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The war for the fate of mankind blazes on. Though the outer defences have fallen, the walls of the Palace itself remain inviolate as Rogal Dorn, the Praetorian of Terra himself, uses every known stratagem and ploy to keep Horus' vast armies at bay. In Perturabo, the Traitor siegebreaker, Dorn faces an adversary worthy of his skill. A terrible, grinding attrition ensues. The crucial battle for the Lion's Gate spaceport is at the heart of this conflict. With it in their possession, the Traitors can land their most devastating weapons on Terran soil. Dorn knows it must not fall.

When a stranger attempting to deliver a cryptic message is shot dead at his dinner table, Richard Ames is thrown headfirst into danger, intrigue, and other dimensions where Lazarus Long still thrives, where Jubal Harshaw lives surrounded by beautiful women, and where a daring plot to rescue the sentient computer called Mike can change the direction of all human history.

In a future world where people can buy and sell intelligence, citizens are each allocated 100 1.Q. points at birth. When they turn 16, they can make a choice either to remain as 100s and be cared for by the state, or they can gamble with their intelligence. Those who succeed become high I.Q.s and enjoy all of the benefits this brings; those who fail lead squalid lives and some eventually become I.Q. 30 glidiots, battling in the Glidiot Games in a pop-up maze where they kill one another for I.Q. points and for public amusement.

ER ÜBERLEBTE DIE APOKALYPSE UND ENTKAM DEM KARTELL. DOCH NUN KEHRT ER ZURÜCK. Nach dem Zusammenbruch der Weltordnung begann die Herrschaft des Bösen. Die Regierungen stürzten, das Kartell gelangte an die Macht, und aus guten Menschen wurden Sklaven. Um die Gefahr aus dem Ödland zurückzuhalten, wurde ein Wall errichtet. Doch nun strebt eine Widerstandsgruppe nach Veränderungen. Sie sind bereit, dafür zu kämpfen und notfalls auch zu sterben, und sie bitten Marcus Battle um Hilfe.