Five hundred years have passed since the united fleet of humanity defeated the armada of berserkers in the battle near the Stone Slope. But although humanity’s victory was indisputable, one of the killer machines—half-destroyed and disarmed—managed to hide in a secret refuge on a planet called the Hunter. Years later, a new cult arose on the Hunter—worship of Death as the only and main god. That’s how the Hunter turned into a berserker planet.