Galaxy in Flames

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**Title** **Galaxy in Flames**

Author	Ben Counter
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Series	The Horus Heresy
Genre(s)	Science fiction novel
Publisher	Black Library
Released	October 2006 (1st edition)
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	407 pages
ISBN	ISBN 1-84416-393-8
Preceded by	False Gods
Followed by	Flight of the Eisenstein

Galaxy in Flames is a Science Fiction novel by Ben Counter based in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, published by the Black Library. This is the third book of the Horus Heresy series, which began with Horus Rising and continued in False Gods. 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.

Galaxy in Flames details the virus-bombing of Istvaan III and Warmaster Horus' ultimate fall into madness, where brother fights brother in a virus-choked wasteland of death and destruction. Loyalist elements of the Luna Wolves, World Eaters and Emperor's Children legions fight against the traitors... and Horus makes the ultimate decision that will lead to a bloody massacre before the endgame 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