

Standout titles include Necropolis, Honour Guard, and Straight Silver. The central character is Imperial commissar Ibram Gaunt, a political officer who is also a military leader, in the vein of the classic Russian commissars. Written by Dan Abnett ( Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, Alien: Isolation), the books are inspired by the Sharpe series of novels by Bernard Cornwell, as well as a 1993 television series adaptation starring Sean Bean. If you’re looking for blood-and-guts close-quarters fighting with lots of bayonet charges, look no further. These common folk are thrust Hobbit-like into one of the most treacherous frontlines: the Sabbat Worlds Crusade.

The Tanith First are a group of skilled Imperial Guard soldiers from a rural, relatively peaceful world. Image: Games Workshopįirst and Only kicks off the multi-volume Gaunt’s Ghosts series, one that tells the story of the Tanith First and Only. Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt and several of the Tanith First and Only.
