Fantastic novel focussing on the Astra Militarum's Volpone
Bluebloods.
As war rages across the Sabbat Worlds, the Volpone Bluebloods are sent
to Gnostes at the head of a massive Imperial host. Tasked with the
liberation of the Agria island chain from the entrenched Blood Pact, the
haughty soldiers of the Volpone find their mettle sorely tested in a
brutal meat grinder. After a punishing setback threatens to derail the
campaign, an unlikely champion rises through the ranks and victory once
again seems possible. But the propaganda of war is a fickle beast, and
the Archenemy are cultivating a plot the Imperium can scarcely fathom.
Through glory and honour, the Volpone are desperate to prevail, but can
they endure the rigours of the bloodiest campaign in their vaunted
history and come out the other side intact?