A century after his recovery of the alien Necroteuch, Gregor Eisenhorn is one of the Imperial Inquisition\'s most celebrated agents.
The daemon Cherubael is back, and seeks to bring the inquisitor to ruin - either by his death, or by turning him to the service of the Dark Gods..
But when a face from his past returns to haunt him, and he is implicated in a great tragedy that devastates the world of Thracian Primaris, Eisenhorn\'s universe crumbles around him.
A century after his recovery of the alien Necroteuch, Gregor Eisenhorn is one of the Imperial Inquisition\'s most celebrated agents