The Warmaster Horus is dead.

Terra lies in ruins, and the Emperor is silent. It is a new and uncertain dawn, and as the survivors pick through the ruins of the Imperial Palace, the remnants of Horus’ Grand Armada attempt to escape vengeance. Some believe this is an opportunity for peace, but wiser folk recognise that this war will never end, and all that remains to be seen is who rises to rule over the ruin left by the flames of the Horus Heresy.

Ashes of the Imperium by Chris Wraight is the first book to explore the Scouring, the aftermath of the devastating civil war that rocked the galaxy.