False Gods

False gods is the seceond book in the Horus Heresy book series based on the science fiction Warhammer 40000 universe written by Graham McNeill.The book takes place about 10,000 years before the curant timeframe of Warhammer 40000.

In this book Horus gets wounded by a renegade imperial officer who has been turned to worship the caos god Nurgle. On the brink of death he resorts to an unothadox (caos) way of healing himself which results in Horus's coplete fall from grace.

At the end, three killings happen in quick succession- Lord Commander Varvaras (shot by an Astartes bolter), Petronella Vivar (killed by the Warmaster), and Ignace Karkasy (killed by Petronella's bodyguard Maggard, who betrayed her). It is this which sets Loken and Torgaddon against their legion.