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Ahriman: Hand of Dust

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 has no established plot position. 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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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
Ahriman: the Key and a new attempt at salvationAfter the trilogy · relative links, repeating timelines and an unknown calendar era · 4
Ahriman companion storiesAfter the trilogy or outside an established order · calendar era unknown · 2
The quest for the Hand of DarknessAfter the Great Rift and Guilliman’s return; exact year unknown · 1
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Ahriman: Hand of Dust

John French

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