40k Reading Atlas

Horus Heresy Timeline

Original summaries and chronology labels generated from the same catalog powering the atlas.

Descent of Angels

Mitchel Scanlon

A Dark Angels-focused Heresy novel that reaches back into Caliban and shows how older loyalties complicate the Legion's future.

NovelHorus HeresyHorus Heresydeep-lore

846.M30 - 846.M30

approximate date, medium confidence

Horus Rising

Dan Abnett

The opening novel of the Heresy arc, built around the early triumphs and fractures around Horus.

NovelHorus HeresyHorus Heresyessential

001.M31 - 001.M31

approximate date, medium confidence

Legion

Dan Abnett

A spy-war entry that reframes the Alpha Legion through secrecy, human agents, and competing visions of Imperial survival.

NovelHorus HeresyHorus Heresymajor

003.M31 - 003.M31

approximate date, medium confidence

False Gods

Graham McNeill

A turning-point novel about the pressures and manipulations that push the Warmaster toward rebellion.

NovelHorus HeresyHorus Heresyessential

004.M31 - 004.M31

exact date, high confidence

The Master of Mankind

Aaron Dembski-Bowden

A Terra-centered novel about the hidden war beneath the palace and the cost of the Emperor's plans.

NovelHorus HeresyHorus Heresymajor

004.M31 - 014.M31

range date, medium confidence

Fulgrim

Graham McNeill

A faction-focused descent story showing how pride, art, and corruption reshape a legion.

NovelHorus HeresyHorus Heresymajor

005.M31 - 006.M31

range date, medium confidence

Galaxy in Flames

Ben Counter

A direct continuation of the opening trilogy, moving from conspiracy into open betrayal.

NovelHorus HeresyHorus Heresyessential

005.M31 - 006.M31

range date, medium confidence

Mechanicum

Graham McNeill

A Mars-centered Heresy novel about the Mechanicum's internal fracture and the strategic cost of rebellion spreading off the battlefield.

NovelHorus HeresyHorus Heresymajor

005.M31 - 005.M31

exact date, high confidence

The Flight of the Eisenstein

James Swallow

A survival and warning story about loyalists carrying news of treachery back toward Terra.

NovelHorus HeresyHorus Heresyessential

006.M31 - 006.M31

exact date, high confidence

Battle for the Abyss

Ben Counter

A compact void-war Heresy entry built around an Imperial pursuit of a massive Word Bearers threat moving toward Ultramar.

NovelHorus HeresyHorus Heresyoptional

007.M31 - 007.M31

exact date, high confidence

Know No Fear

Dan Abnett

A decisive Ultramarines and Word Bearers Heresy novel that turns a planned campaign into a brutal lesson in betrayal.

NovelHorus HeresyHorus Heresyessential

007.M31 - 007.M31

exact date, high confidence