Master of Rites is a Warhammer 40,000 novel from Black Library, written by Rob Young and presented in paperback format (BL3309).
First introduced in the acclaimed Dawn of Fire series, Ferren Areios has risen to become Captain of the Ultramarines Sixth Company, earning the title Master of Rites. Now he faces his most demanding campaign yet: a grinding war to reclaim the Khorsari Reach, worlds of Ultramar that have been lost to the Imperium for over a decade, locked behind the warp storms clinging to the edges of the Great Rift and overrun by the Death Guard.
Captain Ferren Areios leads the Sixth Company into a relentless campaign to retake the lost worlds and purge the Death Guard's influence. As the Plague Marines dig in and casualties mount, Ferren is pushed to the limits of his duty, his beliefs, and his humanity. Isolated deep within enemy territory, the reclamation fleet must fight not only for the future of the Reach, but for the soul of the warrior leading them.
A must-read for fans of the Ultramarines and the wider Dawn of Fire saga, Master of Rites combines grinding, large-scale warfare with a deeply personal character study of a Space Marine captain tested to his very limits.
