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S. Goto «The Blood Ravens»  \nCONTENTS  \nAuthor's Introduction  \nDawn of War  \nThe Trials ofIsador  \nDawn of War: Ascension  \nDawn of War: Tempest  \nAUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION  \nTHE SAGA OF the Blood Ravens has taken them from the smouldering remains of one planet to the next. Destruction seems to follow in their wake, just as war appears to lure them ever onwards. They have been confronted by the ugly and brutal threat of the orks, the enigmatic grace of the eldar, the dark portents of daemons, and by the insidious power of Chaos Marines. Held constantly in the luminal space between combat and death, the Blood Ravens find their numbers dwindling and their future uncertain. Desperate times call for desperate measures; this loyal and honourable Chapter finds itself stretching the protocols of the Codex Astartes in order to survive, for without survival they cannot enact the Emperor's righteous wrath on his enemies. Hence, their identity in the present and the future is the subject of constant self-reflection and wilful resolution. There is an angst that underlies their psychology. Indeed, we might say that the quest for identity and self-knowledge is what really drives the Blood Ravens to cut their way through the galaxy.  \nYet all of this began with a RTS computer game, Dawn of War, which I was lucky enough to be asked to novelise in 2004. I can imagine that it must have been a real challenge for RelicITHQ to re-fashion Warham-mer 40,000 into a computer game (a challenge that they met with spectacular success), but I can also say that it was a singular kind of challenge to mediate between the twin demands of that game and the established universe of Warhammer 40,000 . Given that each medium has its own unique characteristics and demands, fidelity to each was an intriguing creative task; it was one that I was excited to take on. One of the immediate challenges was the prosaic and logistical matter of timetables, since the production cycle of the computer games industry can move incredibly quickly. The first Dawn of War novel was written in a heart beat.  \nGiven the unusually complicated demands of that novel, which was my first, I was delighted to see that it proved extremely popular. Its first print run sold out quickly and its reprint appeared in English, Spanish and German. The novel also sparked a lively debate about questions of fidelity to the established background material, which has been thought-provoking for me and others, especially given the intriguing position of the novel between two genres of game. So interesting were these debates that I have made a number of small refinements to the manuscript in preparation for this omnibus-I wonder whether interested readers will find them.  \nOne of the most exciting things about the Dawn of War game in terms of novelisation was the way that it provided the genesis of some potentially interesting ideas as well as the shells of some promising characters. Central amongst these, of course, is our hero Captain Gabriel Angelos and the Blood Ravens Chapter itself. Taking these seeds and making them grow into more fully realised characters was a fulfilling task, and it was one of the most enjoyable aspects of writing Ascension and Tempest, which evolve almost independently from the computer game: Gabriel grows in depth and sophistication as the series develops, and building the background and substance of the Blood Ravens as an interesting and unique Chapter of Space Marines was an amazing opportunity.  \nOf course, given the multitude of tasks (especially for the first novel), some things fell through the cracks. For example, a number of readers have asked me to explain why Librarian Isador Akios behaves as he does in Dawn of War, since they thought it was not sufficiently explained in the game or the novel. 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