Newly elevated to the rank of High Marshal of the Black Templars, Lord of the Eternal March, Helbrecht leads an army of his brothers on a march to the Ghoul Stars. They face a war on planets where the existence of reality itself is unstable, and the laws of physics do not operate properly. As the troops prepare for the final assault on the alien stronghold, Helbrecht lectures his warriors and describes the rewards that await them: glory in battle and eternity at the right hand of the Emperor himself.