Inquisition — books on the story line
Inquisition
Stories in which inquisitors substantially participate in an investigation or conflict. Amberley’s work on Gravalax belongs here, not in the Terra line; the presence of an inquisitor does not make every story one continuous series.
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Inquisitionunbroken chronology · time runs left to right
A thousand years after Mandulis’s sacrifice · Alaric’s missionc. 500.M41; a working range, not an exact date for every scene550.M41650.M41750.M41800.M41850.M41900.M41950.M41date uncertain999.M41date uncertain
M40 / M41
≈66 years compressed
M41 / M42
Cross-era Archive · Campaigns and LoreSeveral eras · 4
Kryptmann: the experiment at Opus ErsaticusKryptmann’s research · position relative to the Tyrannic Wars unknown · 1
The Ironclad invasion and the search for Medina’s relicsRoth’s inquiry → summons to Medina → the relic hunt · 1
The Grey Knight’s solo mission aboard CrucibleTriumvirate’s selection → boarding the ship → duel · 1
Investigation and cleansing of NicodemusVolume I · Nicodemus · before Defay’s disappearance · 1
The Tesra IV governor’s capitulationThe Storm Warriors’ return · the Tesra IV mission · 1
Geronitan’s death and Draigo’s successionKornovin · Grand Master’s death → succession → duel · 1
Mercer’s bargain, voyage and investigationBargain and escape → voyage → investigation · 1
The investigation into Migolan’s tainted foodIllness → quarantine → Vega exposed → accusations · 1
The final interrogation and Septimus catastropheAfter Malcorum · recovered memory → catastrophe · 1
Alastor’s Carrion Gulf investigation beginsThe case begins · after Damnation Crusade · 1
The container, House de Kyp and the Damask raidThe container trail → raid on the Damask holdings · 1
House de Kyp’s treachery and the Dreadnought threat#3–4 · scene boundary unestablished · 2
House de Kyp’s refuge and the Thousand Sons ambushReaching the refuge → Thousand Sons ambush · 1
The Margentum fighting and subsequent interrogationMargentum · the battle before Prestoff’s interrogation · 1
Sarasti’s foresight concerning CalaphraxCalaphrax · foresight before the main route · 1
Exyrion · the search for and defence of an ancient weaponWill of Iron · setup and Exyrion, #1–4 · 3
After Exyrion · two paths through the Calaphrax investigationRevelations · after Exyrion, #5–8 · 1
Sabbathiel, the Harlequins and the conflict on QuintusQuintus · the parallel strand, #6–8 · 3
Sabbathiel’s accusations against the Dark AngelsFallen · investigation and confrontation, #9–12 · 4
Draco’s investigation into humanity’s psychic futureDraco’s first investigation · before Harlequin’s frame · 1
Draco’s awakening and the search for the Black LibraryHarlequin’s frame · a century after Draco · 1
Jomi, the supposed friend and the Inquisition’s intervention near GroxgeltDelta Khomeini V · from the voice to leaving with the Inquisition · 1
Draco’s loss and the search for a way to reverse timeAfter Harlequin · seeking a way to undo the loss · 1
The living Atlas’s theft and the pursuit of CzevakThe Atlas’s theft · escape and subsequent pursuit · 1
Nereus · the artefact search at Perdition’s LandingAfter escaping with the Atlas · the search on Nereus · 1
Czevak’s arrival from the Webway and search for the dead world’s secretAfter leaving the Webway · searching the dead world’s heart · 1
Czevak’s interrogation and the mining of the Webway gateWebway gate · capture → interrogation → recovery of possessions · 1
The Trail of Evisser and the Prince of a Thousand Faces’ returnA thousand years after Mandulis’s sacrifice · Alaric’s mission · 1
Chaeroneia’s return · Alaric and Nyxos’s investigationAfter the missing forge world returns · Alaric’s next mission · 1
Boarding the Merciless and capturing HirkBefore Hammer of Daemons · boarding the cruiser · 1
Defay’s disappearance and Gravier’s huntVolume II · after Nicodemus · the hunt for Defay · 1
The Agritha expedition and the xenos raider threatAgritha · tankers seconded to the Inquisitorial expedition · 1
Coteaz: the missing operative, artefact and cultSearch for the operative → artefact and cult → confrontation · 1
Erioch: saving the cruiser and Antor’s secretThe date of this particular work has not been established; the publishing series does not date its stories · 1
Victus: Herrold’s investigationClassic 40K; no more precise date established · 1
Angels Sanguine: the chaplain’s report to an inquisitorClassic 40K; no more precise date established · 1
Inquisitorial inspection of the Doom LegionAfter the brothers’ defection · inspection of the Chapter · 1
Domitus · parallel crisis aboard the shipAlongside the Iliess landing · the Domitus crisis · 1
Ephesus Prime · interrogation after the failed revoltAfter the Ephesus Prime revolt · interrogation · 1
Pursuing Phocron · five encounters and the flagship meetingRoughly a century of pursuit → the flagship meeting · 1
The Mechanicus basilica · the demand to surrender the relicReconnaissance and negotiations → conflict over the Necron relic · 1
Talon · the first mission on 31-CaroAfter Talon’s training · the first 31-Caro mission · 1
Tychonis · the search for Epsilon and Project BlackseedAfter Karras’ recovery · the Tychonis search mission · 1
Boarding Accursed EternityBoarding the daemon-ship · divergent temporal streams · 1
Equixus: Sahaal and the Corona NoxReturn from the warp storm → the hunt for the crown; year unknown · 1
Cartographic ReserveDate not established · 31
The mystery of Queen Mabc. 500.M41 · 1
The continuation of the Queen Mab mysteryimmediately after Pariah; exact year unknown · 1
Ork invasion of AgraInvasion: 793.M41; later stages have no separate dates · 1
Secessionist Wars on Sirene PrimalInvestigation: 866.M41; the final stage has no separate date · 1
Gravalax Incident931.M41 · 1
Cain: the Periremunda operationAround 933.M41, after Caves of Ice: roughly six months to a year later · 1
Kathur: reclamation from the plagueLate M41; no more precise date established · 1
Stratix Luminae: the search for a cureLate M41; long years after Soul Drinker; no absolute year published · 1
The Phalanx trial and Abraxes’s incursionLate M41; the six-novel arc's finale after Hellforged; no absolute year published · 1
Cain: the Ironfound conspiracy and battleshortly after The Last Ditch; no absolute date has been published · 1
Coritanorum: the 13th Legion’s covert operationImmediately after Deliverance; missions leading to Coritanorum; year not established · 1
The assassination mission against BrightswordMany months after Coritanorum, after Liberty; year not established · 1
The fall of Ghul JensenDuring Red Waaagh!, 443998.M41 · 1
The daemonic threat on Squire's RestDuring Red Waaagh!, 443998.M41 · 1
The fall of Agrellan757999.M41 · 1
Forfoda: Spinoza’s missionSpinoza’s early mission on Forfoda; before The Carrion Throne; exact date unknown · 1
Crowl and mercantile interestsCrowl’s mercantile case; its position relative to the Vaults of Terra novels is not established · 1
Niir Khazad: early years and serviceNiir Khazad’s early years; their position relative to the main trilogy is not established · 1
The Carrion Throne investigationTerra shortly before the Great Rift opens; Crowl and Spinoza’s investigation · 1
The interrogation of Salvor LermentovEpilogue to The Carrion Throne; before The Hollow Mountain; exact year unknown · 1
The Rift and the Astronomican's failureAfter The Carrion Throne; the Great Rift opens and the Astronomican fails; exact year unknown · 1
Ekorash: a test of loyalty to the Black DragonsArrival of Primaris reinforcements: the Indomitus Era, exact year unknown · 1
The Dark City and the Throne's crisisImmediately after The Hollow Mountain; Terra’s crisis and the Astronomican’s failure around the Great Rift; exact year unknown · 1
Covenant against the Tenth PathA prequel to The Horusian Wars: Resurrection; absolute era and year undetermined · 1
Panetha Varn: Cleander’s missionCleander’s Panetha Varn mission; era and year undetermined · 1
Viola von Castellan: the Cytos Cartel investigationAfter the Great Rift opens; Viola’s investigation, exact year undetermined · 1
Covenant and Ianthe: the conspiracy investigationIanthe’s origin story; absolute era and year undetermined · 1
Severita: exile and choiceBefore the main Resurrection/Incarnation storyline; era and year unknown · 1
Argento: hunting a supposed living saintIdris and Covenant’s early years before the main novel strand; era and year unknown · 1
Classic M41 · The ImperiumM41 · date to be confirmed · 1
Confrontation at the Inquisition stationAfter the Great Rift; before The Great Work expedition to Sotha; exact year unknown · 1
Occam’s quest: from the Maelstrom to the galactic coreAfter the Great Rift: the coalition’s split and Occam’s quest; exact year unknown · 1
Dagover: the Anaphora trapMain events occur about six months before Dagover meets Stern; after the Great Rift. · 1
Severitas: the heretic saintAfter the Great Rift · Severitas; exact year unknown · 1
Makari’s interrogation and the legend of GhazghkullM42: Makari’s interrogation; earlier history is retold · 1
Isolde’s camp: the grey plagueAfter the veterans’ combat campaign; era and year unknown · 1
The treachery investigation on EleutaneIndomitus era: the Eleutane investigation; exact year unknown · 1
Greyfax: the search for the Eye of NightAfter Guilliman’s return; the Eye of Night quest, exact year unknown · 1
Cantwarum: Janos and GenevieveCantwarum: the attack and escape; era and year unestablished · 1
Evangeline’s pilgrimage: from Ophelia VII to DimmamarAfter the Great Rift: the defence of Ophelia VII and the pilgrimage to Dimmamar; exact year unknown · 1
The Decree Passive crisisAfter the Great Rift and Guilliman's return; exact year not established · 1
Nicomedua: conspiracy aboard Casus BelliOperation on Nicomedua after the Great Rift; exact year not established · 1
Ianthe’s first mission: the Children of EternityIanthe’s first mission; before the second audio drama, era and year unestablished · 1
Ianthe: the hunt for Silas NornIanthe’s second audio mission; after The Mistress of Threads in the author-assisted route, exact year unknown · 1
Covenant: the Ero conclave and Triumvirate conspiracyAfter the Great Rift; Ero → the Caradryad investigation, exact year unknown · 1
Josef: Cardinal Abernath’s fateSources differ on its position relative to the novels; era and year unknown · 1
Covenant: the Dead Archives trapBetween Resurrection and Incarnation; era and year unknown · 1
Dustcorn: Ianthe’s mission and Zand’s termsIanthe’s third audio mission; after Resurrection and before The Thief of Chalices in the author-assisted route · 1
Dominicus Prime: the Season of Night and Last CandleAfter Resurrection; the Season of Night on Dominicus Prime, exact year unknown · 1
Sabbathiel’s investigation after her returnAfter the comic · almost a century later · before The Karsharat Abomination · 1
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Short story / microfictionUnmarkedFearful SymmetriesRob SandersKryptmann’s research · position relative to the Tyrannic Wars unknowndate approximate
NovelUnmarkedEmperor's MercyHenry ZouRoth’s inquiry → summons to Medina → the relic hunt↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedCrucibleJohn FrenchTriumvirate’s selection → boarding the ship → duel↗date approximate
Graphic novelUnmarkedInquisitor AscendantDan AbnettVolume I · Nicodemus · before Defay’s disappearance↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Emperor's WillDavid ChartersThe Storm Warriors’ return · the Tesra IV mission↗Placement note
Original audio dramaUnmarkedMortarion's HeartLaurie GouldingKornovin · Grand Master’s death → succession → duel↗Placement note
NovellaUnmarkedThe Caligari Archivum: Above and BeyondÁron NémethBargain and escape → voyage → investigation↗Placement note
NovellaUnmarkedThe Caligari Archivum: Levels of CorruptionÁron NémethIllness → quarantine → Vega exposed → accusations↗Placement note
NovellaUnmarkedThe Caligari Archivum: BurdenGábor IzsófAfter Malcorum · recovered memory → catastrophe↗Placement note
Comic issueUnmarkedWarhammer 40,000: Exterminatus #1Dan Abnett; Ian EdgintonThe case begins · after Damnation Crusade↗Placement note
Comic issueUnmarkedWarhammer 40,000: Exterminatus #2Dan Abnett; Ian EdgintonThe container trail → raid on the Damask holdings↗Placement note
Comic issueUnmarkedWarhammer 40,000: Exterminatus #3Dan Abnett; Ian EdgintonThe de Kyp case · #3; episode boundary unestablished↗date approximate
Comic issueUnmarkedWarhammer 40,000: Exterminatus #4Dan Abnett; Ian EdgintonThe de Kyp case · #4; episode boundary unestablished↗date approximate
Comic issueUnmarkedWarhammer 40,000: Exterminatus #5Dan Abnett; Ian EdgintonReaching the refuge → Thousand Sons ambush↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedWitnessJoe ParrinoMargentum · the battle before Prestoff’s interrogation↗Placement note
Comic issueUnmarkedWarhammer 40,000 (Titan Comics) #0George MannPreview #0 · Sarasti’s foresight↗Placement note
Comic issueUnmarkedWarhammer 40,000 (Titan Comics) #1George MannIssue #1 · the Calaphrax campaign begins↗Placement note
Comic issueUnmarkedWarhammer 40,000 (Titan Comics) #2George MannIssue #2 · Exyrion’s hidden hive↗Placement note
Comic issueUnmarkedWarhammer 40,000 (Titan Comics) #3George MannIssue #3 · deeper into Exyrion↗Placement note
Comic issueUnmarkedWarhammer 40,000 (Titan Comics) #5George MannIssue #5 · Revelations begins after Exyrion↗Placement note
Comic issueUnmarkedWarhammer 40,000 (Titan Comics) #6George MannIssue #6 · the hulk and the journey to Quintus↗Placement note
Comic issueUnmarkedWarhammer 40,000 (Titan Comics) #7George MannIssue #7 · the Hyberian and the clash on Quintus↗Placement note
Comic issueUnmarkedWarhammer 40,000 (Titan Comics) #8George MannIssue #8 · discoveries aboard the hulk and on Quintus↗Placement note
Comic issueUnmarkedWarhammer 40,000 (Titan Comics) #9George MannIssue #9 · the investigation and the Inner Circle↗Placement note
Comic issueUnmarkedWarhammer 40,000 (Titan Comics) #10George MannIssue #10 · Sabbathiel’s evidence↗Placement note
Comic issueUnmarkedWarhammer 40,000 (Titan Comics) #11George MannIssue #11 · the confrontation’s introductory context↗Placement note
Comic issueUnmarkedWarhammer 40,000 (Titan Comics) #12George MannIssue #12 · resolution and a vision of a possible future↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedWarped StarsIan WatsonDelta Khomeini V · from the voice to leaving with the Inquisition↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedAtlas InfernalRob SandersThe Atlas’s theft · escape and subsequent pursuit↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedNecessary EvilRob SandersAfter escaping with the Atlas · the search on Nereus↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedShadow PlayRob SandersWebway gate · capture → interrogation → recovery of possessions↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedGrey KnightsBen CounterA thousand years after Mandulis’s sacrifice · Alaric’s mission↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedDark AdeptusBen CounterAfter the missing forge world returns · Alaric’s next mission↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedSacrificeBen CounterBefore Hammer of Daemons · boarding the cruiser↗Placement note
Graphic novelUnmarkedInquisitor Ascendant II: The Hunt for DefayDan AbnettVolume II · after Nicodemus · the hunt for Defay↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedIron HarvestGuy HaleyAgritha · tankers seconded to the Inquisitorial expedition↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedDaemonhammerDarius HinksSearch for the operative → artefact and cult → confrontation↗date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedKnow ThyselfAndy SmillieClassic 40K; no more precise date established↗dating disputed
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Blood of AngelsC.S. GotoClassic 40K; no more precise date established↗dating disputed
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedJudgementMark LathamAfter the brothers’ defection · inspection of the Chapter↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedTruth Is My WeaponJustin HillAfter the Ephesus Prime revolt · interrogation↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedWe Are OneJohn FrenchRoughly a century of pursuit → the flagship meeting↗date approximate
NovelUnmarkedDeathwatchSteve ParkerAfter Talon’s training · the first 31-Caro mission↗date approximate
NovelUnmarkedShadowbreakerSteve ParkerAfter Karras’ recovery · the Tychonis search mission↗date approximate
NovellaUnmarkedAccursed EternitySarah CawkwellBoarding the daemon-ship · divergent temporal streams↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedLord of the NightSimon SpurrierReturn from the warp storm → the hunt for the crown; year unknown◎date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedHuntedJohn FrenchEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedAnd They Shall Know No Fear...Darren CoxEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedIn Hrondir's TombMark ClaphamEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedBarathrumJonathan CurranEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedLast BloodJames MortimoreEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedLesser EvilsTom FosterEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedMonastery of DeathCharles StrossEra and calendar date of the negotiations undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedDivine WillAndy SmillieEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedElucidiumSimon SpurrierEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedFire and IcePeter FehervariEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedUnearthedAuthor not listed in current sourcesEra and calendar date undeterminedPlacement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedPotentiaMike MasonEra and calendar date undeterminedPlacement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedVermilionBen CounterEra and calendar date undetermined↗date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedSeed of DoubtNeil McIntoshEra and calendar date undeterminedPlacement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedSuffer Not the Unclean to LiveGav ThorpeEra and calendar date undetermined◎date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Path UnclearMike BrooksEra and calendar date undeterminedPlacement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Pharisene ParadoxR S WiltEra and calendar date undetermineddate approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Shadow in the GlassSteve LyonsEra and calendar date undetermined↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe StacksAuthor not listed in current sourcesEra and calendar date undeterminedPlacement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedXenocideSimon JowettAfter the invasion of Agra in 793.M41; no separate date is established↗date approximate
NovelUnmarkedDuty CallsSandy MitchellAround 933.M41, after Caves of Ice: roughly six months to a year later↗date approximate
NovelUnmarkedCadian BloodAaron Dembski-BowdenLate M41; no more precise date established↗dating disputed
NovelUnmarkedThe Bleeding ChaliceBen CounterLate M41; long years after Soul Drinker; no absolute year published↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedPhalanxBen CounterLate M41; the six-novel arc's finale after Hellforged; no absolute year published↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedChoose Your EnemiesSandy Mitchellshortly after The Last Ditch; no absolute date has been published↗Placement note
NovelUnmarked13th LegionGav ThorpeImmediately after Deliverance; missions leading to Coritanorum; year not established↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedKill TeamGav ThorpeMany months after Coritanorum, after Liberty; year not established↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedThe Carrion ThroneChris WraightTerra shortly before the Great Rift opens; Crowl and Spinoza’s investigation↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Knave of StarsJohn FrenchCleander’s Panetha Varn mission; era and year undetermined↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Purity of IgnoranceJohn FrenchIanthe’s origin story; absolute era and year undetermined↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedSons of the HydraRob SandersAfter the Great Rift: the coalition’s split and Occam’s quest; exact year unknown↗date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedNightfall on StygiesStark HolbornEra and year unknown◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedRedemption Through SacrificeJustin WoolleyEra and year unknown◎Placement note
NovelUnmarkedEphrael Stern: Heretic SaintDavid AnnandaleAfter the Great Rift · Severitas; exact year unknown↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedGhazghkull Thraka: Prophet of the Waaagh!Nate CrowleyM42: Makari’s interrogation; earlier history is retold◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Dust That RemainsJ. H. ArcherAfter the veterans’ combat campaign; era and year unknown↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Karsharat AbominationGeorge MannDate undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Book of ChangeDanie WareEvent era and year unestablished◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Carbis IncidentVictoria HaywardDate undeterminedPlacement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Devouring VoidDanie WareEvent era and year unestablished◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Fires of Our FaithNicolas WernerDate undetermined◎Placement note
Original audio dramaUnmarkedEye of NightGav ThorpeAfter Guilliman’s return; the Eye of Night quest, exact year unknown↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Thief of ChalicesJohn FrenchBetween Resurrection and Incarnation; era and year unknown↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedAwakeningsGeorge MannAfter the comic · almost a century later · before The Karsharat Abomination↗Placement note
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