At the heart of Necromunda, a sickness festers.Where the word of Helmawr is law, many go hungry... but murder is cheap, and meat is everywhere, for those willing to take it. While the nobles of the spire sit and watch, bloody-handed gangers fight in an endless battle for survival.The venator Yar Umbra cuts a swathe through Hive Primus, chasing the promise of escape from Necromunda. A Cawdor juve, desperate to prove himself, finds a statue of the Emperor that will change his life forever. A Corpse Guild drudge learns what his superiors are desperate to keep forbidden. And Caleb Cursebound, ninth most dangerous man in the underhive, thief of the Hand of Harrow, flees to the remote mining settlement of Hope's End, pursued by those who would see his reputation forever tarnished...