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2013 trade paperback<br>ISBN 9781849703598
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[[File:Angel-500.jpg|300px|thumb|Cover art by [[Neil Roberts]]]]
'''''Angel Exterminatus''''' is the 23rd novel in the [[Horus Heresy Series]], written by [[Graham McNeill]]. A special edition hardback was released in October 2012, with the trade paperback being published in January 2013 and the mass-market paperback being released in July 2013. It was later included in "The Novels: Volume 5" eBook collection.
==Cover Description==
[[Perturabo]] – master of siegecraft, and executioner of [[Olympia]]. Long has he lived in the shadow of his more favoured [[primarch]] brothers, frustrated by the mundane and ignominious duties which regularly fall to his [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]]. When [[Fulgrim]] offers him the chance to lead an expedition in search of an ancient and destructive [[xenos]] weapon, the [[Iron Warriors]] and the [[Emperor's Children]] unite and venture deep into the heart of the great warp-rift known only as "[[Eye of Terror|the Eye]]". Pursued by a ragged band of survivors from [[Isstvan V]] and the revenants of a dead [[eldar]] world, they must work quickly if they are to unleash the devastating power of the Angel Exterminatus!{{Fn|1}}
==Plot Summary==
On the ''Pride of the Emperor'', Eidolon's attempt to corrupt [[Soltarn Vull Bronn]] to Chaos is narrowly thwarted by Grendel. Attempting to recreate his experiment on a larger scale, Thamatica inadvertently causes a massive electromagnetic signal to give away the ''Sisypheum'''s presence.{{fn|2p}}
[[File:Fabius-creations.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Fabius Bile]]'s creations{{fn|2zh}}]]
Upon locating the loyalist ship, Perturabo orders it to be destroyed but must relent when Fulgrim insists on having it boarded.{{fn|2q}}
Mutated into one of the terata, Cassander is forced to kill a loyalist Astartes, to his horror and shame. Lucius and Sharrowkyn start a duel but are interrupted by Perturabo teleporting in.{{fn|2r}}
Harkor detects loyalist encrypted communication over the vox and informs Kroeger, whom he plans to stab in the back with the help of [[Toramino]]. Aboard the ''Sysipheum'', Tarsa risks awakening Branthan to study the causes of his recovery, and the captain tells him to prevent the rebirth of the Angel Exterminatus. The traitors march into the sepulchre, and the loyalists set out to do the same through another entrance.{{fn|2y}}
[[File:Fulgrim-apotheosis.jpg|thumb|[[Fulgrim]]'s apotheosis{{fn|2zh}}]]
Aboard the ''Pride of the Emperor'', Cassander is racked by remorse. On Iydris, Perturabo leads the way through the sepulchre's maze and kills Vohra, resolving to prevent Fulgrim from seizing the weapons. Outside, the Emperor's Children kill each other in sacrificial frenzy, and the Aeldari dead rise to slay the invaders.{{fn|2z}}
Spirits and [[Ghost-Warriors|constructs]] similarly attack Perturabo's force, and the primarch chases his brother into the depths of the building. Toramino orders a bombardment of Forrix's position as the Warsmith is dragged to safety by [[Julius Kaesoron]].{{fn|2za}}
Brought back from the dead, Lucius awakes to a fight between Fabius and the Imperial Fists terata. The latter set fire to the laboratory, meeting their deaths and denying the apothecary all but one of his gene-samples: that of [[Honsou|Honourable Soulaka]].{{fn|2zg}}
==ImagesDramatis Personae==<gallery mode="packed" heights="180">Angel-500.jpg|Cover art[[File:Angel-exterminatus-art-01.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Perturabo]]{{fn|2zh}}]]Fulgrim[[File:Warsmith-apotheosisForrix.jpg|thumb|200px|Warsmith [[Forrix]]{{fn|2zh}}]]'''The III Legion [[Emperor's Children]]'''*[[Fulgrim]]— [[Primarch]] of the Emperor's Children{{fn|2a}}*[[Fabius]] — [[Apothecary]] of the Emperor's Children{{fn|2a}}*[[Eidolon]] — "The Risen", Lord Commander{{fn|2a}}*[[Julius Kaesoron]] — "The Favored Son", First [[Captain]]{{fn|2a}}*[[Marius Vairosean]] — Captain, 3rd Company{{fn|2a}}*[[Lucius (Emperor's apotheosisChildren)|Lucius]] — The Eternal Blademaster{{fn|2a}}*[[Kalimos]] — "The Whipmaster, Captain, 17th Company{{fn|2a}}*[[Lonomia Ruen]] — Captain, 21st Company{{fn|2a}}*[[Bastarnae Abranxe]] — Captain, 85th Company{{fn|2a}}*[[Krysander|Krysander of the Blades]] — Captain, 102nd Company{{fn|2a}} '''The IV Legion [[Iron Warriors]]'''*[[Perturabo]] — Primarch of the Iron Warriors{{fn|2a}}*[[Forrix]] — 'The Breaker', First Captain, [[Trident|Triarch]]{{fn|2a}}*[[Obax Zakayo]] — [[Lieutenant]], 1st Grand Battalion{{fn|2a}}*[[Berossus]] — [[Warsmith]], 2nd Grand Battalion{{fn|2a}}*[[Galian Carron]] — [[Techmarine]], 2nd Grand Battalion{{fn|2a}}*[[Harkor]] — Warsmith, 23rd Grand Battalion, Triarch{{fn|2a}}*[[Kroeger]] — [[Lieutenant]], 23rd Grand Battalion{{fn|2a}}*[[Soltarn Vull Bronn]] — 'The Stonewrought', 45th Grand Battalion{{fn|2a}}*[[Barban Falk]] — Warsmith, 126th Grand Battalion{{fn|2a}}*[[Soulaka|Soulaka]] — Apothecary, 235th Grand Battalion{{fn|2a}}*[[Toramino]] — Warsmith, Master of the [[Stor-Forrix.jpgbezashk]]{{fn|2a}}*[[Cadaras Grendel]] — Legionary{{fn|2a}} [[Sisypheum|The ''Sisypheum'']]*[[Ulrach Branthan]] — Captain, [[Iron Hands]] 65th Clan-company{{fn|2a}}*[[Cadmus Tyro]] — [[Equerry]] to Captain Branthan{{fn|2a}}*[[Frater Thamatica]] — [[Ironwrought]], [[Morlock]] veteran{{fn|2a}}*[[Sabik Wayland]] — [[Iron Father]]{{fn|2a}}*[[Karaashi Bombastus]] — [[Dreadnought]]{{fn|2a}}*[[Vermana Cybus]] — Morlock veteran{{fn|Warsmith 2a}}*[[ForrixSeptus Thoic]]— Morlock veteran{{fn|2a}}Fabius*[[Ignatius Numen]] — Battle-creations.jpgbrother{{fn|2a}}*[[Nykona Sharrowkyn]] — [[Raven Guard|Raven Guard Legion]], [[66th Company (Raven Guard Legion)|66th Company]]{{fn|2a}}*[[Atesh Tarsa]] — Apothecary, [[Salamanders|Salamanders Legion]], [[24th Company (Salamanders Legion)|24th Company]]{{fn|2a}} '''[[Drukhari|The Ebonite Achymsts]]'''*[[Karuchi Vohra]] — Ovate Seer of the Paths Above{{fn|2a}}*[[Varuchi Vohra]] — Ovate Seer of the Paths Below{{fn|2a}} '''The VII Legion [[Fabius BileImperial Fists]]'s creations''*[[Felix Cassander]] — Captain, [[42nd Company (Imperial Fists Legion)|42nd Company]]{{fn|2a}}</gallery>*[[Navarra]] — Legionary, [[6th Company (Imperial Fists Legion)|6th Company]]{{fn|2a}}
==See also==
**{{endn|2zf}}: ch. 27
**{{endn|2zg}}: ''Theogonies – IV''
**{{endn|2zh}}: Hardcover edition illustrations
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