Book · Black Books · 2012
The Horus Heresy Book I: Betrayal
Author: Forge World
This page contains spoilers
- Year
- 2012
- Series
- Black Books
- Place in the reading order
- 1 of 9
- Era
- Eve of the Storm — The Fall
- Events
- 3 events
Plot (spoilers: moderate)
The tabletop canon of Isstvan III: orders of battle, the Solar Auxilia, strength estimates, the scheme of the virus bombardment. If a novel gives faces, a Black Book gives the staff map. The first stop when an atlas article disagrees with a novel over figures.
Events in the book
- Ullanor Triumph Loyalist victory
At the height of the triumph after the crushing of the ork empire of the overlord Urlakk Urg, the Emperor proclaimed Horus Warmaster — supreme over all the primarchs and expeditionary fleets — and…
- Isstvan III Atrocity Pyrrhic traitor victory
Under the pretext of pacifying a revolt, Horus assembled four Legions at Isstvan III — the Sons of Horus, Emperor’s Children, World Eaters and Death Guard — and with Life-Eater virus bombs…
- Flight of the Eisenstein Loyalist victory
Death Guard captain Nathaniel Garro seized the frigate “Eisenstein” and with a handful of loyalists took her out of the Isstvan system.
Sources
- Forge World Black Book I: Betrayal
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