Above and Beyond
Published on 17. July 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
464 pages
978-1-83609-162-2 (ISBN)
Description
An Imperial propagandist meets the flying ace legend he created, to prepare her for the most difficult battle of her storied career.
Flight Commander Lucille von Shard: Hero of Bacchus, fighter ace, and a living legend heralded for her valour and piety. Propagandist Kile Simlex, responsible for her fame, shares none of this renown. Condemned to the ignominy of a scribe’s cubicle cell, his chance at liberation comes as a cryptic vid message claiming to be from Shard herself, requesting his aid.
Under the von Shard family’s patronage, Simlex journeys to Deighton, a world in open rebellion from the Imperium, where he finds the commander a shadow of her former self. Near broken by eternal war, her confidence and reputation crumbling, Shard must somehow steel herself for her deadliest battle yet, against a xenos mercenary of unparalleled skill. Can Simlex help her overcome this near-invincible enemy, or merely watch as she is finally defeated?
Flight Commander Lucille von Shard: Hero of Bacchus, fighter ace, and a living legend heralded for her valour and piety. Propagandist Kile Simlex, responsible for her fame, shares none of this renown. Condemned to the ignominy of a scribe’s cubicle cell, his chance at liberation comes as a cryptic vid message claiming to be from Shard herself, requesting his aid.
Under the von Shard family’s patronage, Simlex journeys to Deighton, a world in open rebellion from the Imperium, where he finds the commander a shadow of her former self. Near broken by eternal war, her confidence and reputation crumbling, Shard must somehow steel herself for her deadliest battle yet, against a xenos mercenary of unparalleled skill. Can Simlex help her overcome this near-invincible enemy, or merely watch as she is finally defeated?
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Language
English
Place of publication
Nottingham
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
310 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83609-162-2 (9781836091622)
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Denny Flowers is the author of the novels Fire Made Flesh, Outgunned and Above and Beyond, the novellas Low Lives, Da Gobbo's Demise, and several short stories. He lives in Kent with his wife and son, and has no proven connection with House Delaque.