Blood Games (Anthology Short Story)

Blood Games is an anthology short story published in The Horus Heresy series that was originally part of an anthology novel. Blood Games was first published as part of the Tales of Heresy main series anthology in April 2009. The cover image used is that of the unabridged audiobook version Blood Games which was released in November 2015.

Synopsis
Amon Tauromachian, one of the Emperor’s elite Custodian Guard, returns to the Imperial Palace after a year on one of the Blood Games by which these exalted heroes train. Tasked with a new mission, he is sent to the hives of Hy Brasil to check on the loyalty of a notorious troublemaker. With the galaxy at war and half the Imperium’s armies in rebellion, any hint of heresy on the Throneworld must be stamped out. Amon’s mission draws him into a web of deceit and betrayal, where no one can be trusted and nothing is at it seems. Can he unravel the truth and secure Terra for the Emperor?