Steel Tread (Hardback)

A Warhammer 40,000 Novel – a tense, character-driven tale of tank warfare, loyalty, and survival within the Astra Militarum. When tanker Hadeya Etsul is folded into a Cadian armoured regiment and placed in command of the Leman Russ Demolisher Steel Tread, she must learn to lead a dysfunctional crew through a brutal, do-or-die campaign. Trust is her greatest weapon—if she can earn it.

READ IT BECAUSE

Experience the inner workings of the Astra Militarum from the claustrophobic confines of a mighty battle tank. This novel explores the clashing traditions and loyalties of disparate regiments forced to fight side by side, and the bonds that must form if they are to survive the horrors of war.

THE STORY

On the embattled world of Croatoas, Imperial forces wage a desperate campaign against the twisted servants of the Ruinous Powers. In the midst of this escalating conflict, tanker Hadeya Etsul is reassigned to a proud and insular Cadian regiment—a far cry from her own heritage—and unexpectedly promoted to command the Leman Russ Demolisher Steel Tread.

Burdened by haunting nightmares, confronted with a crew that barely functions as a unit, and thrown into a regiment whose culture is foreign and unwelcoming, Etsul must fight to carve out a place for herself. But as the Steel Tread rolls into a perilous death-or-glory offensive under the baleful glow of the Great Rift, the stakes rise far beyond personal struggle.

If Etsul and her crew cannot learn to trust one another utterly, none of them will survive the battles to come.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Written by Andy Clark, known for his gritty, character-focused Warhammer 40,000 fiction and powerful depictions of life within the Astra Militarum.