Plague Harvest

Space Marine Battles #Novella

by Cavan Scott

On the quiet agri-world of Orath, an ancient evil awakens. As the people of the planet sicken and the crops fail, Librarian Vabion of the Ultramarines, castellan of Fort Kerberos and guardian of Orath's secrets, must work with his uneasy allies from the Doom Eagles Chapter to discover the source of the contagion and end it. But when the plague's victims start to rise again and the architects of Orath's fate are revealed, Vabion must stand alone against the darkness.

Read it because
The opening chapter of the Plagues of Orath trilogy delivers mystery – just what is causing crops to wither and people to fall ill? – and action, as the afflicted rise again... and they're hungry. Space Marines battle plague zombies and daemons of Nurgle as a plot millennia in the making begins to unfold.

Genres: Science Fiction, 40k, Fiction, Novella

128 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 28, 2014

About the author

is a freelance comic writer and author. He is best known for his work on a variety of spin-offs from both Doctor Who and Star Wars, as well as comics and novels for Vikings, Pacific Rim, Sherlock Holmes, and Penguins of Madagascar.

Cavan Scott, along with Justina Ireland, Claudia Gray, Daniel Jose Older, and Charles Soule are crafting a new era in the Star Wars publishing world called Star Wars: The High Republic. Cavan's contribution to the era is a comic book series released through Marvel Comics titled Star Wars: The High Republic.

Reviews

[Ulzeta · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun read.

[G.J. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great read, good opening, story, very typical Warhammer 40K setup and would like more ... the books unfolds and stops abruptly, left wanting more - it was cut a bit short for my liking, as if planned for a novel and then became a novella ...

[Francesco A. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Novella. Plague marines and an ancient secret that might doom a world. Starts slow, gets better, ends with a bang.

[Nicholas Enright · Rating 3 out of 5]

Only a short read. Plenty of gore and blood shed. It's and interesting tale with some exciting sequences but all in all nothing special.