Cronos - A Warhammer 40k Inquisition Adventure

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Description

Looking to ease the political pressure mounting from his peers following a bloody resolution to heretical activity, Inquisitor Callant Blackgar pursues the simple clerical work of getting to the bottom of missing Imperial tithes. However, when an unforeseen threat hits dangerously close to home, Blackgar vows to wield his considerable power and resources to expunge the heretics responsible for a fatally nefarious act.

In the process, Blackgar finds greater evils lurking in the shadows of the Imperium’s long and torturous history.

Cronos is a (unofficial!) mind-bending deep dive into lesser visited heresies of the Imperium, with a particular focus on human villainy, rather than of exterior threats. Cronos is originally written for those with little to no prior exposure to Warhammer 40k, inspired by (and with subtle references to) Dan Abnett’sEisenhornseries. But as easy as it may be to initially get involved with Cronos’s story, its rabbit hole leads deep indeed…

Special thanks toWong40kfor the cover design!

Cronos has been completed as of 3/11/2026. Thanks for reading!

Information

Status: Completed
Year: 2024
Author: Ceno

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Rating: 4.5/ 5.0
Followers: 317
Views: 190,750

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Community Reviews(3)

VichyRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Promising setting and start! The first chapter was a good introduction without giving away future plot. It is nice to find another 40k story, I am looking forward to read more.
Writing/Grammar is impeccable.
The story should be enjoyable even without major knowledge of 40k.
I will update this review once more chapters are released.
taorecRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The first 3-4 chapters were quite slow with - for my taste - too much exposition / character introductions and I almost dropped it.
I'm glad I didn't as the story got going quick after it with plots, action scenes and even some romance (what heresy is this!), keeping me awake at night. Looking forward to the next 100 chapters!
As for the grammar, I haven't noticed any mistakes yet.
I'm honestly a bit surprised that this fiction doesn't have more views / reviews as it 's one of the good 40k ones on RR and has been up for a year. If you've been reading the story, consider giving it a review / follow / favorite to increase the stories visibility. And thanks for keeping at it, Ceno!
ScythiaRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
Most 40k fiction follows a few mythical beings, the emperors or generals or heroes that actually hold power in the galaxy. They talk about billions dying in a single battle like humans can even begin to understand what that means.
Cronos confronts the sheer scale of 40k and does it excellently. Vast conspiracies abound, deep loves and twisted plots appear, and it doesn't need a backdrop of thousands of fake star systems facades to do it in. It just needs one city, on one world, with a handful of characters and an amazing plot. A simple romance is just as compelling as one where the fate of uncountably many rest on its outcome, more so in fact, and Cronos never makes the mistake of dehumanizing its characters or debasing its plot for the sake of petty awe.
The story is focused, realistic, and when it does raise the stakes to world-shattering proportions it feels genuinely thrilling because it does so with deliberation and care.
There crew really should stop grinning that much, though. Every single main character grins so much their faces should have seized by now. It's distracting, and my main nitpick.
P.S Also there are gay girls in it, which is an automatic recommend from me. I do hate how 40k authors want to portray the Imperium as bigoted in boring mundane ways, instead of hilarious parody ways like Cronos does.