This is my very first review on Goodreads, but I couldn’t miss a chance to write about the recent book that I most loved – ‘Requiem Infernal’, the latest Warhammer 40K novel by Peter Fehervari. Providence has thus far only been explored in passing, first in Fire Caste and then subsequently in Requiem Infernal. It is home to a troubled alliance of diverse nations collectively known as the Arkan Confederation. Savagery runs dangerously deep in the blood of the Iwujii Sharks. After all, they’ve been bred for it.”

As the twins neared their destination the entire summit splintered, taking most of the cathedral with it, yet the light-bearing tower endured, as though its foundations were rooted in the planet’s core. Non-wh40k Excerpt] [A Practical Guide to Evil] "I want to be the storm" - and a bit about the evilness and stormness of Chaos with wh40k excerptsOn the face of things this is an Adepta Sororitas story, but that doesn’t do justice to the introspective, horror-inflected complexity of the book. Like Fire Caste before it, this has a considerable cast; the fractured, tormented and profoundly spiritual Asenath is arguably the key protagonist but she’s joined by an entirely unconventional preacher on his own intersecting journey, the ragged guardsmen of the intriguing Exordio Void Breachers (a regiment just begging for more exploration), various idiosyncratic crusaders and a range of Sisters including Hospitallers and Dialogus. Many of them are viewpoint characters, and Fehervari tells everything from their perspectives without the benefit of an all-seeing ‘god’s-eye view’. It’s a deliberate choice to instil ambiguity, leaning heavily on the inner voice to demonstrate characters’ personal conflicts and increasingly fragile mental states, while allowing for an illusory sense of reality throughout. The Adepta Sororitas of the Last Candle have stood vigil over their sanctuary world for centuries, striving to decipher their founder's tormented visions. Outsiders are unwelcome... yet still they come. Peter Fehervari: Firstly, there’s the challenge. The novel’s opening ‘Exordium’ cautions that the journey ahead will be difficult and devoid of clear answers. Treacherous even. I’m aware that I have something of a reputation for writing arcane, puzzle-box stories, but Requiem Infernal takes that further than I’ve gone before. If you don’t keep your wits about you the tale will betray you. The best part of the story, though, is in the final lines of the afterword. Fehervari tells us what the meaning of it all was: it's our story. All the things left unsaid, all the mysteries -- they're for the fans to delight in, to debate over, to tie themselves in knots pursuing (just as fruitlessly as the characters do!) and ultimately to come to our own conclusions. And, perhaps, even write them ourselves. There was something so florid about the way in which Requiem Infernal was written. The words seem to just flow off the paper – getting immediately trapped inside my head. The world – as creepy as it was – came to life with the descriptions given.

This guide would not have been possible without the generous help of Peter Fehervari himself, Tim van Lipzig, Yury Voytko, Rostislav Markelov and Nine. A small planet on the fringes of the Second Expansion, Oba’rai was uncannily beautiful, its arid plains reminiscent of revered T’au itself. It was a natural home to the people, worthy of risk.”You’ve come to a water world and found a grey-green hell like no other. The oceans of Phaedra are choked with islands and in turn the islands are overrun with a wildfire cancer of vegetation – a morass of stinking kelp, strangling vines and towering fungal cathedrals. Worse still, the islands themselves are alive. Just look beneath the waterline and you’ll see them breathing and pulsing.”

The Adepta Sororitas of the Last Candle live on an isolated island, on an isolated planet. And they like it that way. But that's all about to change, as a desperate group of survivors are seeking their medical aid.Reluctantly teaming up with a radical inquisitor who has pursued her halfway across the galaxy, Stern must let go of her past and embrace her role in this newly reshaped galaxy. This story also leads into her appearance in Psychic Awakening: Pariah, filling in some gaps for gamers who want to know more about her. ToW: Requiem Infernal has some great examples of the way you incorporate art and literary references into your writing – for example the name of a ship, or the imagery on a Space Marine shoulder pad. Do you find that these references arise organically, or are they deliberate hints at further themes or ideas?