The massed ranks of the Imperial Guard are engaged in a brutal war against the dark forces of Chaos. Amongst the untold millions of soldiers are Gauntãs Ghosts - the nickname given to the Tanith First-and-Only led by Commissar Gaunt.

This awesome omnibus collects together First & Only, Ghostmaker, Necropolis, the short story In Remembrance and the Tanith Battle Compendium.

The Founding - reviewed by Andrew Strickland
Published in BFS Magazine - November 9, 2007


Abnett has immense skill as a writer and it is clearly in evidence here. He fills his battle sequences with all the excitement and action required for the target audience, but he does so with such assurance and knowledge that it would be easy to imagine him a veteran of the trenches himself. He also controls a vast cast of characters and succeeds in giving each one some degree of personality and past history without ever losing track of what is happening around them. At the same time, he is not afraid to let them die ¹ and plenty of them do throughout the three novels.

These novels are a true pleasure to read. They are exciting, engaging and intelligent. If only there were more like them.