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First and Only

Gaunt's Ghost, Book 1

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First and Only

By: Dan Abnett
Narrated by: Toby Longworth
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A Warhammer 40,000 audiobook.

In the Chaos-infested Sabbat Worlds, Imperial Commissar Gaunt must lead his men through as much in-fighting amongst rival regiments as against the forces of Chaos.

Listen to it because: First and Only was one of the first books published by Black Library and is the most read Warhammer 40,000 novel ever, an absolute classic. This story begins the saga of Colonel Commissar Gaunt and the Tanith First and Only that has since grown into a multi-novel epic. It all starts here.

The story: For a thousand years, the Sabbat Worlds have been lost to the Imperium, claimed by the dread powers of Chaos. Now, a mighty crusade seeks to return the sector to Imperial rule. And at the forefront of that crusade are Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt and the Tanith First and Only - better known as Gaunt’s Ghosts. Trapped in the grinding trench warfare of Fortis Binary, the Ghosts find themselves drawn into a conspiracy to assassinate the crusade’s leader, Warmaster Macaroth.

With enemies all around them and no one to trust, Gaunt and his men must find a way to save the warmaster and prevent the Sabbat Worlds Crusade from falling into anarchy - even if it means waging war on their supposed allies.

©2019 Games Workshop Limited (P)2019 Games Workshop Limited Adventure Fiction Military Science Fiction Haunted Ghost
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This recording is missing the end of the final chapter. important character information. Disappointing end to a good recording

missing the end of the last chapter. Disappointed

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Best Imperial Guard Series!

Great Audio Narration and Very Good Characters, once you start you will not be able to start!

First And Only

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great story with stellar voice acting, sadly the recording cuts off too soon and misses backstory of the main character

Fantastic Story, but incomplete

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Loved it, the characters are interesting, the narrator is stunning and the story is at once grand and grounded

Brilliant

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loved it from start until right at the end when he's explaining how gaunt knew what to do, it just cuts off and ends mid sentence. very disappointing end to and otherwise great book.

Great book

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worth every cent would 100 percent buy again. my favourite warhammer 40k books so far

outstanding

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Great series, read them years ago but was awesome to hear them again. Abnett does sucj a good job of buildjng the charecters and making you care about them. really worth the time especially if you are new to the 'grim dark 40k'.

the beginning of the series

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Read perfectly. just wish all of the books were on here, as jumping from book 2 to book 13 is a bit crazy.

love it! I wish the whole series was on here!

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A great tale from Dan Abnett you really feel for these guys and all the hardships they face.
Awesome characters though lots are thrown at you at once but you get by it soon enough.
couldn't stop listening :)

Gritty Action with a touch of thriller/horror

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The narrator's reading is excellent. Story is interesting and engaging. Main character is well developed so far. Only criticism would be the lack of vivid and clear descriptions of settings and characters at times. This is made up for by a fantastic plot.

My first introduction to 40k. Loved it!

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