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Galaxy in Flames

Name: Galaxy in Flames
Rating: 4.19 (25021 reviews)
Author: Ben Counter
ISBN: 9781844163939

by Ben Counter

Setting: Horus Heresy
Type: Novel
First published: 9 Oct 2006
Length: 416 pp · ~7h 38m
Reader rating: ★ 4.19 from 25,021 ratings
ISBN-13: 9781844163939

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Synopsis

Having recovered from his grievous injuries, Warmaster Horus leads the triumphant Imperial forces against the rebel world of Isstvan III. Though the rebels are swiftly crushed, Horus's treachery is finally revealed when the planet is razed by virus bombs and Space Marines turn on their battle-brothers in the most bitter struggle imaginable.

The Horus Heresy — reading order (190)

The Kaban Project #1 ★ 3.78
The Dark King / The Lightning Tower #2 ★ 3.91
Blood Games #3 ★ 4.03
Forgotten Sons #4 ★ 3.46
Liar's Due #5 ★ 3.66
Little Horus #6 ★ 3.81
Rules of Engagement #7 ★ 3.48
Savage Weapons #8 ★ 4.08
The Face of Treachery #9 ★ 3.66
The Iron Within #10 ★ 4.26
The Last Remembrancer #11 ★ 3.95
Kryptos #12 ★ 3.6
The Scripts: Volume I #13 ★ 3.91
Angron #14 ★ 4.02
Burden of Duty & Grey Angel #15 ★ 3.81
Dark Heart #16 ★ 3.59
Death of a Silversmith #17 ★ 3.79
Distant Echoes of Old Night #18 ★ 3.49
Horus Heresy: Visions of Heresy #19 ★ 4.36
Luna Mendax #20 ★ 3.93
Riven #21 ★ 3.59
The Divine Word #22 ★ 3.55
The Gates of Terra #23 ★ 3.45
The Imperial Truth #24 ★ 3.72
Child of Night #25 ★ 3.61
Daemonology #26 ★ 3.71
Death and Defiance #27 ★ 3.61
Echoes of Ruin #28 ★ 3.59
Sedition's Gate #29 ★ 3.68
The Scripts: Volume II #30 ★ 3.73
The Wolf of Ash and Fire #31 ★ 3.71
Vorax #32 ★ 3.13
A Safe and Shadowed Place #33 ★ 3.6
Artefacts #34 ★ 3.54
Black Oculus #35 ★ 3.19
Blades of the Traitor #36 ★ 3.74
Call of the Lion #37 ★ 3.15
Chirurgeon #38 ★ 3.54
Gunsight #39 ★ 3.57
Howl of the Hearthworld #40 ★ 3.51
Imperfect #41 ★ 3.78
Ironfire #42 ★ 3.49
Lord of the Red Sands #43 ★ 4.08
Master of the First / The Long Night #44 ★ 3.98
Tallarn: Witness #45 ★ 3.4
The Phoenician #46 ★ 3.22
Twisted #47 ★ 3.82
Virtues of the Sons #48 ★ 3.76
Wolf Mother #49 ★ 3.78
Blackshield #50 ★ 3.64
Ghosts Speak Not & Patience #51 ★ 4.01
Inheritor #52 ★ 3.19
Myriad #53 ★ 3.62
Tallarn: Siren #54 ★ 3.73
Allegiance #55 ★ 3.82
Immortal Duty #56 ★ 3.49
Ordo Sinister #57 ★ 3.84
Restorer #58 ★ 4.06
The Ember Wolves #59 ★ 3.55
The Laurel of Defiance #60 ★ 3.86
Prologue to Nikaea #61 ★ 3.63
Mercy of the Dragon #62 ★ 3.88
Child of Chaos #63 ★ 4.17
Cthonia's Reckoning #64 ★ 3.4
Lupercal's War #65 ★ 3.86
Horus Rising #66 ★ 4.26
False Gods #67 ★ 4.15
Galaxy in Flames #68 — you are here
The Flight of the Eisenstein #69 ★ 4.13
Fulgrim #70 ★ 4.05
Descent of Angels #71 ★ 3.63
Legion #72 ★ 4.17
Battle for the Abyss #73 ★ 3.42
Mechanicum #74 ★ 3.88
Tales of Heresy #75 ★ 3.8
Fallen Angels #76 ★ 3.76
A Thousand Sons #77 ★ 4.27
Nemesis #78 ★ 3.72
The First Heretic #79 ★ 4.35
Prospero Burns #80 ★ 4.11
Age of Darkness #81 ★ 3.73
The Outcast Dead #82 ★ 3.74
Deliverance Lost #83 ★ 3.86
Know No Fear #84 ★ 4.3
The Primarchs #85 ★ 3.6
Fear to Tread #86 ★ 3.96
Shadows of Treachery #87 ★ 3.82
Angel Exterminatus #88 ★ 4.08
Betrayer #89 ★ 4.4
Mark of Calth #90 ★ 3.68
Vulkan Lives #91 ★ 3.58
The Unremembered Empire #92 ★ 4.22
Scars #93 ★ 4.16
Vengeful Spirit #94 ★ 3.91
The Damnation of Pythos #95 ★ 3.25
Legacies of Betrayal #96 ★ 3.61
Deathfire #97 ★ 3.61
War Without End #98 ★ 3.64
Pharos #99 ★ 4.01
Eye of Terra #100 ★ 3.7
The Path of Heaven #101 ★ 4.11
The Silent War #102 ★ 3.75
Angels of Caliban #103 ★ 3.78
Praetorian of Dorn #104 ★ 4.12
Corax #105 ★ 3.79
The Master of Mankind #106 ★ 4.22
Garro: Weapon of Fate #107 ★ 4.02
Garro: Knight Errant #108 ★ 4.25
Shattered Legions #109 ★ 3.7
The Crimson King #110 ★ 3.7
Tallarn #111 ★ 3.74
Ruinstorm #112 ★ 3.73
Old Earth #113 ★ 3.72
The Burden of Loyalty #114 ★ 3.71
Wolfsbane #115 ★ 4.19
Born of Flame #116 ★ 3.41
Slaves to Darkness #117 ★ 3.91
Heralds of the Siege #118 ★ 3.95
Titandeath #119 ★ 3.84
The Buried Dagger #120 ★ 4.15
Promethean Sun #121 ★ 3.54
Aurelian #122 ★ 4.14
The Reflection Crack'd #123 ★ 3.66
Feat of Iron #124 ★ 3.11
The Lion #125 ★ 3.65
The Serpent Beneath #126 ★ 3.92
The Crimson Fist #127 ★ 3.89
Brotherhood of the Storm #128 ★ 3.96
Corax: Soulforge #129 ★ 3.61
Scorched Earth #130 ★ 3.7
Macragge's Honour #131 ★ 3.78
Tallarn: Executioner #132 ★ 3.79
Ravenlord #133 ★ 3.65
The Purge #134 ★ 3.86
The Seventh Serpent #135 ★ 4.11
Tallarn: Ironclad #136 ★ 3.79
Cybernetica #137 ★ 3.48
Wolf King #138 ★ 3.95
The Honoured #139 ★ 3.32
The Unburdened #140 ★ 3.43
Garro: Vow of Faith #141 ★ 4.07
Meduson: Ultimate Edition #142 ★ 3.71
Weregeld #143
Sons of the Forge #144 ★ 3.48
The Dark King #145 ★ 3.68
The Lightning Tower #146 ★ 3.89
Raven's Flight #147 ★ 3.84
Garro: Oath of Moment #148
Garro: Legion of One #149
Butcher's Nails #150 ★ 3.94
Grey Angel #151 ★ 3.64
Prince of Crows #152 ★ 4.41
Strike and Fade #153
Veritas Ferrum #154
Garro: Sword of Truth #155
The Sigillite #156 ★ 3.88
Wolf Hunt #157 ★ 3.84
Honour to the Dead #158 ★ 3.65
Censure #159 ★ 3.76
Thief of Revelations #160 ★ 3.56
Khârn: The Eightfold Path #161
Lucius: The Eternal Blade #162
Cypher: Guardian of Order #163
Hunter's Moon #164 ★ 3.61
Wolf's Claw #165 ★ 3.49
Master of the First #166 ★ 3.67
Templar #167 ★ 3.73
Garro: Shield of Lies #168
The Long Night #169 ★ 4.3
The Eagle's Talon #170 ★ 3.59
Iron Corpses #171 ★ 3.71
Garro: Ashes of Fealty #172 ★ 3.76
Raptor #173 ★ 3.6
Red-Marked #174
The Heart of the Pharos #175
Echoes of Imperium #176
Children of Sicarus #177
The Thirteenth Wolf #178 ★ 3.46
Sins of the Father #179 ★ 3.55
The Binary Succession #180 ★ 4.04
Echoes of Revelation #181
Dark Compliance #182
Blackshields: The False War #183
Blackshields: The Red Fief #184
Hubris of Monarchia #185
Nightfane #186
Blackshields: The Broken Chain #187
The Last Phoenix #188 ★ 4.18
The Razing of Prospero #189 ★ 4.41
Warmaster #190 ★ 3.63

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Galaxy in Flames

Synopsis

The Horus Heresy — reading order (190)

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