The Horus Heresy · Book 2
False Gods
- Published
- 1 January 2006
- Pages
- 416
- ISBN-13
- 9781844163700
- Type
- novel
About this book
Published in 2006, "False Gods" holds position 2 in the Horus Heresy, a Horus Heresy novel, written by Graham McNeill, and spans 416 pages. It's the second book in the opening trilogy charting Horus's corruption by the Chaos gods. As with the rest of the series, it's set during the galactic civil war that follows the Isstvan betrayal, when the Space Marine Legions turn on each other across a galaxy the Emperor had nearly finished reuniting.
Its place in The Horus Heresy
False Gods is book 2 in the The Horus Heresy series. It follows Horus Rising. It is followed by Galaxy in Flames. 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 9781844163700