A battle-weary Marshall brant and his fellow Black Templars return home to find their homeworld, Solemnus, under attack from bloodthirsty orks, and embarks on a personal quest for vengeance against the ork leader responsible for the destruction of his family and planet, and to regain the honor of the Black Templars. Original.

More action with the Black Templars in the second book of the series. When an Imperial officer crash lands in the ork-infested jungles of Armageddon, a crack squad of Black Templars is sent to look for him. However, they stumble onto a Chaos plot, and must deal with corrupt Chaos Space Marines as well as ravening hordes of greenskins.