Eisenhorn

Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn, hero of Dan Abnett's Eisenhorn novels.

Gregor Eisenhorn is an inquisitor and the protagonist of Eisenhorn, a trilogy of science-fantasy crime novels by the British writer Dan Abnett set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. With fellow inquisitor Gideon Ravenor and their retinue, he hunts heretics and daemons while trying not to fall to Chaos himself.

Quick Facts

Author

Dan Abnett

First novel

Xenos (2001)

Trilogy

Xenos
Malleus
Hereticus

Lore & Background

The trilogy, Xenos (2001), Malleus (2001) and Hereticus (2002), opened a wider series of Abnett trilogies and novels that are among the most popular Warhammer 40,000 fiction, continuing with the Ravenor books, Pariah: Ravenor Versus Eisenhorn (2012) and Penitent (2021). The Magos (2018) collects prequel stories as The Definitive Casebook of Gregor Eisenhorn.

Did You Know?

Xenos was adapted as the video game Eisenhorn: Xenos, released on Steam in August 2016.
In July 2019 the producer Frank Spotnitz announced that he was developing a TV adaptation of the Eisenhorn series as the showrunner, together with Emily Feller as an executive producer.