Penned by several authors, the series takes place during the horus heresy, a fictional galaxyspanning civil war occurring 10,000 years prior to the far future of warhammer 40,000. Lets take a look at the best reading order for the horus heresy books. A complete list of horus heresy books in chronological order. The few past years, black library and forgeworld have added details and miniatures to this expanding legend and found huge support from the gaming community.
Shadows of treachery the horus heresy book 22 ebook. This is your chance to play your part in the horus heresy. About this edition this edition is optimised for tablet devices and requires software capable of reading epub3 files. Best novels from the horus heresy series i just wanted some recommendations on what you consider to be the best horus heresy novels. Or more specifically, exactly which stories should be read.
The horus heresy is a cornerstone event in the far future fictional universe created by games workshop as the campaign setting for its warhammer 40,000 miniatures wargame. While in discussion with the lodge, ranting angrily about saturnine as i do, it suddenly hit me. By subscribing you confirm that you are over the age of 16 or have consent from your parent or guardian to subscribe. The first three books in the series describe the means through which the horus heresy was sparked. The war is described as a major contributing factor to the. By subscribing you confirm that you are over the age of or have consent from your parent or guardian to subscribe. This story also appears in legacies of betrayal, book xxxi of the horus heresy series.
Basically, except for the obvious timeline horus heresy versus the rest of the books horus heresy being technically warhammer 30k, there is no real order between series. The honoured a5 hardback the horus heresy black library. Aug 08, 2016 the video is a depiction of the new york times best selling novel series. Full collection of horus heresy books score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. I would like to know which books in the series you consider essential reading. Honour to the dead audio drama warhammer 40k fandom. Honour to the dead is also available as an enhanced audio edition. Id recommend reading some 40k books before the horus heresy 30k though so that you have a bit more appreciation for the universe, and a bit more insight into the storylines the horus heresy is a predecessor for. Get the very latest news, promotions, hobby tips and more from black library. Personally id recommend the eisenhorn and ravenor trilogies first. Ive heard first heretic is very good havent read it yet, but as of now my favorite is a dead tie between legion and false gods. The horus heresy is an ongoing series of science fantasy set in the fictional warhammer 40,000 setting of tabletop miniatures wargame company games workshop. The horus heresy is the greatest war the galaxy has ever known.
Needless to say, this heresy derailed the emperors plan and. The first book came out in 2006, and the black library have been pumping them out ever since. The horus heresy is a big series, consisting of 24 novels, a number of short stories and at least half a dozen audio dramas. The horus heresy reading order list 2020 updated faded. The horus heresy books are some of my absolute favourite warhammer literature. Their respective honor guards go at it in the meantime, and. View page in ghost mode, only threads with nonarchived posts will be shown. The outcast dead is the first novellength story in the series to take place almost entirely on terra. Get the audio version, the narrator does a great job bringing the story to life. The best order to read the horus heresy books is the publication order. The horus heresy black library recommended reading order. Enter your email to get the very latest news, promotions, hobby tips and more from games workshop.
See the complete the horus heresy series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. The horus heresy also known as cosmic scale daddy issues and that time erebus fucked everyone over forever is one of the single biggest clusterfuck of events in warhammer 40,000 fluff, alongside the eldars creation of a new chaos god, and the rampage and fall of the star gods. Honour to the dead audio drama warhammer 40k lexicanum. Is anyone aware of a comprehensive reading order list that follows the timeline of events. One question that im frequently asked is how someone new to the series can catch up on all the events. Horus heresy books which ones do you consider an amazing. A shortlist of essential horus heresy reading the bad dice. Dan abnett is a novelsit and awardwinnig comic book writer. Specialising in warhammer fantasy and warhammer 40k. At the time of writing, the horus heresy series is approaching its 50th book.
For example, the events of horus rising the first book occur at the midway point of a thousand sons the twelfth book while iirc the events of the third book are actually set after a thousand sons. I did find a readers thoughts on his reading order, which focused mostly on the timeline, but also thoughtfully put some books in different places such as descent of angels as the first book to read as it just touches on the beginning of the legion and the great crusade which happens before book 1. Performed by gareth armstrong, jane collingwood, jonathan keeble, luke thompson and david timson. While it is a decent book and we learn a lot, it didnt contribute much to the overall plot.
I recently stumbled upon the black library horus heresy novels and i am amazed. Chris wraight working on book on leman russ and space wolves. What order should i read the horus heresy novels in. After the horus heresy, what are the next series chronologically. He has written twentyfive novels for the black library, including the acclaimed gaunts ghosts series and the eisenhorn and ravenor trilogies, and with mike lee, the darkblade cycle. Of course, each of the series has a chronological order which is not always the order suggested by the numbering of the books see the hh for instance. It would have been hard to predict that, back in 2006 when this was first published. Brown is the author of world war of the dead, season of rot, and.
This book, lavishly illustrated in full colour, contains extensive background information on the imperium as it stood at the end of the great crusade. Its an epic tale of honour, loyalty and betrayal, and even though we know how it ends, there are still plenty of more. If youre looking for the intended the horus heresy reading order, then look no further. Horus, the favoured son of the emperor, turns against his primarch brothers and pitches the space marines legions into a bigger struggle for the imperium itself. Loyalists who follow the emperor, or the traitors fighting for horus vision of a new order. Horus heresy books in order of when they were first published. May 31, 2014 horus heresy, as part of the warhammer 40,000 background history, has always been in the heart of the players. These books are published by the black library, and the horus heresy books are penned by several authors. In this omnibus addition, all four volumes of the horus heresy art books are brought together for the first time. Taghmata army list is an expansion to warhammer 40,000.
Age of darkness rulebook in order to use this book. Ive read the first ten or so, and especially like the ones which show the primarchs interacting with one another didnt really like mechanicum. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Do you read them in the order they are published, as they are listed on the inside of the cover, or do you read them in cronological order of what they are about, which would put fulgrim before galaxy in flames etc. Horus rising is a strong novel, written by one of the black librarys best authors, and the standard is high. Inferno fw new stories from black library soon for space wolves.
They come to a dead crone world where he puts a dying avatar. It tells the full story of this pivotal period in the history of the warhammer 40,000 universe, in which the archtraitor horus betrayed emperor of mankind. Wargaming webstore with low prices, speedy delivery and excellent customer service. Due to the number of books now available, its completely understandable that some people may require a book reading list to ensure that they read them in the correct order. Age of darkness army list is an ebook containing the complete profiles, special rules and wargear, compiled and updated, for all space marine legion armies in horus heresy games using the battles in the age of darkness gaming expansion for warhammer 40,000. Well written, interesting characters and action packed. The only daunting thing about the horus heresy books and the warhammer universe in general is the vast number of books the black library has produced theres 29 books already in the horus series set about 30,000 years in the future and maybe a hundred or so set 10,000 years later than that, with more being written all the time. There is a galaxy far, far away where a civil war rages, where the emperor of mankind, founder of the imperium of man the proponent of order in the milky way galaxy, fights against chaos and its forces. It covers a relatively short period, starting several months before.
This book tells the story how the alpha legion infiltrated the sol system and the final show down between alpharius and rogal dorn. Just pointing out the list shown in the wiki article is the order of publication, not the order of eventschronological order. Each of the books is a small part of a greater whole. Sep 03, 2019 i take the view that the majority of the heresy series is essential, with a select few that can be missed out. Warhammer digital the horus heresy legion astartes. The aim of this weekend is to experience an historic event at the dawn of the imperium, reliving those heroic moments of sacrifice and mad ambition. This was probably one of the best horus heresy books ive read. The best horus heresy books that arent horus rising tome. It is a relatively short but devastating galaxyspanning civil war that engulfs the nascent galactic empire of the imperium of man early in the 31st millennium of the universe timeline.
The horus heresy series began in 2006 with horus rising by dan abnett. All images used are owned by either black library publishing or by their original creators from. The goal was to use novels and short stories to expand the world and history of warhammer 40,000. Honour to the dead type audio drama series the horus heresy author gav thorpe performer gareth. The horus heresy book one betrayal is a supplement for warhammer 40,000 dealing with war and battle in the dark age of the horus heresy. False gods did a really nice job of showing the emotions running throughout the luna wolves and horus crusade fleet as he slowly died from a poisoned wound, how they decided to use nontraditional methods to try and bring him back from the dead, and how he saw a.