Heroes and villains emerge as endless war consumes the galaxy in the anthology Blood of the Imperium which collects previously published tales in one place. It features tales covering a range of factions including the terrifying Tyranids as both protagonist and antagonist plus Orks, Space Marines and more. The stories are written by Mike Brooks, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Jude Reid, Marc Collins and others, featured alongside Jon Flindalls four-part story Tome Keepers: Legacy of Defiance, first published in White Dwarf issues 496 to 499.