The King of the Spoil
Delve into the lawless underbelly of the vast city of Varangantua in this fantastic Warhammer Crime novel.
Within the vast sprawl of Varangantua lies the Spoil. It is a broken crossroads, forsaken by the Lex, abandoned by the city’s uncaring masters, where the only choice is a slow death in the manufactories, or a quick one on the street.
And it is in turmoil.
Andreti Sorokin, the gangster king whose vicious rule brought order to the Spoil, is dead, slain in the most brutal fashion.
Melita Voronova, skilled info-broker and reluctant agent of the imperious Valtteri cartel, is tasked with uncovering the mystery of who killed Sorokin, and preventing his fragile alliance of thugs and narco-pushers from collapsing into chaos.
As street-blades clash and gang leaders turn against one another, Melita’s instincts tell her there is a larger conspiracy at work. Someone has created this crisis not merely to disrupt the Spoil, but to overturn the foundations of Varangantua itself.
Jonathan D Beer
Jonathan D. Beer is a science fiction and alternative history writer, whose stories for Black Library have appeared in the anthologies Broken City and Sanction and Sin, and in the Warhammer Crime Week 2022.
Equally obsessed by the nineteenth century and the 41st millennium, he lives with his wife and assorted cats in the untamed wilderness of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Warhammer 40,000: Warhammer Crime
Warhammer 40,000: Warhammer Crime consists of five primary books, and includes five additional books that complement the series but are not considered mandatory reads. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
Main series Warhammer 40,000
