Gaunt's Ghosts: The Lost books in order

Q: "How many books are in the Gaunt's Ghosts: The Lost series?"

"There are nineteen books in the Gaunt's Ghosts: The Lost series, published between 2000 and 2021."

Q: "What is the first book in the Gaunt's Ghosts: The Lost series?"

"The first book in the Gaunt's Ghosts: The Lost series is Sabbat War, published in 2021."

Q: "What makes The Lost distinct within the Gaunt's Ghosts sequence?"

"The Lost covers the period of the Gaunt's Ghosts series roughly from Traitor General through to Only in Death, when the regiment faces some of its most difficult and costly missions. Traitor General sends a small team behind enemy lines on a covert assassination mission, while later novels deal with the psychological cost of sustained combat and the regiment's identity as it takes on new recruits. The sub-collection is named after the personal losses and sacrifices that define this stretch of the story."

Reading order

#	Title	Published	Author	Buy on Amazon
1	Sabbat War	2021	Dan Abnett	N/A
2	Traitor General	2004	Dan Abnett	Buy
3	The Founding	2007	Dan Abnett	N/A
4	Ghostmaker	2000	Dan Abnett	N/A
5	Necropolis	2000	Dan Abnett	N/A
6	The Saint	2001	Dan Abnett	N/A
7	The Guns of Tanith	2002	Dan Abnett	N/A
8	Plata Pura	2002	Dan Abnett	N/A
9	Sabbat Martyr	2003	Dan Abnett	N/A
10	The Lost	2004	Dan Abnett	N/A
11	His Last Command	2005	Dan Abnett	Buy
12	The Armour of Contempt	2006	Dan Abnett	Buy
13	Only in Death	2007	Dan Abnett	Buy
14	The Iron Star	2008	Dan Abnett	Buy
15	Blood Pact	2009	Dan Abnett	N/A
16	Salvation’s Reach	2011	Dan Abnett	N/A
17	The Warmaster	2018	Dan Abnett	N/A
18	The Anarch	2019	Dan Abnett	N/A
19	The Vincula Insurgency: Ghost Dossier 1	2022	Dan Abnett	N/A

The Lost is one of the four sub-groupings of Dan Abnett’s Gaunt’s Ghosts series, covering novels from Traitor General (2004) through to later entries in the sequence. This period of the series is characterised by covert operations, heavy casualties, and the growing pressure on the Tanith First as the Sabbat Worlds Crusade enters its most difficult phases. Traitor General, in particular, is a departure from the large-scale battles of earlier novels, sending a small team on a behind-enemy-lines mission to assassinate a defected Imperial general.

The Lost sub-collection also includes Straight Silver and Sabbat Martyr, which deal with the regiment’s participation in major offensives, and His Last Command, which follows Gaunt’s return to command after a period of separation from his men. The short fiction collected alongside the novels fills in events between main books. Readers working through the full Gaunt’s Ghosts sequence will find The Lost covers the most emotionally demanding stretch of the series, with several significant character deaths and a growing sense of the war’s grinding cost.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Gaunt's Ghosts: The Lost series?

There are nineteen books in the Gaunt’s Ghosts: The Lost series, published between 2000 and 2021.

What is the first book in the Gaunt's Ghosts: The Lost series?

The first book in the Gaunt’s Ghosts: The Lost series is Sabbat War, published in 2021.

What makes The Lost distinct within the Gaunt's Ghosts sequence?

The Lost covers the period of the Gaunt’s Ghosts series roughly from Traitor General through to Only in Death, when the regiment faces some of its most difficult and costly missions. Traitor General sends a small team behind enemy lines on a covert assassination mission, while later novels deal with the psychological cost of sustained combat and the regiment’s identity as it takes on new recruits. The sub-collection is named after the personal losses and sacrifices that define this stretch of the story.

Reading order#

Frequently Asked Questions

Reading order