8/13/2023 0 Comments Best black library books 2022Prospero Burns, by Dan Abnett (2010) One of the best.The First Heretic, by Aaron Dembski-Bowden (2010) The first by Aaron Dembski-Bowden, who I love.Nemesis, by James Swallow (2010) Interesting but weird.A Thousand Sons, by Graham McNeill (2010) The setup of the Thousand Sons and important to the plot. Fallen Angels, by Mike Lee (2009) Important if you like the Dark Angels, but it’s not necessary )or that great).Tales of Heresy, by Nick Kyme and Lindsey Priestley (2009) An anthology with some neat stuff, and really well-written, but not necessary.Mechanicum, by Graham McNeill (2008) I liked the story about Mars, but it’s not necessary to the plot.Battle for the Abyss, by Ben Counter (2008) Not very good.Legion, by Dan Abnett (2008) One of the best of the series.Descent of Angels, by Mitchel Scanlon (2007) Conflicting opinions.Fulgrim, by Graham McNeill (2007) Changes characters but contains the Drop Site Massacre.The Flight of the Eisenstein, by James Swallow (2007) The final in the series of the beginning.Not as good, but important for its plot points. Galaxy in Flames, by Ben Counter (2006) The events of Isstvan III.False Gods, by Graham McNeill (2006) Another must read.Good characters and descriptions of the Sons of Horus. Horus Rising, by Dan Abnett (2006) Must read beginning.But, I figure that the wargaming world is probably a lot harsher than anything I’m going to say here. But speaking as an author, it pains me to give books bad reviews, and I’ve sworn off of Goodreads for that purpose. I’m going to list the books in order, and I’m going to say what I like and don’t like about them. There are currently six books in the Siege of Terra series, with a seventh scheduled to come out in September 2022. They began to be published in 2006 and the most recent came out in 2019. How Many Horus Heresy Books Are in the Series?Ĭurrently, there are 54 Horus Heresy books in the Horus Heresy series from Games Workshop’s publishing arm, the Black Library. The Emperor is brought back to his Golden Throne, the only place he can be kept alive.įrom the time when Horus was made Warmaster (001.M31) to when the Siege of Terra took place, there were 14 years of war.The Emperor and Horus fight, and Horus is killed but the Emperor is mortally wounded. There he finds Horus standing over the dead body of Sanguinious, the Primarch of the Blood Angels. Eventually, the Emperor sees his chance to stop Horus and teleports aboard Horus’s ship.After much war across the galaxy, the traitor fleets enter the Solar System, led by Horus, and begin the Siege of Terra.They fought with the Imperial Fists, who had been fortifying the solar system, and the Alpha Legion’s Primarch, Alpharius, is thought to have died. The traitor legions headed toward Terra, with the first–the Alpha Legion–arriving for the Battle of Pluto.The next major betrayal would happen at Calth, where the Ultramarines were attacked by the Word Bearers, and it was thought that the Ultramarines’ Primarch, Robute Guilliman, was killed. This is known as the Drop Site Massacre, and it nearly wiped out the three loyalist legions. One the planet of Isstvan V, three legions–the Iron Hands, the Salamanders, and the Raven Guard–are again betrayed, this time by the other five legions–the Emperor’s Children, the Iron Warriors, the Night Lords, the Word Bearers, and Alpha Legion.
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