![]() Second, Descent of Angels helps to set the stage for the betrayal of the Dark Angels primarch Lion El’Jonson, once the Emperor’s favored son and perhaps - perhaps! - a soon-to-be-resurrected force to be reckoned with in the 41st millennium. First, it will inform the reader on the backstory of the first legion of Space Marines, and provide a helpful framework for understanding just how estranged the Emperor of Mankind was from his primarch children once upon a time. While it’s an outlier, both stylistically and temporally, including it here in our list serves two purposes. The narrative takes place long before the Heresy itself unfolds on the distant planet Caliban, the eventual home of the Dark Angels chapter of Space Marines. Cass Marshall Warhammer 40K: Know No Fearĭescent of Angels by Mitchel Scanlon is a bit of a departure from the mainline Horus Heresy series. Add in the historical documentation framing the narrative, and this book is a delightful listen for fans of battles and bolters. Captain Titus from the Space Marine games is an Ultramarine, and Ultramarine primarch Roboute Guilliman is one of the most important characters in modern-day 40K. The novel, written by Dan Abnett, is largely credited with establishing the current tone of the Ultramarines, who are the poster boys of the Space Marines and a fan-favorite army. Know No Fear is the historical documentation of their battle, along with personal notes from primarch Roboute Guilliman. Their brothers, the Word Bearers chapter, have turned traitor and are now subjects of the ruinous powers of Chaos. The Ultramarines, a loyalist chapter of the Space Marines, have been lured into a trap. Know No Fear is part of the larger Horus Heresy series, which is set 10,000 years before the current status quo of Warhammer 40K. CH Warhammer 40K: The Horus Heresy, books 1-3 The final novel in the trilogy also includes the titanic battle known as the Betrayal at Istvaan III, which is the set-piece battle that underpins both the Warhammer: The Horus Heresy and Adeptus Titanicus: The Horus Heresy tabletop games. It’s best followed by False Gods by Graham McNeill and Galaxy in Flames by Ben Counter, and together the three novels comprise a solid little trilogy within the larger series. The book also serves as an introduction to the erudite Horus Lupercal, the master tactician who will one day strike the fatal blow against his own father, the Emperor of Mankind. What makes Horus Rising so special is that much of the narrative is delivered through the eyes of remembrancers - human analogs to modern-day writers, artists, and journalists - who are tasked with following along on a deployment of the Luna Wolves Space Marine chapter. Also written by Dan Abnett, it takes place around the year 30,000 and begins the story of the internecine conflict that will give birth to the eternal war of the 41st millennium. Horus Rising is the first book in the massive 60-plus-volume series known as the Horus Heresy, and as far as I’m concerned, the most important novel in the entire series. ![]() Like the Inquisition series that follows, and many other books on this list, the Audible version is performed spectacularly by Toby Longworth who, for all intents and purposes, is the modern voice of the Warhammer 40,000 universe. ![]() Standout titles include Necropolis, Honour Guard, and Straight Silver. The central character is Imperial commissar Ibram Gaunt, a political officer who is also a military leader, in the vein of the classic Russian commissars. ![]() Written by Dan Abnett ( Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, Alien: Isolation), the books are inspired by the Sharpe series of novels by Bernard Cornwell, as well as a 1993 television series adaptation starring Sean Bean. If you’re looking for blood-and-guts close-quarters fighting with lots of bayonet charges, look no further. These common folk are thrust Hobbit-like into one of the most treacherous frontlines: the Sabbat Worlds Crusade. The Tanith First are a group of skilled Imperial Guard soldiers from a rural, relatively peaceful world. Image: Games Workshopįirst and Only kicks off the multi-volume Gaunt’s Ghosts series, one that tells the story of the Tanith First and Only. Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt and several of the Tanith First and Only.
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