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In the novel, the battles of Fulgrim and the [[Emperor's Children]] are juxtaposed with the work of the [[Remembrancer|Remembrancers]] who work in the 28th Expedition, and their parallel fall into decadence. The Emperor's Children were obsessed with perfection - due to the lack of warriors around the discovery of Fulgrim, there was no way that Fulgrim's legion could compare with the [[Luna Wolves]] or [[Ultramarines]] for quantity of victories, so they concentrated on the quality of victory. After the Laeran campaign, [[Fabius Bile|Apothecary Fabius]] was ordered to enhance the warriors of the legion by adding organs to the marines. By tampering with the [[geneseed]] of the [[legion]], Fulgrim was commmitting [[heresy]], yet he continued modifying the legion in such a way behind closed doors. This [[mutation]] was effected on many, including [[Eidolon]].
Fulgrim valued art and beauty above much, but as the whispers of [[Slaanesh]] slowly changed him, he and his legion begen to indulge in orgies, culminating in a concert which summoned daemons to the stage. This corruption also caused Fulgrim to destroy many [[Eldar]] [[Maiden Worlds]], even after a meeting with [[Eldrad Ulthran]]. After the [[Istvaan III]]war between the Loyalist troops on the ground (including [[Saul Tarvitz]] and [[Lucius]]), Fugrim travelled to the [[Istvaan V]] [[Drop Site Massacre]], and overcame his brother, [[Ferrus Manus]], while he and his brethren, the World Eaters, Sons of Horus and Death Guard slaughtered the Iron Hands, Raven Guard and Salamanders. At the coming of the other traitor Legions, the Night Lords, Iron Warriors, Word Bearers, and Alpha Legion, Fulgrim was indecicive over killing his brother, who he had previously tried to woo to the [[Horus Heresy]], finally gave in to the Deamon who had been tempting him for the entire novel, and beheads Manus. The Daemon-Fulgrim, having locked the real Fulgrim in a painting aboard a ghost ship, gives the head to his brother, [[Horus]], who vows to release Fulgrim.
The novel was released in the UK in July 2007.
