Lords of Mars
THE STORY
Pursued by vengeful eldar, Magos Kotov’s Explorator armada heads into a newly revealed area of space in pursuit of ancient secrets. As the Adeptus Mechanicus forces and Black Templars Space Marines tackle the twin threats of the wrathful aliens and insurrection aboard the fleet, a greater danger reveals itself…
Writer’s Commentary
Lords of Mars was a tricky book to get started. Priest of Mars had started life with a vision that I’d follow a single character through the book, with him or her gradually ascending the ranks of the Mechanicus until they were somewhere at the heart of power. But I realised that would require too much time to pass to be entirely credible. Then I thought I’d follow the Rogue Trader, Roboute Surcouf, and use him as my window into the Mechanicus, but that seemed a little obvious (and I’d kind of done the same thing with Leofric Carrard and the Wood Elves). As it turned out, Priests of Mars quickly became an ensemble piece with each faction and character claiming equal importance within the narrative. And therein lay the problem with Lords of Mars.
