The space marines of the alpha legion, the last and most secretive of all the astartes brotherhoods, arrive on a heathen world to support the imperial army in a. Probably best to start with legion, the horus heresy book on the alpha legion as it really gives you a pretty good understanding of how the alpha legion operates and their ethos. The space wolves were set upon by the forces of the alpha legion before they had even recovered from the razing of prospero hounded to the edge of the alaxxes nebula, in desperation leman russ called out to his primarch brothers for aid. His horus heresy novel prospero burns topped the sf charts in the uk and the us. Rob sanders is the author of the horus heresy novellas cybernetica and the. The space marines of the alpha legion, the last and most secretive of all the astartes brotherhoods, arrive on a heathen world to support the imperial army in a pacification campaign against strange and uncanny forces. This warhammer 40k novel, the seventh installment of the horus heresy series, deals with the alpha legion. The novels are by a selection of different authors, which is a total pain if you like to organise your books alphabetically by author. One thing is for certain, the xx th legion was present at the drop site massacre at istvaan v, fighting in the second wave as one of the three traitor legions that only revealed their true colours.
Extermination it goes to great lengths to explain the early history of the alpha legion and how it contrasts to other more wellknown legions. A great war is coming, and it will engulf the imperium of man. Reviewed in the united kingdom on february 10, 2017. What are some good alpha legion books from the horus heresy. Anuj malhotra is one of the minds behind the horus heresy game, so it will come as no surprise that he is an enthusiastic gamer in the age of darkness, with a variety of narrativethemed armies. Legions has announced its fifth major content expansion, malevolence, to be released on 27th march warmaster horus pact with chaos is sealed in blood and his deception runs deep. I need help deciding which alpha legion book to buy. It is set two years before the beginning of the horus heresy and focuses on the alpha legion adeptus astartes as well as some elements of the imperial army and a xenos group known as the cabal. Extermination is the second and final book that involves the drop site massacre of istvaan v.
He has written over forty novels, including the acclaimed gaunts ghosts series and the eisenhorn and ravenor trilogies. It was penned by black librarys bestselling author and arguably the most talented i say arguably because there are other amazing authors in the bl ranks who are overlooked. This book in the horus heresy series focuses on the iron hands legion and how they cope after the death of their primarch on isthvan. This is a book about the alpha legion through the eyes of those they use and in rare cases come into contact with. Dispatched to the signus system by order of the warmaster, the blood angels are caught in a deadly trap set by the traitors foul allies. Horus heresy units that you should avoid buying without good reason duration. Alpha legion getting started in horus heresy youtube. It seems that the primarch either kept the name to be deliberately ironic, deeply meaningful in the sense that alpha can also mean supreme or the early title of alpha just stuck. Astartes of the alpha legion, led by their primarch, are tasked to the theatre.
January season meta report the horus heresy legions. As the time of the horus heresy drew closer, the alpha legion, as if in. The newest and most secretive of all, the alpha legion maintain vast networks of spies and agents who carry out their orders and bring down dissident worlds from within. Deliverance lost is the alpha legion at their absolute best, while praetorian of dorn effectively pits them against rogal. A legion seeker squad, made up of seeker space marines, was a specialised unit of the ancient legiones astartes in use during the great crusade and horus heresy eras in the late 30th and early 31st millennia. Legion is a novel by dan abnett and the seventh book in the horus heresy series. The space marines of the alpha legion, the last and most secretive of all the astartes. I know theres a machete cut way to read the books read. If you want to rush to the end and experience the central story, you totally can once all the books are out. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Horus heresy blood angels the crimson lords index astartes. An alpha legion warband goes an epic quest for salvation that will pit them against. The horus heresy book seven inferno is a supplement for the horus heresy which depicts the cataclysmic battle of the burning of prospero, home planet of the thousand sons legion, the neardestruction of that legion, the fall of its primarch, magnus, and the tangled web of fate and treachery which led up to it.
Second dan abnett book ive read in the horus heresy series. So in the seventh horus heresy novel, legion dan abnett was. The horus heresy forge world series warhammer 40k fandom. They are written as single minded automatons, that only want revenge and vengeance, and rely on. Legion the horus heresy book 7 and millions of other books are available for instant access. Argonis killed the alpha legion operatives because they were keeping secrets then demanded audience with perturabo aboard the iron blood. The first book came out in 2006, and the black library have been pumping them out ever since. Horus heresy reading guidance the basement of death. Early into the book we find out that the alpha legion were drawn to the. A horus heresy novel the space marines of the alpha legion, the last and most secretive of all the legiones astartes brotherhoods, arrive on a heathen world in a pacification campaign against uncanny forces. I dont even really expect to glean anything new from the books, i just wanna see one of my favorite legions kick ass and mumble alpharius. Sons of the hydra warhammer 40,000 and millions of other books are. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading legion the horus heresy book 7.
Back at the beginning of the year, ty was looking for recommendations on how to navigate the huge backlog of horus heresy books. The horus heresy books are some of my absolute favourite warhammer literature. Buy legion the horus heresy first edition by abnett, dan isbn. Thus, even after horus was cast down and the heresy over, the alpha legion kept on fighting, moving more and more towards the galactic east, towards the ultramarines. For the last decade, black library has been publishing novels that explore the events of the horus heresy, looking at the rivalries among the primarchs and exploring just why everything went down the tubes. Published in march, 2008, legion features a purple spineband, the first novel in the series to do so. Ive only read one book that features the alpha legion prominently, praetorian of dorn mainly been reading if and dorn books. Having read the wiki post for the alpha legion, seeing it so full of weird speculation, with hardly anythin concrete, are there any decent alpha legion books out there. The real problem with the hh books is that they has devolved into a disjointed, convoluted mess.
I put together this list with my mustread and not so much mustread horus heresy recommendations. The space marines of the alpha legion, the last and most secretive of all the legiones astartes brotherhoods, arrive on a. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Legion the horus heresy book 7 kindle edition by abnett, dan. At the same time hrend discovered that the black oculus was a portal that would allow the. Dan abnett is a multiple new york times bestselling author and an awardwinning comic book writer. Alpha legion member dressed in the colors of the white scars during the horus heresy legionnaires during the heresy after the virusbombing of isstvan iii, the presumed loyal alpha legion was one of the legions sent by the emperor to destroy horus at his base on isstvan v. So i want to keep up to date with the horus heresy so i can get around to reading old earth along with the various other new books. Alpha legion seeker squad taking out their intended targets. February season meta report the horus heresy legions. Book revew legion by dan abnett pop culture vulture.
A horus heresy novel his hand forced by an alpha legion attack, jaghatai khan must decide where his loyalties lie, and whether his white scars will stand with the emperor or horus in the war to come. It also builds on their reputation of being a very secretive and unknown chapter. Extermination forge world series by alan bligh, pp. The book contains rules and special characters for the pre heresy iron warriors, raven guard, alpha legion, and imperial fists legions as well as a space marine crusade legion army list. Read it because it contains one of the most mindblowing revelations of the horus heresy, about the true nature of the primarch alpharius. Alpha legion balance changes blood angels chaos collegia titanica community custodes death guard emperors children expansions imperial army iron hands iron warriors legio custodes malevolence mechanicum meta night lords novels orphans of war pc raven guard ruinstorm salamanders sons of horus space wolves steam the horus heresy thousand sons. Are there any good books about the alpha legion alpharius and. Like all the horus heresy novels ive read so far it had me hooked, especially towards the end. The alpha legion is known to have taken part in the galaxyspanning disaster that was the horus heresy, though as ever, its exact role is unclear.
The first three novels in the horus heresy are an opening book trilogy. It ties into the idea of marine assassins theyre currently designing for the next book after crusade. But dont get me wrong, the reason why this book is so good is because of the way the alpha legion manipulates everyone through their networks. Probably the horus heresy black books by forgeworld, theyre big tomes of setting information for the horus heresy tabletop. But to really dive deep into the setting, youre going to have to go off the main path a bit. It was on the world known as eskrador that alphariusomegon and roboute guilliman would meet for the last time needs citation. Book three extermination is the third book in the horus heresy series by forge world. Due to the number of books now available, its completely understandable that some people may require a book reading list to ensure that they read them in the correct order. A horus heresy unabridged audiobook not every space marine legion wages all of its wars by might of arms alone. But any such 20th legion would have been the last to be discovered before the horus heresy. The horus heresy reading order list 2020 updated faded. Sign my petition about collaboration between games workshop and hasbro to. This trilogy presents some of the background and causes of the heresy, and describes the start of the conflict. In space, the alpha legion freed horus s emissary, argonis, in order to force perturabo to stop his pursuit of power.
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