The Era of Ruin

The Lupercal has fallen, and the history of its Heresy has come to an end. The wounds inflicted by fratricidal strife will never heal. The survivors face the onset of the Era of Ruin. Along with new opportunities, it promises new threats to the Imperium, worn down by wars and other calamities.

The heroine of Chris Wright's story "The Way Home," Ilia Ravallion, must decide whether to become an assistant to the White Scarves, whose ranks have noticeably thinned, or to prefer long-awaited peace. Azeq Ahriman in John French's "Ex Libris" seeks to uncover as much about the warp as possible before the gates of the Empyreans close forever for him.

Within the pages of the anthology, which includes, in addition to the aforementioned works, stories by Dan Abnett, Aaron Dembski-Bowden, Guy Haley, Gav Thorpe, and Nick Kyme, readers can once again expect brave Custodians, malevolent sorcerers, and humble soldiers of the Imperium. Each of them is searching for their path among the ruins and ashes left after the bloodiest civil strife that humanity has ever known.