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Instead of focusing on genetically modified super-soldiers like the Space Marines, Abnett anchors the narrative on ordinary humans. The Tanith First are masters of stealth and scouting, led by the charismatic and deeply principled Commissar-Colonel Ibram Gaunt. Their homeworld, Tanith, was destroyed by Chaos forces immediately after their founding, leaving them with no home to return to. They are a regiment of ghosts, fighting a crusade for a sector that views them as expendable.
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Commissar Lahn Rusk had stopped counting the dead at two hundred. That had been three hours ago, before the second trench line collapsed.
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: Listeners on Audible frequently praise narrator Toby Longworth for using distinct Scottish and Irish accents, which adds significant depth to the Tanith "Ghosts".
Rusk stood in the center of the carnage, breathing hard. His coat was shredded. His face was wet—sweat, blood, he didn't know which. Around him, Ghosts were counting their own.
A column of fire rose five hundred meters, boiling the clouds. The shockwave flattened the heretics nearest the blast. The psyker's throne tilted, its fleshy moorings tearing. For one second, the warp-light in its eyes flickered. They are a regiment of ghosts, fighting a
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Once you finish First and Only , you will likely want to keep following the Tanith First. The overarching "The Founding" omnibus continues directly with: Ghostmaker (Book 2) Necropolis (Book 3)
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The massive, charismatic second-in-command who transitions from a blacksmith to a brilliant tactical leader.
They stood together in the firelight, thirty-one survivors, and waited for the next order to come.
For the audiobook listener, the narrator is the conduit to the story. In the First and Only audiobook, the standard is set impossibly high by .
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