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Following the 1987 initial release of Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 wargame, set in a far future military [1] science fantasy [2] universe, the company began publishing background literature that expands previous material, adds new material, and describes the universe, its characters, and its events in detail.
Since 1997, the bulk of background literature has been published by the affiliated imprint Black Library. The increasing number of fiction works by an expanding list of authors is published in several formats and media, including audio, digital and print. Most of the works, which include full-length novels, novellas, short stories, graphic novels, and audio dramas, are parts of named book series.
The saga chronologically continued with the Siege of Terra novels.
This omnibus edition contains the books Horus Rising, False Gods and Galaxy in Flames, and also the stories "The Wolf of Ash and Fire", "Lord of the Red Sands" and "Death of a Silversmith" included in book #35, #33, and #22 respectively
This omnibus edition contains the books Fulgrim and Angel Exterminatus, the novellas The Crimson Fist and The Reflection Crack'd, and also the stories "The Phoenician", "Iron Within", "Imperfect", "Chirurgeon" and "Lucius the Eternal Blade" included in book #22, #20, #33, #16, #33, #33, and #31 respectively
This omnibus edition contains the books A Thousand Sons and Prospero Burns, and also the stories "Howl of the Hearthworld", "Rebirth", "Hunter's Moon" and "Thief of Revelations".
Authored by Henry Zou
Authored by Jonathan Green
Authored by James Swallow
Authored by Darius Hinks
Authored by Alex Stewart under the pseudonym Sandy Mitchell
Authored by David Annandale
Authored by Andy Chambers
Authored by Sandy Mitchell
Authored by Cassern S. Goto
Authored by Cassern S. Goto
Authored by Dan Abnett
Authored by Gordon Rennie
Authored by Ben Counter
Authored by Dan Abnett
Authored by Dan Abnett
Authored by Dan Abnett
Authored by Rob Sanders
Authored by Ian Watson
Authored by Graham McNeill – these works are closely linked to the Ultramarines Series
Authored by Gav Thorpe
Authored by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Lord of the Night (2005)
Authored by Gav Thorpe
Authored by George Mann
Authored by Andy Hoare
Authored by Nick Kyme
Authored by Matthew Farrer
Authored by Ben Counter
Authored by Graham McNeill – these works are closely linked to the Iron Warriors Series
Authored by Anthony Reynolds
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