What book does Horus betray emperor?

Tales of Heresy is the tenth novel in the Horus Heresy Series and is an anthology novel. When Horus the Warmaster rebelled against the Emperor, the ensuing civil war nearly destroyed the Imperium. War raged across galaxy, pitting Astartes against their battle-brothers in a struggle where death was the only victor.

Did the Emperor of Mankind make a deal with the chaos gods?

In the book Vengeful Spirit, page 331, it says the emperor got his powers because he traveled to the planet Molech and entered a warp gate to speak with the Chaos Gods. It then says that the emperor made a deal with the Chaos gods, who gave him psychic powers that his has today.

Did the emperor cause the Horus Heresy?

As per the new lore, the Emperor did predict the Horus Heresy. In fact, he depended upon it to happen. He didn’t know how exactly it would happen until the events of The Outcast Dead because there were many futures he foresaw and their likelihoods changed depending upon his actions.

Who is Horus and what did he do?

Horus was responsible for unleashing the horrific civil war known as the Horus Heresy upon the Imperium of Man in the early 31st Millennium which killed billions of men, women and children in pursuit of his mad ambition to overthrow the Emperor of Mankind and replace Him as the ruler of the Human race.

Did Horus get off with something less than they got?

So it would seem kind of weird that Horus would get off with something less than they got. Plus His Imperium would never accept Horus just returning to the fold even if the Emperor could convince him to stop. As Horus himself said to Russ, he had already gone too far to go back.

How did Horus have such an upper hand against the Emperor?

So if that’s the case, how exactly did Horus have such an upper hand throughout the fight? Granted, Horus was given power similar to the Emperor’s via his deal with the Chaos Gods, but even such a power boost shouldn’t have made that big a difference.

Did the Emperor really lose to Horus in their duel?

One subject that’s bothered me as I’ve read more of the Heresy books is just how the Emperor really lost to Horus in their duel. Now I know ‘lost’ is subjective in this case since He technically won, but Horus burned His face, burst His eye, ripped His arm from His socket, and broke His spine over his knee.