Traitor General, originally published 2004 – His Last Command, originally published 2005 – The Armour of Contempt, originally published 2006 – Only in Death, originally published 2008 – The Iron Star, originally published 2008 – (not included in ) The Victory, Part 1 (omnibus, paperback, 960 pages, November 2018, , 2019, ) Blood Pact, originally published 2009 – Salvation's Reach, originally published 2011 – The Victory, Part 2 (omnibus, paperback, 800 pages, December 2022, ) The Warmaster, originally published 2017 – Anarch, originally published 2019 – After November 2002, the first five novels (from First and Only to The Guns of Tanith) were reprinted with new cover art by Adrian Smith; Smith has since drawn every cover illustration to date, with the exception of The Iron Star which used a stock image of the Tanith regimental badge. Previously, cover artwork had been created by a variety of artists. The Founding and Saint story arcs have been released as hardcover omnibus editions, with paperback editions which were released in February and August 2007 respectively. The publication of The Iron Star took the form of a 1,200-copy limited edition novelette which was only available for purchase at the 2008 UK Games Day and the 2009 Games Day in Germany. A prequel novel, titled The Vincula Insurgency, was released in June 2022. Synopsis The series follows the exploits of Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt and his regiment of scouts and recon specialists, the Tanith First-and-Only (nicknamed Gaunt's Ghosts), as they serve in the Sabbat Worlds Crusade. Their battles are normally against the forces of Chaos, although they briefly face orks on Typhon Eight. Up until Guns of Tanith the Ghosts are mainly pitted against heretical rebels armies, but on Phantine and in most of the campaigns following it they face the well-trained and elite Blood Pact. By the end of Only in Death, the Ghosts have been serving in the Crusade for roughly twelve years. Each novel begins with an extract from a fictional book called A History of the Later Imperial Crusades, which briefly explains the situation in which the Ghosts have been deployed. These extracts are written in a past tense, implying that they were written after the Sabbat Worlds Crusade ends, and do not normally refer specifically to the Tanith First. First and Only First and Only is the first novel in the series (and, in fact, was Abnett's first published novel),