The Vorbis Conspiracy

Authors

Jude Reid, Noah Van Nguyen, Guy Haley, Graham McNeill, Darius Hinks, Alec Worley, Chris Wraight

Return to the mean streets of Varangantua for another taste of just how grim life can be for the average Imperial citizen in the 41st Millennium.

Format

Novel

Era

Classic 40k

Varangantua is in turmoil. After the district of Korsk is obliterated in a fiery cataclysm, the city’s enforcers must pick up the pieces. As sanctioner teams comb the wreckage for survivors, dogged probators such as Agusto Zidarov and Lycia Calix seek to uncover the truth about what happened. Their stories become intertwined with those of petty criminals and desperate citizens, even drawing the vaunted attention of agents beyond Alecto itself, painting a picture of sprawling conspiracy. But while the calamity means death and destitution for many, others take advantage of the chaos to gain wealth or position within the city’s byzantine hierarchies. With Varangantua’s place in the wider Imperium at stake, will the truth about the disaster come to light, or will it be buried in the rubble along with thousands of bodies? This Warhammer Crime anthology contains seven brand-new stories featuring both new and established characters from the city-sprawl of Varangantua.

Jude Reid

Jude lives in Scotland and writes horror stories in the narrow gaps between full-time work as a surgeon, wrangling two kids and trying to wear out a border collie. She is a fan of Zombies, Run and ITF Tae-Kwon Do, co-writes and co-stars in the podcast audiodrama Tales from the Aletheian Society, and drinks a powerful load of coffee.

Noah Van Nguyen

Noah Van Nguyen is a freelance writer who lives in the US with his wife. His tales set in the Mortal Realms include the novels Godeater's Son and Yndrasta: The Celestial Spear and the novella Nadir from the Warhammer Underworlds anthology Harrowdeep. He has also written several stories set in the grim darkness of the 41st millennium, including Elemental Council, ‘The Last Crucible’, and the Warhammer Crime stories ‘No Third Chance’ and 'Carrion Call'. When he’s not writing, Noah enjoys studying foreign languages and exploring far-off lands.

Guy Haley

Guy Haley (born June 6, 1973) is an English writer of speculative fiction, predominantly known for his Richards & Klein Investigations series, as well as numerous fiction contributions to various Warhammer 40,000 series. Haley has contributed over 30 works to the greater Warhammer universe, with another 50 works to the following Warhammer 40,000, Warhammer Fantasy (setting), and Warhammer Age of Sigmar series

Graham McNeill

Graham McNeill worked for Games Workshop between 2000 and 2006 as a games developer and a background material writer. As well as writing for White Dwarf, he worked on several codexes including the Tau, Necrons, Witch Hunters, Space Marines and Black Templars. After leaving Games Workshop in 2006 he became a freelance writer, but currently continues to produce novels for Black Library His Horus Heresy novel, A Thousand Sons, was a New York Times bestseller, and the second book in his Sigmar trilogy, Empire, won the 2010 David Gemmell Legend Award for best fantasy novel.

Darius Hinks

Darius Hinks is an author, writing primarily in the science fiction and fantasy genres. He was born in Birmingham, England, in 1972. He works and lives in Nottinghamshire. Hinks' first novel, Warrior Priest, won the David Gemmel Morningstar award.

Alec Worley

Alec Worley is a well-known comics and science fiction and fantasy author, with numerous publications to his name. He is an avid fan of Warhammer 40,000 and has written many short stories for Black Library including ‘Stormseeker’, ‘Whispers’ and ‘Repentia’. He has recently forayed into Black Library Horror with the audio drama Perdition's Flame and his novella The Nothings, featured in the anthology Maledictions. He lives and works in London.

Chris Wraight

Chris Wraight is a writer of fantasy and science fiction. His first novel was published in 2008. Since then, he’s published books set in the Warhammer Fantasy, Warhammer 40K, Horus Heresy and Stargate:Atlantis universes.