There have been several previous unsuccessful attempts against Horus' life, and this gives a high-ranking officer of the Traitor Word Bearers Legion the idea to field a nemesis weapon of his own: a highly specialised assassin, who is to be used in an audacious scheme to kill the Emperor. Specifically, it deals with a plan by a secret Imperial organisation, the Officio Assassinorum, to eliminate Horus an "Execution Force" consisting of operatives from all of the Officio's disciplines, and led by top-rated sniper Eristede Kell, is tasked with the mission. It is a look at the war behind the war, the covert operations undertaken by the opposing sides in order to influence the visible conflict. Nemesis is set about two years after the events on Isstvan V described in Book 5, Fulgrim. The Space Wolves, accompanied by other Imperial forces, are to bring Magnus and his Legion to Terra to account for themselves. The Emperor is enraged and orders Leman Russ, Primarch of the 6th Legion (the "Space Wolves"), to Prospero, the Thousand Sons Legion's in‑series home world. However, he overreaches with his powers and damages the vital and secret project the Emperor is undertaking (Book 1), endangering the safety of Terra itself in the process. He tries – again through sorcery – to warn the Emperor, believing that the gravity of the news justifies his disobedience.
Then, around the time of Horus' corruption (Book 2), Magnus learns through sorcery of his brother's impending betrayal. Following a reprimand by the Emperor for dabbling in sorcery, Magnus and his Legion secretly continue to study the forbidden subjects.
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They get involved in the fight against a growing insurgency that seeks to free the planet from under the Imperium's thumb.Ī Thousand Sons is the story of Primarch Magnus and the "Thousand Sons" Space Marines, the 15th Legion it mainly takes place before the Heresy begins.
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It tells two stories: one concerns the effort of Primarch Lion El'Jonson and a small group of Dark Angels to deny a forge world (a planet devoted to manufacturing, especially of weapons) to Horus' forces the other is the story of Luther (Lion El'Jonson's second), Zahariel El'Zurias (by now a full Space Marine), and a Dark Angels contingent sent back to Caliban, the Dark Angels Legion home world. The novel starts around the time of Book 6's conclusion, about 50 years before the Heresy, but forwards to just about the time of the Heresy's beginning in the opening chapters. Macragge’s Honour - a spectacular hardback graphic novel clocking in at 128 pages, written by Dan Abnett and Neil Roberts, detailing the eponymous flagship’s pursuit of a Word Bearers’ battle-barge in the aftermath of the attack on Calth.Fallen Angels continues the Dark Angels tale begun in Book 6, Descent of Angels. The Unburdened - a 192-page hardback novel written by David Annandale, this is the tale of the Word Bearers’Third Hand Chapter as they are drawn into the underworld of Calth, there to wage unrelenting war against the Ultramarines, no matter the ultimate cost. Steloc Aethon, renowned captain of the Ultramarines ‘Honoured 19th’, must attempt to put aside his thirst for vengeance if he is to lead his brothers to victory over the traitors. The Honoured - written by Rob Sanders, this 192-page hardback novel details the events occurring immediately after the Word Bearers’ brutal assault on Calth.
A collected bundle of three books that will bring you up to speed with the cataclysmic events that occur alongside our fantastic new boxed game, The Horus Heresy: Betrayal at Calth!
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