Raldoron: Revenant is a hardback novel published by Black Library, part of the acclaimed Horus Heresy Character Series, written by Guy Haley.
Raldoron, First Captain of the Blood Angels, is renowned throughout the Imperium as one of the greatest swordsmen among all the Space Marine Legions. Outwardly calm, calculating, and decisive, the Archein of Wisdom's iron self-control hides a bloody past. As the primarch Sanguinius leads the Imperial Reprisal Fleet to the Garmon Cluster to slow the traitor Horus' relentless advance upon Terra, Raldoron is forced to rely on unblooded inductii, rapidly recruited from the cluster's warzones to bolster the Legion's ranks.
These new warriors could well represent the future of the Blood Angels, if they can follow the Archein's shining example and master the Red Thirst that runs in their veins. But lacking the rigorous training and discipline of their battle-brothers, the inductii struggle to contain their violent nature, one that threatens a return to the past, dragging the half-forgotten horrors of the Revenant Legion back into the light for all the galaxy to see.
Can Raldoron temper his unruly recruits and hold back the ghosts of his Legion's history, or will the Revenant Legion rise again, plunging the sons of Sanguinius back into the nightmare Sanguinius once delivered them from?
Why read it: a compelling character study of one of the Blood Angels' most storied heroes, offering a fascinating exploration of what the Red Thirst truly means to the Legion, set against the backdrop of the Imperium's desperate defence of Terra during the Horus Heresy.
