Review
"'A story packed with action and hardcore military sci-fi in a dark and brutal universe.' - RPG United"
Product Description
The Space Marines are the most popular of all of the forces fighting in the grim future of Warhammer 40,000, and the Blood Angels are possibly the most popular of all the Marine Chapters. In the first of two linked novels, rising Black Library (and Black Flame!) star James Swallow reveals the gore-soaked secrets of the Blood Angels for the very first time. Retreating from an inglorious defeat, the Space Marines are reinforced by a new army led by their legendary primarch, Sanguinius. But Sanguinius has been dead for centuries, so what by all that is holy is going on?
About the Author
James Swallow has written several books, including Star Trek: Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers and Seeds of Dissent (from Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Infinity's Prism); the Sundowners quartet of ?steampunk' science fiction Westerns (Ghost Town, Underworld, Iron Dragon and Showdown); the best-selling novelization of The Butterfly Effect; The Flight of the Eisenstein, Faith and Fire and Jade Dragon; the 2000AD tie-ins Eclipse, Blood Relative and Whiteout; Stargate Atlantis: Halcyon; and the Blood Angels duology Deus Encarmine and Deus Sanguinius.
In addition, Swallow's short fiction has appeared in Inferno! and Stargate magazine, the anthologies Star Trek Voyager: Distant Shores, the Doctor Who Short Trips collections Dalek Empire and Destination Prague, Something Changed, Collected Works, What Price Victory and Silent Night.
His non-fiction includes Dark Eye: The Films of David Fincher and books on writing, genre television and animation; he has also written for Star Trek: Voyager, Doctor Who and Space 1889, along with several scripts for audio and videogames.
