When a meeting between two Word Bearers hosts goes awry and the battleship Vox Dominus disappears into the warp, all seems lost. But the vessel reemerges just moments later, looking as though centuries have passed. Venturing inside, Marduk and the 34th Host discover that something foul now infests this once-mighty ship – the diseased and twisted sons of the XIV Legion, the monstrous Death Guard!
Stranded above a daemon world in the heart of the Eye of Terror, Marduk and the 34th Host of the Word Bearers venture onto the tainted planet in search of missing legionaries. But when they encounter the daemonic servant of the Plague God known as the Tallyman, they realise that their desire to save their brothers may doom them all.
Après s'être rebellé contre son maître, Burias fait face à la punition. Mais les voix dans sa tête ne le laisseront pas partir en silence, et il se pourrait qu'un destin plus grand l'attende parmi les Word Bearers.
Torment est une nouvelle imparfaite mais sincère, qui offre à l'un des personnages phare de la trilogie Word Bearers une conclusion cruelle et méritée, pleinement fidèle à ce qu'Anthony Reynolds aura construit sur trois romans.