The planet of Cyrene, tainted by the touch of the Ruinous Powers, is being purged by a vengeful Imperium. The Space Marines of the Blood Ravens Chapter are among those servants of the immortal Emperor bringing death to the traitors and heretics of Cyrene, but Captain Gabriel Angelos is driven to perform a most important mission, even if it means standing against the might of the Inquisition.



Dawn of War is the first volume. It was first published in 2004 to accompany the release of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War the computer game. The book narrates the conflict between the Orks, Blood Ravens, Biel-Tan and Alpha Legion on the planet of Tartarus. It also introduces characters such as Isador Akios and Gabriel Angelos.



Ascension is the second volume of the Dawn of War Trilogy. It differs from the original in the way that it does not follow the plot of Winter Assault. Instead, it follows the Blood Ravens Chapter, focusing on the conflict between the Biel Tan Eldar, Necrons on a Blood Ravens World, and the Blood Ravens themselves. It also explores the mind of Gabriel Angelos, over the destruction of his homeworld and the treachery of his battle brother, Isador Akios. It was first published in 2005.



Tempest is the third volume. It was written and published to accompany the THQ computer game Dawn of War: Dark Crusade and was first published in 2006.

The Trials of Isador

In a short story (published in the omnibus edition), Gabriel Angelos finds a secret journal belonging to Isador Akios, that helps explain the Librarian's fall to Chaos on Tartarus.



Led by a newly promoted sergeant who is determined to prove himself, Blood Ravens Space Marines arrive on a desert world to recruit additional warriors to their Chapter only to find it overrun with alien orks. After blunting the main ork assault, the Blood Ravens launch a series of raids into the enemy's territory only to discover that at the root of the attacks there waits a much deadlier horror…