Iron Hands

David Annandale

A novel following a group of Iron Hands and other loyalist survivors who, after the Dropsite Massacre, attempt to establish a refuge on a remote death world. What begins as a struggle for survival becomes a darker tale as the planet's secrets and the corrupting influence of Chaos take hold. It sits in the post-Isstvan period of the Horus Heresy and is a more contained, horror-tinged entry.

Laurie Goulding

A Horus Heresy anthology following the survivors of the loyalist Legions devastated at Isstvan as they wage a scattered insurgency behind enemy lines. The stories weave together Iron Hands, Raven Guard, and Salamanders remnants and their guerrilla campaign of sabotage against the traitor forces. It collects shorter works into a broader account of the loyalist fightback.

David Guymer

This entry follows Ferrus Manus and the Iron Hands during the Great Crusade, depicting a primarch who prizes strength, self-reliance, and the unflinching elimination of weakness above all else. Through a demanding campaign it reveals the relationship between the Gorgon and his Legion, and the uncompromising philosophy that defines Medusa's sons.

Graham McNeill

The battered crew of the Sisypheum, survivors of the Shattered Legions, are drawn into a covert strike on a hidden Alpha Legion outpost orchestrated by the warleader Shadrak Meduson. As always with the sons of Alpharius, nothing is as it appears, and the raiders find the true architect of the battle is a foe unlike any they expected.

Nick Kyme

A Salamanders novella in which a trusted forgefather is charged with safeguarding the last of Vulkan's greatest artefacts after the primarch is believed lost. Gathering a band of elite warriors who never reached the killing fields of Isstvan, he sets out to hide the relics in a secret vault, only to find enemies already lying in wait.

David Annandale

Crippled by an earlier ambush, the Iron Hands warship Veritas Ferrum limps into the Isstvan system with the second wave of the doomed Dropsite Massacre assault. When desperate survivors of the slaughter below beg for rescue, the battered crew must weigh the cold logic of survival against the cost of mercy. This short audio drama sets up the events of The Damnation of Pythos.