Horus Rising

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**Title** **Horus Rising**

Author	Dan Abnett
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Series	The Horus Heresy
Genre(s)	Science fiction novel
Publisher	Black Library
Released	25 April 2006 (1st edition)
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	412 pages
ISBN	ISBN 1-84416-294-X
Followed by	False Gods

Horus Rising is a Science Fiction novel by Dan Abnett based in the Warhammer 40,000 universe and publised by the Black Library. 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.

Horus Rising, as the title suggests, details the rise to power of Warmaster Horus, Primarch of the Luna Wolves, after the Emperor appointed him commander of the Imperial military. Much of the focus is on the captain of the Luna Wolves' Tenth Company, Garviel Loken, as he becomes a member of the Mournival (an advisory body to Horus) and his involvement in campaigns against traitors and aliens at the close of the Great Crusade.

[edit] Inconsistencies within the Warhammer 40,000 universe

In Horus Rising, the Blood Angels Primarch, Sanguinius, is described as having dark hair, although all other sources within the Warhammer 40,000 universe portray him as having blonde hair.

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