You could see the ending coming a mile away, but it still packed a punch 💔 It's brutal, but I think it was a good call for Dan Abnett to finally ditch the, frankly, ridiculously thick plot armor. For the last few books of *The Guns of Tanith*, you could always bank on the main characters being untouchable. The combat and aerial sequences dragged on a bit again, and the real fireworks didn't kick off until the final 20 pages, but after five books, I'm used to that pacing. On the flip side, the d...

Five books into "The Guns of Tanith" and Dan Abnett still manages to keep things fresh. Deep in the Sabbat Worlds, the forces of Chaos attempt to cut the supply lines of the Imperials, leading the Warmaster to delegate missions to secure fuel and other resources 'locally'. For the Ghosts, this means deployment to Phantine, a planet settled for some fifteen centuries, but now partially occupied by Chaos. One of the things I really like about this series concerns the gritty, grim dark worlds of t...

I still think Dan Abnett is the worst thing that could have happened to the Ghosts, but this Cuu fella really tries to steal his crown by somehow making things even *worse*. All that to say, I'm shocked, amazed, and completely thrilled by this airborne infiltration adventure. Abnett's really hit his stride now, and *The Guns of Tanith* feels more focused and fast-paced than the previous books. Definitely a must-read for any Warhammer 40k fan looking for their next military science fiction fix!

I enjoyed it. In most respects, it's nothing different from Abnett's other books in the series – some battles, some subplots. It's satisfying to see ideas from the earlier books reappear – Cuu's unpleasant behavior, Kolea's awareness of his children. That's what makes the series fun to follow, the fact that it's more than just war and strife. If you are looking for a good military science fiction book review, then look no further than Dan Abnett's "The Guns of Tanith". Unfortunately, it has the...

By the fifth book in the *Gaunt's Ghosts* series, you know what you're getting. Dan Abnett delivers an intense, action-packed story that masterfully weaves together larger conflicts, primarily through focused, squad-level action. This makes the fights feel claustrophobic, where every casualty matters.The series' real strength comes from the variety and spirit Abnett gives each Ghost. They become more than just numbers, and every death hits hard. In *The Guns of Tanith*, we get an excellent explo...

-Beneath the warlike veneer and the combat, there are some dark, very dark moments.-Genre: Science Fiction.What it tells us: In the book *The Guns of Tanith* (original publication: *The Guns of Tanith*, 2002), the Sabbat Worlds Crusade continues, and this time Gaunt's Ghosts are participating in the conquest of Fantine, one of the worlds of the Cabal Salient on the outer flank of the Crusade. Like the others, it is a mining planet with enormous promethium deposits that are necessary for supplyin...

This is a harsh rating, and if I could do so on Goodreads I'd really like to award it 2.5 stars, but if I have to pick an integer number then a two-star review it is. That's not to say that most of *The Guns of Tanith* is bad, at least by the standards of 40k fiction, because it's not. As always with Dan Abnett, the little details of worldbuilding add up to paint a wonderfully rich picture of day-to-day life in the Imperium. The preparation for the grav jump of Operation Larisel, the ammunition...

In many long-running book series (with standalone stories), the author starts with Hollywood-style blockbusters and gradually transitions to episodic content. Gaunt's Ghosts is starting to feel like an episodic series here, and not just one big episode, but a bingewatch of three episodes one after the other.Specifically, it involves two operations on an industrial planet that produces Promethium, one of the fuels of the 40K universe, a planet where the surface is toxic and the cities are industr...

Okay, full disclosure: my inner geek is showing.I've said it before (to anyone who'll listen to me ramble), but this series is genuinely one of the best-written military sci-fi epics I've ever come across. Plus, it's by one of the few Black Library authors who's actually worth their salt. Dan Abnett has seriously delivered some incredible work.That being said, *The Guns of Tanith* is one of the weaker Gaunt's Ghosts books, in my opinion. The crime subplot drags on way too long for something so m...

The Guns of Tanith by Dan Abnett. The novel kicks off with the Tanith First Regiment honing their skills for the airborne assault on Cirenholm, a dome-city perched precariously above Phantine's toxic Scald. The arch-enemy's elite Blood Pact has seized the city, which the Imperial forces intend to use as a launchpad for their campaign to reclaim Ouranberg, one of Phantine's largest cities and a vital promethium source. After the Ghosts successfully breach the Blood Pact's defenses and avert a d...