If you are averse to gushing praise, then this is not the review for you. Written by Dan Abnett, Horus Rising remains one of my all-time favorite books in the Warhammer 40K universe (technically Warhammer 30K right now). The fact it is all pre-ordained to end up in one place makes it harder rather than simpler.Īll journeys begin with a first step as the Star Wars Prequels taught us, though, and I was one of the first to pick up a copy of Horus Rising (the first book in the series as well as its title) when it came out. It is a monumental task to keep track of all these plotlines, ideas, and concepts. What would have been an impressive trilogy or even seven book series became controversial as it blossomed into a fifty-six book series that became the basis for Black Library from January 2011 to its planned finish in April 2020. It is the attempt to explain how the “Golden Age” of humanity under the Emperor transformed from a mythological utopia of advanced technology to a horrifying fascist Dark Age where humanity is under constant threat of extinction. The Horus Heresy series is an interesting challenge for a publishing company let alone a writer.

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