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The Damnation of Pythos

by David Annandale · The Horus Heresy series

The Iron Hands survivors of Isstvan V crash on the daemon world of Pythos, discovering horrors that will test the line between survival and damnation. Stranded and hunted, the broken remnants of the Legion must decide whether to fight the impossible or become what they oppose. Dark grimdark military SF set in Warhammer 40K's defining civil 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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