Part 2 of the Red Path Quick Reads series As Khârn the Betrayer chases down an enemy who escaped his wrath, Abaddon the Despoiler's preparations for his apocalyptic Thirteenth Black Crusade continue apace… Khârn the Betrayer and his berzerkers have achieved a bloody victory over the White Scars – but before battle’s end the Chogorian khan managed to beat a cowardly retreat. For the Champion of Khorne, no battle is won while a single enemy breathes, and so he launches a furious pursuit of his quarry across the shimmering mirror-surfaces of Haeleon, only for the planet itself to offer deadly challenges of its own. Meanwhile, the Imperium holds its breath as Abaddon the Despoiler continues his Black Crusade, and the cardinal of Salandraxis knows all too well how vulnerable they are…