The Warhammer Universe is a vast world created by dozens of authors from around the world. This cycle includes hundreds of literary works. The plot of the saga is the history of space exploration by humanity, which has been going on for 40,000 years.
A parallel space was discovered, which was called the Warp. It became possible to move in space with superluminal speed. Humans populated hundreds of worlds, entire galaxies fell into their power, the hostile alien races met were defeated. But the danger came from where no one was expecting it - from Warp. From it, demons of Chaos entered our world, which ravaged hundreds of planets and broke the connection between human colonies. It seemed that the fate of mankind was a foregone conclusion, but the one who became the savior of the empire of people, the Emperor, appeared. He genetically created 12 immortal superhumans - Primarchs. And the best of them was Horus — the Emperor’s beloved son. The cycle "Heresy of Horus" tells about the greatness and fall of the best warrior of the Empire.
The greatest of primarchs
The Horus Heresy series is not yet completed, the authors constantly supplement the cycle with new works. Each book reveals a world in which there is a Civil War unleashed by Horus - the immortal Primarch. At the moment, "Heresy of Horus" has 25 works. In the story, humanity is slowly recovering its former power. The emperor began a new crusade against the demons of Chaos, his legions lead 12 sons-military leaders, winning one victory after another. The best of them, Horus (Lupercal), is a role model for all the soldiers of the Empire. But even the great warrior could not resist the temptations of Chaos and fell victim to his own vanity. Lupercalus betrayed his father and with him all of humanity. Thus began the Civil War, in the crucible of which hundreds of planets were burned. And only after reading the whole cycle, you will know how the Horus Heresy will end. How the war will end between father and son for the right to rule humanity.
The Heresy of Horus. Cycle book order
Books in Russian are published by the ABCs and Fiction Book Club publishers. The main authors who supplement the series with their books are Dan Abnett, Ben Counter,
Graham McNeill and others. Read books in this order:
- The Rise of Horus (2006).
- The Lying Gods (2006).
- “The Galaxy on Fire” (2006).
- “Flight of Eisenstein” (2007).
- “Fulgrim” (2007).
- The Descent of the Angels (2007).
- "Legion. Lies and mysteries ”(2008).
- “The Battle for the Abyss” (2008).
- The Mechanicum (2008).
- The Legends of Heresy (2009).
- Fallen Angels (2009).
- The Thousand Sons (2010).
- Nemesis (2010).
- The First Heretic (2010).
- “Burning Prospero” (2010).
- The Age of Darkness (2011).
- “The Outcast Dead” (2011).
- The Lost Liberation (2012).
- “Unaware of Fear” (2012).
- Primarchs (2012).
- “Where the Angel does not dare to take a step” (2012).
The remaining books of the series have so far been published only in English, but will soon be translated into Russian.
Addition
In addition to the above list of major works, there are a number of short stories and short stories that weave additional storylines into the Heresy’s big picture: a series of myths about Garro, “The Sun of Prometheus”, “Butcher's Nails”, “Aurelian” and many others. The reader will certainly like them for their plot, the scale of the events described, and the writing style. This series of books can be safely recommended for reading for a more complete picture of the wonderful world of Warhammer.