8 Short Stories, Quick Reads, and Novelettes.The continued fight against Chaos is just a pretense so the Chaos Gods don't suspect anything.Įdit: nvm, apparently the Emperor teleported onto Horus' capital ship, which definitely wasn't hidden from the warp. The entire Heresy was contrived so that someday when the Eye reaches Terra and the Gods manifest, Horus will have the power to destroy their bodies, setting them back to their pre-awakened states. See, Chaos winning eventually is inevitable, if the Eye reaches Terra, the Gods can manifest in the Throne Room and kill the Emperor, he's actually helpless against them because of the oaths he made to receive his power. Horus figures this out too at some point before Terra.Ĭhaos think the Emperor annihilated Horus' soul hence why he didn't return to the Warp. The Emperor engineered the Heresy to give Horus the same God-like power he has, but without the (broken) oaths the Emperor made. He has the power of the Emperor to change his shape. But it is lovely stuff if you do get one. Downside? They are expensive, 75 pounds a book. 7 volumes so far, they are campaign books with superb fluff and illustrations that are as good as anything in science fiction.
One thing a lot of people do not know is that Forgeworld ( part of Games Workshop, but a separate entity) create stunning Black Books of the Horus Heresy.
Master of Mankind and Praetorian of Dorn are a sort of loose duology you could say, highly regarded, as are Scars and Path of Heaven by Chris Wraight. Aside from the ones Fall Bass mentioned, you could also say start with Thousand Sons, or Legion, or even Mechanicum, as they are all early books in a somewhat separate location. Some confrontations and legions are more interesting than others. Chronologically you'd either start with First Heretic or Horus Rising. You could pick and choose what strikes your fancy. You do not need to read all the books though, I certainly haven't.
There is a lot of variety in quality in 40K, and in the Horus Heresy series as well.
I've not read a lot of 40K, but I have liked what I did. Be aware that this is not all novels, there are a number of short story collections included the last few years and they are part of the numbered Horus Heresy series, thus has pushed the number up quite a bit. I expect there will be around 55 to a max of 60 titles in total. The series is finally at the Road to Terra stage and thus very much in the final phase. Other impactful releases were Praetorian of Dorn, the first book to show us Horus sending in a legion to murder and infiltrate as much as possible on Terra itself, as well as Path of Heaven, and Angels of Caliban. Last year''s mega release was of course Aaron Dembski Bowden's long awaited " Master of Mankind" on the Emperor himself, as well as those protecting him, the Custodes and Sisters of Silence. Some pretty exciting stuff expected in 2018 as well with as much as 4 new novels, some of which have been long awaited but are finally due as the Traitor forces approach the astonishingly defended homeworld. This year has been quieter but will pick up later with book 47, Ruinstorm in October, and Book 48, Old Earth, in December. There's been a number of big releases in the series last year.
Yeah I asked for it to me removed from archive status but there's a bug in the system at the moment.