Dark Hunters: Umbra Sumus

An action-packed adventure featuring Space Marines

The Space Marines of the Dark Hunters, descendants of the White Scars and their savage primarch Jaghatai Khan, are called to battle on the world of Ras Hanem, a world they thought long since liberated from the grip of heresy and returned to Imperial rule. Many years ago, he Dark Hunters defeated the traitor warband known as the Punishers on that world, in a conflict that left deep wounds in the Chapter. But now the Punishers have returned, seeking vengeance upon their would-be destroyers. Captain Jonah Kerne of Mortai Company is sent to annihiliate the traitors once for all, but the cost of victory may be too high for him to bear...

Paul Kearney's Warhammer 40,000 work comprises the short story 'The Last Detail' from Legends of the Space Marines, the Dark Hunters novel Umbra Sumus and the accompanying short story 'The Blind King'. He studied at Lincoln College, Oxford and has been widely published, as well as being longlisted for the British Fantasy Award. He lives and works in Port Glenone, Northern Ireland.