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The Buried Dagger

Setting
Horus Heresy
Type
Novel
First published
2019
Length
386 pp · ~7h 5m
Reader rating
★ 4.15 from 2,091 ratings
ISBN-13
9781780308517
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Synopsis

Book 54 in the bestselling series, The Horus Heresy. The skies darken over Terra as the final battle for the Throne looms ever closer... As the Traitor primarchs muster to the Warmaster’s banner, it is Mortarion who is sent ahead as the vanguard of the Traitor forces. But as he and his warriors make way, they become lost in the warp and stricken by a terrible plague. Once thought of as unbreakable, the legendary Death Guard are brought to their knees. To save his Legion, Mortarion must strike a most terrible bargain that will damn his sons for eternity. Meanwhile, in the cloisters of Holy Terra, a plot is afoot to create sedition and carnage in advance of the Horus’s armies. Taking matters into his own hands, Malcador the Sigillite seeks to put a stop to any insurrection but discovers a plot that he will need all of his cunning and battlecraft to overcome.