MuGGzy Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 If this has already been done, please forgive me and feel free to point me in the right direction, I just couldn't find it. Please post additions and corrections because I am sure I don't have them all and probably have the sequence mixed up.. Plus I know some technically cover events happening at the same time as other books or shorts etc, so please give me input if you can/care. Below is based on Black Library's official release dates only. If one wanted to read or listen to EVERYTHING in the HH series released to date, in order of events happening in the story, not necc actual release date, the following would be the order: Horus Rising (Book/Ebook/Audio Drama) False Gods (Book/Ebook/Audio Drama) Galaxy in Flames (Book/Ebook/Audio Drama) The Flight of the Eisenstein (Book/Ebook/Audio Drama) Fulgrim (Book/Ebook/Audio Drama) Battle for the Abyss (Book/Ebook/Audio Drama) Tales of Heresy (Compilation, Book/Ebook/Audio Drama) Fallen Angels (Book/Ebook/Audio Drama) Raven's Flight (Audio Drama) Mechanicum (Book/Ebook/Audio Drama) A Thousand Sons (Book/Ebook/Audio Drama) The First Heretic (Book/Ebook/Audio Drama) Prospero Burns (Book/Ebook/Audio Drama) Garro: Legion of One (Audio Drama) Age of Darkness (Book/Ebook/Audio Drama) The Outcast Dead (Book/Ebook/Audio Drama) Aurelian (Novella, Book/Ebook/Audio Drama) Deliverance Lost (Book/Ebook/Audio Drama) Know No Fear (Book/Ebook/Audio Drama) The Primarchs (Book/Ebook/Audio Drama) Butcher's Nails (Audio Drama) Kryptos (Audio Drama) The Crimson Fist (Novella, Audio Drama) Grey Angel (Garro #2?, Audio Drama) Fear to Tread (Book/Ebook/Audio Drama) Shadows of Treachery (Compilation containing The Crimson Fist, Prince of crows and?, Book/Ebook) Burden of Duty (Garro #3?, Audio Drama) Angel Exterminatus (Book/Ebook/Audio Drama) Garro:Sword of Truth (Garro #4?, Audio Drama) Betrayer (Book/Ebook/Audio Drama) Dark Heart (EBook) The Sigillite (Audio Drama) The Gates of Terra (Audio Drama) Angron (Compilation, EBook) Mark of Calth (Book/Ebook/Audio Drama) Honor the Dead (Audio Drama) Wolf Hunt (Audio Drama) The Dark King/The Lightning Tower (Lmtd Release then Audio Drama) Descent of Angels (Book/Ebook/Audio Drama) The Dark King/The Lightning Tower (Lmtd Release then Audio Drama) Promethean Sun (Novella/Audio Drama) Death of a Silversmith (Novella/Audio Drama) Distant Echoes of Old Night (Novella/Audio Drama) Lost Sons (Novella,Ebook) The Divine Word (Novella, Ebook) Censure (Audio Drama) Vulkan Lives (Book/Ebook/Audio Drama) Brotherhood of the Storm (Lmt Release, Novella, Ebook) Scars (Multi-Part Release Ebook) The Kaban Project (Novella,Ebook) Prince of Crows (Novella, Audio Drama) The Unremembered Empire (Book/Ebook/Audio Drama) Riven (Novella, EBook) Khârn: The Eightfold Path (Novella,Audio Drama) Thief of Revalations (Novella, Audio Drama) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285984-hh-bookaudiospecial-release-order/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
[TA]Typher Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Looks good. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285984-hh-bookaudiospecial-release-order/#findComment-3577209 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Brotherhood of the Storm takes place before Scars. Unremembered Empire is literally "the current event" as being the most recent thing to happen. Right behind it would be Prince of crows which is in Shadows of Treachery. That's all I can remember of the top of my head. EDIT: This list is supposed to be a time line sort of thing, right? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285984-hh-bookaudiospecial-release-order/#findComment-3577225 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLion Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I found this spreadsheet somewhere a while back, might be useful for you https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AledQjSLsyVWdHUySmQ2SHZoYkpxbHJYeGdTcVFaTHc Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285984-hh-bookaudiospecial-release-order/#findComment-3577342 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperors Teeth Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 That's fantastic. I'm a bit lost on some of the short stories. Whack some links into those story names and that'd be great ;). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285984-hh-bookaudiospecial-release-order/#findComment-3577356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuGGzy Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 Brotherhood of the Storm takes place before Scars. Unremembered Empire is literally "the current event" as being the most recent thing to happen. Right behind it would be Prince of crows which is in Shadows of Treachery. That's all I can remember of the top of my head. EDIT: This list is supposed to be a time line sort of thing, right? Ya I figured, or at least it seemed, that the order of publishing did not necc coincide with the order of events in the HH story line. Like some short stories published later actually covered events that happened very early in the HH. For instance I THINK Promethean Sun describes events that earlier in the series. Or I thought maybe Fallen Angels Could actually be read right after Decent of Angels, or reading Prospero Burns right after Thousand Suns might make more sense as far as continuity of the overall HH timeline. Honestly I can't remember if other events are mentioned in those books though that would then be mixed up if you did so. SO ya, this list was more about the order of events in the books/Audio/shorts, and apart from actual release/publishing dates. That Google Doc is great though, there is stuff on there I totally missed, and is also missing from GW's own site. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285984-hh-bookaudiospecial-release-order/#findComment-3577577 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Yeah, as I understand it, Promethean Sun is meant to lay some backstory for Vulkan Lives, which takes place in the first year after Istvaan V. Personally, I'd throw it in there at the same time as Deliverance Lost and Angel Exterminatus, both of which take place in the first year, near as I can tell. And Prospero Burns can be read before or after Thousand Sons. They take place about the same time and were published back to back with ATS first and PB second IIRC. Fallen Angels can immediately follow Descent of Angels, but they take place something like decades apart. Due to recent "fluff reconciliations"(read as retcons to organize the timeline) I think Descent of Angels ended up becoming the earliest happening book, if it wasn't before. That Google document is fantastic, but it is only the publication order. Someone actually did try making an actual time line. Its linked somewhere around here so I'll try to find it. EDIT: Here it is. Get ready to see just how convoluted history really is. ;) LINKY Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285984-hh-bookaudiospecial-release-order/#findComment-3577583 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sviox Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Yeah, as I understand it, Promethean Sun is meant to lay some backstory for Vulkan Lives, which takes place in the first year after Istvaan V. Personally, I'd throw it in there at the same time as Deliverance Lost and Angel Exterminatus, both of which take place in the first year, near as I can tell. And Prospero Burns can be read before or after Thousand Sons. They take place about the same time and were published back to back with ATS first and PB second IIRC. Fallen Angels can immediately follow Descent of Angels, but they take place something like decades apart. Due to recent "fluff reconciliations"(read as retcons to organize the timeline) I think Descent of Angels ended up becoming the earliest happening book, if it wasn't before. That Google document is fantastic, but it is only the publication order. Someone actually did try making an actual time line. Its linked somewhere around here so I'll try to find it. EDIT: Here it is. Get ready to see just how convoluted history really is. LINKY Saved me the trouble of linking that myself Basically, I'm trying to divide the HH into 'story lines' via placement on that drawing. I'd suggest reading one story line at a time, advancing somewhat chronologically, if you haven't read anything so far. Suggested story line order (with major books): -Horus's fall (first 4 books plus other SoH related short stories) -Isstvan V related story lines (Fulgrim, First Heretic, Deliverance Lost, Angel Exterminatus, Vulkan Lives and all the related short stories) -Prospero story line (A Thousand Sons, Prospero Burns, Legion, Scars - the later two are quite disconnected though) -Sol system / Malcador the Sigillite story line (Mechanicum, Outcast Dead, Nemesis and all Garro stories i.e. the gray ellipses all around the drawing...) -Thramas Crusade (Descent of Angels, Fallen Angels and 4 medium length DA/NL stories as per the drawing) -Ultramar story line (Fear to Tread, Battle for the Abyss, Know no Fear, Betrayer, Mark of Calth, Unremembered Empire) Also, I should probably update the drawing since I've already corrected some errors on it. EDIT: Here you go, an updated version: http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y483/Svioxi/HH_Timeline_zps2fb9eecb.png Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285984-hh-bookaudiospecial-release-order/#findComment-3578816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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