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Imperial Guard

First and Only

Dan Abnett

Beginner-friendly

NovelFirst and OnlyAstra Militarum

Novel

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Route_Locality1/17 / series

01First and OnlyFocus

The first Tanith novel, built around survival, command, and a regiment trying to matter in a vast war.

In-universe span

ca. 765.M41 - 768.M41

Atlas range

765.M41 - 768.M41

Chronology certainty

range / medium

Faction trace

Astra Militarum / Chaos

Reading path

Gaunt's Ghosts #1

Source audit

Source note pending

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Gaunt's Ghosts

1/17 in thread

01First and OnlyHere

Featured Characters

Ibram GauntAstra Militarum

Colonel-Commissar leading the Tanith First-and-Only.

Saint SabbatImperium

Reincarnated Imperial Saint whose crusade reclaims the Sabbat Worlds.

Key Worlds

TanithAstra Militarum

The lost forest world whose last regiment became the Ghosts.

Reading Context

Gaunt's Ghostsseries 1/17

Read before

Start of this route

Chronology Lock

Raw span: ca. 765.M41 - 768.M41
Normalized: 765.M41 - 768.M41
Precision: range
Confidence: medium

Reading Signal

Series: Gaunt's Ghosts #1
Publication: 1999
Importance: major
Beginner fit: 5/5

Faction Trace

Astra MilitarumChaos

Gaunt's GhostsSabbat Worlds

Index Tags

majorAstra MilitarumChaosGaunt's GhostsSabbat Worlds