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|Name =His Last Command
|Image =Hislastcommand.jpg
|Image caption=His Last Command
|Author =[[Dan Abnett]]
|Publisher =[[Black Library (BL Publishing)|Black Library]]
|Series =[[Gaunt's Ghosts (Novel Series)|Gaunt's Ghosts]]
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'''His Last Command''' is the ninth novel in the [[Gaunt's Ghosts (Novel Series)|Gaunt's Ghosts series]] by [[Dan Abnett]].
== Summary ==
== Synopsis ==
After sixteen months of fighting as part of the Gereon Resistance, Colonel-Commissar Gaunt and his team escape the Chaos-held world and return to Imperial territory. Instead of praise and acknowledgement of their actions, the Ghosts are met with deep mistrust and abuse. Saved from execution in Camp Xeno on Ancreon Sextus by Junior Commissar Nahum Ludd, Gaunt and the Ghosts are briefly re-united with Lord-General Van Voytz before facing trial by the Commissariat. However, half-way through the hearings all charges are dropped and the Ghosts are prepared to return to active duty. Gaunt is shocked to learn that the Tanith First has been disbanded and merged with an under-strength regiment; the 81st Belladon. Furthermore, Gaunt is relieved of command status and once again a simple field commissar, but separated from his men.
His Last Command introduces troopers from the 81st Belladon, several of whom become key characters in the series. The title refers to both Gaunt and Wilder. When informing Gaunt of his demotion, Van Voytz tells him that the Tanith was "[his] last command". Wilder issues his last command to a platoon of Belladon soldiers participating in a suicidal rearguard for the rest of the regiment, which Gaunt assumes leadership of.
== Characters ==
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