Lorgar and his Legion, the Word Bearers, are on the path to enlightenment, seeking knowledge that they believe the Emperor has hidden from humanity. It’s the first time we see a character trying to learn the dark truths behind the veil of Warhammer 40,000.

If you don’t know 40k, come and find out why it’s globally popular.”įor Aaron, I asked him specifically why his title The First Heretic is worth the price of admission, “ The First Heretic is where it all starts. If you’re a fan of 40K already, you’ll know why the Heresy is important. Strong characters, a great setting and some astonishing twists and turns. The Heresy is the ‘foundation myth’ of 40k, the massive event that sets everything in motion. In fact many people find it a great way into a fantastic fictional universe they didn’t know about.

It’s based on the Warhammer 40,000 universe, but you don’t need to play the game, or even know the game, to read this. Graham – “I’d say that they’d be getting an amazing amount of work for so little a price, and that there’s a lot of really good books in there, ones that offer a perfect place to jump into a series that’ll enthrall you, excite you and likely break your heart a few times…”ĭan – “The Horus Heresy is an epic, compelling and galaxy-shaking SF series that really seems to draw people in. I reached out and asked Black Library authors Graham McNeill, Aaron Dembski-Bowden and Dan Abnett (authors of 8 of the 15 titles) their thoughts on why people should pick up this bundle and here’s what they had to say.

This is an incredible deal that should appeal to both fans of 40K and fans of reading both. It can also be incredibly intimidating to jump in at this stage in the game. With book 42 of the Horus Heresy series being out right now and the series having sold millions (upon millions) of copies, it is obvious that the impact of this series as both an avenue for fiction in the 40K universe as well as literature as a whole, is immense. At the time, everyone I knew was excited for it because this was the first Black Library novel involving Primarchs and the promise that it would tell the story of the Horus Heresy the biggest unexplored plot of the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Not to date myself, but I was still working for Games Workshop retail when Horus Rising was released.

Horus heresy reading guide