James Swallow

James Swallow is an English writer.

His Warhammer 40000 novels include the Horus Heresy The Flight of the Eisenstein and Nemesis; the Blood Angels Deus Encarmine and Deus Sanguinius (in an omnibus), Red Fury and Black Tide (in a second omnibus); and the Sisters of Battle Faith & Fire and Hammer & Anvil as well as the audio drama Red & Black.

He's also written several novels and short stories for the Star Trek Novel Verse, including:


 * Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers,
 * Star Trek Titan: Synthesis
 * Cast No Shadow
 * The Slow Knife in Star Trek Seven Deadly Sins.

Tropes included in his works

 * Above Good and Evil
 * A Storm Is Coming
 * The Atoner
 * Attack! Attack! Attack!
 * Bad Dreams
 * The Bait
 * Battle in the Rain
 * Bearer of Bad News
 * Because Destiny Says So
 * The Berserker
 * Bittersweet Ending
 * Blade on a Stick
 * Blessed with Suck
 * Bling of War
 * Blood From the Mouth
 * Blood Magic
 * Book Ends
 * Bottled Heroic Resolve
 * Bring News Back
 * Cain and Abel
 * The Cavalry
 * The Chosen One
 * Cold-Blooded Torture
 * Combat by Champion
 * The Commies Made Me Do It
 * Cool Sword
 * The Corruption
 * Darkest Hour
 * Deadly Decadent Court
 * Death by Childbirth
 * Decapitated Army
 * Despair Event Horizon
 * Dirty Business
 * Divided We Fall
 * Dreaming of Things to Come
 * Dreaming the Truth
 * Dressing as the Enemy
 * Duel to the Death
 * Due to the Dead
 * Dying Alone
 * Enemy Civil War
 * Epic Hail
 * Evil Eye
 * Famed in Story
 * A Father to His Men
 * Field Promotion
 * Fire-Forged Friends
 * First Blood
 * First-Name Basis
 * Flaw Exploitation
 * Friend or Foe
 * Gladiator Games
 * Glory Hound
 * Go Mad From the Isolation
 * Good Is Old-Fashioned
 * Good Old Ways
 * Grave Clouds
 * Green-Eyed Monster
 * Handshake Substitute
 * Have You Told Anyone Else?
 * Heel Realization
 * Heroic Sacrifice
 * He Will Not Cry, So I Cry for Him
 * Hoist by His Own Petard
 * Honor Before Reason Often, but not always. (The villain doesn't grasp that it's not always, and it's a plot point in his defeat.)
 * Human Sacrifice
 * I Can Still Fight
 * Incorruptible Pure Pureness
 * I Take Offense to That Last One
 * Kick Them While They Are Down
 * Laser-Guided Amnesia
 * Last Stand
 * Mad Scientist
 * The Magnificent
 * Malicious Slander
 * Manly Tears
 * Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
 * The Medic
 * The Men First
 * Mercy Kill
 * Mind Rape
 * More Hero Than Thou
 * My God, What Have I Done?
 * Nice to the Waiter
 * No One Could Survive That
 * Not a Game
 * Not Quite Dead
 * Not So Stoic
 * Old Retainer
 * One-Winged Angel
 * Only the Worthy May Pass
 * Personal Effects Reveal
 * Power Gives You Wings
 * Power Glows
 * Pride
 * The Promise
 * Promotion to Parent
 * Psychotic Smirk
 * The Quest
 * Rebellious Rebel
 * Redemption Equals Death
 * Reformed but Rejected
 * Refuge in Audacity
 * Refused by the Call
 * The Resenter
 * The Reveal
 * Revenge
 * Right in Front of Me
 * Screw Destiny
 * Sequel Hook
 * Shoot the Hostage
 * Shoot Your Mate
 * Situational Sword
 * Space Is Cold
 * Spanner in the Works
 * Split Personality
 * The Stoic
 * Storming the Castle
 * Super Serum
 * Take My Hand
 * Talking to the Dead
 * Talk to the Fist
 * Tears of Blood
 * Tears of Remorse
 * Tender Tears
 * They Call Me Mister Tibbs
 * Thicker Than Water
 * Threshold Guardians
 * Think Nothing of It
 * Trigger Phrase
 * Unwitting Pawn
 * Walking Wasteland
 * Was Once a Man
 * We Have Reserves
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy
 * Where It All Began
 * With Due Respect
 * Would Not Shoot a Civilian
 * You Have Failed Me
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
 * Youngest Child Wins
 * You Shall Not Pass