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Imperial Guard / Astra Militarum
Stories of the Imperial Guard, Militarum Tempestus and planetary defence forces: separate regiments, characters and campaigns across different eras. This is a faction-wide entry, not a single storyline or compulsory reading sequence. Regiment and campaign branches retain their own routes; additional appearances lead to the same books with shared reading progress.
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Sacrificial
David Annandale
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Imperial Guard / Astra Militarumunbroken chronology · time runs left to right
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M40 / M41
M41 / M42
Cross-era Archive · Campaigns and LoreSeveral eras · 3
Classic M41 · The ImperiumM41 · date to be confirmed · 27
Cartographic ReserveDate not established · 75
Froer and Gammarael: the march to the lagoonClassic 40K; no more precise date established · 1
Roane sappers: breakthrough beneath the trenchesSabbat Worlds Crusade; exact campaign and year unknown · 1
Battle of Balhaut: Slaydo and Nadzybar765.M41; the remembered Battle of Balhaut · 1
Investigation in the Volpone campAn unspecified Volpone theatre of war; no calendar year has been published · 1
Lotun Campaign774.M41 · 1
The Mistral rebellionYarrick’s first mission; exact year unknown · 2
The Abydos investigationAfter the victory on Mistral; exact year unknown · 1
The contagion on Aighe MortisAfter service on Mistral; exact year unknown · 1
The liberation of Gnostes791.M41 · 1
Ork invasion of AgraInvasion: 793.M41; later stages have no separate dates · 1
The Aionos campaignAround 841.M41; an approximate reference point · 1
The Molossus rebellionYarrick’s early career; exact year unknown · 1
Secessionist Wars on Sirene PrimalInvestigation: 866.M41; the final stage has no separate date · 1
Dulma’lin CleansingMain campaign: 926.M41 in the campaign reference; not a date for every scene · 1
Second War for Armageddon941.M41; the Second War for Armageddon · 1
Kathur: reclamation from the plagueLate M41; no more precise date established · 1
The uprising on Furia PenitensAfter 926.M41; the mission’s exact year is unknown · 1
The war on Hieronymous ThetaLate M41; no more precise date established · 1
The Rogar III expeditionThe event date is unknown; late-M41 placement is provisional · 1
The Khadar expeditionThe event date is unknown; late-M41 placement is provisional · 1
The fighting for BroucherocThe event date is unknown; late-M41 placement is provisional · 3
Cressida: rescue and evacuationThe event date is unknown; late-M41 placement is provisional · 1
Voor: the Brimlock Regiment’s last campaignThe event date is unknown; late-M41 placement is provisional · 1
Belmos VII: the Mordians’ investigationThe event date is unknown; late-M41 placement is provisional · 1
The Danik’s World CampaignThe event date is unknown; late-M41 placement is provisional · 1
Kaligari Cradle: Redemption Corps operationsThe event date is unknown; late-M41 placement is provisional · 1
Invasion of TanakregLate M41; the beginning of Marduk's main arc; absolute year not published · 1
Entymion IV: the pursuit of TellosLate M41; after The Bleeding Chalice; no absolute year published · 1
Battle of the Boros Gatelate M41; after Dark Disciple; the absolute year is unpublished · 1
First Battle of Golgotha and Yarrick’s captivity978.M41; the First Battle for Golgotha and Yarrick's capture; official sources conflict · 2
Palmeros: Mercy RunBefore Gunheads; the exact year is unknown · 1
Golgotha: Operation ThunderstormBefore the Third War for Armageddon; the exact year is unknown · 1
Defence of the Deliverance settlementAfter Ichar IV; immediately before 13th Legion; year not established · 1
Coritanorum: the 13th Legion’s covert operationImmediately after Deliverance; missions leading to Coritanorum; year not established · 2
Ghovul: Kage’s imprisonment and escapeAfter 13th Legion and before Kill Team; year not established · 1
The assassination mission against BrightswordMany months after Coritanorum, after Liberty; year not established · 1
Third War for ArmageddonFrom 757.998.M41; the war continues into M42 · 2
Elysia: the 158th’s investigationBefore the fall of Cadia; earlier episodes are recalled in flashbacks · 3
The final defence and Fall of CadiaFinal days of M41; parallel fictional perspectives · 1
Regallus: the Crimson Slaughter assaultThe Thirteenth Black Crusade, after Cadia’s destruction; exact year unknown · 1
Minka Lesk's evacuation and recoveryImmediately after Cadia Stands · 1
The sniper mission against Speccius in ElborescumAfter Cadia’s fall; a few years before Longshot, exact year unknown · 1
The Kizmir ambush and memory of earlier serviceThe Kizmir frame follows the transfer to the Cadian 217th and precedes Longshot by a few years; the flashback’s date is unknown · 1
Darya Nevic and the war against the T’au on AttrusoIndomitus era; a few years after both early Darya Nevic stories, exact year unknown · 1
Darya Nevic: the new operation on ParrescumAfter Longshot and the escape from the T’au; Indomitus era, exact year and interval unknown · 1
The Battle for Markgraaf HiveAfter Cadia's destruction; Minka's early service in the 101st · 1
The Cadian 101st on PotenceAfter the Fall of Cadia; exact year unknown · 1
Xalxat: retreat to the spaceportA few months after the fall of Cadia; no exact year stated · 1
The Siege of Crannog MonsAfter Cadian Honour; the years-long siege of Maluri · 2
Psychic Awakening: Sergeant FentonPsychic Awakening after the Great Rift; exact year unknown · 1
The search for the Cadian 8th on Telken's RestAfter Traitor Rock; exact year unknown · 1
The defence of Alia in the Gallows ClusterThe next story after Shadow of the Eighth; exact year unknown · 1
Kalides Prime: Ultramarines relief missionEarly Indomitus Crusade; exact date not established · 1
The new Armageddon war: Yarrick’s returnAfter the Great Rift; Yarrick’s return before Operation Imperator · 1
Armageddon: Operation ImperatorAfter Yarrick’s return; exact Imperial year unknown · 1
Halcyon: Caius’s escape and the Cadians’ rescueAfter the fall of Cadia: an attempted evacuation from Halcyon; exact year unknown · 1
Vorx’s campaign: Najan and SabatineAfter Cadia’s fall and the opening of the Great Rift; exact year unknown · 1
Gavaine 04: the Tattershields against MalignerAfter Cadia’s fall and refugee arrivals; two years and nineteen days of local war before the cathedral assault, exact year unknown · 1
The invasion of RaphaelaAfter the chapter's Primaris reinforcement following the Penitential Crusade; exact year unknown · 2
Ursula Creed: expedition to Cadia’s ruinsAfter Cadia’s destruction; Indomitus era, exact year unknown · 1
Kophyn: war and Celestine’s returnKophyn after the fall of Cadia and the Great Rift; exact year unknown · 1
The Era IndomitusAfter the Rift · 2
Eradicant: the governor rescueA covert rescue operation; era and year undetermined · 1
Cion: pilgrimage and the defence of a shrine worldFleet Quintus: the post-Rift journey to Cion; exact year unknown · 1
Isolde’s camp: the grey plagueAfter the veterans’ combat campaign; era and year unknown · 1
Kiros: Avra and the Triumph of Saint KatherineKiros; era and year of the framing story unknown · 1
Mantida VI: the reward of loyaltyIndomitus era: Primaris Marines are already active; exact year unknown · 1
Reconnaissance of CliathAfter the Great Rift; exact calendar year unknown · 1
The last days of LazulaiLazulai’s final days during Leviathan’s renewed attacks; exact year unknown · 1
Rilis: the hunt for the Iron WarriorsThe civil war on Rilis; era and year undetermined · 1
Parius Monumentus: life after the warAfter the cult’s suppression on Parius Monumentus; era and year undetermined · 1
Fortuna Minor: Leontus’s guerrilla warThe Fortuna Minor campaign; era and year undetermined · 1
Helbrecht: the Leagues of Votann allianceHelbrecht’s Votann alliance; era and year undetermined · 1
Kage and Schaeffer returnepilogue: Kage and Schaeffer emerge from the warp tear roughly fifty years later, after the Great Rift; exact year unknown · 1
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Short story / microfictionUnmarkedIn the Shadow of the EmperorChris DowsClassic 40K; no more precise date establisheddating disputed
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedA Blind EyeSteve ParkerClassic 40K; no more precise date establisheddating disputed
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedBetter the DevilSteve LyonsClassic 40K; no more precise date establisheddating disputed
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedDeliverance DetailDavid GuymerClassic 40K; no more precise date establisheddating disputed
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedDown Amongst the Dead MenSteve LyonsClassic 40K; no more precise date establisheddating disputed
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedLast Step BackwardsJustin HillClassic 40K; no more precise date establisheddating disputed
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe ApexToby FrostClassic 40K; no more precise date establisheddating disputed
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe CitadelSteve ParkerClassic 40K; no more precise date establisheddating disputed
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Hour of HellMark ClaphamClassic 40K; no more precise date establisheddating disputed
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Siege of FellguardMark ClaphamClassic 40K; no more precise date establisheddating disputed
NovelUnmarkedShadowswordGuy HaleyA relative place within a verified story line; the absolute year has not been establishedPlacement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedEternalDan AbnettClassic 40K; no more precise date established↗dating disputed
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedAncient LancesAlex HammondEra and calendar date undeterminedPlacement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedHunter/PreyAndy HoareEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedIn Hrondir's TombMark ClaphamEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedBaphomet by NightPeter McLeanEra and calendar date undeterminedPlacement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedBattle of the ArchaeosaursBarrington J. BayleyEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedBloodlordBraden CampbellEra and calendar date undeterminedPlacement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedIron InfernoC.L. WernerEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedKillboxDan AbnettEra and calendar date undetermined◎date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedBlood SacrificePeter McLeanEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedLightning RunPeter McLeanEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedMonolithChris DowsEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedChoke PointMike BrooksEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedDefixioBen CounterEra and calendar date undeterminedPlacement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedDevil's MaraudersWilliam KingEra and calendar date undeterminedPlacement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedElucidiumSimon SpurrierEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedEnduranceChris WraightBefore The Lords of Silence; exact era and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedExodusSteve LyonsAfter Hive Fleet Kraken's defeat; exact year unknown◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedFear ItselfJuliet E. McKennaEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedFire and IcePeter FehervariEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedForever LoyalMitchel ScanlonEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Fall of MalvolionDan AbnettEra and calendar date undeterminedPlacement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedNightsider ImperialisVictoria HaywardEra and calendar date undetermined◎date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe TrophyNicolas AlexanderEra and calendar date undeterminedPlacement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedTower of BloodTony BallantyneEra and calendar date undetermined↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedUnityJames GilmerEra and calendar date undetermined↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedVengeance of the ImmortalGav ThorpeEra and calendar date undetermined↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedRaptor DownGav Thorpe18 months after Acceptable Losses; exact date undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedVotum InfernusNick KymeEra and calendar date undeterminedPlacement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedWhispersAlec WorleyEra and calendar date undetermined↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedSmall CogsNeil RutledgeEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedStitchesNick KymeEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedSwift ResolutionRussell ZimmermanEra and calendar date undeterminedPlacement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Raven's ClawJonathan CurranEra and calendar date undeterminedPlacement note
Audio play, 23 minutesUnmarkedJudge of the WastesDavid AnnandaleSolennes; calendar date not publisheddating disputed
Short storyUnmarkedDeepEdoardo AlbertSabbat Worlds Crusade; exact campaign and year unknown↗dating disputed
Short storyUnmarkedBluebloodNick KymeAn unspecified Volpone theatre of war; no calendar year has been published↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedImperial CreedDavid AnnandaleThe first mission on Mistral; no later than c. 790–791.M41, but exact year not publisheddate approximate
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Short storyUnmarkedThe Gallows SaintDavid AnnandaleImmediately after victory on Mistral; order relative to Concordat unknownPlacement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedXenocideSimon JowettAfter the invasion of Agra in 793.M41; no separate date is established↗date approximate
Short storyUnmarkedThe WreckageDavid AnnandaleAbout a century before the Second War in 941.M41; approximately 841.M41date approximate
NovelUnmarkedStrakenToby FrostMain campaign: 926.M41 in the campaign reference; not a date for every scenedating disputed
NovelUnmarkedCadian BloodAaron Dembski-BowdenLate M41; no more precise date established↗dating disputed
NovelUnmarkedDeath WorldSteve LyonsThe event date is unknown; late-M41 placement is provisional↗dating disputed
NovelUnmarkedDesert RaidersLucien SoulbanThe event date is unknown; late-M41 placement is provisionaldating disputed
NovelUnmarkedFifteen HoursMitchel ScanlonThe event date is unknown; late-M41 placement is provisionaldating disputed
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedKnee DeepMitchel ScanlonThe event date is unknown; late-M41 placement is provisionaldating disputed
NovelUnmarkedIce GuardSteve LyonsThe event date is unknown; late-M41 placement is provisionaldating disputed
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedRed RewardMitchel ScanlonThe event date is unknown; late-M41 placement is provisional◎Placement note
NovelUnmarkedImperial GloryRichard WilliamsThe event date is unknown; late-M41 placement is provisionaldating disputed
NovelUnmarkedIron GuardMark ClaphamThe event date is unknown; late-M41 placement is provisionaldating disputed
NovelUnmarkedRebel WinterSteve ParkerThe event date is unknown; late-M41 placement is provisionaldating disputed
NovelUnmarkedRedemption CorpsRob SandersThe event date is unknown; late-M41 placement is provisionaldating disputed
NovelUnmarkedDark ApostleAnthony ReynoldsLate M41; the beginning of Marduk's main arc; absolute year not published↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedCrimson TearsBen CounterLate M41; after The Bleeding Chalice; no absolute year published↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedDark CreedAnthony Reynoldslate M41; after Dark Disciple; the absolute year is unpublished↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedMercy RunSteve ParkerBefore Gunheads; the exact year is unknowndating disputed
NovelUnmarkedGunheadsSteve ParkerBefore the Third War for Armageddon; the exact year is unknowndating disputed
Short storyUnmarkedDeliveranceGav ThorpeAfter Ichar IV; immediately before 13th Legion; year not established↗Placement note
NovelUnmarked13th LegionGav ThorpeImmediately after Deliverance; missions leading to Coritanorum; year not established↗Placement note
Short storyUnmarkedLibertyGav ThorpeAfter 13th Legion and before Kill Team; year not established↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedKill TeamGav ThorpeMany months after Coritanorum, after Liberty; year not established↗Placement note
Original audio dramaUnmarkedScions of ElysiaChris DowsBefore the fall of Cadia; earlier episodes are recalled in flashbacks↗Placement note
NovellaUnmarkedSteel DaemonIan St. MartinThe Thirteenth Black Crusade, after Cadia’s destruction; exact year unknown↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedTransplantsRob YoungAfter Cadia’s fall; a few years before Longshot, exact year unknown◎Placement note
NovelUnmarkedLongshotRob YoungIndomitus era; a few years after both early Darya Nevic stories, exact year unknown◎Placement note
Original audio dramaUnmarkedTitan's BaneChris DowsA few months after the fall of Cadia; no exact year statedPlacement note
NovelUnmarkedTraitor RockJustin D. HillAfter Cadian Honour; the years-long siege of Crannog Mons on Malouri↗Placement note
Online short storyUnmarkedThe Weak and the StrongMitch DentonPsychic Awakening after the Great Rift; exact year unknownPlacement note
NovelUnmarkedHell's LastJustin D. HillMinka's next adventure after Shadow of the Eighth; the war in the Gallows Cluster↗Placement note
Graphic novel / comicUnmarkedDisposable HeroesSi SpurrierSavlar Chem-Dogs; exact date of the comic not establisheddating disputed
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedWings of FaithVictoria HaywardImperial aviation; exact date not establisheddating disputed
Reference / lore bookUnmarkedOperation: ImperatorGames Workshop StudioAfter Yarrick’s return; exact Imperial year unknown↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedThe Lords of SilenceChris WraightAfter Cadia’s fall and the opening of the Great Rift; exact year unknown↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedBlood SandsVictoria HaywardEvent era and year unestablishedPlacement note
NovelUnmarkedCreed: Ashes of CadiaJude ReidAfter Cadia’s destruction; Indomitus era, exact year unknown◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedRebornNicholas WolfThe story of the 224th Kelbran Janissaries; calendar date unknown.Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThose Without MercyCallum DavisCalendar era and year undeterminedPlacement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedRedemption Through BloodJohn SollittoEra and year unknown◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedRedemption Through SacrificeJustin WoolleyEra and year unknown◎Placement note
NovellaUnmarkedVeterans of the FallWilliam CroweAfter the Fall of Cadia; exact year unknown◎Placement note
NovelUnmarkedCelestineAndy ClarkKophyn after the fall of Cadia and the Great Rift; exact year unknown↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedEradicantR S WiltA covert rescue operation; era and year undetermined↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedSand LordsPeter McLeanEvent era and year unestablished◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedA Commander ShadowBraden CampbellEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note
NovelUnmarkedPilgrims of FireJustin D. HillFleet Quintus: the post-Rift journey to Cion; exact year unknown↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Dust That RemainsJ. H. ArcherAfter the veterans’ combat campaign; era and year unknown↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedThe Triumph of Saint KatherineDanie WareKiros; era and year of the framing story unknown↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedWithout HonourNick KymeThe story date is not established◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe RedoubtJohn SollittoCalendar era and year undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedWorm of ValhallaTom R PikeBefore Crucible of Fire; exact date unknownPlacement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Last CrucibleNoah NguyenIndomitus era; exact year unknown◎Placement note
NovelUnmarkedCrucible of FireTom R PikeAfter Worm of Valhalla; calendar date undeterminedNot out yet◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Last PsykerShauna LawlessAfter the Great Rift; exact calendar year unknown◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Battle of Blackthunder MesaPhil KellyDate undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Long and Hungry RoadAdrian TchaikovskyDate undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Strength of SymbolsCarrie HarrisCalendar era and year undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Sum of Its PartsRhuairidh JamesDate undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Devouring VoidDanie WareEvent era and year unestablished◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Fires of Our FaithNicolas WernerDate undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe ForgeSteve LyonsThe story date is not established◎Placement note
NovelUnmarkedDeathworlderVictoria HaywardLazulai’s final days during Leviathan’s renewed attacks; exact year unknown↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedFinal DeploymentR.S. WiltThe civil war on Rilis; era and year undetermined↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedLeontus: Lord SolarRob YoungThe Fortuna Minor campaign; era and year undeterminedPlacement note
NovelUnmarkedHelbrecht: Sin of HopeMike VincentHelbrecht’s Votann alliance; era and year undetermined↗Placement note
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