The Imperium isn’t the fascist theocratic nightmare it would become later on, but the seeds are there. If that sounds way too good to be true or just plain sketchy… well, it is. After a long era where the worlds humanity had conquered were separated from each other, the Emperor will bring them together. The Primarchs, his genetically-engineered sons, are leading the legions of Adeptus Astartes (Space Marines) to subjugate the galaxy and make it a home of humanity’s golden age. Ten thousand years before the “present” timeline, the Emperor’s Great Crusade is in full swing. We know, as we read them, that they’re heading for an inevitable disaster, but we read on to see the conflicts, struggles and triumphs of those who participated in those events. This gives the books an air of a classical tragedy. It is something of an opening for the setting. Most people who have had contact with the WH40K franchise know that the Emperor of Mankind is a rotting corpse on the Golden Throne after his traitorous son, Horus, mortally wounded him. Horus Rising, False Gods and Galaxy in Flames are the first three parts of the lengthy story of Horus Heresy.Ī peculiarity of the books is that few people picking them up won’t know how they end. ![]() The books I will tell you about today delves into a major reason it got this way. ![]() The tabletop game and the novel delve into the terrible place that is the galaxy in the 41 st millennium. Today I bring you another story from the grimdark Warhammer 40K universe, after telling you about Dark Heresy and Helsreach.
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