angrywicket Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Hi, I'm in the process of reading the Horus Heresy books and i'm trying to read them in the order of each overarching campaign (as well as skipping ahead to books that included my favourite legion - the Dark Angels). I'm currently reading the Ultramarines V Word Bearers story arc and i've read the following novels: Battle For The Abyss The First Heretic Know No Fear Betrayer (currently reading it) Unremembered Empire (jumped ahead to read about the Dark Angels) Just need a bit of advice from the community - should i read Fear To Tread yet or jump straight ahead to Pharos? I'm not really into the short stories or compilations, but if there is another book in the series that i've totally left out, happy to take that advice on board also. Thanks in advance! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318347-horus-heresy-reading-order-ultramarines-v-word-bearers/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantras Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Fear to Tread only has a tiny bit on info on this, which is all covered in Unremembered Empire anyway Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318347-horus-heresy-reading-order-ultramarines-v-word-bearers/#findComment-4279904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 First Heretic should be read before the 'Battle For The Abyss' Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318347-horus-heresy-reading-order-ultramarines-v-word-bearers/#findComment-4280054 Share on other sites More sharing options...
angrywicket Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 Cheers for your advice. After reading Battle for the Abyss, i can happily say that it shouldn't have been read at all. What a waste of time that was. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318347-horus-heresy-reading-order-ultramarines-v-word-bearers/#findComment-4280258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izlude Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 I would say FTT is not required reading for Pharos, you can read it if you are interested in the BA. As a book FTT was middle tier for me. I know you mentioned you wanted to avoid the short stories but I recommend two short stories if you can get your hands on them through...other channels.... 1. Safe and Shadowed place (Features the main Night lords baddies in Pharos) 2. Laurel of Defiance (Features Corvo) Both are from the same author and does give a better background with their appearance in Pharos. Also I think they are pretty good stories in of themselves. Although Corvo comes across as a complete tight ass...even for a UM and that is saying alot. I think you'll like Pharos, it is easily one of my favorites now. Oh I echo the comments about Battle for the Abyss (obviously I like UMs) but I could only read like 30 pages and had to put it down. Worse book eva... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318347-horus-heresy-reading-order-ultramarines-v-word-bearers/#findComment-4280334 Share on other sites More sharing options...
angrywicket Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 Cheers for the tips Izlude - i'll definitely check out Safe and Shadowed place before i read Pharos. I've already read Savage Weapons and Prince of Crows, so it will be good to check out some more NL stuff. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318347-horus-heresy-reading-order-ultramarines-v-word-bearers/#findComment-4280495 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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