Дэн Абнет (Dan Abnet)THE HORUS HERESY
Dan Abnett
HORUS RISING
The seeds of heresy are sown
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THE HORUS HERESY
Dan Abnett
HORUS RISING
The seeds of heresy are sown
THE HORUS HERESY
It is a time of legend.
Mighty heroes battle for the right to rule the galaxy. The vast armies of the
Emperor of Earth have conquered the galaxy in a Great Crusade – the myriad alien races have been smashed by the Emperor’s elite warriors and wiped from the face of history.
The dawn of a new age of supremacy for humanity beckons.
Gleaming citadels of marble and gold celebrate the many victories of the
Emperor. Triumphs are raised on a million worlds to record the epic deeds of his most powerful and deadly warriors.
First and foremost amongst these are the primarchs, superheroic beings who have led the Emperor’s armies of Space Marines in victory after victory. They are unstoppable and magnificent, the pinnacle of the Emperor’s genetic experimentation. The Space Marines are the mightiest human warriors the galaxy has ever known, each capable of besting a hundred normal men or more in combat.
Organised into vast armies of tens of thousands called Legions, the Space
Marines and their primarch leaders conquer the galaxy in the name of the
Emperor.
Chief amongst the primarchs is Horus, called the Glorious, the Brightest Star, favourite of the Emperor, and like a son unto him. He is the Warmaster, the commander-in-chief of the Emperor’s military might, subjugator of a thousand thousand worlds and conqueror of the galaxy. He is a warrior without peer, a diplomat supreme.
Horus is a star ascendant, but how much further can a star rise before it falls?
CONTENTS
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
PART ONE
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
SEVEN
EIGHT
NINE
TEN
PART TWO
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
SEVEN
PART THREE
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
Timeline
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
The Primarchs
HORUS, First Primarch and Warmaster, Commander-in-Chief of the Luna
Wolves
ROGAL DORN, Primarch of the Imperial Fists
SANGUINIUS, Primarch of the Blood Angels
The Luna Wolves Legion
EZEKYLE ABADDON, First Captain
TARIK TORGADDON, Captain, 2nd Company
IACTON QRUZE, ‘The Half-heard’, Captain, 3rd Company
HASTUR SEJANUS, Captain, 4th Company
HORUS AXIMAND, ‘Little Horus’, Captain, 5th Company
SERGHAR TARGOST, Captain, 7th Company, Lodge Master