Warhammer 40,000 Novels

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (novels not included). Pages: 26. Chapters: Ciaphas Cain, Gaunt's Ghosts, Horus Heresy (novels), List of Warhammer 40,000 novels. Excerpt: The Horus Heresy Novel Series is an ongoing series of science fantasy books that contain stories written by multiple authors. The books are published in several media by the Black Library, a Games Workshop division, with the first title released in 2006; as of late 2012 the Series consisted of 23 published volumes, with more in the pipeline. Its subject matter is the Horus Heresy, a galaxy-spanning civil war occurring 10,000 years prior to the far-future setting of Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 tabletop miniatures wargame, and a major contributing factor to the dystopic environment of the game. The Series has developed into a distinct and successful product line for the Black Library; titles have often appeared in bestseller lists, and overall the work has received critical approval despite reservations. It is an established, definitive component of Game Workshop's Horus Heresy sub-brand, and authoritative source material for the entire Warhammer 40,000 fictional universe and its continuing development. The Series is a dark, far-future military space opera with a main cast of hundreds. Its foundation is the Horus Heresy, a cornerstone event of the dystopic Warhammer 40,000 universe; the fictional universe was originally created by Black Library parent company Games Workshop as the campaign setting for its related tabletop miniatures wargame. The Horus Heresy is a short but all-encompassing conflict - a civil war that devastates and defines the Imperium of Man, the universe's nascent galactic empire. Although the Series takes full advantage of the underlying universe's wide scope, vast scale, and extreme time frames, it has developed a unique identity and "feel," attributed to the...