mass market paperback, 416 pages
English language
Published April 25, 2006 by Games Workshop.
A Horus Heresy Novel - Book 1
After thousands of years of expansion and conquest, the human Imperium is at its height. His dream for humanity accomplished, the Emperor hands over the reins of power to his Warmaster, Horus, and heads back to Terra.
It is the 31st millennium. Under the benevolent leadership of the Immortal Emperor, the Imperium of Man has stretched out across the galaxy. It is a golden age of discovery and conquest. But now, on the eve of victory, the Emperor leaves the front lines, entrusting the great crusade to his favourite son, Horus. Promoted to Warmaster, can the idealistic Horus carry out the Emperor's grand plan, or will this promotion sow the seeds of heresy amongst his brothers? Horus Rising is the first chapter in the epic tale of the Horus Heresy, a galactic civil war that threatened to bring about the extinction of humanity.
It's slow, weirdly paced and feels like a 1998 video game, both in its odd way of throwing the reader between scenes ("and now they're at a different planet! doing something else!) and in the stilted dialogue and the attempts at being Deep in a way that will appeal to a 14 year old boy.
