The galaxy, tormented by a devastating war, has not known peace for countless millennia. To survive in it means to fight, to thrive means to conquer. Once proud worlds lie in ruins, crushed by treacherous warlords or vile alien despots. Humanity, frightened by the unstoppable onslaught of the Ruinous Forces, stands on the threshold of oblivion. There is no hope left. And yet many people with weapons in their hands fight back against nightmare enemies. The noble heroes of the Imperium march into battle as mysterious Inquisitors study the dark secrets of their ignorant age. Amid the horrors of the forty-first millennium, righteous rulers battle strong-willed tyrants to decide which of them is worthy to inherit the Galaxy!