Flight of the Eisenstein

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**Title** **Flight of the Eisenstein**
Author	James Swallow
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Series	The Horus Heresy
Genre(s)	Science fiction novel
Publisher	Black Library
Released	Spring 2007
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	407
ISBN	978-1-84416-459-2
Preceded by	Galaxy in Flames

Flight of the Eisenstein is a Science Fiction novel by James Swallow based in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, published by the Black Library. Released in spring 2007, this is the fourth book of the Horus Heresy series, started with Horus Rising and continued in False Gods and Galaxy in Flames. The story is set 10,000 years before the timeframe of the Warhammer 40,000 setting, and expands upon the tale of the Horus Heresy, the galaxy's greatest civil war and the root cause of many issues in the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

The Eisenstein, mentioned in the name of the book, is a strike cruiser of the Death Guard Legion commanded by Captain Nathaniel Garro, one of the few commanders in the Traitor Legions that remained loyal to the Emperor. The title specifically refers with the Eisenstein's escape from Istvaan III (the site of a genocidal attack instigated by Warmaster Horus) and its voyage across the galaxy to reach the Emperor of Mankind on Terra.

v • d • e Warhammer 40,000
Forces of the Imperium	Imperial Guard • Space Marines • Witch Hunters • Daemonhunters
Forces of Chaos	Chaos Space Marines • The Lost and the Damned
Alien races	Eldar • Dark Eldar • Orks • Necrons • Tau • Tyranids
Locations	Armageddon • Cadia • Eye of Terror • Tanith • T'au • Terra
Spin-Offs	Aeronautica Imperialis • Battlefleet Gothic • Dark Millennium • Epic • Inquisitor • Necromunda

The Horus Heresy

Key Events	The Great Crusade \| Horus' Fall \| Istvaan III and V \| The Heresy \| Siege Of Terra \| The Harrowing
Major Battles	Istvaan III \| Istvaan V \| Calth \| Tallarn \| Prospero \| Siege of Terra
Novels	Horus Rising \| False Gods \| Galaxy in Flames \| Flight of the Eisenstein \| Fulgrim \| Descent of Angels
Artbooks	Visions Of War \| Visions Of Darkness \| Visions of Treachery \| Visions Of Death
Loyalist Primarchs	Lion El' Jonson \| Jaghatai Khan \| Leman Russ \| Rogal Dorn \| Sanguinius \| Ferrus Manus \| Roboute Guilliman \| Vulkan \| Corax
Traitor Primarchs	Fulgrim \| Perturabo \| Night Haunter \| Mortarion \| Magnus The Red \| Horus \| Lorgar \| Alpharius \| Angron
Organizations	Adeptus Mechanicus \| The Ecclesiarchy