The Inheritor King

Adeptus Mechanicus

Stories substantially involving the Adeptus Mechanicus through research, their own objectives and conflicts. On Simia, Tech-Priest Logash investigates a Necron tomb; a secondary entry does not imply a Mechanicus viewpoint or one shared war for every book. In Indomitus, Cawl’s cycle remains distinct from the standalone stories Dominion Genesis, Ghosts of Iron and Opportunity Cost: they retain their own events, and the whole lane has no single compulsory reading order.

60 works · one selected story line

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Adeptus Mechanicusunbroken chronology · time runs left to right

The third Ullanor campaign546.M32 · 1

Classic M41 · The ImperiumM41 · date to be confirmed · 1

Cartographic ReserveDate not established · 24

Classic M41 · Astartes and ChaosM41 · date to be confirmed · 11

Nord and Kale: the hive-ship searchClassic 40K; no more precise date established · 1

Ashek II Woe Machine InvestigationAfter the Siege of Vervunhive; exact year not published · 2

Cain: the defence of the Simia refineryc. 932.M41, about a year after the Gravalax Incident · 1

Kaligari Cradle: Redemption Corps operationsThe event date is unknown; late-M41 placement is provisional · 1

Soulspear and the Lakonian persecutionLate M41; the beginning of Sarpedon’s renegade arc; no absolute year published · 1

Invasion of TanakregLate M41; the beginning of Marduk's main arc; absolute year not published · 1

The Necron campaign in the Veiled RegionsLate M41; after Chapter War and before Phalanx; no absolute year published · 1

The Phalanx trial and Abraxes’s incursionLate M41; the six-novel arc's finale after Hellforged; no absolute year published · 1

Golgotha: Operation ThunderstormBefore the Third War for Armageddon; the exact year is unknown · 1

The Reconsecration of Sanctuary 101after Faith and Fire, before Heart & Soul; the main return narrative, not the 897.M41 prologue · 1

Cain: the weapons crisis before retirementbefore retirement, 992.M41; the 487.992.M41 stamp conflicts with the dating in The Greater Good · 1

Confrontation at the Inquisition stationAfter the Great Rift; before The Great Work expedition to Sotha; exact year unknown · 1

The Great Work on SothaAfter the Great Rift; exact year unknown · 1

The Pontus Avernes conclave and Fabius Bile’s raidAfter The Great Work; exact year unknown · 1

Defence of DiamantusEra Indomitus; exact year not published · 1

Attempt on TyberosCarcharodons story; timing relative to Void Exile unknown · 1

The Era IndomitusAfter the Rift · 3

Nicomedua: conspiracy aboard Casus BelliOperation on Nicomedua after the Great Rift; exact year not established · 1

Cawl’s pylon-code expedition and UlwhaymAfter The Genefather; exact year unknown · 1

Alpha Primus: five questions for a daemonAfter Bile’s raid in Genefather; order relative to Archmagos not established · 1

NovelUnmarkedShadow of UllanorRob Sanders546.M32; book 11, the third Ullanor campaign↗

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedVanguardPeter FehervariThe thematic line is established; no absolute date has been publisheddating disputed

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedA Small CogMitchel ScanlonHakkan IV; era and exact year unknownPlacement note

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedAdeptus Mechanicus: CladeRob SandersClassic 40K; no more precise date establisheddating disputed

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedAdeptus Mechanicus: Infinite CircuitDavid GuymerClassic 40K; no more precise date establisheddating disputed

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedAdeptus Mechanicus: The Enigma of FleshC.L. WernerClassic 40K; no more precise date establisheddating disputed

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedAdeptus Mechanicus: The Zheng CipherJosh ReynoldsClassic 40K; no more precise date establisheddating disputed

NovelUnmarkedDay of AscensionAdrian TchaikovskyThe date of this particular work has not been established; the publishing series does not date its storiesdating disputed

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedIn Service EternalMatt SmithClassic 40K; no more precise date establisheddating disputed

NovelUnmarkedSkitariusRob SandersClassic 40K; no more precise date establisheddating disputed

NovelUnmarkedTech-PriestRob SandersClassic 40K; no more precise date establisheddating disputed

Graphic novelUnmarkedTitan IDan Abnett; Andy Lanning; Anthony WilliamsThe date of this particular work has not been established; the publishing series does not date its storiesdating disputed

Graphic novelUnmarkedTitan III: Cold SteelDan Abnett; Anthony Williams; Andy LanningThe date of this particular work has not been established; the publishing series does not date its storiesdating disputed

Graphic novelUnmarkedTitan II: VivaporiusDan Abnett; Andy Lanning; Anthony WilliamsThe date of this particular work has not been established; the publishing series does not date its storiesdating disputed

Original audio dramaUnmarkedHeart of RageJames SwallowClassic 40K; no more precise date established↗Placement note

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedWhere Dere's Da Warp Dere's A WayMike BrooksBefore Brutal Kunnin; calendar era and date unknown◎Placement note

NovelUnmarked00110001Author not listed in current sourcesStory date undeterminedPlacement note

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedBarathrumJonathan CurranEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedBattle of the ArchaeosaursBarrington J. BayleyEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedBy Your CommandGav ThorpeEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedCalculus LogiDarius HinksEra and calendar date undeterminedPlacement note

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedDeus ex MechanicusAndy ChambersEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedExhumedSteve ParkerEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Blessing of IronAnthony ReynoldsEra and calendar date undetermined↗Placement note

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedPhobos Worked in AdamantRobey JenkinsEra and calendar date undeterminedPlacement note

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedSanctifiedMark ClaphamEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedSwift ResolutionRussell ZimmermanEra and calendar date undetermined↗Placement note

Short storyUnmarkedThe Headstone and the Hammerstone KingsMatthew FarrerAfter Asphodel’s death; the Ashek II investigation has no published yearPlacement note

Novella2014

The Inheritor King

Matthew Farrer

My reading

Magos Parralact Galhulin Tey continues investigating Asphodel's Woe Machines on Asheq II and tries to determine their creator's origins. The danger is not merely daemonic or military: the evidence suggests that Asphodel may not have been a fallen Dark Mechanicum adept, but a self-taught man who independently acquired forbidden knowledge. To Martian dogma, that possibility is more frightening than familiar heresy, so the hunt for the machine becomes a crisis in the Mechanicus's very conception of the world.

In-universeAfter The Headstone and the Hammerstone Kings; the Ashek II sequel has no published year

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Sabbat Crusade

Story lines

Events on the map

Ashek II Woe Machine Investigation

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Sabbat Worlds: short stories

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Placement note

NovelUnmarkedCaves of IceSandy Mitchellc. 932.M41, about a year after the Gravalax Incident↗date approximate

NovelUnmarkedRedemption CorpsRob SandersThe event date is unknown; late-M41 placement is provisional↗dating disputed

NovelUnmarkedSoul DrinkerBen CounterLate M41; the beginning of Sarpedon’s renegade arc; no absolute year published↗Placement note

NovelUnmarkedDark ApostleAnthony ReynoldsLate M41; the beginning of Marduk's main arc; absolute year not published↗Placement note

NovelUnmarkedHellforgedBen CounterLate M41; after Chapter War and before Phalanx; no absolute year published↗Placement note

NovelUnmarkedPhalanxBen CounterLate M41; the six-novel arc's finale after Hellforged; no absolute year published↗Placement note

NovelUnmarkedGunheadsSteve ParkerBefore the Third War for Armageddon; the exact year is unknown↗dating disputed

NovelUnmarkedHammer and AnvilJames Swallowafter Faith and Fire, before Heart & Soul; the main return narrative, not the 897.M41 prologue↗Placement note

NovelUnmarkedVaingloriousSandy Mitchellbefore retirement, 992.M41; the 487.992.M41 stamp conflicts with the dating in The Greater Good↗date approximate

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedTo Speak as OneGuy HaleyAfter the Great Rift; before The Great Work expedition to Sotha; exact year unknown◎Placement note

NovelUnmarkedThe Great WorkGuy HaleyAfter the Great Rift, in the Era Indomitus; exact year unknown↗Placement note

NovelUnmarkedGenefatherGuy HaleyAfter The Great Work, before Archmagos; absolute year not published↗Placement note

NovelUnmarkedCarcharodons: Void ExileRobbie MacnivenEra Indomitus; exact year not published◎Placement note

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedA Tithe of ShadowsRobbie MacNivenCarcharodons story; timing relative to Void Exile unknown◎date approximate

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedNightfall on StygiesStark HolbornEra and year unknown◎Placement note

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedBeneath the AshesMark BarberEvent era and year unestablishedPlacement note

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedImperfect EnginesAvalon IronsLess than 4 days before Cataegis-7's destruction; era and year unknown.Placement note

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedInfernal MotivesJude ReidEra and year unknown↗Placement note

NovelUnmarkedDominion GenesisJonathan D. BeerThe Indomitus Era; no more precise date establisheddating disputed

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedGhosts of IronMarc CollinsThe Indomitus Era; no more precise date establisheddating disputed

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedMan of IronGuy HaleyThe dark years of the 41st millennium; exact period and year unknown.↗Placement note

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedDream of the LocustTom R PikeEra and exact date unknown.Placement note

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Guns of EnthR S WiltEvent era and year unestablished◎Placement note

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedFaith in IronCameron JohnstonEra and year unknownPlacement note

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedWar in the MuseumRobert RathCalendar era and year undetermined◎Placement note

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Karsharat AbominationGeorge MannDate undetermined◎Placement note

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Long and Hungry RoadAdrian TchaikovskyDate undetermined◎Placement note

NovelUnmarkedImperator: Wrath of the OmnissiahGav ThorpeOperation on Nicomedua after the Great Rift; exact year not established↗Placement note

Short storyUnmarkedOpportunity CostJonathan D. BeerIndomitus Era; standalone Mechanicus expedition, exact year not givendate approximate

NovelUnmarkedArchmagosGuy HaleyAfter Genefather; absolute year not published↗Placement note

Short story / microfictionUnmarkedFive QuestionsGuy HaleyAfter Bile’s raid in Genefather; order relative to Archmagos not established↗Placement note

Anthologies and collections

ANTHOLOGYThe Beast Arises Volume 34 works 0%

ANTHOLOGYServants Of The Machine-God12 works 0%

ANTHOLOGYThe Dark Coil: Damnation9 works 0%

ANTHOLOGYThe Omnissiah's Chosen5 works 0%

ANTHOLOGYOn Wings of Blood12 works 0%

ANTHOLOGYAngels of Darkness and Blood13 works 0%

ANTHOLOGYVictories of the Space Marines9 works 0%

ANTHOLOGYBlood Angels: The Second Omnibus3 works 0%

ANTHOLOGYThe Book of Blood5 works 0%

ANTHOLOGYNexus + Other Stories16 works 0%

ANTHOLOGYThe Green Tide: An Ork Omnibus8 works 0%

ANTHOLOGYLet the Galaxy Burn38 works 0%

ANTHOLOGYDark Imperium13 works 0%

ANTHOLOGYWhat Price Victory7 works 0%

ANTHOLOGYThere Is Only War41 works 0%

ANTHOLOGYThe Best of Hammer and Bolter: Volume One36 works 0%

ANTHOLOGYXenos Hunters10 works 0%

ANTHOLOGYDeathwatch: Xenos Hunters11 works 0%

ANTHOLOGYGames Day Anthology 2012/20136 works 0%

ANTHOLOGYPlanetkill7 works 0%

ANTHOLOGYFear the Alien10 works 0%

ANTHOLOGYSabbat Worlds8 works 0%

ANTHOLOGYSabbat Crusade14 works 0%

ANTHOLOGYHero of the Imperium6 works 0%

ANTHOLOGYHammer of the Emperor (Omnibus)6 works 0%

ANTHOLOGYNo Peace Among Stars16 works 0%

ANTHOLOGYBlack Library Celebration 20265 works 0%

Seriescontents, span and overall progress

SERIESThe Beast Arises12 works 0%

SERIESAdeptus Mechanicus/Dark Coil1 work 0%

SERIESGenestealer Cults/Adeptus Mechanicus1 work 0%

SERIESTitan: God-Machine3 works 0%

SERIESSabbat Worlds: short stories30 works 0%

SERIESCiaphas Cain14 works 0%

SERIESWord Bearers5 works 0%

SERIESSoul Drinkers8 works 0%

SERIESBelisarius Cawl3 works 0%

SERIESCarcharodons4 works 0%

SERIESImperial Titans2 works 0%

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