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Book · Horus Heresy · 2008

Mechanicum

Author: Graham McNeill

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Year
2008
Series
Horus Heresy
Place in the reading order
9 of 34
Era
The Fall — The Isstvan Massacre
Events
2 events
Plot (spoilers: moderate)

The Schism of Mars: Kelbor-Hal, Zeth, Kane, Titans, the “Death of Innocence”. Without this book the Siege of Terra has no rear — the traitors gain a forge, the loyalists almost lose Sol. Read it in parallel with Isstvan III: it is the same 005.M31, a different theatre.

Events in the book

  1. 005.M31 Schism of Mars · the “Death of Innocence” Traitor victory

    Fabricator General Kelbor-Hal, regarding the Emperor as a false Omnissiah, swore himself to Horus and unleashed the corruption of scrapcode on Mars, setting off the civil war of the Mechanicum (the…

  2. 006.M31 Battle of Magma City Pyrrhic loyalist victory

    Magma City became the focus of the loyalist resistance in the Schism of Mars: Legio Tempestus and the Knights of Taranis came to Koriel Zeth’s aid.

Sources

  1. Black Library
  2. Mechanicum (G. McNeill)
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