The Long and Hungry Road
Tyranids and Genestealer Cults
Stories with substantial Tyranid or Genestealer Cult involvement. The Scythes of the Emperor’s battles on Miral Prime belong to the Kraken invasion; independent wars and cult stories do not form a single cycle. On Prome, Genestealers are the substantial hidden enemy in an Ork story; this entry does not assert a named hive fleet or a separate shared campaign. Iron Watch is a separate defence of the Grendl Stars after the Rift. The hunt for one Lictor on O’Tash’Var has its own event with an unknown era; a Lictor does not establish Genestealer Cult or named hive-fleet participation. Mystas has a separate invasion-and-medical-aftermath event; the protagonists’ connection to Blood of Iax does not transfer Tyranids into its Ork war. The invasion of Regium belongs to the Fourth Tyrannic War and has its own event; a shared hive fleet does not make it a sequel to every earlier campaign.
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The Long and Hungry Road
Adrian Tchaikovsky
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Tyranids and Genestealer CultsCalendar dates only where confirmed; other ordering is internal to each story.
866.M41900.M41950.M41date uncertaindate uncertain998.M41; Karlaen’s mission in Phodia on Asphodex; order relative to the other novellas is not establisheddate uncertain
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M41 / M42
Cross-era Archive · Campaigns and LoreSeveral eras · 3
Airborne recovery in the Sotharan LeagueApothecary stranded → squad deployment → recovery attempt · 1
Free fall after the Storm Eagle’s destructionTransport destroyed → free fall → final attack · 1
Dall and the surviving Scythes’ retreatAfter Sotha’s fall · before The Skull Harvest · 1
Chaplain Wolfram against the genestealersEncounter with genestealers · year unknown · 1
Leaving training to hunt a genestealerTraining → a genestealer hunt · 1
The research-recovery mission before the Signis evacuationBefore evacuation · mission → Lictor hunt → attack · 1
Meh’Lindi’s infiltration of the cult on SabulorbSabulorb · before Meh’Lindi joins Draco · 1
The hive-city siege at the edge of the Octarius WarThe siege near Octarius · roughly 1,500 years after Krieg’s destruction · 1
Space Wolves · the expedition into the living bioshipHauptmann’s order → boarding → withdrawal → the ship’s destruction · 1
Vivaporius Alpha: Tyranids and the Titans’ mind-linkThe Fulvius convoy and Titan mind-link corruption · 1
Issery’s ship: inspection and battle with GenestealersShip inspection; roughly two years after the infected world · 1
Lyses: Kvara’s hunt for the sea monsterM41: the hunt on Lyses; exact year unknown · 1
Dread Sentinel: the investigation, bioship and warning about ProteusRuined fort → bioship → survivors; year unknown · 1
Jathrac’s hunt · Iron Hands remainsDuring the Tyranid hunt · discovery of remains · 1
Piety V · bulwark against the tyranid fleetsFortifying Piety V · defending the world together · 1
Kolovan · Ultramarines against Kraken’s tyranidsAfter the Battle for Macragge · the defence of Kolovan · 1
Pavia · the horde’s sickness and the search for traitorsPavia · genestealer sickness and the mission; year unknown · 1
Idos · evacuation and the demolition orderIdos · evacuation before the demolition order · 1
Tychonis · the epilogue seven years laterSeven years after the laboratory events · epilogue · 1
Sentina: loss of his first squadSentina’s first command · before the Orath mission · 1
War for SkylosSeven-year War for Skylos; year unknown · 2
Arjac: defending the Fang from the Tyranid incursionArjac’s saga · the Fang’s defence during the Kalunian Crusade · 1
Bodgit: the space-hulk mission and revolt against BludhookHulk from the Maelstrom · Genestealer attack and revolt · 1
The Teller fights off the party in VigilansRedemption · Vigilans · 1
Etelka and Aziah set out to find the TellerRedemption · the road to the Severed Spire · 1
The cults clash at the Severed SpireRedemption · the clash of the two cults · 3
A daemon bursts out of the templeRedemption · after Gharth falls · 1
Aziah invites the Teller to join the cultRedemption · after the fight for the Teller · 1
Gloria Vastator faces a bio-titanKhania · after the Titan Legions join the fight · 1
Tyranids capture Jako and DrewsSegmentum Ultima · the Tyranid attack · 1
Jako and Drews escape the hive shipHive ship · after the prisoners are taken · 1
Two Heads Talking kills the PatriarchThe industrial city on the plain · investigating the cult · 1
Cardinal Arkannis arrives on Garial-FallGarial-Fall · the Elucidium envoy arrives · 3
The Celestial Womb cult rises in revoltGarial-Fall · after Arkannis arrives · 1
The Imperial Guard and the Tarantulas crush the revoltGarial-Fall · the Imperial purge after the uprising · 2
Ramming the hive shipKatraxis · invasion by a Kraken tendril · 1
The Tyranids intensify their attacksShertore · defence of the crossing · 1
Mordephus welcomes Kavel into the cult’s familyBallard’s Run · Kavel and Oshi · 1
The Ultramarines rediscover JarothAt the start of the Jaroth operation · 1
The Patriarch falls aboard the hulkAfter the Patriarch’s design is discovered · 1
Encounter with splinter fleetsBefore the Second Tyrannic War · 1
Extracting the device under Leviathan attackShohi · after Outgunned · 1
Secessionist Wars on Sirene PrimalInvestigation: 866.M41; the final stage has no separate date · 1
Cain: a Drukhari alliance on a jungle moonBefore the posting to the 597th; after Dead in the Water, exact year unknown · 1
Cain: Viridia and the space hulkLate 928.M41, immediately after Echoes of the Tomb · 1
Cain: the Periremunda operationAround 933.M41, after Caves of Ice: roughly six months to a year later · 1
Cain: the Nusquam Fundumentibus campaignc. 941.M41; 942.M41 also appears as an alternative · 1
Járnhamar: the space-hulk huntThe space-hulk hunt and an earlier Fenris memory; absolute dates unknown · 1
The Khadar expeditionThe event date is unknown; late-M41 placement is provisional · 1
Kaligari Cradle: Redemption Corps operationsThe event date is unknown; late-M41 placement is provisional · 1
Perdus Skylla: the Nexus quest and evacuationlate M41; after Dark Apostle; the absolute year is unpublished · 1
Sicarius's Tyranid Strikeafter Fall of Damnos; a separate mission against Tyranids; no established exact year · 1
Miral Prime: battles at Giant’s Coffin990.M41 · 2
The team strikes the new bioship’s heartLate M41 · the search for surviving Scythes · 1
Cain: the Tau truce and the genestealers992.M41; one date marker gives 485.992.M41, conflicting with Vainglorious · 1
The Tyranids overrun Malvolion’s defencesMalvolion · Kraken campaign, c. 992.M41 · 1
Defence of the Deliverance settlementAfter Ichar IV; immediately before 13th Legion; year not established · 1
Coritanorum: the 13th Legion’s covert operationImmediately after Deliverance; missions leading to Coritanorum; year not established · 1
Vior'los: Farsight's Returnafter voluntary exile; the Malk'la episode is dated 997.M41; the entire action is not precisely dated · 1
The 10th Slavok Regiment is stranded on Shadrac998.M41 · Shadrac, the surviving garrison · 1
Karlaen’s mission in PhodiaCryptus war, 998.M41; Phodia on Asphodex · 1
The Devastation of BaalThe siege of Baal spans the opening of the Great Rift; no single exact year is established · 1
The Iron Lords’ watch over the Grendl StarsAfter the Great Rift opened; exact date undetermined · 1
Darkand: the last huntSoon after the Great Rift; exact year unknown · 1
Loqe II: defence of the Primaris cargoPrimaris equipment delivery mission; exact date not established · 1
Mystas: invasion and the brothers’ rescuePrimaris era; before Blood of Iax; exact year unknown · 1
The Great Work on SothaAfter the Great Rift; exact year unknown · 1
Warped Galaxies: Zelia Lor’s journeyAfter the Great Rift; a continuous six-part journey; exact year unknown · 1
Takka’s final fight with the lictorAfter the failed call for an orbital strike · 1
The invasion of RaphaelaAfter the chapter's Primaris reinforcement following the Penitential Crusade; exact year unknown · 2
A Genestealer attacks BlytheAfter the ambush in the dunes · 1
The Hive Tyrant kills ArsanAfter the first engagement on Deniadol · 1
Three-sided battle aboard Summons of FaithIndomitus Era; year unknown · 1
The siege of Hive PromeThe siege of Hive Prome and Grotsnik’s experiments; exact year unknown · 1
The Wyrmslayer Queen is boardedAfter the pursuit and before treatment · 1
The Meridian Secundus assault and Hadariel’s trialAfter the Indomitus Crusade in the story’s chronology · year unknown · 1
The hive fleet arrives at ChertesOpening of the invasion · 1
Defence of the lunar shrineIn parallel with the orbital battle and uprising · 2
Destruction of the orbital fleetIn parallel with the lunar defence and uprising · 2
Bartilam’s cult uprisingIn parallel with the battles on the moon and in the system · 1
Fighting at the occupied vox towerAfter the parallel battles and uprising · 2
The last stand at Edrepol and the consumption of ChertesAfter the retreat beneath the spore sky · 1
The fleet’s division after feedingAfter Chertes is consumed · 1
Cartographic ReserveDate not established · 3
The last days of LazulaiLazulai’s final days during Leviathan’s renewed attacks; exact year unknown · 1
Serrine: Xantine’s ruleAfter Kalliope; Primaris era inferred from the linked story, exact year unknown · 1
Maelstrom: Tyranid invasionAfter Huron Blackheart: Master of the Maelstrom and the opening of the Great Rift; exact year unknown · 1
The Era IndomitusAfter the Rift · 1
Leviathan’s invasion of RegiumRegium: the Fourth Tyrannic War after the Great Rift; exact year unknown · 1
Harox against Genestealers in Imperium NihilusAfter the Great Rift, in the Indomitus era; exact calendar year undetermined · 1
990.M41 · 2 at this point
Original audio dramaUnmarkedScythes of the Emperor: DaedalusLaurie GouldingApothecary stranded → squad deployment → recovery attempt◎date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedTerminal VelocityL.J. GouldingTransport destroyed → free fall → final attack◎date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Blood of SothaL.J. GouldingAfter Sotha’s fall · before The Skull Harvest◎date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedSanctuaryJonathan GreenEncounter with genestealers · year unknown◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedDown Amongst the Dead MenSteve LyonsTraining → a genestealer hunt◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe ApexToby FrostBefore evacuation · mission → Lictor hunt → attack◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Alien Beast WithinIan WatsonSabulorb · before Meh’Lindi joins Draco↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedKriegSteve LyonsThe siege near Octarius · roughly 1,500 years after Krieg’s destruction◎Placement note
Graphic novelUnmarkedTitan II: VivaporiusDan Abnett; Andy Lanning; Anthony WilliamsThe Fulvius convoy and Titan mind-link corruption◎dating disputed
Original audio dramaUnmarkedMission: PurgeGav ThorpeShip inspection; roughly two years after the infected world◎date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Dread Sentinels of DornRob SandersRuined fort → bioship → survivors; year unknown◎date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedIron SoulPhil KellyDuring the Tyranid hunt · discovery of remains↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedCarcharodons: Outer DarkRobbie MacnivenFortifying Piety V · defending the world together↗date approximate
NovelUnmarkedCassiusBen CounterAfter the Battle for Macragge · the defence of Kolovan↗Placement note
Original audio dramaUnmarkedHelion RainGeorge MannIdos · evacuation before the demolition order↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedShadowbreakerSteve ParkerSeven years after the laboratory events · epilogue↗date approximate
NovellaUnmarkedArmour of FaithGraeme LyonSentina’s first command · before the Orath mission↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedDante: Lord of the HostJames SwallowSeven-year War for Skylos; year unknown↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Sanguinor: Exemplar of the HostJames SwallowSeven-year War for Skylos; year unknown↗Placement note
NovellaUnmarkedArjac Rockfist: Anvil of FenrisBen CounterArjac’s saga · the Fang’s defence during the Kalunian Crusade↗Placement note
NovellaUnmarkedDa Red Gobbo's Last StandAndi EwingtonHulk from the Maelstrom · Genestealer attack and revolt◎date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedCast a Hungry ShadowPeter FehervariRedemption · Vigilans◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedCast a Hungry ShadowPeter FehervariRedemption · the road to the Severed Spire◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedCast a Hungry ShadowPeter FehervariRedemption · the clash of the two cults◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedCast a Hungry ShadowPeter FehervariRedemption · the clash of the two cults◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedCast a Hungry ShadowPeter FehervariRedemption · the clash of the two cults◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedCast a Hungry ShadowPeter FehervariRedemption · after Gharth falls◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedCast a Hungry ShadowPeter FehervariRedemption · after the fight for the Teller◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedGates of the DevourerDavid AnnandaleKhania · after the Titan Legions join the fight◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedHive Fleet HorrorBarrington J. BayleySegmentum Ultima · the Tyranid attack◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedHive Fleet HorrorBarrington J. BayleyHive ship · after the prisoners are taken◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedElucidiumSimon SpurrierGarial-Fall · the Elucidium envoy arrives◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedElucidiumSimon SpurrierGarial-Fall · the Elucidium envoy arrives◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedElucidiumSimon SpurrierGarial-Fall · the Elucidium envoy arrives◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedElucidiumSimon SpurrierGarial-Fall · after Arkannis arrives◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedElucidiumSimon SpurrierGarial-Fall · the Imperial purge after the uprising◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedElucidiumSimon SpurrierGarial-Fall · the Imperial purge after the uprising◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedExodusSteve LyonsKatraxis · invasion by a Kraken tendril◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedFear ItselfJuliet E. McKennaShertore · defence of the crossing◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Child ForetoldNicholas KaufmannBallard’s Run · Kavel and Oshi◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedSalvationJonathan GreenAt the start of the Jaroth operation◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedSanguis IraeGav ThorpeAfter the Patriarch’s design is discovered◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Shadow of the BeastLaurie GouldingBefore the Second Tyrannic War◎Placement note
NovelUnmarkedDuty CallsSandy MitchellAround 933.M41, after Caves of Ice: roughly six months to a year later↗date approximate
NovelUnmarkedThe Last DitchSandy Mitchellc. 941.M41; 942.M41 also appears as an alternative↗date approximate
Short storyUnmarkedHunt-SenseChris WraightThe space-hulk hunt and an earlier Fenris memory; absolute dates unknown↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedDesert RaidersLucien SoulbanThe event date is unknown; late-M41 placement is provisional↗dating disputed
NovelUnmarkedRedemption CorpsRob SandersThe event date is unknown; late-M41 placement is provisional↗dating disputed
NovelUnmarkedDark DiscipleAnthony Reynoldslate M41; after Dark Apostle; the absolute year is unpublished↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedOrphans of the KrakenRichard WilliamsLate M41 · the search for surviving Scythes◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Fall of MalvolionDan AbnettMalvolion · Kraken campaign, c. 992.M41◎Placement note
NovelUnmarkedThe Greater GoodSandy Mitchell992.M41; one date marker gives 485.992.M41, conflicting with Vainglorious↗date approximate
Short storyUnmarkedDeliveranceGav ThorpeAfter Ichar IV; immediately before 13th Legion; year not established↗Placement note
NovelUnmarked13th LegionGav ThorpeImmediately after Deliverance; missions leading to Coritanorum; year not established↗Placement note
Graphic novel / comicUnmarkedLone WolvesDan Abnett; Karl Richardson998.M41 · Shadrac, the surviving garrison◎dating disputed
NovelUnmarkedThe Last HuntRobbie MacNivenSoon after the Great Rift; exact year unknown↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedDuty Unto DeathMarc CollinsPrimaris equipment delivery mission; exact date not established↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedBlood and BoneRobbie MacNivenPrimaris era; before Blood of Iax; exact year unknown◎Placement note
NovelUnmarkedThe Great WorkGuy HaleyAfter the Great Rift, in the Era Indomitus; exact year unknown↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedClaws of the GenestealerCavan ScottAfter the Great Rift; part 2 of 6 in one journey; exact year unknown↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedDevilhunterNicholas WolfAfter the failed call for an orbital strike◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedBlood SandsVictoria HaywardAfter the ambush in the dunes◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedPath of GriefAdrian SouthinAfter the first engagement on Deniadol◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Unsung WarDavid AnnandaleIndomitus Era; year unknown◎Placement note
NovelUnmarkedGrotsnik: Da Mad DokDenny FlowersThe siege of Hive Prome and Grotsnik’s experiments; exact year unknown◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Shapers of ScarsMarc CollinsAfter the pursuit and before treatment◎Placement note
Short story / microfiction2023
The Long and Hungry Road
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Long and Hungry RoadAdrian TchaikovskyIn parallel with the orbital battle and uprising◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Long and Hungry RoadAdrian TchaikovskyIn parallel with the orbital battle and uprising◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Long and Hungry RoadAdrian TchaikovskyIn parallel with the lunar defence and uprising◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Long and Hungry RoadAdrian TchaikovskyIn parallel with the lunar defence and uprising◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Long and Hungry RoadAdrian TchaikovskyAfter the parallel battles and uprising◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Long and Hungry RoadAdrian TchaikovskyAfter the parallel battles and uprising◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Long and Hungry RoadAdrian TchaikovskyAfter the retreat beneath the spore sky◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Long and Hungry RoadAdrian TchaikovskyAfter Chertes is consumed◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Devouring VoidDanie WareEvent era and year unestablished◎Placement note
NovelUnmarkedDeathworlderVictoria HaywardLazulai’s final days during Leviathan’s renewed attacks; exact year unknown↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedLord of ExcessRich McCormickAfter Kalliope; Primaris era inferred from the linked story, exact year unknown◎date approximate
NovelUnmarkedThe High Kâhl's OathGav ThorpeContemporary era after the Great Rift; exact date of the events not established↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedLeviathanDarius HinksRegium: the Fourth Tyrannic War after the Great Rift; exact year unknown◎Placement note
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