Ultramarines Books in Order
Ultramarines contains 16 books, published between 2002 and 2019. The first book is Nightbringer (2002) and the newest is Uriel Ventris: Volume 2 (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 16
- Published
- 2002–2019
- Pages on record
- 1,728 in 2 of 16 books
Ultramarines is a science fiction series of 16 books, set on space warfare and encounters with alien species. Graham McNeill is credited on 15 of them, with Marc Gascoigne and David Annandale named on 1 each. Nightbringer (2002) opens the sequence, followed by Warriors of Ultramar (2003) and Dead Sky, Black Sun (2004). The listing ends with Uriel Ventris: Volume 2 (2019).
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How many Ultramarines books are there?
Ultramarines has 16 books, released between 2002 and 2019.
Ultramarines Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 16 Ultramarines books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of November 2026.
- 1Nightbringer2002 · confirmed 1/42002–1/4
- 2Warriors of Ultramar2003 · confirmed 1/42003–1/4
- 3Dead Sky, Black Sun2004 · confirmed 1/42004–1/4
- 4The Ultramarines Omnibus2006 · 768 pages · confirmed 1/420067681/4
- 5The Killing Ground2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 6Courage and Honour2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 7The Chapter's Due2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 8Consequences2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 9Chains of Command2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 10The Enemy of My Enemy2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 11Eye of Vengeance2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 12Fear of the Dark2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 14Do Eagles Still Circle the Mountain?2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 15Uriel Ventris: Volume 12019 · 960 pages · confirmed 1/420199601/4
- 16The Unsung War2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 17Uriel Ventris: Volume 22019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
Do you have to read Ultramarines books in order?
You should read the Ultramarines books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Ultramarines book also stands alone.
Where to start with Ultramarines
Start with Nightbringer (2002), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Ultramarines book?
Uriel Ventris: Volume 2 (2019) is the newest Ultramarines book released so far.
Is there a new Ultramarines book coming?
No next Ultramarines book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Ultramarines at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Ultramarines title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Ultramarines books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,728 pages across the 2 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 864 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ultramarines books, 10 of 16, were published in the 2010s.
- Attribution
- Of the 16 titles, 15 are credited to Graham McNeill, 1 to Marc Gascoigne and 1 to David Annandale.
When Ultramarines books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Ultramarines titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 10 titles.
16 books total across 2 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Ultramarines books are about
2 of the 16 Ultramarines books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Comics & graphic novels, science fiction 1 of 2 books
- Science fiction 1 of 2 books
- Guerre spatiale 1 of 2 books
- Human-alien encounters 1 of 2 books
- Rencontres avec les extraterrestres 1 of 2 books
- Romans, nouvelles 1 of 2 books
- Space warfare 1 of 2 books