False Gods (Novel)
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False Gods is the second novel in the Horus Heresy series, and was written by Graham McNeill. A direct continuation of the plot of Horus Rising, False Gods details Horus's fall to Chaos.
The novel was first published in June 2006, and has been reprinted three times. Each print run is distinguished by a different colour for the titles: the first edition was gold, the second in silver and the third in bronze.
Plot Summary
Garviel Loken, newest member of the Luna Wolves elite Mournival council, is troubled by recent events on the Great Crusade. After annihilating the Interex, Horus orders the 63rd Expeditionary Fleet to crush a rebellion on the conquered world of Davin at the suggestion of his secretive advisor Chaplain Erebus of the Word Bearers Legion. Finding that the rebel forces have retreated to the planet's moon and have been corrupted by ancient evil forces from the Warp, Horus leads a desperate assault on the traitors' grounded ship, 'Glory of Terra', where he confronts Eugen Temba. During his battle with Temba, Horus is mortally wounded. When his apothecaries can do nothing for him, Erebus convinces Mournival members Ezekyle Abaddon and 'Little' Horus Aximand to entrust the Warmaster's life to the dark priests of Davin. By using ancient rituals learned from agents of Chaos, Erebus invades Horus' mind and persuades him that the Emperor plans to betray him to pursue his own glory after the crusade is won. Following his miraculous recovery, Horus leads his legions to war against a newly-discovered peaceful human civilisation, and then begins to hatch his own daring plans of rebellion. His first defiance of the Emperor's will is the murder of the troublesome remembrancers Petronella Vivar and Ignace Karkasy, before calling his generals to make war on the traitor world Isstvan III.
Notable Characters
- Horus - Primarch of the Sons of Horus, Warmaster of the Great Crusade
- Magnus the Red - Primarch of the Thousand Sons.
- Maloghurst - Equerry to the Warmaster
- Ezekyle Abaddon - First Captain
- Tarik Torgaddon - Captain, 2nd Company
- Iacton "the Half-heard" Qruze - Captain, 3rd Company
- " Little Horus" Aximand - Captain, 5th Company
- Garviel Loken - Captain, 10th Company
- Esau Turnet - Princeps of the Dies Irae, Legio Mortis
- Titus Cassar - Moderati Primus of the Dies Irae, Legio Mortis
- Jonah Aruken - Moderati Primus of the Dies Irae, Legio Mortis
- Hektor Varvarus - Lord Commander
- Regulus - Representative to the 63rd Expedition
- Kyril Sindermann - Primary Iterator
- Ignace Karkasy - Poet
- Euphrati Keeler - Imagist
- Mersadie Oliton - Documentarist
- Petronella Vivar - Writer
Other Non-Astartes Imperials
- Eugen Temba - Imperial Governor of Davin
- Maggard - Bodyguard to Petronella Vivar
Related Publications
| Novels | Horus Rising • False Gods • Galaxy in Flames • The Flight of the Eisenstein • Fulgrim • Descent of Angels • Legion • Battle for the Abyss • Mechanicum • Fallen Angels • A Thousand Sons • Nemesis • The First Heretic • Prospero Burns • The Outcast Dead • Deliverance Lost • Know No Fear • Fear to Tread |
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| Anthologies and novellas |
Horus Heresy Chapbook • Tales of Heresy • Age of Darkness • Promethean Sun • Aurelian • The Primarchs • Shadows of Treachery • Army of One |
| Audio Books | The Dark King and the Lightning Tower • Horus Rising (abridged) • False Gods (abridged) • Galaxy in Flames (abridged) • A Thousand Sons • Prospero Burns • Age of Darkness • The Outcast Dead • Know No Fear • The Primarchs |
| Original Audio Dramas | Raven's Flight • Garro: Oath of Moment • Garro: Legion of One • Butcher's Nails • Garro: Sword of Truth |
