Warhammer 40k - Deathwatch Short Story - The Walker in Fire by Peter Fehervari

THE STORY
The hive world of Sarastus harbours many secrets, and now many fugitives from the Imperium as well – a rogue Adeptus Mechanicus priest has absconded with several xenos biologis samples, prompting the Inquisition to order an intervention by the Deathwatch. The Salamanders Firedrake Garran Branatar forms part of a specialist Terminator kill-team sent to delve into the darkness beneath Sarastus, bringing the flame and fury of his Chapter in equal measure. But Branatar brings with him the shadowed legacy of his own past as well...

Written by Peter Fehervari

Part nine of the Deathwatch Quick Reads series

It's an unusual mission for the Deathwatch, as they hunt not aliens, but a rogue tech-priest of the Adeptus Mechanicus...

READ IT BECAUSE
It's Terminators in a hive world, hunting a tech-priest, and the main character has a secret that could affect the mission.