A Ferren Areios Novel – a harrowing Warhammer 40,000 tale of duty, defiance, and the fight to reclaim Ultramar’s lost worlds. For more than a decade, the Khorsari Reach has been swallowed by warp storms and choked by Death Guard corruption. Its once-proud Imperial planets lie broken, its people slaughtered by Nurgle’s plague-ridden legions. But these worlds belong to Ultramar—and the sons of Guilliman do not abandon their own. READ IT BECAUSE Ferren Areios, first introduced in the Dawn of Fire series, now steps into the spotlight in his own full-length novel. Recently elevated to Captain of the Ultramarines Sixth Company and honoured as the Master of Rites, Ferren faces his most gruelling challenge yet: a relentless, grinding war against the Death Guard, where victory is measured in suffering and loss. If any warrior can carry the weight of duty into such darkness, it is the Master of Rites. THE STORY When the warp storms finally recede, the devastation of the Khorsari Reach becomes undeniable. The Death Guard have dug in deep, transforming each world into a festering fortress dedicated to rot and despair. Tasked with reclaiming these blighted systems, Ferren Areios leads his company into the heart of the Plague God’s influence. As casualties mount and the enemy’s corruption gnaws at both body and spirit, Ferren is tested in ways no ceremony or ritual could prepare him for. Cut off from hope, surrounded by decay, and burdened by the expectations of Ultramar, he must fight not only to liberate the Reach—but to hold on to the last pieces of his own humanity. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Written by Rob Young, whose immersive prose and sharp character focus bring the horrors of the Death Guard—and the heroism of the Ultramarines—to life.
