“The Horus Heresy: Collected Visions” by Alan Merrett

384 pages, The Black Library, ISBN-13: 978-1844164240

The Horus Heresy: Collected Visions is an omnibus edition and the fifth release in a series of art books on the Horus Heresy that collects together the four original books in the Visions series: Visions of War, Visions of Darkness, Visions of Treachery and Visions of Death. These books contain both original artwork and images derived from the Horus Heresy Card Game (now defunct) in addition to previously published Horus Heresy-related magazine articles, select rulebook information, original annotations, information and even short stories. The text, along with the art, greatly expanded the background material available at the time on the Horus Heresy, outlining the whole Heresy while providing additional background on it and the wider Warhammer 40,000 Universe. The sheer amount of artwork is staggering, both in detail and scope, and while any 40K fan will recognize some of the artwork you would be hard pressed to have seen everything this contains before. If you are interested in the history of the Imperium, and the events that led to the God-Emperor of Mankind’s current state, enshrined permanently upon the Golden Throne, this will provide very fantastic visuals to accompany the lore of the Dark Millennium.