Horus Heresy

For more than 30,000 years, the Emperor has protected us. As humankind spread its way across the galaxy, always did the Emperor watch over us.

But now the Emperor has sequestered himself away in the depths of his vast fortress capital on Terra, and the Primarchs are left to their own devices. So when the most charismatic of all the Primarchs, and the Emperors chosen, the great Warmaster Horus succumbs to the temptation of the vile creatures of the warp lines must be drawn.

Horus Heresy: Collected Visions is both a synopsis of the overall course of the Heresy, as well as a fantastic artbook, featuring the collected Heresy artwork of both the Games Workshop studio artists and the Horus Heresy CCG. It also includes a short story that ties into the Horus Heresy novel Mechanicum, explaining the origins of some of the characters.

The Horus Heresy series of novels chronicles the fall of a civilisation on the doorstep of ruling the galaxy from its pinnacle of achievement to a new dark age of constant war. The series covers the great fall of the Imperium of Man through the eyes of the good and the bad, everyone from the mightiest space marine primarchs to the lowliest servitors. The depiction of all that the modern era of the 41st Millennium has lost really gives one an insight into the violence now plaguing the galaxy.

The tales told in this series are many and varied, ranging from tales of heroic sacrifice to the depths of hedonistic depravity. Characters and sub-plots weave their way in and around the main story arc, and despite the major outcomes being known, it is the fates of the hundreds of minor characters that make this a compelling series.

I happily give this series my seal of approval, and I would (and do) recommend it to anyone, not just Warhammer 40000 players.

Be on the look out for the next two novels, A Thousand Sons and Prospero Burns, which detail the sacking of the Thousand Sons homeworld of Prospero by the Space Wolves from both sides of the conflict. These books are due March/April next year.

As a special treat, I plan to have my own Thousand Sons miniatures painted up by then, and will be posting pictures of them for my review!

Halo Chronology

Chronological listing of Halo media:

Halo: Cryptum by Greg Bear

Halo: Primordium by Greg Bear

Halo: Forerunner Trilogy 3 by Greg Bear (forthcoming)

Halo: The Cradle of Life by Bungie Studios (web comic)

Halo: Contact Harvest by Joseph Staten
Halo Wars: Genesis by Eric Nylund and Phil Noto (only with Halo Wars: Limited Edition)
Halo Wars by Ensemble Studios (game)
Halo: The Fall of Reach by Eric Nylund

Halo: The Fall of Reach by (Marvel Comics)
Halo: Cole Protocol by Tobias S. Buckell (takes place during the events of Fall of Reach)
Halo: Reach by Bungie (game)
Halo by Bungie (game)
Halo: The Flood by William C. Dietz (takes place during the events of Halo)
Halo: First Strike by Eric Nylund
Halo: Graphic Novel
Halo 2 by Bungie (game)
Halo 3: ODST by Bungie (game, takes place during Halo 2)
Halo: Ghosts of Onyx by Eric Nylund
Halo: Uprising by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev (Marvel Comics)
Halo: Landfall by Neill Blomkamp (short films)
Halo 3 by Bungie (game)

Halo: Glasslands by Karen Traviss

Halo: Glasslands Sequels by Karen Traviss (forthcoming)

Titles that don't fit in the Chronology:

Halo: Evolutions (short story anthology)
Halo: Legends (short animated film anthology)

Halo Graphic Novel (Comics collection)
Halo: Helljumper (Marvel Comics collection)
Halo: Blood Line (Marvel Comics collection)
Halo (Film, dead in the water)

This chronology will be updated as information becomes available. (Finally got around to updating it!)