“Betrayer” by Aaron Dembski-Bowden (Black Library)

The Heresy continues, as another brother falls

The Shadow Crusade has begun. While the Ultramarines reel from Kor Phaeron’s surprise attack on Calth, Lorgar and the rest of the Word Bearers strike deep into the realm of Ultramar. Their unlikely allies, Angron and the World Eaters, continue to ravage each new system they come across – upon the garrison planet of Armatura, this relentless savagery may finally prove to be their undoing. Worlds will burn, Legions will clash and a primarch will fall.

Betrayer, the 24th novel in Black Library’s New York Times-bestselling Horus Heresy series, advances the cause of the traitor Legions. One more brother will fall utterly into the grip of Chaos, twisted and manipulated by another. Dembski-Bowden, probably my favourite author working on BL fiction, has written a nuanced novel – one that is thought-provoking, tragic and utterly compelling. Betrayer is another excellent addition to the series.

One for Horus Heresy Fans…

Forge World, part of Games Workshop, has finally released their first Primarch model: Angron, the psychotic gladiator-lord of the World Eaters. And it’s a damn fine model. I just wanted to take this opportunity to share a pic of it on the site:

It would always be a tricky proposition, releasing Primarch models – in the lore and the novels, they have become such mythical beings that for some they’ll never be captured appropriately in miniature form. With this model, though, I think Simon Egan (and whoever did the paint-job) has done a fantastic job.

For more great pictures (and details of Betrayal, Forge World’s first Heresy book), check out the their website.

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The Horus Heresy Novel Series: Horus Rising, False Gods, Galaxy in Flames, Flight of the Eisenstein, Fulgrim, Descent of Angels, Legion, Battle for the Abyss, Mechanicum, Tales of Heresy, Fallen Angels, A Thousand Sons, Nemesis, The First Heretic, Prospero Burns, Age of Darkness, The Outcast Dead, Deliverance Lost, Know No Fear, The Primarchs, Fear to Tread, Shadows of Treachery, Angel Exterminatus (01/2013), Betrayer (04/2013)