The Bleeding Chalice
- Published
- 1 January 2003
- Pages
- 416
- ISBN-13
- 9781844160549
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Bleeding Chalice followed a year later in 2003, continuing the Soul Drinkers' desperate war against both Imperial and Chaos forces as Sarpedon searches for the truth behind his own mutation and the chapter's fractured gene-seed. At 416 pages it's a significant jump from the series opener.
Key facts about The Bleeding Chalice
The Bleeding Chalice is a novel by Ben Counter. Readers have had it since 2003. It runs to 416 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of The Bleeding Chalice. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781844160549 to find the main one.
The Bleeding Chalice is book 2 of 7 in the Soul Drinkers series. The series has 7 published books. However, the series starts with Soul Drinker (2002). Phalanx is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 2 April 2012.
Additionally, Ben Counter writes Grey Knights and The Horus Heresy as separate series. Those series sit on our science fiction shelf. Meanwhile, The World Engine is the latest published Ben Counter book on file, from 2016.
About Ben Counter
Ben Counter is a British novelist and one of Black Library's most prolific early Warhammer 40,000 writers. A graduate in ancient history and a keen miniature painter (he has won a Golden Demon award for his work), he lives in Portsmouth, England. See every Ben Counter book in order.
Its place in Soul Drinkers
The Bleeding Chalice is book 2 in the Soul Drinkers series. It follows Soul Drinker. It is followed by Crimson Tears. See the full Soul Drinkers reading order.
Soul Drinkers is Ben Counter's own contribution to Black Library's roster of Space Marine chapters -- unlike many Warhammer 40,000 series built around a chapter already established in Games Workshop's tabletop lore, the Soul Drinkers were created for the novels themselves. The chapter, led by the psychically mutated, multi-limbed Chapter Master Sarpedon, prizes art and culture as proof of the humanity it exists to defend -- an indulgence the wider Imperium regards with deep suspicion. When that suspicion hardens…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781844160549