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False Gods (Novel)

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'''''False Gods''''' is a novel by [[Graham McNeill]] and the second book in the [[Horus Heresy Series|''Horus Heresy'' series]]. A direct continuation of the plot of ''[[Horus Rising (Novel)|Horus Rising]]'', '''''False Gods''''' details [[Horus]]'s fall to [[Chaos]].
'''''False Gods''''' The novel was first published in June 2006, and has been reprinted three times. Each print run is distinguished by a novel by [[Graham McNeill]] and different colour for the titles: the first edition was gold, the second book in silver and the [[Horus Heresy Series|''Horus Heresy'' series]]third in bronze. A direct continuation It was later included in "The Novels: Volume 1" e-book collection, and it was included as part of the plot of ''[[Horus Rising (Novel)|Horus Rising]]Crusade's End''omnibus, released in paperback on March 8, ''False Gods'' details [[Horus]]'s fall to [[Chaos]]2016.
==Cover Description==The novel was first published in June 2006, and [[Great Crusade]] that has been reprinted three timestaken humanity into the stars continues. Each print run is distinguished by a different colour for The [[Emperor]] of mankind has handed the titles: the first edition was goldreins of command to his favoured son, the second [[Warmaster]] [[Horus]]. Yet all is not well in silver and the third in bronzearmies of the Imperium. It was later included in "The Novels: Volume 1" e-book collection, Horus is still battling against the jealousy and it was included as part resentment of the ''Crusade'his brother [[primarch]]s End'' omnibusand, released when he is injured in paperback combat on March 8the planet [[Davin]], 2016he must also battle his inner daemons.With all the temptations that Chaos has to offer, can the weakened Horus resist?
== Plot Summary ==
=== Part Three: In the House of False Gods ===
Inside the Temple of the Serpent Lodge Erebus observes the ritual that will send his mind into the spirit world to converse with Horus. In order to complete the ritual Lodge Priestess [[Akshub]] treacherously slits Erebus's throat. Awakening in a verdant meadow, Horus accepts his own death and goes exploring, but is disturbed by glimpses of a hellish industrial wasteland beneath the surface of the landscape. He finds Erebus disguised as [[Hastur Sejanus]] floating face-down in a stream and 'Sejanus' encourages him to flee a pack of wolves with the Imperial [[Aquila Imperialis|Aquila]] on their fur. Sejanus tells Horus that he has come as an emissary from [[Chaos Gods|great powers]] within the [[Warp]] whom he describes as benign and with no interest in the material universe but under attack by the [[Emperor]] who desires their power for himself. He shows Horus a shrine-world from the [[Imperium of Man|Imperium in the 40th milleniummillennium]] where the Emperor and the nine primarchs who will remain loyal in [[The Horus Heresy|the war to come]] are worshipped as gods but Horus is not, deceiving him with the lie that the Emperor abandoned the [[Great Crusade]] in order to obtain godhood and will leave [[Primarchs|his sons]] behind upon his apotheosis. He then takes Horus to the secret laboratories beneath Terra where the Emperor housed the [[Primarch Project|primarch project]], revealing that he used knowledge taken from the Warp gods to create Horus and his brothers and has orchestrated a vast lie in propagating his secular creed. The moment of the primarchs' scattering occurs and Horus's apparition is attacked by [[Custodian Guard|Custodian Guards]], but he kills most of them before allowing himself to be sucked into the raging Chaos vortex.
As days pass in the material universe nearly the entire 63rd Expedition camps outside the Temple of the Serpent Lodge. Loken visits [[Kyril Sindermann]], who has hidden himself away in the ''[[Vengeful Spirit]]'''s archives, and is horrified to learn of the connection between serpent cults and Chaos. Ignace Karkasy, inspired by the Astartes' brutality on the embarkation deck, writes damning poetry about it and begins distributing it throughout the ship. Euphrati Keeler is attacked on Davin by a group of soldiers angry at her commitment to the Lectitio Divinitatus, but is rescued by Torgaddon who brings her to see Sindermann, who now doubts the secular creed and wants to know about the Emperor as a god. They begin translating text from the [[Book of Lorgar]] and accidentally summon a [[daemon]]. Chief [[astropath]] [[Ing Mae Sing]] comes to their aid, but they are only saved when, in a miracle, Euphrati channels the Emperor's power and banishes the daemon before collapsing into a coma.
== Notable Characters ==
'''[[Primarchs]]'''
* [[Horus]] - [[Primarch]] of the [[Sons of Horus]], [[Warmaster]] of the [[Great Crusade]]* [[Magnus the Red]] - Primarch of the [[Thousand Sons]].
'''[[Sons of Horus]]'''
* [[Maloghurst]] - Equerry to the Warmaster* [[Ezekyle Abaddon]] - First Captain* [[Tarik Torgaddon]] - Captain, 2nd Company* [[Iacton Qruze|Iacton "the Half-heard" Qruze]] - Captain, 3rd Company* [[Horus Aximand|" Little Horus" Aximand]] - Captain, 5th Company* [[Garviel Loken]] - Captain, 10th Company
'''[[Word Bearers]]'''
* [[Erebus]] - First [[Chaplain]]
'''[[Collegia Titanica]]'''
* [[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
'''[[Imperial Army]]'''
* [[Hektor Varvarus]] - Lord Commander
'''[[Martian Mechanicum]]'''
* [[Regulus (Dark Mechanicum)|Regulus]] - Representative to the [[63rd Expedition]]
'''[[Remembrancer]]s'''
* [[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
== Sources ==
*[https://www.blacklibrary.com/the-horus-heresy/novels/False-Gods-eBook.html Black Library]
*{{Endn|1a}}: [[False Gods (Novel)]], Chapters 1-4
*{{Endn|1b}}: False Gods, Chapter 5
*{{Endn|1i}}: False Gods, Chapter 21
==Related PublicationsArticles==*[[Black Library (BL Publishing)|Black Library]]
*[[Horus Heresy Series]]
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