Po tisících let expanzí a konkvist je lidské Impérium na vrcholu. Císař, který dosáhl svého snu pro lidstvo, předá otěže moci svému vrchnímu veliteli Horovi a zamíří zpátky na Terru. Je ale Horus dost silný, aby ovládl svoje velitele a pokračoval v císařových velkých plánech, nebo dopustí, aby ho moc zkorumpovala? Dan Abnett has written over fifty novels, including the acclaimed Gaunt’s Ghosts series and the Ravenor, Eisenhorn and Bequin books. For the Horus Heresy, he is the author of the Siege of Terra novel Saturnine, as well as Horus Rising, Legion, The Unremembered Empire, Know No Fear and Prospero Burns, the last two of which were both New York Times bestsellers. He also scripted Macragge’s Honour, the first Horus Heresy graphic novel, as well as numerous Black Library audio dramas. Many of his short stories have been collected into the volume Lord of the Dark Millennium. He lives and works in Maidstone, Kent.