A Horus Heresy Novel
As open rebellion fractures the stars, the Emperor of Mankind remains secluded, laboring deep within the subterranean vaults beneath His Imperial Palace. Yet, His ultimate ambition hangs in the balance as the encroaching forces of Chaos draw closer to the heart of Terra.
Why Read This Book?
Step into the hidden depths of the Palace to uncover the long-shrouded mysteries of the Emperor's secret project, and gain an unprecedented, intimate glimpse into the mind and nature of the Master of Mankind Himself.
The Story
While the Warmaster's treacherous civil war consumes the galaxy at large, a hidden, catastrophic conflict is being fought directly under the Imperial Palace. The elite Legio Custodes—the Emperor's personal "Ten Thousand"—alongside the blank executioners of the Sisters of Silence and loyalist Mechanicum divisions under Fabricator General Kane, wage a desperate war for survival. Their battleground is the ancient, alien Webway network beneath Terra, which has been breached and overrun by warp-spawned horrors following the disastrous psychic intrusion of Magnus the Red.
Now, with fallen Space Marines and twisted, chaotic Battle Titans bolstering the daemonic hordes, the enemy closes in on the Throneworld. As the defenses buckle, it becomes terrifyingly clear that only an intervention from the Emperor Himself can avert total ruin.
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Author: Aaron Dembski-Bowden
