Delivering the end of the series is a huge order, but Abnett will hopefully rise to it. Hamilton and Alastair Reynolds) and recently delivered a stunning two-part finale in his Gaunt's Ghosts series, with the brilliant duology of Warmaster and Anarch (not the final books in the Ghosts series, but the final for a while). But that is only part of the story.Ībnett is the Black Library's most acclaimed and biggest-selling author (not to mention Britain's third-biggest selling science fiction author, behind only Peter F. The End and the Death sees the depiction of the most iconic event in Warhammer 40,000's lore, when the Emperor directly intervenes in the war and faces his son Horus for the final time. The previous seven books in the sub-series - The Solar War, The Lost and the Damned, The First Wall, Saturnine, Mortis, Warhawk and Echoes of Eternity - depicted the monstrous fight raging for the throne world, not to mention the culmination of many subplots as various enemies face off for the last time. This eight (now nine+) volume series depicts Horus's final gambit, a breach of the defences around the Solar system and a full-scale assault on Holy Terra with almost his entire remaining army and fleet, relying on a Warp Storm to prevent reinforcements from reaching Sol before he can overthrow the Emperor.

The End and the Death is also the final book in the Siege of Terra sub-series. However, many legions remain loyal to the Emperor, leading to a desperate, seven-year war that will determine the fate of humanity and the galaxy. Almost half the forces of the Imperium of Man join Horus in his rebellion, designed to overthrow the Emperor and 'free' humanity. However, Horus has also been manipulated by the insidious forces of Chaos.

Horus believes his father has become a despot and a tyrant, wanting to be worshipped as a god.

Set ten thousand years before the 'present' in the setting, the saga tells of the rebellion of the Warmaster Horus against his father, the immortal Emperor of Mankind. The Horus Heresy is the story that provides the mythic underpinning to the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

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