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''Gaunt's Ghosts'' is a series of novels written by Dan Abnett. It is a military science fiction series set in the ''Warhammer 40,000'' universe. The series spans 15 novels which document the efforts of the Tanith First-And-Only, a highly skilled yet unappreciated light infantry regiment of the Imperial Guard, during the Sabbat Worlds Crusade. The protagonist is Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt, one of the few political commissars of the Imperium to be officially awarded command of a regiment. 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 series alludes to other series by Dan Abnett, such as ''Eisenhorn'' and ''Ravenor'', and has resulted in three spin-off works. The series began as a continuing set of loosely connected short stories in the Black Library magazine ''Inferno!'' (issues 4, 8, and 30). The next short piece, entitled "Vermilion Level", was written out to novel length as ''First and Only'' and published as the Black Library's first original novel (the book line up until that point consisting of reprints of novels from the pre-Black Library days and anthologies of short fiction taken from ''Inferno!'' magazine). The original short pieces subsequently appeared as flashback-chapters in ''Ghostmaker'', the second book. There are also ancillary novels devoted to minor characters in the main series and a mock "historical book" about the war in which the books take place, as well as merchandise such as badges, T-shirts, and special editions of the books themselves. ==Publication history== The novels fall into a series of four-story arcs, of which three have been completed while publication of the last is still ongoing. * ''The Founding'' (omnibus, 1008 pages, October 2003, ISBN 1-84416-066-1, 768 pages, May 2006, ISBN 1-84416-369-5): * * ''First and Only'' – ISBN 1-84416-164-1 * * ''Ghostmaker'' – ISBN 0-671-78410-2 * * ''Necropolis'' – ISBN 0-7434-1159-5 * ''The Saint'' (omnibus, hardcover, October 2004, ISBN 1-84416-125-0, paperback, 1027 pages, August 2007, ISBN 1-84416-479-9) * * ''Honour Guard'' – ISBN 1-84154-151-6 * * ''The Guns of Tanith'' – ISBN 1-84154-232-6 * * ''Straight Silver'' – ISBN 1-84154-262-8 * * ''Sabbat Martyr'' – ISBN 0-7434-4360-8 * ''The Lost'' (omnibus, paperback, 1024 pages, March 2010, ISBN 1-84416-819-0) * * ''Traitor General'' – ISBN 1-84416-113-7 * * ''His Last Command'' – ISBN 1-84416-238-9 * * ''The Armour of Contempt'' – ISBN 1-84416-400-4 * * ''Only in Death'' – ISBN 1-84416-428-4 * * ''The Iron Star'' – ISBN 978-1-84416-716-6 * ''The Victory'' * * ''Blood Pact'' – ISBN 978-1-84416-692-3 * * ''Salvation's Reach'' – ISBN 978-1-84416-820-0 * * ''The Warmaster'' – ISBN 1-84970-530-5 (forthcoming)〔(Amazon UK entry )〕 After November 2002, the first five novels (from ''First and Only'' to ''The Guns of Tanith'') were reprinted with new cover art by Adrian Smith; Smith has since drawn every cover illustration to date, with the exception of ''The Iron Star'' which used a stock image of the Tanith regimental badge. Previously, cover artwork had been created by a variety of artists. The ''Founding'' and ''Saint'' story arcs have been released as hardcover omnibus editions, with paperback editions which were released in February and August 2007 respectively. The publication of ''The Iron Star'' took the form of a 1,200-copy limited edition novelette which was only available for purchase at the 2008 UK Games Day and the 2009 Games Day in Germany. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gaunt's Ghosts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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