Product Description

Having recovered from his grievous injuries, Warmaster Horus leads the triumphant Imperial forces against the rebel world of Isstvan III. Though the rebels are swiftly crushed, Horus's treachery is finally revealed as the planet is razed by virus bombs, and Space Marines turn on their battle-brothers in the most bitter struggle imaginable.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #55661 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-10
• Original language: English
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 416 pages

Review
Counter impresses with intelligent storytelling and strong writing - RPG united

About the Author
Ben Counter is fast becoming one of Black Library¿s most popular authors. An Ancient History graduate and avid miniature painter, he lives near Portsmouth, England.

Customer Reviews

Horus Heresy, Book Three
Begins one year after the end of book two, "False Gods".

Remembrancer Euphrati Keeler lay unmoving and unresponsive in a medicae bay since she and Sindermann faced the horrible creature from the warp in Archive Chamber Three. The apothecaries and medics could find nothing physically wrong with her, save for the eagle shaped burn on her hand that refused to fade. The power she used to defeat the chaos spawn was nothing less than a miracle. Euphrati is now called a saint. A new church is being founded in the name of the Emperor. However, there are those who desire the death of the saint.

When the Warmaster commands Captain Garviel Loken of the Sons of Horus Legion and selected others to be in the speartip drop down to Isstvan III (to take Choral City), Loken asks Captain Iacton Qruze to look after the remembrancers Mersadie Oliton, Euphrati Keeler, and Kyril Sindermann. While Qruze helps keep his three charges alive, Loken and all the others on the surface of Isstvan III find themselves totally betrayed.

Can you hear it? It is the music of the spheres.

***** Author Ben Counter takes off where "False Gods" left. The attitudes of the characters in this installment mirror those from the previous story perfectly. From there, Counter takes readers' imaginations to a whole new level. The battle scenes were so real to me that I could almost feel the planet tremble beneath my feet and hear the bolter blasts. It gets no better than this! *****

Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.