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The Players of Fate

Ahriman

The five novels form the main route: Exile → Sorcerer → Unchanged → Eternal → Undying. Early short fiction expands the original trilogy in John French’s recommended order; the later additions have separate qualifications. Daemonologie accompanies Eternal, while The Players of Fate follows the exiles after the failed Second Rubric. The story’s position relative to Undying remains open. The shared line includes the series works without making each one compulsory prior reading or turning reading order into a calendar. Hand of Darkness is a separate appearance by Ahriman during the siege of the Black Library, not the next novel in his series. Its relative order with those novels is unestablished.

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AhrimanCalendar dates only where confirmed; other ordering is internal to each story.
Ahriman’s cabal: Hegazha’s refusal and captureAfter Prospero, before the First Rubric · 1
After the First RubricAfter the First Rubric; before Exile in reading order · 1
Ahriman's exile and escape from the EyeAfter the First Rubric: from Exile to Sorcerer; calendar years unknown · 7
Ahriman's Return to ProsperoAfter Sorcerer in reading order; calendar year unknown · 1
Ahriman's Second RubricAfter Sorcerer in reading order; the Second Rubric’s year is unknown · 2
Setekh: interrogation and repeating escape attemptsSetekh’s interrogation with repeating moments · 2
Ahriman’s survivors retreat into the Eye of TerrorAfter the climax of Ahriman: Unchanged · 1
The Carrion Thieves set a price for their shipsAfter the retreat into the Eye of Terror · 1
Ctesias prepares a trap for a daemonAfter the terms are agreed with the Carrion Thieves · 1
Ctesias binds the daemon to the shipDuring Ctesias’s ritual · 1
Ahriman receives the shipsAfter the ritual is completed · 1
Si’Lat kills the high initiateOn the lower decks of the Word of Hermes · 1
Gaumata and Gilgamos watch the exiles’ piecesAfter the flight from Sortiarius · 1
Silvanus wakes from a dream of AntiaThe fleet’s respite in the Eye of Terror · 1
Ahriman gives Ctesias one last assignmentAfter the Second Rubric · the exiles in the Eye of Terror · 1
Silvanus offers Ctesias a bargainAfter Silvanus’s dream of Antia · 1
Gaumata sends an apprentice to CtesiasAfter Ahriman’s assignment to Ctesias · 1
Ahriman studies the board in his mindClosing scene · Ahriman’s mental refuge · 1
The Triarch seals away Setekh’s dynastyAncient history of the Key of Infinity · 1
The Pyrodomon pursues Ahriman’s exilesAfter the Second Rubric · 1
Ahriman awakens SetekhThe search for a cure for the Pyrodomon · 2
The hunt for the Key of Infinity in the WebwayAfter Setekh’s awakening · 1
Ahriman destroys Setekh’s bodyThe struggle for the Key · chapters 24–25 · 1
Setekh awakens in a new bodyAfter Setekh’s defeat · chapters 24–25 · 1
Ahriman: the Key and a new attempt at salvationAfter the trilogy · relative links, repeating timelines and an unknown calendar era · 2
The quest for the Hand of DarknessAfter the Great Rift and Guilliman’s return; exact year unknown · 1
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Short storyUnmarkedThe Players of FateJohn FrenchOn the lower decks of the Word of Hermes◎dating disputed
Short storyUnmarkedThe Players of FateJohn FrenchAfter the flight from Sortiarius◎dating disputed
Short storyUnmarkedThe Players of FateJohn FrenchThe fleet’s respite in the Eye of Terror◎dating disputed
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The Players of Fate

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Short storyUnmarkedThe Players of FateJohn FrenchAfter Silvanus’s dream of Antia◎dating disputed
Short storyUnmarkedThe Players of FateJohn FrenchAfter Ahriman’s assignment to Ctesias◎dating disputed
Short storyUnmarkedThe Players of FateJohn FrenchClosing scene · Ahriman’s mental refuge◎dating disputed
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Anthologies and collections
ANTHOLOGY15th Birthday Collection15 works 0%
ANTHOLOGYAhriman: Exodus8 works 0%
ANTHOLOGYBlack Library Advent Calendar (2012)24 works 0%
ANTHOLOGYThe Tale of Ctesias5 works 0%
ANTHOLOGYBlack Library Advent Calendar (2014)30 works 0%
ANTHOLOGY2013 Digital Advent Calendar25 works 0%
ANTHOLOGYRenegades of the Dark Millennium11 works 0%
Seriescontents, span and overall progress
SERIESThousand Sons5 works 0%
SERIESAhriman17 works 0%
SERIESAhriman (Novel Series)3 works 0%
SERIESLords of the Space Marines19 works 0%
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