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Summary: Grim and Gritty
Review: The Warhammer 40,000 world was created as a tabletop turn based, dice rolling game of chance and strategy. But, what has come from it, is a first class sci-fiction universe that really comes to life in their storys. Reading these books you would never guess it all started with some games. This book is based on a short story from a bi-monthly short story magazine called "Inferno". Since then, Gaunts Ghosts have become legends. This books starts a little slow, but that does'nt last long. This is a grim and gritty tale of Commissar Gaunt and his motley crew of soilders from the now destroyed world of tanith(They are the "first and only" company of Tanith) as they face the unspeakable evil of chaos. You get to know many of gaunts ghosts as well as the tormented Imperial Commissar Ibram Gaunt, as he attempts to hold his men together in a epic saga of planetary destruction, treason and treachery, trench warfare, pride and honor...There are several other books that follow this great tale(Ghostmaker, Necropolis, Honour Guard, Guns of Tanith, straight Silver and Sabbat Martyr...and there are more to come).
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Summary: Wonderful start for a great, great series
Review: This is the book which started it all, the first book of the Gaunt's Ghost series. It is a mighty debut and my interduction into the 40k world. Not being to familiar with the 40k world and the loads of characters Abnett introduces, I got really lost in the first 50 or 60 pages, but once I got this all fleshed out I couldn't put this book down.The book starts off with the ghost's engulfed in a major battle with the forces of choas and Abnett takes little time to get the action started. Through out the book there are flashbacks off Gaunt's past, non-stop action and suspense, wonderful characters, and stories of courage of bravery. The first and only is one of the best books in the Gaunt's ghost series.
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