An elite squad of Cadian Kasrkin are tasked with a critical mission
behind enemy lines.
When the perfidious t'au bring down a valkyrie containing an Astra
Militarum general on the besieged Imperial world of Dasht i-Kevar, all
could be lost - what the general knows could break the war effort, and
see the planet fall under the control of the vile xenos.
Only the Kasrkin stand a chance at bringing him back. They are the elite
of the elite, but the enemy that Captain Bharath Obeysekera and his
squad are called upon to fight is unlike any they have faced before -
the desert itself, endless and implacable.
With sandstorms cutting them off from support, Obeysekera has only his
soldiers to rely on. As the Kasrkin journey deeper into the wastes, they
begin to realise they're not the only hunters searching for the missing
general, and that their war has caught the attention of something
ancient lurking beneath the desert sands...