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In the rain-soaked shanty towns of Excelsis, sellsword Niksar Astaboras drunkenly barters his way to a meaningless existence. Little does he care for the war that rages between men and monsters beyond the city walls, despite portents of its encroaching threat. Mortal life in the Realm of Beasts is short enough, and to leave the shelter of civilisation is to surrender to certain death. But death is coming to Excelsis. The forces of Destruction are on the move, and the realm quakes with each thunderous step.

Thousands of years ago, the city of Athanor was set adrift in time and space by alchemists, called "the Curious Men". Ever since, it has accumulated cultures, citizens, and species into a vast, unmappable metropolis. Isten and her gang of half-starved political exiles live off petty crime and gangland warfare in Athanor's seediest alleys. Though they dream of returning home to lead a glorious revolution, Isten's downward spiral drags them into a mire of addiction and violence. Isten must find a way to save the exiles and herself.

When sinister tidings from a forgotten corner of the Formosa Sector hint at spectres from his past, Inquisitor Coteaz must face a terrible choice – abandon his throne to those who covet it or cling to power by shattering the very bounds of mortality. All the while, other forces are at work in the darkness, and should Coteaz succumb to their alluring power, billions will fall with him.

"Der Traum... ist ein Omen... des Endes." Die Festungswelt Regium blickt auf eine stolze Geschichte zurück. Während andere dem Untergang und der Verdammnis zum Opfer fielen, überdauerte sie die Jahrtausende und verteidigte standhaft das Imperium der Menschheit. Doch jetzt wird sie in ihren Grundfesten erschüttert. Parasitäre Seuchen grassieren und ihre Bewohner träumen von schrecklichen Ungeheuern, die sich an ihrem Fleisch und ihren Knochen laben. Lieutenant Castamon von den Ultramarines kennt die Vorzeichen einer drohenden Tyranideninvasion nur zu gut.