The Founding

New edition of the first Gaunt's Ghostsomnibus, containing the openingstory arc in the series, comprising thenovels First andOnly , Ghostmaker and Necropolis . Inthe Chaos-infested Sabbat System, the massed ranks of theAstra Militarum - more commonly known asthe Imperial Guard - stand shoulder toshoulder as they counter an invasion by hereticalforces. Amongst the defenders of theImperium are the troops of theTanith First-and-Only, a displaced regimentforced to flee their home planet before itsuccumbed to the unrelenting assault of Chaos.Nicknamed 'the Ghosts', their specialistscouting role sees them thrown intothe thickest of the fighting. Led byColonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt, they mustevade the treacherous scheming of rival regiments andthe lethal firepower of the enemy if theyare to have any hope of achieving victory over the forces ofChaos.