Overall, I recommend Horus Rising if you are looking for an introduction to the 40K universe. He strives to always do the right thing even if it means sparring with his fellow marines. Even in war, he tries to minimize harm despite being ordered to kill. He struggles to live up to the Emperor’s expectations of him and is filled with self-doubt.īesides, our protagonist, Loken, is torn between his duty to the Imperium and his conscience. A new edition of Warhammer: The Horus Heresy has just been revealed at AdeptiCon, and there’s a spectacular cinematic trailer to go with it For anyone who’s ever marched a Tactical Squad across a tabletop, or had their imagination captured by stories of the Emperor, his treacherous Warmaster, and the Primarchs that fought alongside them, this is an unmissable vision of Warhammer brought to life. Still, behind the scenes, he is wrecked with the burden of not just being a leader and warrior, but also a diplomat. The Horus Heresy’s New Edition Revealed in this Jaw-Dropping Cinematic Trailer. Horus, for example, is portrayed as being powerful, intimidating, and charismatic when dealing with people. Nevertheless, Abnett surprised me by injecting a healthy amount of nuance and subtlety into his characters. I must admit that when I first picked up this book, I wasn’t expecting anything more than basic, standard military science fiction. Despite this, he soon finds himself thrust into conflict with rebelling worlds and warring Xenos. Acting as the voice of reason, Loken favors diplomacy over combat and tries to find peaceful solutions to war. We follow the point of view of Garviel Loken, a Luna Wolves captain. This gives him complete authority over the other legions and their primarchs.

In his stead, he has promoted Horus Lupercal, primarch of the Luna Wolves legion to Warmaster, and placed him in overall command of the Great Crusade. The story starts just as the Emperor heads back to Terra (Earth) for unknown reasons. Genetically enhanced super soldiers clad in power armor, are divided into legions, each headed by a Primarch. His soldiers are the Adeptus Astartes, also known as the Space Marines. This also involves the extermination of all aliens (or Xenos) races since only humans deserve to exist. The Imperium of Man, led by the immortal Emperor of Mankind, has launched a Great Crusade to subjugate distant worlds and bring them together under his control. Horus Rising begins at the dawn of the 31st millennium. Written by Dan Abnett, it is set 10,000 years before the events of the main Warhammer 40K universe and is an attempt to explain how the Horus Heresy – a civil war that plunged the entire galaxy into a dark age – got started. So begins Horus Rising, the first novel in the long-running Horus Heresy saga. “I was there, the day Horus slew the Emperor.”

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