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'''Dan Abnett''' lives and works in Maidstone, Kent, England. He graduated from Oxford University and he has worked as a comic book and children's book editor. He now concentrates full time on writing. In the years since then, he has written for a diverse range of characters - including Scooby Doo, Thunderbirds, Conan the Barbarian, the X-Men, Johnny Bravo, Batman, Rupert the Bear, Dr Who, Mr Men, The Terminator and Postman Pat. His work for the [[Black Library]] includes the [[Gaunt's Ghosts]] and [[Inquisitor]] [[Eisenhorn]] novels.
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'''Dan Abnett''' lives and works in Maidstone, Kent, England. He graduated from Oxford University and he has worked as a comic book and children's book editor. He now concentrates full time on writing. In the years since then, he has written for a diverse range of characters - including Scooby Doo, Thunderbirds, Conan the Barbarian, the X-Men, Johnny Bravo, Batman, Rupert the Bear, Dr Who, Mr Men, The Terminator, and Postman Pat.  
 
 
 
Abnett's early work for the [[Black Library (BL Publishing)|Black Library]] includes the [[Gaunt's Ghosts]] and [[Inquisitor]] [[Eisenhorn]] novels. His later work includes several volumes of the ongoing [[Horus Heresy Series]] (including the first, [[Horus Rising (Novel)]]), and the screenplay for [[Ultramarines - A Warhammer 40,000 Movie]].
 
 
 
He has also co-authored several works for the Warhammer Fantasy universe, including the novels ''Gilead's Curse'' (with his wife, [[Nik Vincent]]) and ''Hammers of Ulric'' (with James Wallis).
 
  
 
==List of Warhammer 40,000 works==
 
==List of Warhammer 40,000 works==
 
===[[Gaunt's Ghosts]] series===
 
===[[Gaunt's Ghosts]] series===
'''Novels''':
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''[[The Founding]]''
#[[First And Only (Novel)]]
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* [[First And Only (Novel)|First And Only]]
#[[Ghostmaker (Novel)]]
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* [[Ghostmaker (Novel)|Ghostmaker]]
#[[Necropolis (Novel)]]
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* [[Necropolis (Novel)|Necropolis]]
#[[Honour Guard (Novel)]]
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''[[The Saint]]''
#[[The Guns of Tanith (Novel)]]
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* [[Honour Guard (Novel)|Honour Guard]]
#[[Straight Silver (Novel)]]
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* [[The Guns of Tanith (Novel)|The Guns Of Tanith]]
#[[Sabbat Martyr (Novel)]]
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* [[Straight Silver (Novel)|Straight Silver]]
#[[Traitor General (Novel)]]
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* [[Sabbat Martyr (Novel)|Sabbat Martyr]]
#[[His Last Command (Novel)]]
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''[[The Lost]]''
#[[The Armour Of Contempt (Novel)]]
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* [[Traitor General (Novel)|Traitor General]]
#[[Only in Death (Novel)]]
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* [[His Last Command (Novel)|His Last Command]]
#[[Blood Pact (Novel)]]
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* [[The Armour Of Contempt (Novel)|The Armour Of Contempt]]
#[[Salvation's Reach (Novel)]]
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* Only in Death (Working Title/Title) - Not Yet Published
#[[The Warmaster (Novel)]]
 
#[[The Anarch (Novel)]]
 
 
 
'''Short Stories'''
 
*''[[Of Their Lives in the Ruins of Their Cities (Short Story)]]'' - published in [[Sabbat Worlds (Anthology)]], taking place during the continuity of ''The Founding''
 
*''[[In Remembrance (Short Story)]]'', first published in [[Inferno!]] magazine, re-published in ''The Founding'', taking place in the aftermath of '''Necropolis'''.
 
*''[[The Iron Star (Short Story)]]'' - published in [[Sabbat Worlds (Anthology)]], taking place during the continuity of ''The Lost''
 
*''[[The Victory (Short Story)]]''
 
*''[[Vermilion Level (Short Story)]]'' - originally published in [[Inferno!]] #30, re-published online in October 2013
 
*''[[A Ghost Return (Short Story)]]'' - originally published online in March 2014, re-published in [[Sabbat Crusade (Anthology)]]
 
*''[[Family (Short Story)]]'' - published in ''[[Sabbat Crusade (Anthology)]]''
 
*''[[You Never Know (Short Story)]]'' - published in ''[[Sabbat Crusade (Anthology)]]''
 
*''[[Ghosts and Bad Shadows (Short Story)]]'' - published in ''[[Sabbat Crusade (Anthology)]]''
 
*''[[Forgotten (Short Story)]]'' - published online in December 2014
 
 
 
'''Omnibus Editions''':
 
*''[[The Founding]]'': collects the first three novels
 
*''[[The Saint]]'': collects the fourth through seventh novels
 
*''[[The Lost]]'': collects the eighth through eleventh novels
 
 
 
'''Anthologies''':
 
*''[[Sabbat Worlds (Anthology)]]'' (Editor, and Author of two short stories therein)
 
*''[[Sabbat Crusade (Anthology)]]'' (Editor, and Author of four short stories therein)
 
 
 
===[[Inquisitor (Novel Series)]]===
 
*[[Eisenhorn Trilogy|Eisenhorn]]:
 
**[[Xenos (Novel)]] (2001)
 
**[[Malleus (Novel)]]
 
**[[Hereticus (Novel)]]
 
**[[The Magos (Novel)]]
 
  
*[[Ravenor Trilogy]]:
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===Double Eagle (Gaunt's Ghosts spinoff series)===
** [[Ravenor (Novel)]]
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* [[Double Eagle (Novel)|Double Eagle]]
** [[Ravenor Returned (Novel)]]
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* Interceptor City (Working Title) Not Yet Published
** [[Ravenor Rogue (Novel)]]
 
  
*[[Bequin Trilogy]]:
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===[[Eisenhorn Trilogy]]===
**[[Pariah (Novel)]]
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* [[Xenos (Novel)|Xenos]]
**[[Penitent (Novel)]]
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* [[Malleus (Novel)|Malleus]]
**'''Untitled'''
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* [[Hereticus (Novel)|Hereticus]]
  
*'''Short Stories''':
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* [[Missing in Action (Short Story)|Missing In Action]] - Chronologically this story takes place between the Xenos and Malleus novels. It was published in the anthology  [[Word Of Blood (Novel)|Words Of Blood]].
**''[[Missing in Action (Short Story)]]'' - published in [[Words of Blood (Anthology)]], re-published in [[Eisenhorn (Omnibus)]]
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* [[Backcloth for a Crown Additional (Short Story)|Backcloth For A Crown Additional]] - Chronologically this story takes place between the Malleus and Hereticus novels.
**''[[Backcloth For A Crown Additional (Short Story)]]'' - published in [[Crucible of War (Anthology)]], re-published in [[Eisenhorn (Omnibus)]]
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* [[Eisenhorn (Novel)|Eisenhorn]] - Omnibus collecting the three novels and the two short stories that take place in between them.
**''[[The Strange Demise of Titus Endor (Short Story)]]'' - published in [[Hammer and Bolter 1]], re-published in [[The Best of Hammer and Bolter: Volume One]]
 
**''[[Thorn Wishes Talon (Short Story)]]'' - first published in [[What Price Victory (Anthology)]] (2004), re-published in [[Ravenor: The Omnibus]] and as an audiobook story in [[Thorn and Talon (Audio Book)]].
 
**''[[Playing Patience (Short Story)]]'' - first published in [[Let the Galaxy Burn (Anthology)]], re-published in '''Ravenor: The Omnibus'''
 
**''[[Perihelion (Short Story)]]'' - published in [[Games Day Anthology 2012/2013]](2012)
 
**''[[Born Unto Us (Short Story)]]'' - published online in December 2012.
 
**''[[The Keeler Image (Short Story)]]'' - published online in August 2016
 
  
*'''Audio Dramas''':
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===[[Ravenor Series]] (Eisenhorn trilogy spinoff series)===
**[[Thorn and Talon (Audio Book)]] (2011) - Gregor Eisenhorn returns in three Audio Drama adventures.
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* [[Ravenor (Novel)|Ravenor]]
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* [[Ravenor Returned (Novel)|Ravenor Returned]]
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* [[Ravenor Rogue (Novel)|Ravenor Rogue]] - Not Yet Published
  
===[[Horus Heresy Series]]===  
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===[[The Horus Heresy]]===  
*'''Novels''':
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*[[Horus Rising (Novel)|Horus Rising]]
**'''1.''' [[Horus Rising (Novel)]] - ([[Luna Wolves]]/[[Emperor's Children]]/[[Blood Angels]])
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*[[Legion (Novel)|Legion]]
**'''7.''' [[Legion (Novel)]] - ([[Alpha Legion]]/[[Imperial Army]])
 
**'''14.''' [[Prospero Burns (Novel)]] - ([[Space Wolves]]/[[Thousand Sons]])
 
**'''17.''' [[Know No Fear (Novel)]] - ([[Ultramarines]]/[[Word Bearers]])
 
**'''21.''' [[Unremembered Empire (Novel)]] - ([[Ultramarines]]/[[Blood Angels]])
 
**[[Saturnine (Novel)]]
 
*'''Short Stories''':
 
**''[[The Lightning Tower (Short Story)]]'' - published in [[Horus Heresy Chapbook (Anthology)]], re-published as an audio drama in [[The Dark King and The Lightning Tower (Audio Book)]];
 
**''[[Blood Games (Short Story)]]'' ([[Adeptus Custodes]]) - published in [[Tales of Heresy (Anthology)]];
 
**''[[Little Horus (Short Story)]]'' ([[Sons of Horus]]) - published in [[Age of Darkness (Anthology)]]
 
**''[[Unmarked (Short Story)]]'' - published in [[Mark of Calth (Anthology)]]
 
**''[[Meduson (Short Story)]]'' - published in [[Meduson (Anthology)]]
 
*'''Graphic Novels''':
 
**''[[Macragge's Honour (Graphic Novel)]]''
 
 
 
===[[The Beast Arises]]===
 
*[[I Am Slaughter (Novel)]] - December 2015
 
 
 
===Other Novels===
 
*[[Brothers of the Snake (Novel)|Brothers of the Snake]] - ([[Iron Snakes]] [[Space Marines]])
 
*[[Double Eagle (Novel)|Double Eagle]] - ([[Imperial Navy]])
 
*[[Titanicus]] - ([[Adeptus Mechanicus]]/[[Adeptus Titanicus]])
 
 
 
===Short Stories===
 
*''[[The Invitation (Short Story)]]'' - ([[Sisters of Battle]]) - published in [[Tales from the Dark Millennium (Anthology)]]
 
*''[[Ork Hunter (Short Story)]]'' (Imperial Guard) - published in [[Words of Blood (Anthology)]], re-published in [[Let the Galaxy Burn (Anthology)]]
 
*''[[Pestilence (Short Story)]]'' - published in [[Deathwing (Anthology)]], re-published in [[Let the Galaxy Burn (Anthology)]]
 
*''[[The Curiosity (Short Story)]]'' - published in [[Crucible of War (Anthology)]]
 
*''[[The Fall of Malvolion (Short Story)]]'' - published in [[Let the Galaxy Burn (Anthology)]]
 
*''[[Gardens of Tycho (Short Story)]]'' - published in [[Fear the Alien (Anthology)]]
 
*''[[Kill Hill (Short Story)]]'' - published online in April 2012, re-published in [[15th Birthday Collection (Anthology)]]
 
*''[[Blind Hopes (Short Story)]]'' - [[Dark Millennium (game system)]] e-short
 
*''[[Eternal (Short Story)]]'' - published online in December 2014
 
  
 
===Comics and Graphic Novels===
 
===Comics and Graphic Novels===
*[[Damnation Crusade (Comic Series)|Damnation Crusade]] - ([[Black Templars]] Space Marines)
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*[[Titan: God-Machine (Series)|Titan: God-Machine]]
*[[Lone Wolves (Graphic Novel)|Lone Wolves]] - (Imperial Guard/Space Wolves)
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*[[Lone Wolves (Graphic Novel)|Lone Wolves]]
*[[Inquisitor Ascendant (Graphic Novel Series)|Inquisitor Ascendant]] - (The Inquisition)
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*[[Inquisitor Ascendant (Series)|Inquisitor Ascendant]]
*[[Titan (Graphic Novel Series)|Titan]] - (Adeptus Titanicus)
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*[[Damnation Crusade (Comic)]]
*[[Exterminatus (Graphic Novel)|Exterminatus]] - ([[Black Templars]], [[Imperial Guard]], [[Inquisition]])
 
*[[Blood and Thunder (Graphic Novel)|Blood and Thunder]] - (Imperial Guard)
 
  
 
===Background Books===  
 
===Background Books===  
*[[The Sabbat Worlds Crusade (Background Book)|The Sabbat Worlds Crusade]]
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*[[Sabbat Worlds Crusade|The Sabbat Worlds Crusade]]
 
*[[Tactica Imperialis]]
 
*[[Tactica Imperialis]]
  
== Films ==
 
*[[Ultramarines - A Warhammer 40,000 Movie]] (screenplay)
 
 
==Related publications==
 
==Related publications==
*[[BL Publishing]]
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*[[Black Library Publishing]]
  
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
*[http://www.danabnett.com/ Dan Abnett's Website]
 
*[http://www.danabnett.com/ Dan Abnett's Website]
*[http://www.blacklibrary.com/ Black Library Website]
 
 
  
 
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Revision as of 07:30, 6 March 2021

Dan Abnett lives and works in Maidstone, Kent, England. He graduated from Oxford University and he has worked as a comic book and children's book editor. He now concentrates full time on writing. In the years since then, he has written for a diverse range of characters - including Scooby Doo, Thunderbirds, Conan the Barbarian, the X-Men, Johnny Bravo, Batman, Rupert the Bear, Dr Who, Mr Men, The Terminator and Postman Pat. His work for the Black Library includes the Gaunt's Ghosts and Inquisitor Eisenhorn novels.

List of Warhammer 40,000 works

Gaunt's Ghosts series

The Founding

The Saint

The Lost

Double Eagle (Gaunt's Ghosts spinoff series)

  • Double Eagle
  • Interceptor City (Working Title) Not Yet Published

Eisenhorn Trilogy

  • Missing In Action - Chronologically this story takes place between the Xenos and Malleus novels. It was published in the anthology Words Of Blood.
  • Backcloth For A Crown Additional - Chronologically this story takes place between the Malleus and Hereticus novels.
  • Eisenhorn - Omnibus collecting the three novels and the two short stories that take place in between them.

Ravenor Series (Eisenhorn trilogy spinoff series)

The Horus Heresy

Comics and Graphic Novels

Background Books

Related publications


External Links