc Collins
30 books72 followersMarc Collins is a speculative fiction writer from Glasgow, Scotland, covering diverse topics from Norse werewolves to the grim darkness of the far future. When not working in Pathology, he enjoys a dram and pondering our transhuman future, inspired by writers such as Iain M Banks.
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November 21, 2025
Garbage. No substance, no innovation, no storytelling. It reads like ai wrote it in 2022 based off of a fan fiction from someone who only knows the stereotype of the faction.
January 10, 2026
OMG, that was solid. That was so epic.
November 19, 2025
One of the more interesting new authors coming through at BL, Marc always surprises me with his consistency and pacing.
I find his characters well developed and fascinating, even when I dislike the chapter he’s writing about. Looking forward to reading more of his stuff. Would definitely recommend checking this and his other books out if you’re a fan of the setting (and even if you’re not).
I find his characters well developed and fascinating, even when I dislike the chapter he’s writing about. Looking forward to reading more of his stuff. Would definitely recommend checking this and his other books out if you’re a fan of the setting (and even if you’re not).
January 14, 2026
This is one of those books I wish we could rate it a 7, so I will give it a weak four.
What it does well, is that it understands that spacemarines are made cool by the reactions and comparisons to the actions of humans around them.
Many of the characters do go through their own development and I feel like contrary to many other spacemarine novels the characters actually grow and learn, and they act believable from their own point of view.
What I feel that the book did poorly, is that it falls in to the traps that many of the other books I've read in the franchise does, is that it just includes too many point of views.
After half the book, it felt like the only thing that had happened was, Ivar killed some trolls and got on a ship. While the second half is the polar opposite where we get set piece after set piece, with different arenas and enemies.
The second problem is that this is one of the hardest reads I've had so far, and this could in no way be recommended to someone new to the franchise, you have the normal 40k linguistics, mixed in with spacewolf and mechanicus. There is a heavy use of all three of them, and thats overlooking the unusual choice of "esoteric" language.
In my fifty previous franchise books I rarely had to pick up a dictionary, English being my second language I know there will be gaps. But it did take a way a bit from the pacing of the book, but at least I've add some new words to my vocabulary like, ephemeral, doggerel, akashik, and the insistence to call every single "hole" an aperture.
That being said, its a solid read, and I felt I got my monies worth.
What it does well, is that it understands that spacemarines are made cool by the reactions and comparisons to the actions of humans around them.
Many of the characters do go through their own development and I feel like contrary to many other spacemarine novels the characters actually grow and learn, and they act believable from their own point of view.
What I feel that the book did poorly, is that it falls in to the traps that many of the other books I've read in the franchise does, is that it just includes too many point of views.
After half the book, it felt like the only thing that had happened was, Ivar killed some trolls and got on a ship. While the second half is the polar opposite where we get set piece after set piece, with different arenas and enemies.
The second problem is that this is one of the hardest reads I've had so far, and this could in no way be recommended to someone new to the franchise, you have the normal 40k linguistics, mixed in with spacewolf and mechanicus. There is a heavy use of all three of them, and thats overlooking the unusual choice of "esoteric" language.
In my fifty previous franchise books I rarely had to pick up a dictionary, English being my second language I know there will be gaps. But it did take a way a bit from the pacing of the book, but at least I've add some new words to my vocabulary like, ephemeral, doggerel, akashik, and the insistence to call every single "hole" an aperture.
That being said, its a solid read, and I felt I got my monies worth.
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