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Cover of The Divine Word by Gav Thorpe

The Divine Word

Setting
Horus Heresy
Type
Short Story
First published
2013
Length
22 pp · ~24m
Reader rating
★ 3.55 from 172 ratings
ISBN-13
9781782511755
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Synopsis

Despite being prohibited by the Imperial Truth, the religious text known as the 'Lectitio Divinitatus' has gathered many believers from across the galaxy. Fighting alongside the Raven Guard Legion, Marcus Valerius of the Therion Cohort has long scorned those who seek to deify the Emperor, but a flash of inspiration leads him to question whether or not there are greater forces at work in the universe... Read it because The first seeds of what will become the Imperial Church are sown in this tale. Commander Marcus Valerius thinks he's tapped into this fledgling faith when a gut feeling saves his forces from a certain doom. But are his new visions divine, or is his mind deceiving him?