The Gates of Cadia are crushed and the Imperium is cut in two. The full might of the Traitor Legions, held back for thousands of years by walls of iron and sorcery, now fell upon the darkened Galaxy. Among those who seek revenge on the dying dominions of the Corpse Emperor are the Death Guard - once the proud crusaders of the Legiones Astartes, now corrupted creatures that bring fear and disease. Mighty warbands carve bloody paths through the void, answering the battle cry of their primarch lord, but despite the formidable power of their weapons, the Plague Marines cannot escape the merciless legacy of the past: it will pursue them from the ruined daemon worlds in the Eye of Terror to the devastated conflagrations Imperium-Nihilus.