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Legacies of Betrayal

by Guy Haley / Nick Kyme / Chris Wraight / Aaron Dembski-Bowden / John French / David Annandale / Gav Thorpe / Anthony Reynolds / Graham McNeill / Graham McNeill · The Horus Heresy series

A collection of short fiction exploring the fractures and loyalties in the aftermath of betrayal, as the galaxy-spanning civil war reshapes bonds between brothers and Legions. Multiple authors examine the personal cost of choosing sides in humanity's most catastrophic conflict. An anthology set firmly in the Heresy's expanding war.

The Horus Heresy in reading order

1. Horus Rising — Dan Abnett
2. False Gods — Graham McNeill
3. Galaxy in Flames — Ben Counter
4. The Flight of the Eisenstein — James Swallow
5. Fulgrim — Graham McNeill
7. Legion — Dan Abnett
8. Battle for the Abyss — Ben Counter
9. Mechanicum — Graham McNeill
10. Tales of Heresy — Dan Abnet / Lindsey Priestley / Dan Abnett / Mike Lee / Anthony Reynolds / James Swallow / Gav Thorpe / Graham McNeill / Matthew Farrer / Nick Kyme
11. Fallen Angels — Mike Lee
12. A Thousand Sons — Graham McNeill
13. Nemesis — James Swallow
14. The First Heretic — Aaron Dembski-Bowden
15. Prospero Burns — Dan Abnett
16. Age of Darkness — John French / Christian Z. Dunn / Graham McNeill / James Swallow / Nick Kyme / Chris Wraight / Gav Thorpe / Dan Abnett / Aaron Dembski-Bowden / Rob Sanders / Christian Dunn / Graham McNeill / James Swallow / Nick Kyme / John French / Chris Wraight / Gav Thorpe / Dan Abnett / Rob Sanders / Aaron Dembski-Bowden
17. The Outcast Dead — Graham McNeill
18. Deliverance Lost — Gav Thorpe
19. Know No Fear — Dan Abnett
20. The Primarchs — Christian Z. Dunn / Rob Sanders / Graham McNeill / Gav Thorpe / Nick Kyme
21. Fear to Tread — James Swallow
22. Shadows of Treachery — Christian Z. Dunn / Nick Kyme
23. Angel Exterminatus — Graham McNeill
24. Betrayer — Aaron Dembski-Bowden
25. Mark of Calth — Guy Haley / Graham McNeill / Anthony Reynolds / David Annandale / Rob Sanders / Aaron Dembski-Bowden / John French / Dan Abnett / John French / L.J. Goulding / Dan Abnett / David Annandale / Aaron Dembski-Bowden / Graham McNeill / Anthony Reynolds / Rob Sanders / Guy Haley / Laurie Goulding
26. Vulkan Lives — Nick Kyme
27. The Unremembered Empire — Dan Abnett
28. Scars — Chris Wraight
29. Vengeful Spirit — Gareth Armstrong / Graham McNeill
30. The Damnation of Pythos — David Annandale
31. Legacies of Betrayal — Guy Haley / Nick Kyme / Chris Wraight / Aaron Dembski-Bowden / John French / David Annandale / Gav Thorpe / Anthony Reynolds / Graham McNeill / Graham McNeill

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