![]() Structurally, I’m going to start here with a brief sketch of the plot, the whats and whys of the events, and then move on to some thoughts about the context of the book and how it relates to the thing it’s trying to help sell, i.e. ![]() Specifically, they’re fortifying a world called Regium in the Segmentum Pacificus, one of those planets that popped into existence when the lore required it to – this novel needs somewhere to take place, but not anywhere that you might have heard of before and been invested in, and so here we are. The Devastation of Baal has happened, Hive Fleet Leviathan has taken substantial losses, Primaris Marines are here in full force and the Ultramarines are doing their bit to fortify the Imperium Sanctus against the horrors beyond its borders. ![]() Leviathan, as its title suggests, is all about what’s going on with the Tyranids. These books serve as marketing collateral for the new edition they’re an extra thing for people to buy, they tell the story of whatever’s happening in the launch box to ground it somewhere in the game’s universe, and they set up what the current state of play is in the setting – Dark Imperium covered the Indomitus Crusade and events since Guilliman’s rebirth in Gathering Storm (though was later revised to reposition the lore at an earlier point in time), Indomitus covered, well, also the Indomitus Crusade, but on the new revised timeline. ![]() Since the Assault on Black Reach in 5th edition it’s been Games Workshop’s habit to accompany every new edition launch with a tie-in Black Library novel, sharing its title with the launch box – recently in 40k we’ve had Dark Imperium (which ended up being a trilogy) and Indomitus, while on the AoS side there was Soul Wars in second edition and Dominion in third. ![]()
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