Edition
- Author
- Evan Dicken
- Publisher
- Black Library
- Year
- 2026
- Series
- Warhammer: The Old World
Roles: Miao Ying (mentioned-only, Grand Cathay).
Synopsis
Blood of the Bastion is Evan Dicken’s Warhammer: The Old World novel, sold by Games Workshop as the first Black Library book set in Grand Cathay. The shop jacket follows veteran soldier Yao Kai as he uncovers a Chaos plot to destroy the Great Bastion from within. The hardback is listed to ship on or after 14 November 2026.
Warhammer Community’s 2 September 2026 interview places the story in Nan-Gau, in north-eastern Cathay, and says Miao Ying does not appear. Her journey west with a large part of the region’s soldiers leaves that city exposed. She is a mentioned absence in the author’s account of the book, not its viewpoint. The novel is Old World fiction. It has no single in-universe slot beside the older Fantasy novels on this index.
Reading order
Publication order: 1.
In-universe order: Not placed in a single in-universe slot.
Sources
- Blood of the Bastion (Hardback) — warhammer.com
- Revealed – The first Black Library book set in Grand Cathay — warhammer-community.com