In the grim galaxy of the 41st millennium, there is nothing but endless war and darkness, yet a spark of humanity still burns.
Born in the slums of Nocturne, a death world, the boy survived the cataclysmic Trial by Fire and witnessed the Salamanders Chapter descend like gods to save ordinary people. His awe became an ironclad resolve: to join them and become one of the Emperor's Angels of Death.
But he possessed more than mortal determination. He awakened a latent psychic talent known as Machine Spirit Resonance. In his eyes, the world lost its color, leaving only the glowing material "excitement lines" and "machine-spirit flames." This let him spot the fatal weaknesses in enemy armor on the battlefield, and listen to echoes of ancient technology at the forge, striking perfect points and crafting gear worthy of relics.
This is the tale of a rise from Son of the Ashes to Chapter legend. From Nocturne's brutal trials for new recruits to Armageddon's apocalyptic battlefields; from the Mechanicum's schemes on holy Mars to an expedition in search of the lost relics of Primarch Vulkan. With a warhammer in his hand and a flame in his heart, he will live by the Salamanders' creed of "the Anvil, the Spider, and the Hammer," forging a shield for ordinary people with his own body in a dark universe, and proving that Vulkan's fire will never die!
