There is only War(hammer)

The Emperor of Mankind, the long-lived chap who put the Imperium together

There’s an entire library of fiction set in the bleak dystopia of the 41st millennium – not bad for something that started out as a tabletop wargame played with plastic and lead miniatures.

FORGET the power of technology and science, for so much has been forgotten, never to be re-learned. Forget the promise of progress and understanding, for in the grim dark future there is only war. There is no peace amongst the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter, and the laughter of thirsting gods.”