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There aren't any books I think you absolutely have to read to understand what's going on here, but you'll definitely get more out of it if you have a good understanding of the setting, both during the Heresy and the 41st millennium. Aaron Dembski-Bowden is a titan of the Warhammer 40,000 setting, writing some of the most well received and loved books, enshrining himself safely alongside the likes of veterans Abnett, King, and McNeil. The story opens with a brief look at Magnus' intrusion into the Imperial dungeons to warn his father about Horus' treachery, an event that set of a cataclysmic series of disasters for the Emperor secret project and Terra itself. Horus betrayed the Emperor, and along with fully half the Space Marine Legions and Imperial Army regiments, initiated a massive civil war for control of the galaxy.
As for The Last Church, it's not a pro-Emperor story, it just has a huge problem with presenting arguments. They're certainly not poorly written by any measure and he definitely knows how to tell a pretty picture and set up neat characters, but most of his works are about as unpredictable and standard as a romantic comedy, the twists being as unsurprising to me as the third act breakup in those as a quick example. While little is commented upon when it comes to his personal origins or even his true nature, we see enough to know more of his methods, ideas and mental state than ever before.He intended them to serve as His primary military commanders, diplomats and consuls for the Great Crusade. There is a twist near the very end that I wasn't expecting at all which connects nicely with some lore that's been around for decades. But with traitor legionaries and corrupted Battle Titans now counted among the forces of Chaos, the noose around the Throneworld is tightening, and none but the Emperor Himself can hope to prevail. He is also the collective reincarnation of the extinct shamans, wizards and wise-men who had guided primitive Humanity during prehistoric times. Individually or in small groups -- like the self-stylised "Dait'Tar" Thunder Warriors present during the Cerberus Insurrection of the early Great Crusade era -- some Thunder Warriors would survive, living mostly anonymous and miserable lives amongst the population of Terra, all honours of the past forsaken, always fearful of being discovered.
Land is portrayed as a man who is at odds with the very institution he is a part of, holding little reverence for anything, even the Emperor. On the whole Master of Mankind is a solid entry into the Horus Heres y series and a great read, but it's oddly almost in spite of itself. Nor is this likely done out of sheer favouritism (see the works of Karen Traviss for an actual example of that) as his stories seem to be there to explore the universe rather than simply stamp down his views.Instead, while we are granted brief moments of insight into the wider world, much of it is directly worked into and about the war itself. More-so than anyone else, he will always seek to use the battles as an extension or final point to his themes, often using them to resolve major character arcs or shifts; blending them directly into the moment rather than breaking them up during and after a conflict.
Option 3 makes it clear that our logic is built on our work as opposed to criticizing current canon. Not only do they face the combined might of the traitor legions and the demons of Chaos, but a particularly ancient and powerful demon now stalks the webway as well. The Emperor prepared extensively for the Great Crusade in the years after Unity was achieved on Terra; He created the special astro-telepath ( astropath) corps to link his eventual interstellar dominion together through the use of telepathy, and engineered the creation of the Astronomican.If this book is to be believed, the Emperor was simply a tyrant seeking ultimate control, who failed and took down everyone with him. The Master of Mankind is the quintessential Warhammer novel that doesn’t break any new ground, but does what it does so well, it doesn’t have to. Metabolic collapse leading to rapid death was not uncommon, and many Thunder Warriors were also prone to mental instability and even psychosis as they aged.
The Emperor left Sureka behind to look after the Molech Warp Gate until such time as that world could be safely protected by the coming of the future Imperium of Man.It is for this reason that all of Daemonkind refers to the Emperor as "the Anathema," the embodiment of the metaphysical opposition to Chaos.
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