Battle for the Abyss
- Published
- 1 August 2008
- Pages
- 416
- ISBN-13
- 9781849708074
- Type
- novel
About this book
Published in 2008, "Battle for the Abyss" holds position 8 in the Horus Heresy, a Horus Heresy novel, written by Ben Counter, and runs 416 pages. Like the rest of the Horus Heresy, it's military science fiction with operatic stakes -- brothers destroying brothers, and gods whispering behind the history that becomes 40K's backstory.
Key facts about Battle for the Abyss
Battle for the Abyss is a novel by Ben Counter. Readers have had it since 1 August 2008. It runs to 416 pages.
Our list holds 2 editions of Battle for the Abyss. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781849708074 to find the main one.
Battle for the Abyss is book 8 of 54 in The Horus Heresy series. The series has 54 published books. However, the series starts with Horus Rising (2006). The Buried Dagger is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 23 February 2019.
Additionally, Ben Counter writes Soul Drinkers and Grey Knights as separate series. Those series sit on our science fiction shelf. Meanwhile, The World Engine is the latest published Ben Counter book on file, from 2016.
About Ben Counter
Ben Counter is a British novelist and one of Black Library's most prolific early Warhammer 40,000 writers. A graduate in ancient history and a keen miniature painter (he has won a Golden Demon award for his work), he lives in Portsmouth, England. See every Ben Counter book in order.
Its place in The Horus Heresy
Battle for the Abyss is book 8 in the The Horus Heresy series. It follows Legion. It is followed by Mechanicum. See the full The Horus Heresy reading order.
The Horus Heresy is Black Library's monumental prequel saga to Warhammer 40,000 — the ten-thousand-year-old origin story every 40K fan knows in outline, finally told in full across 54 official volumes by a rotating team of authors. In the 31st millennium the Emperor of Mankind has nearly completed the Great Crusade, reuniting the human galaxy through his twenty superhuman primarch sons and their Space Marine legions. He names his most brilliant son, Horus, Warmaster — then returns to Terra on a secret project…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781844166572
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781849708074