(Books 27, 34, 38, 46): Roboute Guilliman, Sanguinius, and Lion El'Jonson attempt to create a "second Imperium" when they believe Terra has fallen. The main series concludes with The Buried Dagger
The Horus Heresy series is a powerful and tragic prequel set 10,000 years before the main Warhammer 40,000 setting. At its heart is the story of the Imperium of Man at its peak, led by a god-like Emperor and his twenty cloned Primarch sons, who commanded legions of genetically engineered Space Marines during the galaxy-reclaiming Great Crusade.
| # | Title | Author | Publication Date | |---|---|---|---| | | Horus Rising | Dan Abnett | May 2006 | | 2 | False Gods | Graham McNeill | Jul 2006 | | 3 | Galaxy in Flames | Ben Counter | Oct 2006 | | 4 | The Flight of the Eisenstein | James Swallow | Apr 2007 | | 5 | Fulgrim | Graham McNeill | Aug 2007 | | 6 | Descent of Angels | Mitchel Scanlon | Oct 2007 | | 7 | Legion | Dan Abnett | Apr 2008 | | 8 | Battle for the Abyss | Ben Counter | Aug 2008 | | 9 | Mechanicum | Graham McNeill | Nov 2008 | | 10 | Tales of Heresy | Nick Kyme (Editor) | Apr 2009 | | 11 | Fallen Angels | Mike Lee | Jul 2009 | | 12 | A Thousand Sons | Graham McNeill | Mar 2010 | | 13 | Nemesis | James Swallow | Aug 2010 | | 14 | The First Heretic | Aaron Dembski-Bowden | Nov 2010 | | 15 | Prospero Burns | Dan Abnett | Jan 2011 | | 16 | Age of Darkness | Christian Dunn (Ed.) | Apr 2011 | | 17 | The Outcast Dead | Graham McNeill | Jun 2011 | | 18 | Deliverance Lost | Gav Thorpe | Dec 2011 | | 19 | Know No Fear | Dan Abnett | Mar 2012 | | 20 | The Primarchs | Christian Dunn (Ed.) | May 2012 | | 21 | Fear to Tread | James Swallow | Aug 2012 | | 22 | Shadows of Treachery | Christian Dunn (Ed.) | Sep 2012 | | 23 | Angel Exterminatus | Graham McNeill | Oct 2012 | | 24 | Betrayer | Aaron Dembski-Bowden | Feb 2013 | | 25 | Mark of Calth | Laurie Goulding (Ed.) | Apr 2013 | | 26 | Vulkan Lives | Nick Kyme | Aug 2013 | | 27 | The Unremembered Empire | Dan Abnett | Oct 2013 | | 28 | Scars | Chris Wraight | Dec 2013 | | 29 | Vengeful Spirit | Graham McNeill | May 2014 | | 30 | The Damnation of Pythos | David Annandale | Jul 2014 | | 31 | Legacies of Betrayal | Various | Sep 2014 | | 32 | Deathfire | Nick Kyme | Oct 2014 | | 33 | War Without End | Various | Dec 2014 | | 34 | Pharos | Guy Haley | Jan 2015 | | 35 | Eye of Terra | Various | Mar 2015 | | 36 | The Path of Heaven | Chris Wraight | Apr 2015 | | 37 | The Silent War | Various | Jun 2015 | | 38 | Angels of Caliban | Gav Thorpe | Aug 2015 | | 39 | Praetorian of Dorn | John French | Aug 2015 | | 40 | Corax | Gav Thorpe | Dec 2015 | | 41 | The Master of Mankind | Aaron Dembski-Bowden | Jan 2016 | | 42 | Garro | James Swallow | Apr 2016 | | 43 | Shattered Legions | Various | Jun 2016 | | 44 | The Crimson King | Graham McNeill | Apr 2017 | | 45 | Tallarn | John French | Jun 2017 | | 46 | Ruinstorm | David Annandale | Oct 2017 | | 47 | Old Earth | Nick Kyme | Dec 2017 | | 48 | The Burden of Loyalty | Various | Apr 2018 | | 49 | Wolfsbane | Guy Haley | May 2018 | | 50 | Born of Flame | Various | Jun 2018 | | 51 | Slaves to Darkness | John French | Aug 2018 | | 52 | Heralds of the Siege | Various | Oct 2018 | | 53 | Titandeath | Guy Haley | Apr 2019 | | 54 | The Buried Dagger | James Swallow | Sep 2019 | Warhammer 40k - Horus Heresy - Books 1-54 -comp...
Anthologies like Tales of Heresy (10) and Age of Darkness (16) provide essential lore vignettes. The Traitor Primarchs Fall
Focusing only on the essential books required to understand the central conflict moving toward Terra. Books 1–5 →right arrow →right arrow →right arrow →right arrow →right arrow →right arrow →right arrow Pros: Fast-paced and focuses strictly on the main plot. (Books 27, 34, 38, 46): Roboute Guilliman, Sanguinius,
– Traitor Night Lords attack a mysterious alien beacon in Ultramar, an event that inadvertently draws the Tyranids to the galaxy.
: The corruption of the Emperor's Children legion and the brutal Dropsite Massacre at Isstvan V. | # | Title | Author | Publication
– Stories showcasing how the civil war has ground down every faction into a state of total attrition.
The is the cornerstone of the Warhammer 40,000 universe, a titanic, 54-book series detailing the galactic civil war that transformed the Imperium of Man from a shining era of expansion into the dystopian, gothic nightmare of the 41st Millennium. Set roughly 10,000 years before the current timeline, this epic narrative covers the fall of the Warmaster Horus, the betrayal of the Emperor’s loyal Space Marines, and the shattering of the human race.
Entries like The Primarchs (Book 20) and Mark of Calth (Book 25) bundle longer, character-driven novellas together. Master Index: Books 1 to 54
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