False Gods
First edition cover
Author	Graham McNeill
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Series	The Horus Heresy
Genre(s)	Science fiction novel
Publisher	Black Library
Publication date	July 2006 (1st edition)
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	406 pp
ISBN	ISBN 1-84416-370-9
Preceded by	Horus Rising
Followed by	Galaxy In Flames

False Gods is a Science Fiction novel by Graham McNeill based in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, published by the Black Library and is the continuation of the story started in Horus Rising. Graham McNeill is a game developer for Games Workshop. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland and studied Architecture and then building surveying The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view The Black Library is a section of BL Publishing (itself a division of Games Workshop) devoted to publishing novels art books background books and Graphic novels Paperback, softback, or softcover describe and refer to a Book by the nature of its binding. Horus Rising is a Science Fiction novel by Dan Abnett based in the Warhammer Galaxy in Flames is a Science Fiction novel by Ben Counter based in the Warhammer 40000 universe published by the Black Library. Graham McNeill is a game developer for Games Workshop. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland and studied Architecture and then building surveying Warhammer 40000 (informally known as Warhammer 40K or just 40K) is a tabletop miniature wargame in a Science The Black Library is a section of BL Publishing (itself a division of Games Workshop) devoted to publishing novels art books background books and Graphic novels Horus Rising is a Science Fiction novel by Dan Abnett based in the Warhammer The story is set 10,000 years before the timeframe of the Warhammer 40,000 setting, and expands upon the tale of the Horus Heresy, the galaxy's greatest civil war and the root cause of many issues in the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

False Gods goes into detail about how Warmaster Horus turned to Chaos, when he is wounded by a xenos weapon wielded by a renegade Imperial governor who had become a worshipper of Nurgle. With the Warmaster hovering near death, an unorthodox method of "healing" is suggested and eventually undertaken - which leads to Horus' ultimate 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.