Iron Snakes — books on the story line

Iron Snakes

Brothers of the Snake introduces Priad and Damocles Squad. Kill Hill and The Third Wise Man are separate Chapter stories; their exact positions relative to the novel are not established. The Fissure and The Blood Bound connect with the Sabbat Worlds. Read the Urdesh duology as The Serpent and the Saint → The Magister and the Martyr; its additional placement does not create new works or separate reading progress.

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Iron SnakesCalendar dates only where confirmed; other ordering is internal to each story.
The Fissure on Formal Primec. 254–256.M41; the internal episodes are separated by 22 months · 1
Koram Mote: Kill HillKill Hill · the end of a fifteen-year operation · 1
Baal Solock: Priad’s first undertakingBaal Solock · first undertaking; year unknown · 1
Rosetta: Priad takes commandAfter Raphon’s death · second undertaking; year unknown · 1
Eidon: Damocles Squad’s undertakingThird undertaking · after Rosetta, before Ceres · 1
Ceres: losses before the returnFourth undertaking · before returning to Ithaka · 1
Ithaka: the daemon and Khiron’s rescueReturn after Ceres · fifth part · 1
Iorgu: restoring the containment devicesSixth undertaking · before the later Ork crisis · 1
Ganahedarak: rescue and the Waaagh’s diversionSeventh undertaking · rescue → relic → Ork diversion · 2
Ithaka: Priad’s concluding diveEpilogue after the seventh undertaking · return to Ithaka · 1
The pursuit of Sholen Skarac. 779–782.M41; more than ten years after Skara’s capture · 1
Iron Snakes: choosing a ChaplainMid-M41 · return from the Sabbat Worlds → Chaplain hearing → Urdesh · 1
The war for Urdesh: Iron Snakes and Saint SabbatAlongside the Urdesh campaign in The Warmaster and Anarch; the duology’s exact year is unestablished. · 2
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Anthologies and collections
ANTHOLOGYSabbat Crusade14 works 0%
ANTHOLOGYLord of the Dark Millennium: The Dan Abnett Collection37 works 0%
ANTHOLOGYBlack Library Advent Calendar (2012)24 works 0%
Seriescontents, span and overall progress
SERIESSabbat Worlds: short stories30 works 0%
SERIESIron Snakes3 works 0%
SERIESUrdesh2 works 0%
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