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  ‘What have you done?’

  ‘What was necessary. Horus defeated us, scattered us. Shattered our Legions.’

  Looking back at the Iron Father, I saw he held my breacher shield. It had been reforged, made whole, even as we ourselves had fractured.

  ‘You have erred,’ he said, ‘and so you must atone…’

  I took the proffered shield, stunned into silence by the revelations I had just heard.

  The Iron Father met my gaze and I saw the determination in his eyes, the bitterness and soul-shriving desire for revenge.

  ‘Such is the fate of all Immortals…’ uttered a voice behind me. The voice of Azoth, the echo of our damnation.

  About the Author

  Nick Kyme is the author of the Horus Heresy novels Deathfire, Vulkan Lives, and Sons of the Forge, the novellas Promethean Sun and Scorched Earth, and the audio drama Censure. His novella Feat of Iron was a New York Times bestseller in the Horus Heresy collection, The Primarchs. Nick is well known for his popular Salamanders novels, including Rebirth, the Space Marine Battles novel Damnos, and numerous short stories. He has also written fiction set in the world of Warhammer, most notably the Time of Legends novel The Great Betrayal and the Age of Sigmar story ‘Borne by the Storm’, included in the novel Warstorm. He lives and works in Nottingham, and has a rabbit.

  A Black Library Publication

  First published in The Horus Heresy anthology Shattered Legions in Great Britain in 2017.

  This eBook edition published in 2017 by Black Library, Games Workshop Ltd,

  Willow Road, Nottingham, NG7 2WS, UK.

  Produced by Games Workshop in Nottingham.

  Cover illustration by Neil Roberts.

  Immortal Duty © Copyright Games Workshop Limited 2017. Immortal Duty, GW, Games Workshop, Black Library, The Horus Heresy, The Horus Heresy Eye logo, Space Marine, 40K, Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000, the ‘Aquila’ Double-headed Eagle logo, and all associated logos, illustrations, images, names, creatures, races, vehicles, locations, weapons, characters, and the distinctive likenesses thereof, are either ® or TM, and/or © Games Workshop Limited, variably registered around the world.

  All Rights Reserved.

  A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library.

  ISBN: 978-1-78572-829-7

  This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.