Dawn of War Reading Order

C.S. Goto

A novelisation tied to the real-time strategy game of the same name, following Captain Gabriel Angelos and the Blood Ravens Space Marine Chapter. On the embattled world of Tartarus, the Marines find themselves caught between Orks, Eldar, and a darker threat buried in the planet's past. It serves as an accessible action-driven entry point built around the video game's setting.

Cassern S. Goto

In the wake of catastrophic losses on Tartarus, Captain Gabriel Angelos travels to Rahe's Paradise seeking fresh recruits for the Blood Ravens, only to stumble upon an archaeological dig that calls his Chapter's very origins into question. Scrutinised by the Adepta Sororitas and hounded by the Eldar Farseer Macha, Gabriel risks unleashing something ancient and terrible as fleets clash overhead. Tie-in to the Dawn of War video game.

Cassern S. Goto

Drawn into the Eye of Terror while protecting the Blood Ravens' gene-seed, Librarian Rhamah crash-lands on a strange Eldar world of libraries and museums hidden within the warp's tempests. As an unsettlingly familiar warband descends to plunder its forbidden lore, the amnesiac Librarian must fight alongside the planet's guardians while struggling to recall who he truly is. The third Dawn of War game tie-in.

Chris Roberson

A novelization of the Dawn of War II video game following the Blood Ravens Chapter's Fifth Company as they defend a sub-sector against rampaging orks and the all-consuming hunger of a tyranid hive fleet. As the threats escalate, the Space Marines must hold the line while a deeper corruption festers within their own ranks.

Robbie MacNiven

Every few thousand years the cursed world of Acheron surfaces from the warp, and three rival forces of Space Marines, aeldari, and orks converge to seize the legendary weapon rumoured to lie there. When the prize is finally uncovered, a far greater terror awakens, forcing bitter enemies to weigh cooperation against annihilation.