Legion (Novel)
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This article is about the Novel by Dan Abnett. For other uses of Legion, see Legion (disambiguation). |
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Legion is a novel by Dan Abnett and the seventh book in the Horus Heresy Series.
Published in March, 2008, Legion features a purple spine-band, the first novel in the series to do so. 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. It was later included in "The Novels: Volume 2" eBook collection.
Cover Description
A Great War is coming, and it will engulf the Imperium of Man. The Space Marines of the Alpha Legion, the last and most secretive of all the Legiones Astartes brotherhoods, arrive on a heathen world to support the Imperial Army in a pacification campaign against strange and uncanny forces. But what drives the Alpha Legion? Can they be trusted, and what side will they choose when the Great War begins? Loyalties are put to the test, and the cunning schemes of an alien intelligence revealed.
Plot Summary
The Compliance Action on the world of Nurth is not going smoothly. Despite the leadership of the particularly prestigious and accomplished Lord Commander Teng Namatjira and the presence of ancient and elite Imperial Army regiments, the native inhabitants seem to be holding off the Imperial forces with relative ease.
Tired and stung by this turn of events, Adeptus Astartes reinforcement is requested, and granted. Astartes of the Alpha Legion, led by their Primarch, are tasked to the theatre. The Nurthene rebellion is doomed as a result, the majority of their armed forces bottled up in an enormous siege.
It becomes evident that the Alpha Legion do not operate as other Astartes Legions; they make great use of subterfuge, so much so that the Lord Commander was not aware of their presence and contribution to the campaign until they announced themselves. Subterfuge proves to be the order of the day in the Nurthene campaign, as it is discovered that a Xenos-augmented Human spy is loose in the theatre, attempting to orchestrate the complex plans of his masters...plans that included the manipulation of events that resulted in the Alpha Legion arriving on Nurth.
This spy, John Grammaticus, works for an organisation he knows as the Cabal, a group of Xenos species. This Cabal is dedicated to the excision of the Primordial Annihilator, Chaos. Aware of the coming Heresy, they believe that the Alpha Legion represent the last chance to save the galaxy from the predations of the Chaos powers. To this end, they confer with the Primarch of the Legion, Alpharius Omegon, and sway him/them to their viewpoint. In order for Chaos to perish, Horus must win the Heresy. In order for that to happen, the Alpha Legion must side with him.
Notable Characters
- Alpharius Omegon — Primarch of the Alpha Legion
- Ingo Pech — First Captain
- Mathias Herzog — Captain of the 2nd Company
- Sheed Ranko — Captain of the Lernaean Terminator Squad
- Omegon — Lord of the Effrit Stealth Squad
- Teng Namatjira — Lord Commander
- Jan Van Aunger — Master of the Fleet
- Sri Vedt — Uxor Primus of Geno Five-Two Chiliad
- Honen Mu — Uxor of the Geno Five-Two Chiliad
- Rukhsana Saiid — Uxor of the Geno Five-Two Chiliad
- Hurtado Bronzi — Hetman of the Geno Five-Two Chiliad
- Peto Soneka — Hetman of the Geno Five-Two Chiliad
- Kaido Pius — Hetman of the Geno Five-Two Chiliad
- Dimiter Shiban — Hetman of the Geno Five-Two Chiliad
- Franco Boone — Hetman of the Geno Five-Two Chiliad
- Dinas Chayne — Bajolur-Captain of the Lucifer Blacks
- Eiman — Companion of the Lucifer Blacks
- Belloc — Companion of the Lucifer Blacks
- Nitin Dev Major — General of Zanzibari Hort
- Kolmec — Bajolur
- Wilde — Lord of the Crescent-Sind Sixth Torrent
- Khedive Ismail Sherard — Outremars
- Gan Karsh — General of the Regnault Thorns
- Gahet — member of the Cabal
- Slau Dha — Eldar, member of the Cabal
- G'Latrro — Xshesian, member of the Cabal
- John Grammaticus — Altered human, agent of the Cabal
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