Graham McNeill: These books follow the exploits of Captain Uriel Ventris of the 4th Company of the Ultramarines Chapter who, in his first novel, Nightbringer, had been newly-promoted to that role with the death of his former captain. Uriel Ventris as portrayed on the cover of The Swords of Calth (by Anna Lakisova)

I imagine most 40k fans will be at least reasonably familiar with these characters, but here’s a quick excerpt from a previous interview I ran with Graham McNeill in which he gives a brief overview of what to expect.

Ventris and Honsou have been respectively defending and destroying the Imperium since 2001 (Ventris) and 2002 (Honsou), and feature in some of the most enduringly popular Black Library stories. Who are Uriel Ventris and Warsmith Honsou? Graham has kindly provided his suggested (in-universe chronological) reading order for the whole lot, so if you’ve ever wanted to read these series but haven’t known where to start, look no further than this article!Īs well as the recommended reading order, I’ve also included a breakdown of each story with the publisher’s synopsis, suggestions of the best way to get hold of each one, and links out to my reviews where they’re available. The Ultramarines series – (mostly) featuring Uriel Ventris – and the Iron Warriors series – featuring Warsmith Honsou – can be read separately, but fit together brilliantly to form one larger whole, and between them they include almost 30 stories. Welcome to this 40k Reading Order article, where today I’m actually looking at two series which intersect and overlap, both by Graham McNeill, as part of an ongoing set of articles in which I’m providing recommended orders for various Black Library series.

Dark planet warriors reading order