40k Reading Atlas

Xenos / xenos empire

Necrons

An ancient race who traded flesh for deathless metal bodies sixty million years ago, slept through the ages, and are now waking to reclaim their empire.

Origin
Ancient — predates the Imperial calendar
Founding
Biotransference during the War in Heaven; awakening in late M41
Homeworld
Tomb worlds scattered across the galaxy
Status
Active — Active
Date quality
era / medium

Necrons Books

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

Indomitus

Gav Thorpe

A modern-era novel that puts Space Marines and Necrons into the Indomitus Crusade frame, giving the map another early-M42 anchor.

NovelEra IndomitusAge of the Dark Imperiummajor

010.M42 - 010.M42

approximate date, medium confidence

The Infinite and the Divine

Robert Rath

A characterful xenos standalone about two ancient rivals whose feud crosses absurd spans of history.

NovelXenosstandalone

Unknown - Unknown

unknown date, low confidence