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Dan Abnett is the author of Lord of the Dark Millennium: The Dan Abnett Collection (2021), First and Only (2013), Prospero Burns (2010), Hereticus (2015), Legends of the Waaagh! (2026).

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Lord of the Dark Millennium: The Dan Abnett Collection

release date: Jan 19, 2021
Lord of the Dark Millennium: The Dan Abnett Collection
A massive collection of fantastic short stories from New York Bestselling author Dan Abnett, collated together for the first time. A must read for all Abnett fans! From the bloody battlefields of the Sabbat Crusade, the clandestine world of the Inquisition and the grand stage of the galaxy-defining Horus Heresy, this anthology brings together the entire collection of Warhammer 40,000 and Horus Heresy short stories by esteemed science fiction and New York Times bestselling author Dan Abnett for the first time. Featured in these pages are classic tales such as ‘Thorn Wishes Talon’ and ‘A Ghost Return’ alongside lesser known gems such as ‘Midnight Rotation’ and ‘Eternal’. Each story adds depth and nuance to the author’s most celebrated characters, including Ibram Gaunt, Gregor Eisenhorn, Horus Aximand, Shadrak Meduson and many more. Containing well over thirty stories and charting a legacy over twenty years in the making, Lord of the Dark Millennium is the definitive Black Library short fiction collection of Dan Abnett.

First and Only

release date: Oct 01, 2013
First and Only
In the chaos-infested Sabbat system, Gaunt must lead his men through as much in-fighting amongst rival regiments as against the forces of Chaos. It seems like everyone is out to get the Ghosts, and the bodycount is rising.

Prospero Burns

release date: Dec 15, 2010
Prospero Burns
At the behest of the Emperor, Leman Russ, Primarch of the Space Wolves, journeys to Prospero, a world filled with sorcerers, to apprehend his brother whose catastrophic mistake has endangered the safety of Terra.

Hereticus

release date: Aug 13, 2015

Legends of the Waaagh!

release date: May 19, 2026
Legends of the Waaagh!
Fantastic collection of Ork stories from the Warhammer 40,000 universe, collected together for the first time! Unrelenting, ferocious and proud, orks unleash gleeful carnage as one of the fiercest and numerous threats ever faced by humanity. I Am Slaughter by Dan Abnett sees the Imperial Fists leaving Terra for the first time in centuries, and in doing so encountering a foe far mightier (and… greener?) than they anticipated. In Sandy Mitchell’s Caves of Ice, Commissar Ciaphas Cain investigates the mysterious disappearances that plague an ice world, but soon finds himself caught between an ork incursion and another evil stirring below. Helsreach by Aaron Dembski-Bowden follows the Black Templars as they take a last stand to defend Hive Helsreach, whatever the cost. Can the Space Marines, the Astra Militarum or even Ciaphas Cain himself be enough to stem the great green tide? Revered Black Library authors Dan Abnett, Aaron Dembski-Bowden and Sandy Mitchell showcase their talents in this action-packed collection.

Titanicus

release date: Aug 21, 2018
Titanicus
When the world of Orestes comes under attack by a force of Chaos Titans, the Imperial Titans of Legio Invicta stride out in defence of the vital forge world. Fresh from a hard-fought military campaign, one of the Imperium’s most celebrated Titan Legions, the Legio Invicta, prepares to ship out to the warzones of the Sabbat Worlds. However, while stopping at the forge world of Orestes for refit and repair, the Legio Invicta finds itself thrown back into battle when a force of Chaos Titans attacks. But as the god-machines of the Adeptus Titanicus stride to war, a sudden religious schism threatens to tear the Adeptus Mechanicus apart and destroy the very world they have pledged to protect, testing the resolve of the Imperial defenders to the limit.

The Unremembered Empire

release date: Jul 29, 2014
The Unremembered Empire
Believing Terra has already fallen to the Warmaster, Primarch Roboute Guilliman founds the Imperium Secundus. Far out on the Eastern Fringe, the realm of Ultramar stands alone. Having weathered the Word Bearers’ attack on Calth and the subsequent Shadow Crusade against the Five Hundred Worlds, the Ultramarines primarch Roboute Guilliman now draws all loyalist forces to Macragge as he contemplates a new future for mankind. With the arrival of more and more fugitives from the war that has engulfed the rest of the galaxy, all distinction between friend and foe is lost – isolated from Terra by fearsome warp storms, is Guilliman making a bid for power to rival even the renegade Warmaster Horus?

Salvation's Reach

release date: Jan 01, 2012
Salvation's Reach
While on a covert mission into the space hulk debris belts of Salvation''s Reach, Gaunt, haunted by secrets from the past, and the suspected taint of Chaos itself, wonders if he can trust everyone around him.

The Anarch

release date: Feb 05, 2019
The Anarch
The 15th book in the world famous ''Gaunt''s Ghost'' series Men of Tanith… do you want to live forever?’ On the forge world of Urdesh, the massed forces of the Imperial Crusade engage in a final bloody battle with the Archenemy commander known as the Anarch, and his elite warriors - the barbaric Sons of Sek. A victory for either side will decide more than just the fate of Urdesh… it will determine the outcome of the entire Sabbat Worlds Crusade. Ibram Gaunt - now serving at the right hand of Warmaster Macaroth - finds himself at the very heart of the struggle. His regiment, the Tanith First “Ghosts”, holds the vital key to ultimate success. But as the forces of the Imperium and Chaos square up for the final, large-scale confrontation, Gaunt discovers that the greatest threat of all may come from inside rather than out.

Malleus

release date: Sep 15, 2020
Malleus
Gregor Eisenhorn a Birodalmi Inkvizícióegyik legünnepeltebb ügynöke. Amikor azonban egy arc ismét felbukkan a múltjából, s kísérteni kezdi, s belesodorja egy iszonytató tragédiába, amely majdnem elpusztíttja a Trákia Primaris világát, Eisenhorn élete összeomlik. Cherubael, a démon visszatért, és tönkre akarja tenni az inkvizítort; elhatározza, hogy vagy végez vele, vagy a Sötét Istenek szolgálatába állítja őt.

Aliens Life and Death

release date: Jan 01, 2017
Aliens Life and Death
"This volume collects the Dark Horse comic book series Aliens: Life and Death #1-#4, originally published September-December 2016."--Title page verso.

Penitent

release date: Mar 02, 2021
Penitent
The much anticipated follow up to "Pariah" is here! In the mysterious city of Queen Mab, the forces of light and darkness are locked in a murderous struggle for truth. The dedicated agents of the Holy Inquisition battle with their shadowy counterparts, the infamous Cognitae, to discover the encrypted identity of the enigmatic, all-powerful King in Yellow. Caught at the heart of this struggle is the pariah Alizebeth Bequin. Will she stand with the Inquisition, or with the Cognitae that raised her? And if she chooses the Inquisition, will it be the wise but ruthless Ravenor, or his rival, the denounced heretic Eisenhorn? Bequin must withstand an onslaught of angels and daemons, and even the monstrous warriors of the Traitor Legions, to unpick the greatest riddle of her life. The beloved characters of Eisenhorn and Ravenor return, as implaccable adversaries in a novel of esoteric mystery, macabre intrigue and vivid action, where the revelation of true identity could mean death… or might shake the Imperium to its very foundations.

Know No Fear

release date: Feb 28, 2012
Know No Fear
Mustering for war against the orks, the Ultramarines Legion is attacked by the Word Bearers on the planet of Calth, and the forces of Chaos openly reveal their part in the Heresy. Unaware of the wider Heresy and following the Warmaster’s increasingly cryptic orders, Roboute Guilliman returns to Ultramar to muster his Legion for war against the orks massing in the Veridian system. Without warning, their supposed allies in the Word Bearers Legion launch a devastating invasion of Calth, scattering the Ultramarines’ fleet and slaughtering all who stand in their way. This confirms the worst scenario Guilliman can imagine – Lorgar means to settle their bitter rivalry once and for all. As the traitors summon foul daemonic hosts and all the forces of Chaos, the Ultramarines are drawn into a grim and deadly struggle in which neither side can prevail.

Brothers of the Snake

release date: Jan 01, 2007
Brothers of the Snake
In the grim darkness of the far future, the Space Marines stand supreme as the defenders of humanity. Brothers of the Snake follow the exploits of the Iron Snakes Space Marines, as they battle the enemies of man in all their foul variety.

Traitor General

release date: Oct 25, 2005
Traitor General
Gaunt and a hand-picked team of Ghosts go deep into enemy territory on a secret mission to hunt down an enemy general. Gothic science fiction meets gritty wartime drama in this far-future thriller. Original.

Thunder and Steel

release date: Feb 01, 2011
Thunder and Steel
An omnibus of Dan Abnett fantasy novels, also including unpublished short stories and a new introduction for the author. Across the Old World, the powers of Chaos seek to bring corruption and death, poisoning the minds of men and filling them with hatred and fury. Only the bravest dare stand against them – two Empire soldiers, marching into the cold wastes of Kislev to face the barbaric Northern hordes, where one will lose his soul to the Ruinous Powers. The high elf Gilead Lothain, who seeks to strike at the servants of the Dark Gods in a quest for vengeance that can never end. The ranks of the noble White Wolves, who stand to defend the majestic city of Middenheim until the last man, never backing down in the face of their enemies. Thunder and Steel is an epic collection of Dan Abnett’s Warhammer fantasy, including the novels Riders of the Dead, Gilead’s Blood and Hammers of Ulric, plus short stories and the full graphic novel of The Warhammer.

Legion

release date: Aug 28, 2014
Legion
Book seven in the New York Times bestselling series A Great War is coming, and it will engulf the Imperium of Man. The Space Marines of the Alpha Legion, the last and most secretive of all the Astartes brotherhoods, arrive on a heathen world to support the Imperial Army in a pacification campaign against strange and uncanny forces. But what drives the Alpha Legion? Can they be trusted, and what side will they choose when the Heresy begins? Loyalties are put to the test, the cunning schemes of an alien intelligence are revealed, and the fate of mankind hangs in the balance.

Honour Guard

release date: Jan 01, 2001
Honour Guard
Commisar Gaunt and his Ghosts are back in action at the forefront of battle on a vital shrine-world of the deepest tactical and spiritual importance. But the vile forces of Chaos will never allow them to hold their prize for long and, as the counter-attack rages, Gaunt is sent after the most priceless relic of all: the remains of the ancient saint who first led humanity to these stars.

The End and the Death: Volume I

release date: Aug 15, 2023
The End and the Death: Volume I
Book 8 in the Global best selling The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra series. There is no way out. The walls have fallen, the gates are breached, and the defenders are slain. It is the end and the death. After seven brutal years of civil war, the Warmaster stands on the verge of victory. Horus Lupercal, once beloved son, has come to murder his father. The Emperor, a shining beacon of hope to many, an unscrupulous tyrant to others, must die. The lives of uncountable numbers have been extinguished and even primarchs, once thought immortal, have been laid low. The Emperor’s dream lies in tatters, but there remains a sliver of hope. Now, at the final hour of the final day, the Emperor rises. With him come his Angel, his Praetorian, and his Captain, all determined to enact terrible vengeance. Yet the hope is slim, for the Warmaster sees all and knows all, and the ultimate victory of Chaos is at hand. There is no way out.

The Lost

release date: Mar 30, 2010
The Lost
The Lost collects four Gaunt''s Ghosts novels in one value-for-money omnibus edition. The Tanith First-And Only are among the most legendary regiments of Imperial Guard and at their head stands Commissar Ibram Gaunt, unflinching in duty and unrelenting in combat. The Lost sees the very furure of the regiment in jeopardy as Gaunt battles the forces of Chaos the Sabbat Worlds, from rescue missions to the horrors of the battlefield, the Tanith First-And-Only must survive extreme dangers or be forever lost.
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