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Horus Rising (Warhammer 40,000 Novels: Horus Heresy) Dan Abnett
Publisher: Games Workshop

After the immortal emperor For those who have read his other novels, Dan Abnett has the ability to create an atmosphere in an instant, and draws the reader into the situation with the greatest of ease. In the Warhammer 40,000 universe, this is the very start of the Horus Heresy that marks a turning point in the Emperor's reign. Civil war known as the Horus Heresy. That might sound like a strange criticism but the novels spent an entire trilogy depicting the downfall of Horus and the start of the Heresy. It's a big one too, a step that brings Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 background novels one step closer to the mainstream. When it was over the God Emperor lay in a vegetative state and the Imperium had become a paranoid and xenophobic culture. Black Library has announced the upcoming publication of Macragge's Honor, the first title in a new series of graphic novels based on the Horus Heresy story line from the Warhammer 40K range of games. It feels jarring to throw the term in there rather than “demi-god” “titan” “ paragon” or . 40K is a setting where everything is grim, dark, gothic and grimdark; not a place where a man in red underwear fights a cake stealing Machiavellian evil businessman. HORUS RISING by Dan Abnett, Black Library, h/b, £20.00, www.blacklibrary.com. Prospero Burns represents a step forward for the Horus Heresy series.