Warhammer 40K: The Iron Legion

[Slow-paced] He was just another screw in the Empire's war machine, destined to be worn down.

Until he learned how to make the entire machine grind to a halt because of him.

Armageddon, a world of steel and poison gas. Here, conscription is no honor; it's a death sentence on borrowed time. Soldiers aren't heroes, but expendable numbers. Kaen Delake, a hive orphan, enters the barracks with a battered manual and a homemade wrench. They want to forge him into a standard-issue “bullet” and fire him at the green tide.

But he secretly studies how the war machine works, listens to the “machine spirits” of firearms, and scribbles his own notes in the margins of tactical manuals. From repairing crippled armored vehicles to smashing a path to safety out of rubble when all seems lost, he stubbornly proves that even the most insignificant component can find a place where it can make the Empire's beast feel pain.

When the Orks' war moon blots out the sky, and loyalty and betrayal blur in the smoke, Kaen faces his ultimate choice: remain content as a bullet waiting to be fired, or break free of his chains and become the hammer that grips the gun of fate?