
The book moves quickly, yet you can pick up pieces of the Imperium of Man and humanity’s distant past in between chapters. The eBook edition includes integrated images of the narrative’s characters and events and an afterword that contextualizes the story within the series. Is Horus, however, powerful enough to command his fellow commanders and carry out the Emperor’s plan, or will such immense power corrupt him? With his vision for humanity realized, the Emperor transfers authority to his Warmaster, Horus, and returns to Terra. The human Imperium has reached its pinnacle after thousands of years of growth and conquest.


“Horus Rising: The Horus Heresy, Book 1” contributed by Dan Abnett in 2018 is the re-release of the mass market edition of the previous novel in the bestselling Hours Heresy series.
