Firedrake

Its place in Salamanders: Tome of Fire

Firedrake is book 2 in the Salamanders: Tome of Fire series. It follows Salamander. It is followed by Nocturne. See the full Salamanders: Tome of Fire reading order.

The Tome of Fire trilogy is Nick Kyme's flagship contribution to Warhammer 40,000: a character-driven look at the Salamanders, the Space Marine Chapter built around loyalty, craftsmanship and a near-total absence of the superstition and religious fervour that defines so much of the setting. Kyme centres the story on two rival battle-brothers of 3rd Company, Tsu'gan and Dak'ir, whose mutual distrust becomes the trilogy's real engine: Dak'ir is haunted by a psychic connection to Nocturne's volcanic core and a…