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Last Chancers is a 3-book reading order in Warhammer 40,000, spanning Imperial Guard. Below is every entry in suggested reading sequence — series order first, then in-universe chronology — so you can follow the story from start to finish and see where each book sits in the wider 40k timeline.
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Gav Thorpe
The Last Chancers begin as a harsher Guard lane, focused on condemned soldiers and missions where survival is not the expected outcome.
995.M41 - 995.M41
approximate date, medium confidence
First published 2000
Gav Thorpe
The Last Chancers lane continues with a tighter mission structure, using the penal-legion premise to show a rougher edge of Imperial warfare.
995.M41 - 996.M41
range date, medium confidence
First published 2001
Gav Thorpe
Part of the Last Chancers series following Colonel Schaeffer and his penal legion of condemned soldiers thrown into suicidal missions. Narrated by the hardened survivor Kage, it continues the squad's grim story as they are hurled against impossible odds. The book delivers a bleak, brutal take on the expendable foot soldiers of the Imperial Guard.
999.M41 - 999.M41
exact date, high confidence
First published 2004
This reading order matches publication order — release sequence and suggested reading sequence are the same here. Browse every book by release year on the publication-order page.