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The galaxy burns at Horus' command, and a billion more lives are lost with each passing moment - though it was not always so. Once, the title of Warmaster stood for honour, loyalty and a fierce pride in the strength of the Space Marine Legions. But perhaps by following the myriad lines of destiny and defiance that were already woven around the primarchs and their sons, we may yet come to understand the bitterness that can eat away at even the most steadfast of souls....

The scattered worlds of the Elara's Veil nebula were once protected by the oath of unity sworn by three mighty Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes. The Star Scorpions were undone by flaws in their genetic coding. The Celestial Lions were ravaged by the Inquisition for sins they did not commit. Now, after hundreds of years, only the Emperor's Spears still keep their vigil. They are barbarian watchmen against the Outer Dark, bloodied but unbroken in their long duty.

For more than 200 years, the armies of the Emperor of Mankind fought to reconquer the galaxy – led by the superhuman primarchs, the Space Marine Legions brought countless worlds back under the rule of ancient Terra. Now Horus, once honoured Warmaster and favoured son of the Emperor, has been corrupted by the whispered promises of Chaos. At his command the Imperium is torn apart by a terrible and bloody civil war, the likes of which the galaxy has never seen. This audio drama anthology contains 10 tales from the best-selling Horus Heresy series.

This collection includes 'Chosen of Khorne' by Anthony Reynolds, 'Throne of Lies' by Aaron-Dembski Bowden, 'Perfection' by Nick Kyme, 'Ahriman: The First Prince' by John French, 'Repairer of Ruin' by Josh Reynolds, and 'The Embrace of Pain' by Ian St Martin.

The Thramas Crusade draws to its inevitable conclusion, with the forces of the Dark Angels and the Night Lords locked in a struggle which neither side can abandon. The Night Haunter lies comatose after being mauled by his primarch brother Lion El'Jonson, and in his absence it falls to Sevatar and the remaining members of the Kyroptera to command the Legion. But the self-styled 'Prince of Crows' has his own plans to save the Night Lords from annihilation - plans he intends to follow, with or without his comrades in tow.

The successor Chapters of the Space Marines number in the hundreds, founded to fight for the survival of the Imperium. Across 13 short stories by 10 different authors, discover the history, customs and stories of 12 different successor Chapters, from famed warriors to unsung heroes.

The Night Lords are among the most feared Chaos Space Marines in the universe. They prey on their victims from the shadows, stalking the faithful of the False Imperium in their ultimate quest to destroy the Emperor. The warband of the Exalted, travelling aboard The Covenant of Blood, are recovering from the events at Crythe Primus. But their dark crusade against the loyal Imperial forces continues, and they will leave a trail of blood and terror behind them as they seek the truth behind the death of their primarch, the feared Night Haunter.

As the darkness of the war slowly consumes the galaxy, those who still serve the Throne are faced with a struggle for their survival and the continued existence of everything they hold dear. With the threat of the Warmaster's fleet looming ever closer to Terra, it will fall to such heroes to halt the tide, but the enemies arrayed against them are powerful, and the burden of loyalty is great....

When the Imperial shrine world of Kathur is blighted by Chaos, the brave Guardsmen of Cadia are sent to reclaim it. The plague of Nurgle has set in deeply on the planet, forcing the Cadians into battle with an innumerable legion of the infected. In the midst of battle, Captain Parmenion Thade is thrust into an unlikely commanding role. Yet he cannot imagine what lies ahead on Kathur, and just how important it will be to ensure victory there.

The Dark Angels and the Night Lords fought one another to a bloody stalemate during the Thramas Crusade and, though the Lion eventually claimed victory, it left both Legions scattered and under-strength. Jago Sevatarion, First Captain of the Night Lords, languishes in a gaol cell in the heart of Ultramar. Far from a spent force, the Night Lords must consider where their loyalties lie, and what path they will take in the days and months to come.

After the destruction of Monarchia and the Emperor's reprimanding of the Word Bearers Legion, the primarch Lorgar spent many long years searching the stars for the universal truths of the cosmos - when he finally came to gaze deep into the Eye of Terror, with grim inevitability he found that the Eye stared back.

The primarch Angron: gladiator-king and Horus' lunatic attack dog. Never having hidden his resentment for his brothers, he now carves a bloody swathe through the galaxy in the Warmaster's name, with the Heresy providing a convenient excuse to indulge his love of brutal warfare. When they are tasked with a secretive mission alongside the Word Bearers Legion, the World Eaters' violent tendencies soon attract the attention of xenos raiders, troubled by the portents surrounding the primarch's berserk fury.

The Navigator Nisha Andrasta has served the XIIth Legion for over a century. She saw the War Hounds reunited with their progenitor, Lord Angron. She witnessed the rebirth of the Legion as the World Eaters. She looked on in confusion and horror as the primarch joined Horus's rebellion, and now she has seen him betrayed by Lorgar Aurelian, becoming the maddened monster he was always destined to be.

Au coeur des combats livrés à l'échelle galactique par la Grande Croisade, l'Empereur sanctionne les Word Bearers pour l'avoir glorifié comme un dieu...

Die Häresie erreichte Calth ohne Vorwarnung. In nur wenigen Stunden desVerrats und Blutvergießens wurden die stolzen Krieger der XIII. Legion - Guillaumes Ultramarines - von ihren früheren Brüdern der XVII. Legion heimtückisch überwältigt. Jetzt droht den überlebenden auf einem Planeten, der von Eruptionen der verwundeten SonneVeridian versengt wird, in den finsteren Arkologie-Komplexen unter der Oberfläche der Untergang. Der einzige Ausweg: Sie müssen den Kampf zu den Word Bearers und deren grausigen Verbündeten tragen.

Ezkyle Abaddon und seine Anführer kämpfen darum, die neue Black Legion im Angesicht tödlicher Bedrohungen zu vereinen. Khayon, Abaddons persönlicher Assassine, erhält den Auftrag, Thagus Daravek auszuschalten, den selbsternannten Lord der Heerscharen, der sich als Widersacher zu Abaddons Schicksal herausstellt. Gleichzeitig kämpft Abaddon gegen das verdorbene Flüstern der Dunklen Götter in seinem Geist und richtet seinen Blick auf das Imperium, wo ihn seine Bestimmung erwartet.

Die Night Lords bilden eine trügerische Allianz mit der Black Legion, um den wertvollen Planeten Crythe Primus zu attackieren. Die Imperiale Welt verteidigt sich tapfer, doch das größte Hindernis auf dem Weg zum Sieg sind die Uneinigkeit und das Misstrauen zwischen den beiden Legionen. Wird ihr Pakt so lange halten, dass sie ihre Mission zu Ende führen können?

Die verstreuten Welten des Elara-Schleiers wurden einst durch den Eid der Einigkeit zwischen drei mächtigen Orden des Adeptus Astartes geschützt. Die Star Scorpions fielen einem Makel in ihrem Gencode zum Opfer. Die Celestial Lions wurden von der Inquisition für Sünden bestraft, die sie nicht begangen hatten. Heute, Hunderte Jahre später, halten nur noch die Emperor‘s Spears Wacht. Sie sind barbarische Wachen, die dem Äußeren Dunkeln entgegenstehen. Angeschlagen aber ungebrochen erfüllen sie ihre lange Pflicht.

Als Horus fiel, fielen seine Söhne mit ihm. Die ehemaligen Luna Wolves sind eine gebrochene Legion, im Inneren zerrissen, von ehemaligen Verbündeten gejagt und führerlos im Wirbel des Chaos verstreut. Von Abaddon, dem mächtigsten Sohn des Kriegsherrn, hat seit Jahren niemand etwas gehört. Doch als Horus' Leichnam aus seiner letzten Ruhestätte geraubt wird, macht sich ein Bündnis ehemaliger Legionäre auf die Suche nach dem früheren Ersten Captain. Ihr Ziel: Abaddon davon zu überzeugen, sein Schicksal nicht länger zu leugnen und weiterzuführen, was Horus einst begann.

Der Schattenkreuzzug hat begonnen. Während die Ultramarines noch unter Kor Phaerons Überraschungsangriff auf Calth wanken, führt Lorgar den Rest der Word Bearers tief in das Reich von Ultramar. Ihre ungleichen Verbündeten, Angron und die World Eaters, scheinen den wahren Zielen ihrer Mission gegenüber blind zu sein und lieber jede neue Zivilisation vernichten zu wollen, die ihnen in den Weg kommt - doch wo Lorgar seinen unberechenbaren Bruder einst getadelt hätte, scheint er nun sein rasendes Blutvergießen nur noch zu ermutigen.