40k Reading Atlas

Xenos / xenos empire

Tyranids

An extragalactic super-predator that consumes entire biospheres. Each hive fleet defeated only teaches the next one how humanity fights.

Origin
745.M41
Founding
First recorded contact: Hive Fleet Behemoth
Homeworld
Extragalactic hive fleets
Status
Active — Active
Date quality
exact / high

Tyranids Books

Original summaries and chronology labels generated from the same catalog powering the atlas.

The Greater Good

Sandy Mitchell

A late Cain novel where Imperial Guard pragmatism collides with xenos diplomacy and the larger dangers pressing the eastern fringe.

NovelImperial GuardCiaphas Cainoptional

992.M41 - 992.M41

exact date, high confidence

Dante

Guy Haley

A Blood Angels character novel that makes Dante's long service legible before the chapter enters one of its defining modern crises.

NovelSpace MarinesDantemajor

998.M41 - 998.M41

exact date, high confidence

The Devastation of Baal

Guy Haley

A major Blood Angels and Tyranids war novel that bridges old late-M41 continuity into the new strategic era.

NovelSpace MarinesSpace Marine Battlesessential

998.M41 - 999.M41

range date, medium confidence