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Lord of the Red Sands (The Horus Heresy Short Story)

by Aaron Dembski-Bowden · The Horus Heresy series

A character study of Angron, the broken Primarch of the World Eaters, exploring his tragic past as a gladiator slave and the brutal Butcher's Nails embedded in his skull. Rage, loss, and the erosion of humanity collide in this portrait of a warlord consumed by violence. Dembski-Bowden excavates the pathos beneath the bloodshed.

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
• 14. The First Heretic — Aaron Dembski-Bowden
• 24. Betrayer — Aaron Dembski-Bowden
• 41. The Master of Mankind — Aaron Dembski-Bowden
• Death of a Silversmith (The Horus Heresy Short Story) — Graham McNeill
• The Wolf of Ash and Fire (The Horus Heresy) — Graham McNeill
• Scions of the Storm (The Horus Heresy Short Story) — Anthony Reynolds
• Lord of the Red Sands (The Horus Heresy Short Story) — Aaron Dembski-Bowden

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