Not long after the Great Rift tore the galaxy in two, Chaos forces launched offensives across Imperial space, taking advantage of the maelstrom to break their bindings and wreak vengeance upon the Corpse-Emperor’s domain. The Death Guard were particularly invigorated by the return of their Primarch, and the tale of their exploits was told in the classic Black Library novel The Lords of Silence, by Chris Wraight.
Now, this epic story of loyalty, corruption, and chaotic drama returns in a brand new edition, flush with beautiful illustrations and fascinating insights from the author.
The annotated and illustrated edition of The Lords of Silence is packed full of new content that breathes further life into an already immersive story, as Chris muses on the whats and whys of his novel and how he crafted such an engaging story around ostensibly villainous characters.
The story follows the eponymous Death Guard warband as they seek to rejoin Mortarion after being dumped into unknown space by the rigours of the Great Rift’s birth. Yet for all their power and influence, they are not free from the legacies of their past, and something from the depths of the Eye of Terror is hot on their trail.
The new illustrations that pockmark the novel are wonderfully evocative representations of the Death Guard and sometimes quite difficult to look at, which is quite the compliment for a servant of Nurgle. Just wait until you see the plague-infested void ship on page 190 – absolutely horrifying.