From the ashes of the Great Crusade arose betrayal. Horus, always the first among the superhuman Primarchs and recently appointed Warmaster, turned against the Emperor and forged an alliance with the dark forces of Chaos. Having command over half of all the armies of the burgeoning Imperium, he set his eyes on the throne of the Sacred Terra and unleashed a conflict that would forever divide the Galaxy.
Images of war, depictions of darkness, treachery, and death — all this and much more is presented here in a book dedicated to the Heresy. On its pages are collected exemplary images of the Space Marine legions and the heroes who commanded them, including works by the renowned artist Neil Roberts. The illustrations are accompanied by historical references to the Warhammer 40,000 universe, assembled by Alan Merritt and updated by Guy Haley.
In this corrected and expanded edition, the perfect companion material to “The Horus Heresy” (the bestselling series according to The New York Times), you will find exhaustive information about Lupercal's struggle against the Emperor. Here, the narrative of the saga is presented in unprecedented detail — up to the Siege of Terra, which defined the shape of an entire era. Witness the end of an old age and the beginning of something much darker, as the “Horus Heresy” continues to unfold...
