Keepers of the Flame (Warhammer)

This title is the third novel in the Stefan Kumansky saga, preceded by Star of Erengrad and Taint of Evil. The agents of Chaos have launched an all-out attack on the empire of men. Yet, as their armies assault the city of Middenheim in the north, a plot is hatched in the capital city of Altdorf to assassinate the Grand Theogonist, head of the church of Sigmar, the spiritual heart of mankind. Without his guidance, surely the Empire will fall?