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Robbie MacNiven

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Robbie MacNiven is a Scottish author and historian. His published fiction includes over a dozen novels, many fantasy or sci-fi works for IPs such as Warhammer 40,000 and Marvel's X-Men. He has also written two novellas, numerous short stories and audio dramas, has worked on narrative and character dialogue for multiple digital games (SMITE: Blitz and Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground), has written the colour text for multiple RPG rulebooks and has penned the scripts for two graphic novels and three comics, for Osprey Publishing and Commando Comics respectively. In 2022 his X-Men novel "First Team" won a Scribe Award.

On the non-fiction front, Robbie specialises in Early Modern military history, particularly focussing on the 18th century. He has a ...more

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	Red Tithe (Carcharodons #1) 4.01 avg rating — 1,260 ratings — published 2017 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Outer Dark (Carcharadons #2) 4.29 avg rating — 774 ratings — published 2018 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Carcharodons: The Reaping Time (Black Library Advent Calendar 2016 #18) 4.11 avg rating — 270 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oaths of Damnation (Warhammer 40,000) 3.89 avg rating — 262 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood of Iax (Warhammer 40,000) 3.55 avg rating — 213 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Carcharadons: Void Exile (Carcharodons: Warhammer 40,000 Book 3) 4.17 avg rating — 173 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death Warrant 3.99 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Hunt 3.85 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scourge of Fate 4.03 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Perturabo: Stone and Iron 3.65 avg rating — 158 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Waiqar: A Descent: Legends of the Dark Novel by Robbie MacNiven

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Enter the extraordinary fantasy world of Descent: Legends in the Dark through the eyes of its most notorious necromancer as he begins his conquest of the realms of Terrinoth

Waiqar, Lord of the Mistlands, is a necromancer of supreme power, arrogance, and skill. Driven by his hunger for power, he has the whole of Terrinoth in his sights. But before he can raise his

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Robbie MacNiven answered Shrike58's question: I'm on the verge of finishing up your Osprey survey "Battle Tactics of the American Revolution," and am impressed with your economy in compressing a lot of information into a very constrained format. My actual question is whether you are aware of Friederike Baer's "Hessians?" It's based on a lot of previously unused primary source material and I found very enlightening. Thank you for the kind comments! It was quite challenging to write, but I'm glad you think it manages to cover the topic well enough for being so succinct. I have heard Friederike Baer's Hessian book is excellent, but I foolishly didn't buy it when i See Full Answer
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“It would be very easy to kill them,’ Red Tane pointed out to Nuritona. ‘Quick. Clean. Little blood. Maybe some oil.”
― Robbie MacNiven, Carcharadons: Void Exile

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“Shall I kill them, strike veteran?’ Red Tane’s question was genuine, and Nuritona answered it as such.

‘No. That might offend them, and you recall the Company Master’s instructions about avoiding that.”
― Robbie MacNiven, Carcharadons: Void Exile

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“If you wish to possess our weapons, you may come and take them from us,’ Nuritona said.

‘I compute that as a threat,’ the tech-priest hissed.”
― Robbie MacNiven, Carcharadons: Void Exile

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