For Nik, first & only.

A BLACK LIBRARY PUBLICATION

First published in Great Britain in 1999. This edition published in 2010 by Black Library, Games Workshop Ltd., Willow Road, Nottingham, NG7 2WS, UK

Cover illustration by Adrian Smith.

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ISBN 978 0 85787 001 8

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