Warhammer 40K: 10 Essential Reads From The Black Library
4. Horus Rising By Dan Abnett
You can’t spend any time looking into Warhammer 40,000 without hearing Horus Heresy. The rebellion against the Emperor that shattered the galaxy over 10,000 years prior to the setting of Warhammer 40,000. This is the opening book of that series and sets into motion a Space Opera that has no rival.
Within this first foray into the Horus Heresy you embark on the Great Crusade with Horus Lupercal, Primarch of the Luna Wolves Legion through the eyes of 10th Captain Garviel Loken.
Dan Abnett does a wonderful job of cultivating this idyllic image of the Luna Wolves as paragons of the Emperor’s Great Crusade and leads you to question how any so loyal could fall so far into heresy.
Bear witness as the Emperor steps away from his Crusade to recapture the galaxy for humanity and bestows the heavy mantle of Warmaster upon Horus’ shoulder. His reasoning for leaving the crusade was shrouded in mystery and this uncertainty made the first crack in the loyalty of Horus.
By the end of the book you will see heretical seeds sown and will be left wanting to see what emerges.