For nearly a decade, the warriors of the Indomitus Crusade have waged a war of resistance and conquest across the empire. As part of the Quintus Crusade fleet, known by some as the accursed fleet, the Ultramarines from the strike cruiser Vengeance of the Ithraka reach a world ravaged by the enemy. There, a horrific technology from the Necron robs millions of slaves of their souls while heralding the expansion of the Kingdom of Silence.
The Ultramarines face a difficult decision: Either they destroy the Xenos forces in a desperate last stand, or they abandon the fleet and condemn the entire sector, to inform the one person who can do something about the threat: Primarch Roboute Guilliman.
Written by Gav Thorpe.
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