The Horus Heresy · Book 54
The Buried Dagger
- Published
- 23 February 2019
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN-13
- 9781781939703
- Type
- novel
About this book
"The Buried Dagger" (2019) is a Horus Heresy novel at number 54 in the Horus Heresy, written by James Swallow, and is 352 pages long. It's part of the later stretch of the series building toward the Siege of Terra finale. 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
The Buried Dagger is book 54 in the The Horus Heresy series. It follows Titandeath. 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 9781781939703