The Custodian Guard have stood watch over the Emperor's Palace on Terra since the foundation of the Imperium. Charged with protecting the Master of Mankind from all threats, within and without, their fearsome resolve is renowned throughout the galaxy, and their golden armour is the last thing that a would-be assassin or saboteur will ever see. Alongside the Null-maidens of the Sisters of Silence, who are anathema to psykers and sorcerers alike, there is no threat to the Golden Throne that they alone cannot vanquish... until now.

Author Biography

Chris Wraight is the author of the Horus Heresy novels Scars and The Path of Heaven, the novellas Brotherhood of the Storm and Wolf King, and the audio dramas The Sigillite and Grey Talon. For Warhammer 40,000, he has written the Space Wolves novels Blood of Asaheim and Stormcaller, the Inquisition novel The Carrion Throne and the Space Marine Battles novels Wrath of Iron and War of the Fang. Additionally, he has many Warhammer stories to his name, including the Time of Legends novel Master of Dragons and the End Times novel The Fall of Altdorf. Chris lives and works near Bristol, in south-west England.