Entries are split into warhammer 40k and the horus heresy series. Below is a chronology of the events immediately preceding the start of the. But according to timeline we can see in codexes and index astartes it was. A shortlist of essential horus heresy reading the bad dice. Bold was a relatively short but devastating galaxyspanning civil war, that engulfed the nascent galactic empire of the imperium warhammer 40,000template. I made this timeline as good as i could with all inconsitencies streamlined. The horus heresy is an age of legends, and so they must be recorded. The horus heresy screwed almost everyones plans except the chaos gods of course and changed the flavour of the imperiums grimdark from stalinist soviet if you breathe a word about religion, we rape you with knives to catholic inquisition if you breathe a word about the wrong religion, we rape you or your whole planet with knives unless. The horus heresy black library recommended reading order book. War on murder takes 6 months, taking us to 1 year after the novel started. Below are the notes ive taken on the timeline of the horus heresy series, all taken. See the complete the horus heresy black library recommended reading order series book list in order, box sets or.
All in all its been an exciting couple of weeks for me horus heresywise. The first book came out in 2006, and the black library have been pumping them out ever since. Its catastrophic events ended a potential golden age for mankind, and instead plunged it into one of the most dystopic dystopias ever. Scott bartlett capital starship ixan legacy book 1 audiobook duration. And by the sounds of it the horus heresy series will finish in 2016. Horus rising the horus heresy book 1 kindle edition. The horus heresy books are some of my absolute favourite warhammer literature. The horus heresy series started out as a master class in how to do a prequel, showing established characters from the history of the warhammer 40,000 universe in an unexpected light, showing the imperium itself as more enlightened and portraying previously cartoonish villains with subtly and dept. My attempt to create a comprehensive, chronological, and.
It is a relatively short but devastating galaxyspanning civil war that engulfs the nascent galactic empire of the imperium of man early in the 31st millennium of the universe timeline. The following is a complete list of audio books audio versions of printed media and original audio dramas produced by the black library. This horus heresy anthology contains eighteen short stories by authors such as graham mcneill, aaron dembskibowden, nick kyme and many more. The horus heresy is an ongoing series of science fantasy set in the fictional warhammer 40,000 setting of tabletop miniatures wargame company games workshop. Its the dramatic opening chapters of the horus heresy series. Horus heresy timeline notes potential spoilers tymells. Its outbreak marked the end of the emperor of mankinds great crusade to reunite the scattered colony worlds of humanity under a single government and the beginning of the current age of the imperium. Or more specifically, exactly which stories should be read. The brief and humorous history of the horus heresy leave no. A complete list of horus heresy books in chronological order. Tending to their wounds, the bloodied space marines endeavour to replenish their numbers and return to the.
Im a big fan of the horus heresy series of novels, set in or rather, before the warhammer 40,000 universe. The entirety of the theoreticus heresy series in one video. I take the view that the majority of the heresy series is essential, with a select few that can be missed out. Its worth noting that this is a timeline first and foremost.
In the backstory of the warhammer 40,000 universe is humanitys era of hope, only just starting to dawn after the long and terrible dark age, before it is brought to an end by the horus heresy, wherein fully half of the best warriors the human race had to offer turned to worshipping dark gods and nearly wiped out the other half. Malcador recruited twelve dudes, four were lords or administrators and they formed the inquisition, and 8 were space marines including gavriel loken, nathaniel garro, and iacton qruze. Not all events of the heresy can yet be categorized. They were taken to a fortress monastery on titan one of saturns moons. False gods picks up a few weeks after the conclusion of horus rising in the series timeline, and tells the story of horus fall. Having dealt with the personality of horus in a brief horus heresy audio drama in the past the properly called warmaster john french takes a much longer, darker look in dark compliance. Below are the notes ive taken on the timeline of the horus heresy series, all taken during a reread of everything in it, including the forge world books.
More than that, horus heresy novels are describing time from ullanor where sons of horus got their new name to isvaan 3 as few decades. In this list ive done the best job i can of organising it into a rough chronological. In the decade or so its been around it has become a huge collection of stories, with a whole host of plot threads, characters and events to follow. Horus heresy novels project gutenberg selfpublishing. For other uses of horus heresy, see horus heresy disambiguation. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading horus rising the horus heresy book 1. Horus heresy books in order of when they were first published. Hi guysi was reading this board since a long time but never entered live. Penned by several authors, the series takes place during the horus heresy, a fictional galaxyspanning civil war occurring 10,000 years prior to the far future of warhammer 40,000. Events orchestrated by erebus, beginning of the war within the webway on terra that will leave the emperor indisposed for the rest of the heresy. He is resurrected by the serpent lodge and secretly pledges to overthrow the emperor.
Lord of ultramar by david annandale, which focuses on the titular papa of the space marine legion called the ultramarines. From time to time i head that great crusade lasted about 200 years. For example, the events of horus rising the first book occur at the midway point of a thousand sons the twelfth book while iirc the events of the third book are actually set after a thousand sons. Full horus heresy series timeline interactive chart. The horus heresy is a series of novels, anthologies and audiobooks based on the historic events known as the great crusade and the horus heresy, about 10,000 standard years before the present 41st millennium. I also like that the story is tied directly to the first three horus heresy novels, unlike some others that jump in the timeline. The horus heresy is a big series, consisting of 24 novels, a number of short stories and at least half a dozen audio dramas. Discussion in offtopic discussions started by grigdusher, dec 9. Just pointing out the list shown in the wiki article is the order of publication, not the order of eventschronological order. In that sense you really dont have to be afraid that youre messing up the main arc or that youll be missing things. The horus heresy screwed almost everyones plans except the chaos gods of course and changed the flavour of the imperiums grimdark from stalinist soviet if you breathe a word about religion, we rape you with knives to catholic inquisition if you breathe a word about the wrong religion, we rape you or your whole planet with knives unless you can find an.
As the flames of treachery spread throughout the imperium, horus plots to subvert or destroy all those who would stand against him. Presented below is the horus heresy chronology, an exhaustive listing of all known. A complete list of horus heresy books in chronological. Warhammer 40k dark compliance audiobook audiobooks.
Each of the books is a small part of a greater whole. The black library weekender was a brilliant event that highlighted exactly why i love this series of books i may have mentioned this in my previous blog. Some dates are approximate estimates based upon the. They departed for signus in early 005, and at this point the wolves are en route to prospero. Horus heresy book viii malevolence gives dates for various parts of the narrative.
Im a big fan of the horus heresy series of novels, set in or rather, before the warhammer 40,000. Now one criticism i have of the gwbl books is the lack of a timeline or dates for the stories. Jan 05, 2019 the 2019 feb horus heresy weekender duration. Everyone, i present to you passages from the novel warriors of ultramar, written by graham mcneil and. They devote a lot of attention to news from other fronts so to speak. Here you may add both characters from the horus heresy book series, and the forgeworld ones. The more books you read, the better the perspective you gain.
As the horus heresy divides the imperium, corax and his few remaining raven guard escape the massacre at isstvan v. Horus heresy timeline notes potential spoilers tymell. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The godemperor was permanently injured in a lethal. The horus heresy series began in 2006 with horus rising by dan abnett.
The horus heresy begins with the first three novels in the epic series, presented as. The primarchs subseries another 15 novels, 7 short stories, and 4 audio dramas focuses. A simple however effective portmanteau, it sees the leader of one planetary system defiant in the face of horus needs regaled with the horrifying. Horus heresy series explains it but so do all other books that deral with the space marines, albeit in small bits and pieces. The series began in 2006, and as of mid2019, it consists of 38 novels, 103 short stories and novellas some of which are collated in 21 anthologies, 47 audio dramas plus 4 audio drama anthologies, 2 artbooks, 2 scriptbooks, and 1 graphic novel. As i read this thread it may be cool to share what i created for myself. The horus heresy is the pivotal event in the 40k universe. The horus heresy is only a coherent story in really broad strokes and the novels do a really good job at painting the context of their stories. A shortlist of essential horus heresy reading the bad. Black library, forge world, citadel, white dwarf, the horus heresy, the horus. Its not only the weekender though, as ive also had the chance to catch up on a number of new horus heresy. The only daunting thing about the horus heresy books and the warhammer universe in general is the vast number of books the black library has produced theres 29 books already in the horus series set about 30,000 years in the future and maybe a hundred or so set 10,000 years later than that, with more being written all the time. The heresy has been written and rewritten several times, including the current iteration from games workshops subsidiary the black library. The novels are written by different authors, but follow the same storyline the fall of warmaster horus and his campaign of treachery to.
I got all pumped up about it and thought id download the horus rising audiobook to listen to while painting. Ive heard some mostly negative comments on the first two books and lots of praise about the third one. Mar 25, 2015 the horus heresy is the pivotal event in the 40k universe. I more than happy to report that their horus heresy primarchs line is off to an encouraging start with roboute gulliman. In the fictional, far future warhammer 40,000 universe created by games workshop, the template.
It was fully stocked with everything needed to create a new chapter and the. The brief and humorous history of the horus heresy leave. The horus heresy was a galaxyspanning civil war that consumed the worlds of mankind for 9 terran years. Two primarchs who were, along with their legions, completely erased from all records and history so thoroughly, nobody knows what happened. The horus heresy black library recommended reading order. Tending to their wounds, the bloodied space marines endeavour to replenish their numbers and return to the fray, taking the fight to the traitor warmaster. There is a new release of the next horus heresy book on the 25th. The blood angels fleet was assembled within 3 months of receiving horus orders to make for signus. In the legion of one audiobook garro calls himself a knight and shows up on istvaan iii in a new suit of silver armor.
Also, chris wraights acclaimed novella brotherhood of the storm delves into the nature of the elusive white scars legion, and their questionable sense of duty to the emperor. One question that im frequently asked is how someone new to the series can catch up on all the events. The horus heresy is a cornerstone even in a fictional universe that provides the background story for the warhammer 40,000. Ive tried to put the stories into as close as i can manage to a true chronological order, though given the. The last church short story included in the anthology tales of heresy 2. On mars, home world of the mechanicum priesthood, the great manufactorycities have long produced much of the weaponry r. It is a devastating galaxyspanning civil war that engulfs the nascent galactic empire of the imperium of man early in the 31st millennium of the universe timeline. Horus falls to eugen temba armed with the anathame.
He has the perfect vocal range for the mechanicum, and does a good job with different voice to help separate the characters out. The wolf of ash and fire short story included in the anthology eye of terra this would probably be the best place to read the primarchs spinoff series released thus far save the malcador audio drama 3. Master of mankind will move the timeline even forward and explain a lot on the emperor and the webway war. Ive thought about reading the three dark angels novels, descent of angels, fallen angels, and angels of caliban. Due to the number of books now available, its completely understandable that some people may require a book reading list to ensure that they read them in the correct order. The horus heresy audiobooks listen to the full series. The horus heresy is a cornerstone event in the far future fictional universe created by games workshop as the campaign setting for its warhammer 40,000 miniatures wargame.