This omnibus edition of the second sequence of Gaunt's Ghosts novels follows the story of the Tanith First-and-Only regiment (nicknamed the Ghosts) and their charismatic commissar, Ibram Gaunt. In a series of pages, in the Sabbat worlds, infested by Chaos forces, one encounters the charismatic characters from the regiment Tanith first-and-only and their sad story. What makes this band special is that the night they were commissioned, their commander saved them from the destruction of their homeworld. But at the same time, there’s a heart, a willingness to stand by his men, to take risks with them, to do his best to keep them alive, even as they all walk into the cannon-fire together.

Into this mix step a gang of soldiers with very little in the way of armour, armaments, or chances for survival.

You don't like reading about war, and lots of violent action (seriously, avoid these books like the plague).

I absolutely loved Colm Corbec, and the fight through the tunnels underneath Menazoid Epsilon was incredibly harrowing and nerve-wracking, even now after having read it twenty times! Although Gaunt is the primary character, the perspective from which the novels are told shifts regularly to encompass a wider view of events – it is usually told from the Imperial point of view, though the perspective is occasionally seen through the eyes of antagonists. 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. By request of Van Voytz and on his own free will, Colonel-Commissar Gaunt leads a hand-picked team of Ghosts to Gereon; a Chaos-held world where Sturm is undergoing an agonising ordeal to recover his memory. However, much of Sin's Infardi horde has pulled back into the hills; leaving the Ghosts with no choice but to fight the heretics while at the same time fighting the elements and navigating the unfamiliar terrain.There are currently 2 anthologies as well as 3 short stories that have not yet been collected into an omnibus or anthology. Trading Address (Warehouse) Unit E, Vulcan Business Complex, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EB. Ultimately, it is one of the Ghost's most beloved leaders who becomes a martyr in Sabbat's name, as he gives his life defending her from the final assassin.

The third book, which I understand is a lot of people's early favourite of this long series Gaunt's Ghosts, is insane.First and Only is the first novel in the series (and, in fact, was Abnett's first published novel), introducing Gaunt, his regiment, and the Sabbat Worlds Crusade. Throughout the book, we are taken back and forth in time, as characters remember the founding of the regiment and Gaunt remembers his past, while still a child and teenager and, afterwards, as a young commissar-in-training with the commissar-general Delane Oktar. The novel also features the appearance of Brother Kater Holofurnace of the Iron Snakes, a Chapter of Space Marines that previously appeared in Abnett's novel, Brotherhood of the Snake.