

However, is Horus powerful enough to maintain control over his fellow commanders and carry out the emperor’s big design? 3. Horus attempts to carry out the Emperor’s grand scheme as seeds of heresy and revolt are sown among his siblings. With his vision for mankind virtually realized, the emperor gives up control to his Warmaster, Horus, and returns to Terra. The Emperor withdraws from the front lines on the verge of triumph. The Imperium of man has reached its zenith after thousands of years of growth and conquest. Horus Rising is the ideal synthesis of military 40k cuisine and character development, and Horus Growing is only the beginning. While the Imperial Guard struggles to manage widespread social unrest, can the astute Commisar Cain uncover the true villain before the planet is permanently lost to the Imperium? 2. However, when the alien envoy is assassinated and the situation soon spins out of hand, Cain and his Valhallan army find themselves embroiled in a conflict. Ciaphas Cain is sent to assist in maintaining order on an outpost world on the outside of Tau space.


The truth is much different since Ciaphas is only seeking to complete his term as Commissar without being assassinated. Commissar Ciaphas Cain, Imperium’s hero, revered by his colleagues, and an inspiration to his soldiers – or so history’s distorted lens would have you think! For the Emperor serves as the introduction of the Ciaphas Cain trilogy.
