Warhammer 40K: 10 Essential Reads From The Black Library
2. The Talon Of Horus By Aaron Dembski-Bowden
What you may have gleaned by now is the Aaron Dembski-Bowden is as essential to the lore of Warhammer 40,000 as water is for life. In this book we get another splash of Aaron magic as he begins to flesh out the period between the Horus Heresy and the first Black Crusade.
The story is told through the memories of a powerful chaos sorcerer, Iskandar Khayon, as he and his unlikely companions are led further into the Warp searching for a coveted prize of the flagship of the traitor Horus Lupercal and its current owner 1st Captain Ezekyle Abaddon. Their goal is to reignite the passion of rebellion in the heart of Abaddon and help him realise his ambition of forging a new Legion out of the ashes of the failures of Horus.
“From shame and shadow recast. In black and gold reborn”.
The Black Legion has risen and the Galaxy will never be at peace again.
Within the current lore of Warhammer, the Black Legion and their Black Crusades are still the focal point of its overarching story. To understand this is to understand Warhammer itself and understanding has never been so fun.