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Prince of Crows
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Cover art by Neil Roberts[1]
Author Aaron Dembski-Bowden[1]
Performer Jonathan Keeble[1]
Publisher Black Library[1]
Series Horus Heresy Series[1]
Released September 2012
May 2014[1]
Pages 99
Length 3 hours[1]
Collected in Shadows of Treachery[1]
Editions 2012 softcover
ISBN 9781849703475

September 2012 e-audio
ISBN 9780857878298

May 2014 e-book
ISBN 9781782515890

September 2014 hardcover
ISBN 9781849707831

Prince of Crows is a novella by Aaron Dembski-Bowden in the Horus Heresy Series. It was first published in Shadows of Treachery (Anthology) on September 25, 2012, and re-published online in May 2014.[1]


Cover Description

The Thramas Crusade draws to its inevitable conclusion, with the forces of the Dark Angels and the Night Lords locked in a struggle which neither side can abandon. The Night Haunter lies comatose after being mauled by his primarch brother Lion El'Jonson, and in his absence it falls to Sevatar and the remaining members of the Kyroptera to command the Legion. But the self-styled "Prince of Crows" has his own plans to save the Night Lords from annihilation – plans he intends to follow, with or without his comrades in tow...[1]

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The following paragraphs contain spoilers for: Prince of Crows (Novella)

009.M31, Sheol. Lion El'Jonson contemplates his brother Konrad Curze, having wounded him into unconsciousness while their Legions were fighting.[2b]

Part I: The Kyroptera

Night Lords ship Excoriator. Three captains of the Kyroptera – Malithos Kuln, Cel Herec, and Var Jahan – are discussing the defeat they have just endured from the Dark Angels. First Captain Sevatar arrives, dismissing their notion of seeking revenge. When they persist, he leaves as his Atramentar Terminators murder Kuln and Herec, ensuring his control over the Legion.[2c] Watching his comatose Primarch, Sevatar is joined by Ekra Trez and they retire to Curze's chambers aboard the flagship Nightfall. There, Trez confronts the First Captain about the secret he harbors, telling him he will not be able to repress it much longer.[2d]

Sevatar learns from Wing Commander Taye Karenna that Commodore Yul has survived, making him the new fleet admiral. He then has several captain summoned to Curze's chambers, where he once again finds Trez and they discuss the Primarch's growing mental instability.[2e] The new Kyroptera – Sevatar, Jahan, Naraka, Tovac Tor, Ophion, Krukesh, and Alastor Rushal – meet and the First Captain announces his intention of splitting the Legion into six Great Companies, whose commanders will do as they see fit while he heads to Terra with his. With the help of Trez aboard the Excoriator, he then enters Curze's psyche to try and wake him up.[2f]

Part II: Son of a Sunless World

Sevatar is treated to Curze's memories: the capsule's crash on Nostramo, his bloodthirsty survival, commitment to a Manichaean punishment of crime and sin, his rise to kingship over the planet[2g], and eventually the coming of the Emperor. That last memory is interrupted by Curze himself, who tells Sevatar he should not be there. The First Captain attempts to bring his primarch back, discussing the latter's hatred for his own Legion as well as his hypocrisy in condemning them as criminals, but Curze pushes him out of his psyche. Sevatar regains his senses as the I are attacking the VIII once more.[2h]

Back on the Nightfall, Sevatar keeps fifty of the remaining vessels to blood the Invincible Reason, and orders the rest of the fleet to disperse. During the battle, the Excoriator interrupts its flight run and joins the fray: Curze has regained consciousness and orders Sevatar to join his boarding party on the Dark Angels' flagship.[2i] Sevatar reluctantly complies, sending the Atramentar ahead, but is left stranded when the Nightfall's reactors are hit. Bent on joining his men, he hitches a ride on the back of Karenna's starfighter.[2j] She drops him in one of the enemy ship's launching bays, and he joins with Rushal on the way to the boarding party. Overcome by his renewed powers, he loses consciousness amid the fight, dreaming of his youth on Nostramo.[2k]

The Invincible Reason. Imprisoned with nine of his brothers while their primarch is lurking somewhere in the ship's bowels, Sevatar declares his intention to escape.[2l]

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Horus Heresy Series
Novels I Horus Rising • II False Gods • III Galaxy in Flames • IV The Flight of the Eisenstein • V Fulgrim • VI Descent of Angels • VII Legion • VIII Battle for the Abyss • IX Mechanicum • X Tales of Heresy • XI Fallen Angels • XII A Thousand Sons • XIII Nemesis • XIV The First Heretic • XV Prospero Burns • XVI Age of Darkness • XVII The Outcast Dead • XVIII Deliverance Lost • XIX Know No Fear • XX The Primarchs • XXI Fear to Tread • XXII Shadows of Treachery • XXIII Angel Exterminatus • XXIV Betrayer • XXV Mark of Calth • XXVI Vulkan Lives • XXVII The Unremembered Empire • XXVIII Scars • XXIX Vengeful Spirit • XXX The Damnation of Pythos • XXXI Legacies of Betrayal • XXXII Deathfire • XXXIII War Without End • XXXIV Pharos • XXXV Eye of Terra • XXXVI The Path of Heaven • XXXVII The Silent War • XXXVIII Angels of Caliban • XXXIX Praetorian of Dorn • XL Corax • XLI The Master of Mankind • XLII Garro • XLIII Shattered Legions • XLIV The Crimson King • XLV Tallarn • XLVI Ruinstorm • XLVII Old Earth • XLVIII The Burden of Loyalty • XLIX Wolfsbane • L Born of Flame • LI Slaves to Darkness • LII Heralds of the Siege • LIII Titandeath • LIV The Buried Dagger
Siege of Terra I The Solar War • II The Lost and the Damned • III The First Wall • Sons of the Selenar • IV Saturnine • Fury of Magnus • V Mortis • VI Warhawk • VII Echoes of Eternity • Garro: Knight of Grey • VIII The End and the Death (Volume I • Volume II • Volume III) • Era of Ruin
The Primarchs Roboute Guilliman: Lord of Ultramar • Leman Russ: The Great Wolf • Magnus the Red: Master of Prospero • Perturabo: The Hammer of Olympia • Lorgar: Bearer of the Word • Fulgrim: The Palatine Phoenix • Ferrus Manus: Gorgon of Medusa • Grandfather's Gift • Perturabo: Stone and Iron • Malcador: First Lord of the Imperium • Konrad Curze: A Lesson in Darkness • Jaghatai Khan: Warhawk of Chogoris • Vulkan: Lord of Drakes • Sons of the Emperor • Corax: Lord of Shadows • Angron: Slave of Nuceria • Scions of the Emperor • Konrad Curze: The Night Haunter • Ghost of Nuceria • The Passing of Angels • The Abyssal Edge • Mercy of the Dragon • Lion El'Jonson: Lord of the First • Illyrium • The Revelation of the Word • Morningstar • Will of the Legion • Embers of Extinction • Alpharius: Head of the Hydra • Blood of the Emperor • Loyal Sons • Mortarion: The Pale King • Rogal Dorn: The Emperor's Crusader • Sanguinius: The Great Angel • Heirs of The Emperor
Horus Heresy Characters Valdor: Birth of the Imperium • Luther: First of the Fallen • Sigismund: The Eternal Crusader • Eidolon: The Auric Hammer
Novellas Promethean Sun • Aurelian • Brotherhood of the Storm • The Reflection Crack'd • Feat of Iron • The Lion • The Serpent Beneath • Corax: Soulforge • Scorched Earth • Tallarn: Executioner • Prince of Crows • The Crimson Fist • The Purge • Ravenlord • The Seventh Serpent • Tallarn: Ironclad • Cybernetica • Wolf King • The Honoured • The Unburdened • Garro: Vow of Faith • Sons of the Forge • Dreadwing • Spear of Ultramar
Collections Angron • The Imperial Truth • Sedition's Gate • Echoes of Ruin • Death and Defiance • Blades of the Traitor • Meduson • Betrayal at Calth • Echoes of the Imperium • Virtues of the Sons/Sins of the Father • Echoes of Revelation • Lupercal's War • Cthonia's Reckoning
Short Stories The Lightning Tower • The Dark King • Army of One • Kryptos • Distant Echoes of Old Night • Lost Sons • Death of a Silversmith • The Divine Word • The Kaban Project • The Gates of Terra • Lord of the Red Sands • Serpent • Luna Mendax • Riven • Bjorn: Lone Wolf • The Wolf of Ash and Fire • Heart of the Conqueror • Child of Night • The Shadowmasters • The Devine Adoratrice • Daemonology • Sins of the Father • The Final Compliance of Sixty-Three Fourteen • Vorax • The Value of Fear • Brotherhood of the Moon • Virtues of the Sons • Imperfect • Howl of the Hearthworld • A Safe and Shadowed Place • Gunsight • Black Oculus • Wolf Mother • Twisted • Chirurgeon • Tallarn: Witness • Ironfire • Hands of the Emperor • By the Lion's Command • All That Remains • The Phoenician • Artefacts • Ghosts Speak Not • Patience • Inheritor • Tallarn: Siren • Blackshield • Myriad • Into Exile • The Grey Raven • The Painted Count • Exocytosis • The Last Son of Prospero • Ordo Sinister • The Ember Wolves • Restorer • The Laurel of Defiance • Immortal Duty • Duty Waits • Magisterium • Now Peals Midnight • Dreams of Unity • The Board is Set • The Atonement of Fire • A Lesson in Iron • Massacre • Two Metaphysical Blades • Prologue to Nikaea • Old Wounds, New Scars • Abyssal • The Last Council • A Rose Watered with Blood • Bringer of Sorrow • Lantern's Light • The Serpent's Dance • The Lightning Hall • Eater of Dreams • Bloodhowl • Amor Fati • The Fields of Abundance • The Shel'tain Affair • Primacy • The Nine • Visage • The Last Loyalist • Anathema
Audio Dramas Raven's Flight • Garro: Oath of Moment • Garro: Legion of One • Butcher's Nails • Grey Angel • Burden of Duty • Garro: Sword of Truth • Warmaster • Strike and Fade • Veritas Ferrum • The Sigillite • Honour to the Dead • Wolf Hunt • Censure • Thief of Revelations • Khârn: The Eightfold Path • Lucius: The Eternal Blademaster • Cypher: Guardian of Order • Hunter's Moon • Wolf's Claw • Templar • Garro: Shield of Lies • Master of the First • The Long Night • Stratagem • Herald of Sanguinius • The Watcher • The Eagle's Talon • Iron Corpses • Garro: Ashes of Fealty • Raptor • Grey Talon • Red-Marked • The Either • The Heart of the Pharos • The Thirteenth Wolf • Children of Sicarus • Perpetual • The Soul, Severed • Valerius • The Binary Succession • Dark Compliance • Blackshields: The False War • Blackshields: The Red Fief • Hubris of Monarchia • Nightfane • Blackshields: The Broken Chain
Artbooks Collected Visions (2007) • Visions of Heresy (2013) • Visions of Heresy (2014) • Visions of Heresy (2018) • Art of the Horus Heresy
Script Books Horus Heresy: The Scripts: Volume I • Horus Heresy: The Scripts: Volume II
Graphic Novels Macragge's Honour
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