The seeds of Horus' betrayal are planted here, and the true nature of the universe revealed. Yet all is not well in the armies of the Imperium. The Emperor of Mankind has handed the reins of command to his favoured son, the Warmaster Horus. Reworking Northrop Frye's definition of irony, Dread Trident theorizes an ironic understanding of this process and in particular of its embodied forms.The Great Crusade that has taken humanity into the stars continues. Realized fantasy worlds are becoming ever more popular as a way of experiencing a touch of the magical within modern life. The Mythos of HP Lovecraft also features prominently in the book as an example of a realized world that spans the literary and gameist modes. Warhammer 40k and the Worlds of Darkness present an interesting dialogue between Gothic and science-fantasy elements. It also acts as a supreme example of depth within its archive of official and unofficial published material, stretching back four decades. Dungeons and Dragons provides an illustration of pulp-driven fantasy, particularly in the way it harmonizes its many campaign settings into a functional multiverse. The book explores a number of case studies of foundational TRPGs.

With the combination of analog and digital mechanisms, from traditional books to the internet, new ways of engaging the fantastic have become increasingly realized in recent years, and this book seeks an understanding of this phenomenon within the discourses of trans- and posthumanism, as well as within a gameist mode. The novels Horus Rising,False Gods and Galaxy in Flames are presented alongside additional stories that set the stage for the unimaginable conflict still to come.ĭread Trident examines the rise of imaginary worlds in tabletop role-playing games (TRPGs), such as Dungeons and Dragons.

For the first time in the New York Times bestselling series, this omnibus returns to the beginning of The Horus Heresy and shines new light on the events that preceded it. The noble Warmaster, and reviled arch-traitor. Humanity seemed set to rule the stars once more. Having established themselves as the most powerful military force ever to march under a single banner, the Space Marine Legions were each led by a god-like primarch – those apparently immortal sons of the Emperor himself. Following countless millennia of darkness and strife, the armies of the Emperor of Mankind had reconquered world after world in a Great Crusade, the like of which the galaxy had never seen.

It was to be the dawn of a glorious new age. The novels Horus Rising, False Gods and Galaxy in Flames are presented alongside additional stories that set the stage for the unimaginable conflict still to come. For the first time in the New York Times bestselling series, this omnibus returns to the beginning of The Horus Heresy.

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