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Hey folks, I was wondering if anybody has come across (or could provide) a chronological list of Black Library novels, not just HH. Specifically, I'm looking for the earliest novel you know of (timeline wise) of the setting. Also, does anybody know of any novels that deal with or discuss the age of strife in any detail?

Given the number of novels published by BL, that would be next to impossible. I know that a lot of Abnett's main series happen a lot earlier than people think, given what's going on in the story, but Ravenor did not begin to write his book until the end of his original story-arc, which then makes an appearance in Gaunt's Ghosts, and is commented on being "centuries old" therein. That puts the Eisenhorn/Ravenor tales sometime in M39 at the latest, GG's sometime in early-M40.

As far as the Age of Strife goes? No. It's a time of legend and myth, being older even than the age of the Horus Heresy, which is a time of mythological beings and legendary events, being all but forgotten by the people of M41.

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Horus_Heresy_Series