New Necron novel centred around a new character, Khemet. As the necron empire sleeps, the Triarch praetorians watch and wait. Khemet has guarded the tombs of her people for millions of years, patiently waiting for the day when the numberless legions of the dead will rise again. But as they finally begin to stir, old ambitions and treacheries are roused with them. Betrayed and imprisoned, dogged by the shame of a terrible failure, Khemet has endured the gravest punishment necron ingenuity can conjure. But now she is free, offered a single chance to restore her honour and reclaim her standing. But for Khemet to rise, a world must die.