In the grim darkness of the far future the dominion of man is known as the Imperium. A sprawling empire and for over ten thousand years the bastion of the human race! It comprises millions of world and has a population in the countless thousands of billions. It has endured disasters, heresies and invasion from alien races. It has resisted corruption, strife and damnation. Yet in hangs on the brink of despair, ready to dissolve into turmoil! For in the grim darkness of the far future there is no time for peace. No respite. No forgiveness. Only war, and belief in the God Emperor!

SPACE MARINES "They know no fear, but are fear incarnate!"

The legions of the Adeptus Astartes are more commonly known as the Space Marines. A core of highly mobile shock troops and the Imperiums elite fighting force. Genetically modified to have sharper senses, stronger muscles and live for hundreds of years,they tower over a normal man with a height of over seven feet tall. They are the most feared and respected of all the Imperiums warriors. They know no fear but are fear incarnate! They battle across more than a million worlds for the salvation of humanity and in the knowledge that their tasks bring hope to mankind.