Salamanders

David Annandale

The Beast Arises sequence turns toward Vulkan and the question of what the Imperium can still call upon from its mythic past.

Nick Kyme

A Horus Heresy novel following the Salamanders primarch Vulkan in the wake of the catastrophe at Isstvan, intercut with the struggles of survivors trying to regroup. It probes Vulkan's nature and endurance while advancing the loyalist threads scattered after the dropsite massacre. Rewarding for readers tracking the Salamanders and the war's aftermath.

Nick Kyme

A Salamanders-focused novel in which the Legion, reeling from the loss of their Primarch Vulkan, undertakes a perilous mission to return his body to their home world of Nocturne in the belief it may restore him. It continues threads from earlier Salamanders entries by Nick Kyme and deals heavily with the Legion's faith and grief.

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.

Nick Kyme

The closing chapter of Nick Kyme's Salamanders arc, following the reborn primarch Vulkan as he and his loyal sons undertake a perilous journey toward Terra and the truth behind his resurrection. It ties off threads from Vulkan Lives and Deathfire while pushing the loyalist cause toward the final defence of the Throneworld.

Nick Kyme

A Nick Kyme anthology centred largely on the Salamanders Legion and their primarch Vulkan, collecting shorter fiction that fleshes out their part in the Heresy. The stories complement Kyme's Salamanders novels and sit among the late-series collections before the Siege.

David Annandale

Set early in the reunion of primarch and Legion, this book follows Vulkan as he takes command of the Salamanders and sets about reshaping them in his own image of compassion, craftsmanship, and resilience. It contrasts his humane vision of what a Space Marine should be against the brutal expectations of the Great Crusade, defining the soul of the Salamanders.

Nick Kyme

During the Great Crusade, the Salamanders Legion and their primarch Vulkan fight a brutal campaign to cleanse the world of One-Five-Four Four of an entrenched eldar foe, while the Emperor himself walks among his sons. The novella explores Vulkan's compassion and his bond with his warriors set against the savagery of xenos warfare.

Nick Kyme

In the devastating aftermath of the Dropsite Massacre on Isstvan V, two surviving Salamanders defy their comrades and venture into the ruined battlefield to learn the fate of their lost primarch Vulkan. Their grim search becomes a meditation on grief, faith, and the will to endure against impossible odds.

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.

Guy Haley

In the wreckage left after the betrayal at Isstvan V, a small band of Salamanders survivors refuses to simply die. Hunted across the ruined world, they turn ambusher and set a lethal trap for a pack of Night Lords who think they are the predators. A taut hit-and-run revenge piece told from the loyalist side of the massacre.