Ben Counter

Ben Counter is a writer whose Warhammer 40000 novels include the Soul Drinkers series, the Grey Knights series, the Horus Heresy novels Galaxy In Flames and Battle For the Abyss, and the stand-alone Daemon World.

Tropes featured in his works include:

 * A Father to His Men
 * A Friend in Need
 * Alien Geometries
 * The Bad Guy Wins
 * Bait and Switch Gunshot
 * Blue Blood
 * Bullet Holes and Revelations
 * The Cavalry
 * Combat Pragmatist
 * Could Have Avoided This Plot: Soul Drinkers, Grey Knights, take your pick of any book and it's probably in there.
 * Divided We Fall
 * Doomed By Canon
 * Duel to The Death
 * Due to The Dead
 * Dying Alone
 * Enemy Civil War: Alaric is very good at this.
 * Fearless Fool
 * Feed the Mole
 * Fire Forged Friends
 * Genghis Gambit
 * Gladiator Games
 * Gladiator Revolt
 * Glory Hound
 * Good Old Ways
 * Heel Realization
 * Humans Are Special
 * I Did What I Had to Do
 * I Gave My Word
 * In Its Hour of Need
 * Kneel Before Zod: Demanded of the Soul Drinkers and refused.
 * Kill Em All
 * Last Stand: Let's just say it happens a lot.
 * The Medic
 * The Men First
 * The Mole
 * Mook Face Turn
 * More Hero Than Thou
 * My God What Have I Done
 * New Era Speech
 * Power of Trust
 * Pride
 * Rebellious Rebel
 * The Resenter
 * The Reveal
 * Shoot Your Mate
 * Shrouded in Myth: The Grey Knights. It comes back to bite them.
 * Tears of Remorse
 * They Call Me Mister Tibbs
 * Tome of Eldritch Lore
 * Turncoat: Most of his books which feature Chaos.
 * Unfriendly Fire
 * Was It Really Worth It
 * We Have Reserves: Both invoked and subverted with the Imperial Guard in two seperate books.
 * We Need a Distraction
 * Worthy Opponent
 * Xanatos Speed Chess
 * You Are in Command Now