Gaunt's Ghosts: The Saint Omnibus

But the king of Doctrinopolis, Hagia’s first city, was the most exalted, the closest Hagia had to a planetary lord, and to see the highest officer of the Imperium disfigured so gravely offended Gaunt’s heart. He is a rotting carcass writhing invisibly with power from the Dark Age of Technology. The Gaunts and Rawnes and Fazalurs of this galaxy were the ones who got to cope with the bloody aftermath of victory. Move!’ Landfreed yelled, finding his voice at last.