27 Best 40k books like Blood of the Emperor (The Horus Heresy: Primarchs) by Graham McNeill

Cover of Blood of the Emperor (The Horus Heresy: Primarchs) by Graham McNeill

Blood of the Emperor (The Horus Heresy: Primarchs)

By: Graham McNeill

3.81

Format: 183 pages, Paperback

A Primarchs anthology Explore the histories and motivations of the primarchs across six short st…

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Cover of Praetorian of Dorn (The Horus Heresy, #39) by John  French

1. Praetorian of Dorn (The Horus Heresy, #39)

By: John French

4.13

Format: 478 pages, Paperback

As the first assault on the Solar System begins, the strength of the Imperial Fists and the seeming… read more

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"We are what we choose to be." - Rogal Dorn"

-John French, Praetorian of Dorn (The Horus Heresy, #39)

Cover of The Unremembered Empire (The Horus Heresy, #27) by Dan Abnett

2. The Unremembered Empire (The Horus Heresy, #27)

By: Dan Abnett

4.19

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Believing Terra has already fallen to the Warmaster, Primarch Roboute Guilliman founds the Imperium… read more

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"Death does not discriminate. It is so even handed, so scrupulously fair, that it seems not fair at all. - Eeron Kleve, Iron Hand's Captain"

-Dan Abnett, The Unremembered Empire (The Horus Heresy, #27)

Cover of Know No Fear by Dan Abnett

3. Know No Fear

By: Dan Abnett

3.88

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Unaware of the wider Heresy and following the Warmaster's increasingly cryptic orders, Roboute Guil… read more

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4. Descent of Angels

By: Mitchel Scanlon

3.71

Format: 656 pages, Paperback

The next novel in the ground-breaking, bestselling series that tells the story of the Horus Heresy … read more

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5. Fear to Tread

By: James Swallow

3.33

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Since the earliest days of the Great Crusade, Sanguinius - angelic primarch of the IXth Legion - wa… read more

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6. The First Heretic

By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden

3.17

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Amidst the galaxy-wide war of the Great Crusade, the Emperor castigates the Word Bearers for their … read more

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7. Betrayer

By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden

3.87

Format: 252 pages, ebook

The Shadow Crusade has begun. While the Ultramarines reel from Kor Phaeron's surprise attack on Cal… read more

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8. Shadows of Treachery

By: Dan Abnett , Nick Kyme , Gav Thorpe , Aaron Dembski-Bowden , Graham McNeill , John French , Christian Z. Dunn

3.67

Format: 363 pages, Paperback

From the battlefields of Phall and Isstvan, to the haunted shadows of Terra itself - the greatest w… read more

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9. Angels of Caliban

By: Gav Thorpe

4.36

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

With the Dark Angels spread across a hundred systems, primarch Lion El'Jonson stands as Lord Protec… read more

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Cover of Valdor: Birth of the Imperium (The Horus Heresy: Characters) by Chris Wraight

10. Valdor: Birth of the Imperium (The Horus Heresy: Characters)

By: Chris Wraight

4.14

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Explore the history of one of the most well known heroes of the Imperium in this awesome new novel … read more

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"Knowledge is no crime." "In itself, no. But what is done with it, that can be."

-Chris Wraight, Valdor: Birth of the Imperium (The Horus Heresy: Characters)

"I lived , captain-general. It was short, and it was painful, but by the nine hells, I lived. I'd rather have it that way than yours - no joy, no hate, no fear. Unbreakable without growth, immortal wi…"

-Chris Wraight, Valdor: Birth of the Imperium (The Horus Heresy: Characters)

Cover of The Solar War (The Siege of Terra #1) by John  French

11. The Solar War (The Siege of Terra #1)

By: John French

4.03

Format: 407 pages, Hardcover

Siege of Terra Book 1 After years of devastating war, Horus and his forces have arrived at Terra… read more

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"Run... Run, father, and know that I'm coming. Run!" - Warmaster Horus"

-John French, The Solar War (The Siege of Terra #1)

"It is not often that we get to learn from the mistakes of the past." Rogal Dorn"

-John French, The Solar War (The Siege of Terra #1)

"At the root of your lies, is there any truth, father?’ The darkness becomes a forest, dark trunks reaching to an untouchable sky, roots crawling out and down into the abyss beneath. The man on the ch…"

-John French, The Solar War (The Siege of Terra #1)

Cover of The Infinite and the Divine (Warhammer 40,000) by Robert  Rath

12. The Infinite and the Divine (Warhammer 40,000)

By: Robert Rath

4.46

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

A Necrons novel Trazyn the Infinite and Orikan the Diviner are opposites. Each is obsessed with … read more

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"The sound of mechanized brutality that could only come from one species."

-Robert Rath, The Infinite and the Divine (Warhammer 40,000)

Cover of The Lost and the Damned (The Siege of Terra #2) by Guy Haley

13. The Lost and the Damned (The Siege of Terra #2)

By: Guy Haley

4.21

Format: 426 pages, Hardcover

Siege of Terra Book 2 The Solar War is over. The Siege of Terra has begun. As the Traitors unlea… read more

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"Sometimes the best move in politics is to refuse the game in the first place."

-Guy Haley, The Lost and the Damned (The Siege of Terra #2)

"A rush into the jaws of death, snatched free, to plunge therein again at will,’ he said. ‘I greet death with a smile on my face."

-Guy Haley, The Lost and the Damned (The Siege of Terra #2)

"Let me put this another way, Myzmadra,’ he said. ‘You are alone, destitute and in danger. You are very far from home. The unification of humanity passes people like you by. You are the kind of person…"

-Guy Haley, The Lost and the Damned (The Siege of Terra #2)

Cover of The First Wall (The Siege of Terra #3) by Gav Thorpe

14. The First Wall (The Siege of Terra #3)

By: Gav Thorpe

3.76

Format: 460 pages, Hardcover

Siege of Terra Book 3 The outer defences have fallen, but the walls of the Imperial Palace stand… read more

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"To know is to be tempted."

-Gav Thorpe, The First Wall (The Siege of Terra #3)

"Glory is an empty plate to feed from."

-Gav Thorpe, The First Wall (The Siege of Terra #3)

"When one has no power, one will seek hope from any source."

-Gav Thorpe, The First Wall (The Siege of Terra #3)

"Trust is a commodity that comes and goes, my dearest friend. Faith is eternal."

-Gav Thorpe, The First Wall (The Siege of Terra #3)

Cover of Saturnine (The Siege of Terra #4) by Dan Abnett

15. Saturnine (The Siege of Terra #4)

By: Dan Abnett

4.57

Format: 553 pages, Hardcover

Siege of Terra Book 4 As the traitors tighten their grip on Terra, Rogal Dorn must marshal the I… read more

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"We must find our friends where we can, and make those bonds count."

-Dan Abnett, Saturnine (The Siege of Terra #4)

"Anything that is easy enough to understand is not powerful enough to be worshipped."

-Dan Abnett, Saturnine (The Siege of Terra #4)

"Only a fool ignores the advice of a brilliant man. Oy an idiot denies the good practice of an enemy."

-Dan Abnett, Saturnine (The Siege of Terra #4)

"You don’t find the things you’re looking for if you don’t break some rules. You have to walk in a few dark places on your own."

-Dan Abnett, Saturnine (The Siege of Terra #4)

Cover of Mortis (The Siege of Terra #5) by John  French

16. Mortis (The Siege of Terra #5)

By: John French

3.60

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

Siege of Terra Book 5 After a series of victories, the Imperial forces are on the back foot once… read more

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"The truth is a weapon and a shield.’ - Primarch Sanguinius"

-John French, Mortis (The Siege of Terra #5)

"Victory is not fate. It is an act of will.' Primarch Rogal Dorn"

-John French, Mortis (The Siege of Terra #5)

"The wheel turns. In the end we all return to what we are and to where we began."

-John French, Mortis (The Siege of Terra #5)

"Poetry begins with the talking,’ Yesugei had said. ‘And talking is the shadow of the spirit within."

-John French, Mortis (The Siege of Terra #5)

Cover of The End and the Death: Volume I (The Siege of Terra #8) by Dan Abnett

17. The End and the Death: Volume I (The Siege of Terra #8)

By: Dan Abnett

4.43

Format: 659 pages, Hardcover

Siege of Terra Book 8, Part 1 The arch-traitor Horus Lupercal's forces have bombarded Terra and … read more

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Cover of The End and the Death: Volume III (The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra) by Dan Abnett

18. The End and the Death: Volume III (The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra)

By: Dan Abnett

4.48

Format: 507 pages, Hardcover

Siege of Terra Book 8, Part 3 It all comes down to this final confrontation – the Emperor versus… read more

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"And in the end. It's just a man killing his son with a stone...then the galaxy burns"

-Dan Abnett, The End and the Death: Volume III (The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra)

Cover of The End and the Death: Volume II (The Siege of Terra) by Dan Abnett

19. The End and the Death: Volume II (The Siege of Terra)

By: Dan Abnett

4.15

Format: 752 pages, Hardcover

Siege of Terra Book 8, Part 2 Volume II picks up right where the first left off, with cataclysmi… read more

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Cover of Krieg (Warhammer 40,000) by Steve Lyons

20. Krieg (Warhammer 40,000)

By: Steve Lyons

4.06

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

A Death Korps Novel The Death Korps of Krieg are deployed to a soul-crushing siege in the Octari… read more

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Cover of The Master of Mankind (The Horus Heresy, #41) by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

21. The Master of Mankind (The Horus Heresy, #41)

By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden

4.22

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

While Horus' rebellion burns across the galaxy, a very different kind of war rages beneath the Impe… read more

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"And in a sunless realm, the sun rose at last."

-Aaron Dembski-Bowden, The Master of Mankind (The Horus Heresy, #41)

"The war is over, Diocletian. Win or lose, Horus has damned us all. Mankind will share in his ignorance until the last man or woman draws the species’ last breath. The warp will forever be a cancer in…"

-Aaron Dembski-Bowden, The Master of Mankind (The Horus Heresy, #41)

Cover of Warhawk (The Siege of Terra #6) by Chris Wraight

22. Warhawk (The Siege of Terra #6)

By: Chris Wraight

4.33

Format: 482 pages, Hardcover

Siege of Terra Book 6 With the Lion's Gate space port taken by the enemy, Jaghatai Khan of the W… read more

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"Those who demand veneration are never really worth it, in my experience."

-Chris Wraight, Warhawk (The Siege of Terra #6)

"The traveller is the one who takes his truth with him into strange lands. The moment he forgets his truth, he ceases to be a traveller, and becomes the strange land."

-Chris Wraight, Warhawk (The Siege of Terra #6)

"Oll had learned the hard way that those who seemed most clearly in control of things were often the ones with the shakiest grip. Except for Him, of course. He’d always known exactly where He was goin…"

-Chris Wraight, Warhawk (The Siege of Terra #6)

"What can we really do for this Imperium? Can we sustain it now, bearing its weight on our shoulders? Not the way we were made. But we can kill for it. We can break, we can burn, we can unmake. We hav…"

-Chris Wraight, Warhawk (The Siege of Terra #6)

Cover of Echoes of Eternity (The Siege of Terra #7) by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

23. Echoes of Eternity (The Siege of Terra #7)

By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden

4.52

Format: 522 pages, Hardcover

Siege of Terra Book 7 With the walls of the Imperial Palace in ruins and the end in sight, Sangu… read more

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"The concept of luck flew in the face of the Omnissiah’s divine plan and was therefore a falsehood."

-Aaron Dembski-Bowden, Echoes of Eternity (The Siege of Terra #7)

"There it was again, the treasonous little notion Ulienne couldn’t quite shake. Horus was a hero, the Warmaster of the Imperium, the pacifier of the galaxy. Of course she’d followed him. The Legio Aud…"

-Aaron Dembski-Bowden, Echoes of Eternity (The Siege of Terra #7)

Cover of Slaves to Darkness (The Horus Heresy, #51) by John  French

24. Slaves to Darkness (The Horus Heresy, #51)

By: John French

3.93

Format: 347 pages, Hardcover

After a long and grueling conflict, the traitors at last close upon Terra. But time is dwindling fo… read more

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"You should never trust a sword that is too sharp, lord."

-John French, Slaves to Darkness (The Horus Heresy, #51)

"The same path walked by different souls will lead to different places."

-John French, Slaves to Darkness (The Horus Heresy, #51)

"Why comes the stranger to the door at night? Why, because he is no stranger." - Malcador Sigillite"

-John French, Slaves to Darkness (The Horus Heresy, #51)

"That is the trouble with power. The more of it you have, the more using it becomes everything." - Warmaster Horus"

-John French, Slaves to Darkness (The Horus Heresy, #51)

Cover of Sanguinius: The Great Angel (The Horus Heresy: Primarchs, #17) by Chris Wraight

25. Sanguinius: The Great Angel (The Horus Heresy: Primarchs, #17)

By: Chris Wraight

4.06

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

A Primarchs Novel "I have always been the master of wretches, and have learned from that. I am a… read more

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Cover of Garro: Knight of Grey (The Siege of Terra) by James Swallow

26. Garro: Knight of Grey (The Siege of Terra)

By: James Swallow

4.01

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

A Siege of Terra Novella Nathaniel Garro, the loyalist who betrayed his father Mortarion to warn… read more

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"There must come a moment when the soul knows: this far, and no further. But we are cursed never to hear that warning until it is too late.’ – attributed to the remembrancer Ignace Karkasy [M31]"

-James Swallow, Garro: Knight of Grey (The Siege of Terra)

Cover of Sons of the Emperor (The Horus Heresy: Primarchs) by John  French

27. Sons of the Emperor (The Horus Heresy: Primarchs)

By: John French

4.13

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

A Primarchs anthologyThe primarchs, nigh-immortal sons of the Emperor of Mankind, are laid bare in … read more

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Cover of Sigismund: The Eternal Crusader (The Horus Heresy: Characters) by John  French

28. Sigismund: The Eternal Crusader (The Horus Heresy: Characters)

By: John French

4.21

Format: 185 pages, Hardcover

A Horus Heresy Character Series novel Sigismund, First Captain... Emperor's Champion. The Eterna… read more

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Cover of Rogal Dorn: The Emperor's Crusader (The Horus Heresy: Primarchs, #16) by Gav Thorpe

29. Rogal Dorn: The Emperor's Crusader (The Horus Heresy: Primarchs, #16)

By: Gav Thorpe

3.74

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

A Primarchs Novel Rogal Dorn: The Emperor's Crusader is the sixteenth instalment in The Horus He… read more

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Cover of Scions of the Emperor (The Horus Heresy: Primarchs) by David Guymer

30. Scions of the Emperor (The Horus Heresy: Primarchs)

By: David Guymer

3.90

Format: 182 pages, Hardcover

An amazing collection of Horus Heresy Primarch short stories. A must-have for all fans of Horus Her… read more

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Cover of Blood of the Emperor (The Horus Heresy: Primarchs) by Graham McNeill

31. Blood of the Emperor (The Horus Heresy: Primarchs)

By: Graham McNeill

3.81

Format: 183 pages, Paperback

A Primarchs anthology Explore the histories and motivations of the primarchs across six short st… read more

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