(1965-    ) UK editor and comics writer, active for several years as a writer for various Comics including Thunderbirds, X-Men; for the comic 2000 AD he created and writes Sinister Dexter (1995-current). His prose fiction is restricted to a series of Ties for various sub-series in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, beginning with Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts: First and Only (1999). They are listed below, as is his Doctor Who: Torchwood novel. A more recent singleton, Embedded (2011), is Military SF. [JC]

Daniel P Abnett

born Rochdale, Lancashire: 12 October 1965

died

works

Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts

• First and Only (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Games Workshop, 1999) [tie: Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts: pb/Kenson Low]
• Ghostmaker (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Games Workshop, 2000) [tie: Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts: pb/Martin Hanford]
• Necropolis (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Games Workshop, 2001) [tie: Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts: pb/Martin Hanford]
  • The Founding (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Games Workshop, 2003) [omni of titles 1, 2, 3 plus short story: tie: Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts: hb/]
• Honour Guard (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Games Workshop, 2001) [tie: Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts: pb/Martin McKenna]
• The Guns of Tanith (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Games Workshop, 2001) [tie: Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts: pb/Martin McKenna]
• Straight Silver (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Games Workshop, 2002) [tie: Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts: pb/Adrian Smith]
• Sabbat Martyr (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Games Workshop, 2003) [tie: Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts: pb/Adrian Smith]
  • The Saint (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Games Workshop, 2004) [omni of titles 4, 5, 6, 7: tie: Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts: hb/Clint Langley]
• Traitor General (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Games Workshop, 2004) [tie: Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts: hb/]
• His Last Command (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Games Workshop, 2005) [tie: Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts: hb/Alex Boyd]
• The Sabbat Worlds Crusade (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Games Workshop, 2005) [chap: tie: presented as nonfiction: Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts: pb/]
• The Armour of Contempt (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Games Workshop, 2006) [tie: Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts: hb/Cos Koniotis]
• Brothers of the Snake (Nottingham, England: Games Workshop, 2007) [tie: Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts: hb/Cliff Langley]
• Only in Death (Nottingham, England: Games Workshop, 2007) [tie: Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts: hb/Cliff Langley]
• Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts: The Lost (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Games Workshop, 2009) [omni of titles 8, 9, 11, 13: tie: Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts: pb/Clint Langley]
• Titanicus (Nottingham, England: Games Workshop, 2008) [tie: Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts: hb/Karl & Stefan Kopinsky]
• Blood Pact (Nottingham, England: Games Workshop, 2009) [tie: Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts: hb/David Palumbo]

Warhammer main series

• Hammers of Ulric (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Games Workshop, 2000) with Nik Vincent and James Wallis [tie: Warhammer: pb/Martin Hanford]
• Gilead's Blood (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Games Workshop, 2001) with Nik Vincent [tie: Warhammer: pb/Paul Dainton]
• Riders of the Dead (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Games Workshop, 2003) [tie: Warhammer: hb/Adrian Smith]
  • Warhammer: Thunder & Steel (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Games Workshop, 2003) [omni of above three plus added material: tie: pb/Wayne England]
• Fell Cargo (Nottingham, England: Games Workshop, 2006) [tie: Warhammer: pb/Wayne England]

Warhammer: Eisenhorn

• Xenos (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Games Workshop, 2001) [tie: Warhammer: Eisenhorn: pb/Adrian Smith]
• Malleus (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Games Workshop, 2001) [tie: Warhammer: Eisenhorn: pb/Adrian Smith]
• Hereticus (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Games Workshop, 2002) [tie: Warhammer: Eisenhorn: pb/Adrian Smith]
  • Eisenhorn (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Games Workshop, 2004) [omni of above three titles: tie: exp with stories and other material: Warhammer: Eisenhorn: pb/]

Warhammer: Gideon Ravenor

• Ravenor (Nottingham, England: Games Workshop, 2004) [tie: Warhammer 40,000: Gideon Ravenor: hb/]
• Ravenor Returned (Nottingham, England: Games Workshop, 2005) [tie: Warhammer 40,000: Gideon Ravenor: hb/Wayne England]
• Ravenor Rogue (Nottingham, England: Games Workshop, 2007) [tie: Warhammer 40,000: Gideon Ravenor: hb/]
  • Warhammer 40,000: Ravenor, The Omnibus (Nottingham, England: Games Workshop, 2009) [omni of the above three plus added material: pb/Wayne England]

Warhammer 40,000

• Double Eagle (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Games Workshop, 2004) [tie: Warhammer 40,000: hb/]

Warhammer: Malus Darkblade

• The Daemon's Curse (Nottingham, England: Games Workshop, 2005) with Mike Lee [tie: Warhammer: Malus Darkblade: pb/Clint Langley]
• Bloodstorm (Nottingham, England: Games Workshop, 2005) with Mike Lee [tie: Warhammer: Malus Darkblade: pb/Clint Langley]
• Reaper of Souls (Nottingham, England: Games Workshop, 2006) with Mike Lee [tie: Warhammer: Malus Darkblade: pb/Clint Langley]
  • The Chronicles of Malus Darkblade: Volume One (Nottingham, England: Games Workshop, 2005) with Mike Lee [omni of the above three: tie: Warhammer: Malus Darkblade: pb/Clint Langley]
• Warpsword (Nottingham, England: Games Workshop, 2007) with Mike Lee [tie: Warhammer: Malus Darkblade: pb/Clint Langley]
• Lord of Ruin (Nottingham, England: Games Workshop, 2007) with Mike Lee [tie: Warhammer: Malus Darkblade: pb/Clint Langley]
  • The Chronicles of Malus Darkblade: Volume One (Nottingham, England: Games Workshop, 2005) with Mike Lee [omni of the above two: tie: Warhammer: Malus Darkblade: pb/]

Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy

• The Horus Heresy: Horus Rising (Nottingham, England: Games Workshop, 2007) [tie: Warhammer 40,000: Horus Heresy: pb/]
• The Horus Heresy: Legion: Secrets and Lies (Nottingham, England: Games Workshop, 2008) [tie: Warhammer 40,000: Horus Heresy: pb/Neil Roberts]
• The Horus Heresy: Prospero Burns (Nottingham, England: Games Workshop, 2010) [tie: Warhammer 40,000: Horus Heresy: pb/Neil Roberts]

Doctor Who: Torchwood

• Torchwood: Border Princess (London: BBC Books, 2007) [tie: Doctor Who: Torchwood: hb/]
• Doctor Who: The Story of Martha (London: BBC Books, 2009) [tie: Doctor Who: hb/]

Primeval

• Primeval: Extinction (London: Titan Books, 2009) [tie to the Television series: pb/]

individual titles

• Triumff: Her Majesty's Hero (London: HarperCollins/Angry Robot, 2009) [pb/]
• Embedded (London: Angry Robot, 2011) [pb/Larry Rostant]

links

• Dan Abnett

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