It is The End. After more than 20 years of gripping novels the final moments of the Horus Heresy are in sight. Hundreds of characters have fought tooth and nail to reach this epic conclusion, and many millions more lie dead in their wake as worlds burn across the galaxy.
Volume two of The End and the Death is coming later this year, but as we revealed last week in an interview with Dan Abnett, there is a third volume coming – and today we can unveil the cover.
But first, a little warm up – the covers of Volumes I and II. The first featured the Emperor on the Golden Throne biding his time, the second his angelic son Sanguinius facing off against the Warmaster on the Vengeful Spirit… so what’s next?
Honestly, the final cover could only ever depict one moment. The cornerstone of Warhammer 40,000 fiction: the final, defining battle of the Horus Heresy, father and son locked in mortal combat as war wages above and across Terra.
Witness the final confrontation – Horus and the Emperor, locked in mortal combat on the warp-wracked Vengeful Spirit, high above the ruined Imperial Palace on Terra, as their fleets lock horns in the void of space.
We’ve created two digital wallpapers, one for your phone and one for your desktop, which are free to download below.
Now is the perfect time to catch up on all 62 books from the Horus Heresy. Or, at the very least the eight currently available Siege of Terra novels.* Pushed for time? Get a recap of the events from The Solar War to Echoes of Eternity right here.
* Not counting the dozens of novellas and short stories. We’re not adding those up, we don’t have enough fingers.