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Sanction and Sin

Authors
Mike Brooks, Danie Ware, Denny Flowers, Jude Reid, Darius Hinks, Gary Kloster, Victoria Hayward, Jonathan D. Beer
The city of Varangantua is a choking sprawl that festers on the surface of Alecto. Within it, some of the most treacherous criminals in the whole Imperium make their living. Standing up for the law are the Enforcers, though many of them are as immoral as the criminals they oppose.
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The colossal city of Varangantua sprawls across the surface of Alecto like a dying beast, its innards crawling with some of the most insidious criminals the Imperium has to offer. From vast syndicates to small-time gangs and secretive cults, the city's labyrinthine districts are the perfect breeding ground for all manner of illicit enterprise. The Enforcers of Varangantua are all that stand in the way of total lawlessness, and many of these are as corrupt as the gangers they oppose, knowing no language but violence. This anthology collects together tales of law, sin, and morality from much-loved authors, including Mike Brooks, Denny Flowers, Danie Ware, Darius Hinks, and more.

Mike Brooks

Mike Brooks is the author of The God-King Chronicles epic fantasy series (THE BLACK COAST, THE SPLINTER KING and THE GODBREAKER); the Keiko series of grimy space-opera novels (DARK RUN, DARK SKY and DARK DEEDS); and various works for Games Workshop’s Black Library imprint, including BRUTAL KUNNIN, ALPHARIUS: HEAD OF THE HYDRA, and THE LION: SON OF THE FOREST. He was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, and moved to Nottingham to go to university when he was eighteen, where he still lives with his wife, cats, and snakes. He worked in the homelessness sector for fifteen years before going full-time as an author, plays guitar and sings in a punk band, and DJs wherever anyone will tolerate him. He is queer, and partially deaf (no, that occurred naturally, and a long time before the punk band).

Danie Ware

Danie Ware is an author who writes for the Black Library. She lives in Carshalton, South London, with her son and two cats, and has long-held interests in role-playing, re-enactment, vinyl art toys and personal fitness.

Denny Flowers

Denny Flowers is a writer of Warhammer 40k, Age of Sigmar, and Necromunda fiction. He submitted his first Black Library story during open submissions in 2018.

Jude Reid

Jude lives in Scotland and writes horror stories in the narrow gaps between full-time work as a surgeon, wrangling two kids and trying to wear out a border collie. She is a fan of Zombies, Run and ITF Tae-Kwon Do, co-writes and co-stars in the podcast audiodrama Tales from the Aletheian Society, and drinks a powerful load of coffee.

Darius Hinks

Darius Hinks is an author, writing primarily in the science fiction and fantasy genres. He was born in Birmingham, England, in 1972. He works and lives in Nottinghamshire. Hinks' first novel, Warrior Priest, won the David Gemmel Morningstar award.

Gary Kloster

Gary Kloster is a writer, a librarian, a martial arts instructor, and stay-at-home father. Sometimes all in the same day, but seldom all at the same time. He lives in the midwest of the United States, surrounded by corn and beset by cats. His stories have appeared in Analog, Clarkesworld, Escape Pod, Fantasy Magazine, and many others. He has also written a number of books for the Warhammer 40K and Age of Sigmar universes.

Victoria Hayward

Victoria Hayward is a historian by training, publicly funded artist and mother of birds. She is the author of ‘The Carbis Incident’ and ‘The Siege of Ismyr’ for Black Library and is a contributor to the academic anthology ‘Travel Writing in an Age of Global Quarantine.' When not writing SFF she works in science communication, helping academics tell stories about their research whether it be on black holes or the palaces of despots. She spent one weird summer working in Westminster which has absolutely nothing to do with her interest in writing about dystopian bureaucracies.

Jonathan D. Beer

Jonathan D. Beer is a science fiction writer living in Edinburgh, UK. His work in the Warhammer 40,000 universe for Black Library includes the novels The King of the Spoil and Dominion Genesis, and a range of short stories.