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Two centuries ago, the Imperium of Man and the upstart Tau Empire fought to a standstill in the Damocles Gulf. Now, as the 41st millennium draws to a close, the tau have returned. As the world of Agrellan falls under attack, the White Scars and Raven Guard rush to its defence, but with the skilled Commander Shadowsun leading the alien forces, the Space Marines and their allies are hard pressed. Kor'sarro Khan, Huntmaster of the White Scars, swears that he will win the day in the most direct way possible – by taking Shadowsun's head.

Belisarius Cawl, Archmagos Dominus of the Adeptus Mechanicus, is the most brilliant mind alive. For 10,000 years he has furthered the cause of mankind, working under the aegis of the Emperor and Lord Commander Roboute Guilliman to prevent the inexorable march of the alien and the traitor. Many call him heretic, but all must recognise the magnitude of his achievements, for who else but he was entrusted to create a new generation of Space Marines?

The Blood Angels Chapter of Space Marines is under threat. Having obliterated all human life in the Red Scar region of space, the largest tendril of Hivefleet Leviathan ever seen in the Imperium has converged and is making relentlessly for Baal. To face this awesome foe, Commander Dante has called upon the Successor Chapters of the ancient Ninth Legion. The Sons of Sanguinius gather in numbers not seen since the dark days of the Horus Heresy.

A great darkness has befallen the galaxy, and the armies of Chaos are rampant. To survive, humanity must retaliate and take back what they have lost. By the will of the reborn primarch, Roboute Guilliman, is the Indomitus Crusade launched - a military undertaking that eclipses all others in known history. From the Throneworld of Terra does the Avenging Son hurl his fleets, their mission the very salvation of mankind.

The galaxy is in flames. Chaos is in the ascendant across the stars. The Great Rift has split the holdings of the Imperium in twain, isolating entire sectors from the light of Holy Terra. But all hope is not lost. The Primarch Roboute Guilliman has returned from deathless sleep and appointed Commander Dante, lord of the Blood Angels, as Regent and Warden of the newly dubbed Imperium Nihilus. In the Baal system, the shattered holding of the Chapter is being rebuilt, and Dante plans the greatest campaign of his long life, to retake half an empire.

On the 13th day of Secundus, the bombardment of Terra began. With the solar defences overcome through the devastating strength of the Traitor armada and the power of the warp, Horus launches his assault on the Throneworld in earnest. After withstanding a ferocious barrage of ordnance, an immense ground war commences outside the Palace, with every inch gained paid for in the lives of billions.

During the Great Crusade, it falls to the primarch Corax of the Raven Guard to humble the immense void-cities of the Carinae. Determined to bring these worlds into compliance, he unleashes the might of his Legion and a massive war host of the Imperial Army. But the lords of Carinae are well defended and without remorse....

Born to a life of political conflict, Perturabo was always considered a child prodigy among the people of Olympia - indeed, his philosophical and scientific works were beyond compare. But then, after his rediscovery by the Emperor and decades of thankless military campaigning on the Great Crusade, the primarch begins to resent his Legion's place in the Imperium.

Of all the Emperor’s immortal sons, the primarchs, it is Konrad Curze whose legend is the darkest. Born in the shadows of Nostramo, a world of murderers, thieves and worse, is it any surprise that he became the figure of dread known only as the Night Haunter? Heed now the tragic story of the creature Konrad Curze, master of the Night Lords Legion, of how he became a monster and a weapon of terror. He who once served the Imperium saw the truth in a maddening universe and the hypocrisy of a loveless father, and embraced the only thing that made any sense - darkness.

The Adeptus Astartes are humanity's champions, superhuman warriors armed with the finest weapons and clad in mighty armour. They defend the Imperium of Mankind from all its myriad foes - the alien, the heretic and the daemon. There are a thousand Chapters of Space Marines across the Imperium, each with its own traditions and ways of waging war, but all have one thing in common - their total dedication to eradicating their enemies in the name of the Emperor. This audio drama anthology contains seven stories of the Space Marines.

Commander Dante ist der Ordensmeister eines der edelsten und sorgenschwersten Space-Marine-Orden des Imperiums: der Blood Angels. Seit seiner Geburt in der radioaktiv verseuchten Wüste von Baal Secundus war ihm ein Leben voller ruhmreicher Kämpfe vorherbestimmt. Von seiner Aufnahme in die Scoutkompanie des Ordens über die Makropolstädte von Armageddon bis hin zu den Raumschlachten im Cryptus-System hat Dante im Laufe seines langen Lebens gegen alle Feinde des Imperiums gekämpft.

Aufgewachsen auf einer Welt der politischen Rivalitäten, galt Perturabo unter den Einwohnern Olympias seit jeher als Wunderkind, dessen philosophische Texte und wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten ihresgleichen suchten. Doch nach seiner Wiedervereinigung mit dem Imperator und undankbaren Jahrzehnten des zermürbenden Krieges während des Großen Kreuzzuges beginnt der Primarch die Rolle seiner Legion im Imperium zu hinterfragen.

Mit dem noblen Imperator Sanguinius an der Spitze, der von Macragge aus herrscht, bildet das Imperium Secundus das letzte Leuchtfeuer der Hoffnung, während die Streitkräfte des Kriegsherrn über den Rest der Galaxis herfallen. Roboute Guilliman, der nach wie vor über Ultramar herrscht, hat seinen Bruder davon überzeugt, dass Terra gefallen ist und der mysteriöse Berg Pharus auf Sotha den Schlüssel zur Zukunft der Menschheit darstellt. Aber die Night Lords, Konrad Curzes grausame und mitleidlose Söhne, lauern in den Schatten und setzen ihren lange gehegten Plan, den Pharus selbst anzugreifen, in die Tat um.

Nach einem brutalen Feldzug gegen die fremdartigen Tyranids im Cryptus-System kehrt Lord Dante nach Baal zurück, um dort die Blood Angels und ihre Nachfolgeorden gegen die Schwarmflotte Leviathan zu sammeln. Die größte Schlacht in der Geschichte der Söhne des Sanguinius beginnt. Trotz schwerer Kämpfe im Weltraum um Baal, können die Blood Angels nicht verhindern, dass die Tyranids unaufhaltsam weiter vorzurücken. Ihre Bitte nach Unterstützung bringt entsetzliche Neuigkeiten ans Licht – das Tor von Cadia, die standhafteste Festung des Imperiums gegen das Chaos, ist gefallen.

Die Vision einer strahlenden Zukunft, die der Imperator für die Menschheit hatte, liegt in Schutt und Asche. Horus’ Rebellion breitet sich in die hintersten Winkel des Imperiums aus und erfasst beinahe täglich neue Welten und Systeme. Vor diesem Hintergrund wird die Frage laut: Waren die Zeichen schon immer da? Nur eines ist sicher - die Galaxis wird nie wieder Frieden kennen, weder in diesem Zeitalter noch in tausend anderen...