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Horus Rising

by Dan Abnett

Setting
Horus Heresy
Type
Novel
First published
25 Apr 2006
Length
412 pp · ~7h 33m read
Rating
4.2641,978 ratingsRating distribution: 1-star: 218 · 2-star: 778 · 3-star: 5,305 · 4-star: 17,206 · 5-star: 18,471. See the reviews on Goodreads (opens in a new tab)2.9k reviews on Goodreads  (opens in a new tab)
Audiobook
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ISBN-13
9781844162949
Featuring
Sons of Horus
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Synopsis

A Horus Heresy Novel - Book 1

After thousands of years of expansion and conquest, the human Imperium is at its height. His dream for humanity accomplished, the Emperor hands over the reins of power to his Warmaster, Horus, and heads back to Terra.

It is the 31st millennium. Under the benevolent leadership of the Immortal Emperor, the Imperium of Man has stretched out across the galaxy. It is a golden age of discovery and conquest. But now, on the eve of victory, the Emperor leaves the front lines, entrusting the great crusade to his favourite son, Horus. Promoted to Warmaster, can the idealistic Horus carry out the Emperor's grand plan, or will this promotion sow the seeds of heresy amongst his brothers? Horus Rising is the first chapter in the epic tale of the Horus Heresy, a galactic civil war that threatened to bring about the extinction of humanity.

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