Legion
- Published
- 1 January 2008
- Pages
- 414
- ISBN-13
- 9780857879509
- Type
- novel
About this book
"Legion" is book 7 in the Horus Heresy, a Horus Heresy novel published in 2008, written by Dan Abnett, and spans 414 pages. It's one of the entries the series' own guidance names among its strongest tie-in fiction. It's part of the wide, mosaic middle stretch of the series, telling the war from a different Legion or theatre than its neighbors while the official numbering keeps the whole saga anchored in sequence.
Key facts about Legion
Dan Abnett wrote Legion, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2008. The book has 414 pages.
We list 2 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780857879509 to find the main one.
Legion is book 7 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, Dan Abnett writes Gaunt's Ghosts, Eisenhorn and Ravenor, plus 1 more series. Those series sit on our military science fiction and science fiction shelves. Meanwhile, The Vincula Insurgency: Ghost Dossier 1 is the latest published Dan Abnett book on file, from 2022.
About Dan Abnett
Dan Abnett is a British novelist and comic writer, and among the most influential authors to work in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. His novel First and Only, launching the acclaimed Gaunt's Ghosts military science fiction series, was the very first novel published under Games Workshop's Black Library imprint, and he later wrote foundational Horus Heresy volumes including Horus Rising, the book that opened the entire 54-novel saga. See every Dan Abnett book in order.
Its place in The Horus Heresy
Legion is book 7 in the The Horus Heresy series. It follows Descent of Angels. It is followed by Battle for the Abyss. 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 9781849708067
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780857879509