The Horus Heresy · Book 14
The First Heretic
- Published
- 1 November 2010
- Pages
- 416
- ISBN-13
- 9781844168842
- Type
- novel
About this book
Published in 2010, "The First Heretic" holds position 14 in the Horus Heresy, a Horus Heresy novel, written by Aaron Dembski-Bowden, and spans 416 pages. It covers the fanaticism of the Word Bearers who engineered the Heresy and is named among the series' strongest entries. 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 First Heretic is book 14 in the The Horus Heresy series. It follows Nemesis. It is followed by Prospero Burns. 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 9781844168842