title: Warhammer 40,000: The Emperor's Will
author: Jon Blanche
description: John Blanche is the legendary art director of Games Workshop. His unique style has been seen in a variety of subject from Games Workshop to Lord of the Rings
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  ## A WARHAMMER 40,000 NOVEL
  
  # GREY HUNTER
  
  ## Space Wolf - 03
  
  ## William King
  
  ## (An Undead Scan v1.0)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  **It is the 41st millennium. For more than a hundred**
  
   **centuries the Emperor has sat immobile on the Golden Throne**
  
   **of Earth. He is the master of mankind by the will of the**
  
   **gods, and master of a million worlds by the might of his**
  
   **inexhaustible armies. He is a rotting carcass writhing invisibly**
  
   **with power from the Dark Age of Technology. He is the**
  
   **Carrion Lord of the Imperium for whom a thousand souls are**
  
   **sacrificed every day, so that he may never truly die.**
  
  **Yet even in his deathless state, the Emperor continues his**
  
   **eternal vigilance. Mighty battlefleets cross the daemon-infested**
  
   **miasma of the warp, the only route between distant stars, their**
  
   **way lit by the Astronomican, the psychic manifestation of the**
  
   **Emperor’s will. Vast armies give battle in h