The Sanguinor: Exemplar of the Host ebook

As Black Library's 2013 Advent Calendar series of Lords of the Space Marines ebook short stories and mini audio dramas draws to a close, my second Warhammer 40,000 Blood Angels tale has appeared for download...

My short story is up at the Advent Calendar page Here, available to be digitally downloaded for a penny short of a pound. Check out the rest of the releases Here!

You Are Hearing Me Talk to Literary Treks: Episode 45 Out of Your Comfort Zone

It was my pleasure to chat to appear on one of TrekFM's podcast shows this week to talk about my new Star Trek The Fall novel The Poisoned Chalice, and you can listen to it by clicking on the image below...

"In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Matthew Rushing and Christopher Jones continue our series of interviews with the authors of The Fall as James Swallow joins us to discuss the fourth book in the series, The Poisoned Chalice."

Thanks to Matt and Chris for having me on the show!

Merry Deus Exmas - Deus Ex: The Fall special offer

Yup, it's the Christmas season, and what better way is there for you to celebrate the Yule than by going to South America in the year 2027 and breaking up a massive consipracy?

As a year-end special offer, the folks at Square Enix are making Deus Ex: The Fall available for iOS gamers at the princely sum of just 99p over at the iTunes Store, which at 85% off is as cheap as bio-chips (US and European gamers can get it for just under a buck/euro too). This festive price augmentation will last until January 2nd 2014, so get it while its, um, cold.

Set in the same world as Deus Ex: Human Revolution, The Fall is an action-RPG and features characters and situations from my tie-in novel Deus Ex: Icarus Effect. The plotline of the mobile game carries on directly after the events of the book, with players taking on the role of former Belltower mercenary and ex-SAS soldier Ben Saxon. In The Fall, Saxon is pulled into conflict with the members of his former team, the Tyrants - a ruthless group of augmented assassins - as he uncovers a conspiracy behind the production of an anti-rejection drug vital to those who have cybernetic augmentations.

 

 

Dante: Lord of the Host ebook

As part of their 2013 Advent Calendar series of ebook short stories and mini audio dramas under the Lords of the Space Marines banner, I've written a couple of Warhammer 40,000 Blood Angels tales for the folks over at Black Library.

The first short story (originally titled "Mortalis") is now up at the Advent Calendar page Here, available to be digitally  downloaded for a penny short of a pound. Check out the rest of the releases Here.

My next entry in the series will be coming before the end of the month, and will feature another hero of the Blood Angels chapter - the mysterious Sanguinor...

NYT3!

It is with great pleasure and no little amount of pride I can announce today that my latest novel Star Trek: The Fall - The Poisoned Chalice has made the New York Times Bestseller List for December 15th 2013.

This is my third time on the list (previously I made the grade with my Horus Heresy novels Nemesis and Fear To Tread) but this is the first time one of my Star Trek works hit the chart, and I'm elated!

I would like to thank everyone who has bought a copy the book, and all the Star Trek fans out there who have been very supportive of the whole The Fall miniseries; I also want to tip my hat to all the great writers who I've worked with on these books - David R. George III, Una McCormack, David Mack and Dayton Ward.

Being part of this group endeavour with these folks has been a blast - and for those of you who have followed the books to this point, I can promise that Dayton's grand finale Peaceable Kingdoms (out later this month) is going to bring everything to a dynamic conclusion.

Incoming! [December 2013]

This is December's 'Coming Soon' update on my future projects and events:

Videogames Writing Talk at London South Bank University - I'm appearing at the Keyworth Centre at the LSBU to talk about scriptwriting for games. December 4th.

The Horus Heresy: Signus Daemonicus Der Engel Fällt - German language edition of my Horus Heresy novel Fear to Tread. December 12th.

Warhammer 40,000: Warlords of the Dark Millennium "Dante" ebook short story as part of Black Library's 2013 Advent Calendar series. December 15th.

Warhammer 40,000: Warlords of the Dark Millennium "Sanguinor" ebook short story as part of Black Library's 2013 Advent Calendar series. December 23rd.

Star Trek The Fall: The Poisoned Chalice - Paperback edition of my Star Trek novel for Pocket Books, volume #4 in Star Trek: The Fall miniseries. December 26th.

"The Turn of The Card" - eBook edition of Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters anthology, featuring an original short story by me based on the Colossal Kaiju Combat gameworld. December.

There Is Only War - another mega-sized Warhammer 40,000 anthology from Black Library, this one featuring a reprint of my Doom Eagles story "The Returned". December.

Warhammer 40,000: Maree Noir - French language edition of my Warhammer 40,000 novel Black Tide. February 21st 2014.

Blake's 7 The Liberator Chronicles Volume 7: The Hard Road - Part of Big Finish's upcoming Blake's 7 audio box-set series. February 2014.

Warhammer 40,000: Schwarze Flut - German language edition of my Warhammer 40,000 novel Black Tide. March 6th 2014.

"The Turn of The Card" - Hardcover and paperback edition of the Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters anthology, featuring my short story inspired by the Colossal Kaiju Combat gameworld. March 2014.

'Deus Ex 4' - A new chapter in the Deus Ex videogame series, for next-generation consoles and PCs. TBC.