Veterans of the Fall (Paperback)

When Cadia fell, a handful of traumatised survivors found themselves stranded on a ruined world carved apart by rival cults. Since then, the Kasrkin veterans known as the Tattershields have anchored the crumbling Imperial defence, holding back the overwhelming might of the Archenemy with sabotage, assassinations, and unbreakable discipline.

Their commander, Sergeant Kostantin Taikon, is an inspiration to the beleaguered defenders. But he is haunted by guilt and consumed by fatalism, numbly fighting on with no hope of victory or atonement.

This collection from William Crowe contains the short story 'Tattershield', the complete serial 'Tatters of Hope' (Parts One through Five) – first published in White Dwarf magazine – and the novella Veterans of the Fall. A Warhammer 40,000 small-unit Astra Militarum / Kasrkin story set on a fractured post-Cadia warzone.