Cover of Horus RisingB
FinishedFebruary 7, 2023
GradeB
GenreScience Fiction
PublisherGames Workshop, 2014
★ Review · February 7, 2023

Horus Rising

by Dan Abnett


This is a prequel to Warhammer 40k. This book starts in the middle of the story and so it took me a while to get into it, but I quite liked the second half.

Publisher Description

Re-release of the mass market edition of the first novel in the best selling Horus Heresy series Under the benevolent leadership of the Immortal Emperor the Imperium of Man has stretched out across the galaxy. On the eve of victory, the Emperor leaves the front lines, entrusting the great crusade to his favorite son, Horus. Promoted to Warmaster, the idealistic Horus tries to carry out the Emperor'sgrand design, all the while the seeds of heresy and rebellion have been sowed amongst his brothers.

Where this fits · 2023 reading log
Book 7 of 2023 · the 6th Science Fiction read of the year.