Horus Rising
Dan Abnett
The opening novel of the Heresy arc, built around the early triumphs and fractures around Horus.
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001.M31 - 001.M31
approximate date, medium confidence
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Dan Abnett
The opening novel of the Heresy arc, built around the early triumphs and fractures around Horus.
001.M31 - 001.M31
approximate date, medium confidence
Graham McNeill
A turning-point novel about the pressures and manipulations that push the Warmaster toward rebellion.
004.M31 - 004.M31
exact date, high confidence
Ben Counter
A direct continuation of the opening trilogy, moving from conspiracy into open betrayal.
005.M31 - 006.M31
range date, medium confidence
James Swallow
A survival and warning story about loyalists carrying news of treachery back toward Terra.
006.M31 - 006.M31
exact date, high confidence
Graham McNeill
A faction-focused descent story showing how pride, art, and corruption reshape a legion.
005.M31 - 006.M31
range date, medium confidence
Mitchel Scanlon
A Dark Angels-focused Heresy novel that reaches back into Caliban and shows how older loyalties complicate the Legion's future.
846.M30 - 846.M30
approximate date, medium confidence
Dan Abnett
A spy-war entry that reframes the Alpha Legion through secrecy, human agents, and competing visions of Imperial survival.
003.M31 - 003.M31
approximate date, medium confidence
Ben Counter
A compact void-war Heresy entry built around an Imperial pursuit of a massive Word Bearers threat moving toward Ultramar.
007.M31 - 007.M31
exact date, high confidence
Graham McNeill
A Mars-centered Heresy novel about the Mechanicum's internal fracture and the strategic cost of rebellion spreading off the battlefield.
005.M31 - 005.M31
exact date, high confidence
Dan Abnett
A decisive Ultramarines and Word Bearers Heresy novel that turns a planned campaign into a brutal lesson in betrayal.
007.M31 - 007.M31
exact date, high confidence
Aaron Dembski-Bowden
A Terra-centered novel about the hidden war beneath the palace and the cost of the Emperor's plans.
004.M31 - 014.M31
range date, medium confidence
Graham McNeill
A compact pre-Heresy story focused on belief, power, and the ideological roots of the Imperium.
667.M30 - 999.M30
era date, medium confidence