title: Ferrus Manus: The Gorgon of Medusa (The Horus Heresy: Primarchs)
author:  David Guymer 
description: In addition to a plethora of short stories set in the worlds of both Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000, David Guymer is the author of the Realmgate Wars fantasy novel <i>Mortarch of Night</i> and the Gotrek &amp; Felix novels <i>City of the Damned</i>, <i>Kinslayer</i> and <i>Slayer</i>. For Warhammer 40,000, he is the author of the Iron Hands novel <i>The Eye of Medusa</i>, along with two volumes in The Beast Arises series: <i>Echoes of the Long War</i> and <i>The Last Son of Dorn</i>. He is a freelance writer and occasional scientist based in Yorkshire's East Riding, and was a finalist in the 2014 David Gemmell Legend Awards for his Warhammer fantasy novel <i>Headtaker</i>.
zlib_text: THE HORUS HERESY
  
  Aaron Dembski-Bowden
  
  AURELIAN
  
  The Eye stares back
  
  original material provided by Karael
  
  edited by fractalnoise
  
  v1.1 (2012.01)
  
  
  
  
  
  The Horus Heresy
  
  > It is a time of legend.
  
  > Mighty heroes battle for the right to rule the galaxy. The vast armies of
  > the Emperor of Earth have conquered the galaxy in a Great Crusade – the
  > myriad alien races have been smashed by the Emperor’s elite warriors and
  > wiped from the face of history.
  
  > The dawn of a new age of supremacy for humanity beckons.
  
  > Gleaming citadels of marble and gold celebrate the many victories of the
  > Emperor. Triumphs are raised on a million worlds to record the epic deeds of
  > his most powerful and deadly warriors.
  
  > First and foremost amongst these are the primarchs, superheroic beings who
  > have led the Emperor’s armies of Space Marines in victory after victory.
  > They are unstoppable and magnificent, the pinnacle of the Emperor’s genetic
  > experimentation. The Space Marines are the mightiest h