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The First Heretic

Name: The First Heretic
Rating: 4.35 (10582 reviews)
Author: Aaron Dembski-Bowden
ISBN: 9781782518914

by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

Setting: Horus Heresy
Type: Novel
First published: 26 Oct 2010
Length: 483 pp · ~8h 51m
Reader rating: ★ 4.35 from 10,582 ratings
ISBN-13: 9781782518914

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Synopsis

Chastised by the Emperor, the Word Bearers set out on their own path - one that will eventually lead them to damnation and heresy -

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 ★ 4.19
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 — you are here
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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The First Heretic

Synopsis

The Horus Heresy — reading order (190)

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