Part two of the epic Eisenhorn trilogy returns A century after his recovery of the alien Necroteuch, Gregor Eisenhorn is one of the Imperial Inquisitions most celebrated agents. But when a face from his past returns to haunt him, and he is implicated in a great tragedy that devastates the world of Thracian Primaris, Eisenhorns universe crumbles around him. The daemon Cherubael is back, and seeks to bring the inquisitor to ruin either by his death, or by turning him to the service of the Dark Gods.,
