

It focuses on the Space Marines of the secretive and mysterious Alpha Legion. Legion is another novel from the extensive Horus Heresy series. LegionĪn Alpha Legonaire brandishes his psychic might, stave in hand. Aaron Demski-Bowden does a remarkable job of adding flavor and depth to this brutally violent novel. This novel expands the backstory of the traitor World Eaters legion, and their very angry Primarch, Angron.

It’s a story of loss, anger and betrayal. World Eaters attempt to gore an Ultramarine force with their chain axes.īetrayer is the 24th entry in the Horus Heresy series.
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This series charms you with its bits of comedic relief while captivating you with the uncanny luck of Ciaphas Cain so that you can’t help but laugh even during the tensest of moments. It follows the exploits of a cowardly Commissar of the Imperium who, mostly by chance, is revered as a hero among his comrades. Ciaphas CainĬiaphus Cain is a wonderfully refreshing series, mixing notes of dark comedy with the usual grimdark mood of the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Set in the year 30,000, the Horus Heresy series details the fracturing of relations between brother Primarchs and their legions and the downfall of the Emperor of Man to his modern state of being a stagnant corpse-king. If there is any series you want to read, it is this one.

The Horus Heresy is probably the most iconic series of the Warhammer 40,000 universe. The former Lunar Wolves assault a fortress with their mighty weapons. It’s interesting and exciting to experience the perspective of characters like Apothecary Talos and their warped sense of honor. The Nightlords are one of the most despicable traitor legions, being sadists who delight in torturing and terrorizing their foes. Night Lords is universally accepted as one of the best series in Warhammer 40,000 covering Chaos. Night LordsĬonrad Kurze flexes his bloody claws and grits his teeth. It follows the exploits of the inquisitor Eisenhorn and is a refreshing break from the usual theme of demigods pitted against gods in the universe of Warhammer 40,000.
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Inquisitor Eisenhorn brandishes his pistol.Įisenhorn is a series full of action and intrigue that covers the dark political machinations of the Imperium of Man. Space Wolves is a great way to introduce you to just how different the Space Marine chapters are from one another. In Space Wolves, the reader develops an understanding that the Space Wolves, despite their savage appearances, are a complex society of noble savages capable of displaying both brutal combat prowess and depth of character. Space WolvesĪ Space Wolf tracks his prey across a snowy tundra. Weak Humans must face off against terrifying foes like the perverse Dark Eldar, Vicious Orks, Merciless Tyranids, and terrifyingly unpredictable Chaos Space Marines. Gaunt Ghosts assumes the perspective of humble Imperial Guardsmen, equipped with las rifles and forced to face off against the great horrors of the universe. Imperial Guardsmen assault a shrine to the Chaos Gods. The Imperium’s depleted military forces, plagued by in-fighting, must deal with this Ork invasion while simultaneously confronting threats from within. The Orks have parked an assault moon near Terra. The Beast Arises is a Warhammer 40k series taking place in the year 31,000 covering humanity’s efforts to stave off the savage and brutal Orks. Orks blaze across a desert in their shoddy machine in a Mad Max-like scene of chaos.

Ultramarines are great novels to introduce you to one area of the 40k universe. They’re the most familiar Space Marine faction and considered to be boring by many, but Graham Mcneill does a great job with the Ultramarine books by covering the exploits of Captain Uriel Ventris, who questions the bureaucratic ways that have stagnated the Imperium. The Ultramarines are the poster boys for Space Marines in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. An Ultramarine fires his bolter point blink into the face of a Chaos Space Marine.
