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The Armageddon Omnibus
- GenresScience Fiction
638 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2011
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About the author
Jonathan Green
267 books159 followersJonathan Green is a writer of speculative fiction, with more than seventy books to his name. Well known for his contributions to the Fighting Fantasy range of adventure gamebooks, he has also written fiction for such diverse properties as Doctor Who, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000, Sonic the Hedgehog, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Moshi Monsters, LEGO, Judge Dredd and Robin of Sherwood.
He is the creator of the Pax Britannia series for Abaddon Books and has written eight novels, and numerous short stories, set within this steampunk universe, featuring the debonair dandy adventurer Ulysses Quicksilver. He is also the author of an increasing number of non-fiction titles, including the award-winning YOU ARE THE HERO – A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks.
He has recently taken to editing and compiling short story anthologies, including the critically-acclaimed GAME OVER and SHARKPUNK, published by Snowbooks, and the forthcoming Shakespeare Vs Cthulhu.
To find out more about his current projects visit www.JonathanGreenAuthor.com and follow him on Twitter @jonathangreen.
He is the creator of the Pax Britannia series for Abaddon Books and has written eight novels, and numerous short stories, set within this steampunk universe, featuring the debonair dandy adventurer Ulysses Quicksilver. He is also the author of an increasing number of non-fiction titles, including the award-winning YOU ARE THE HERO – A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks.
He has recently taken to editing and compiling short story anthologies, including the critically-acclaimed GAME OVER and SHARKPUNK, published by Snowbooks, and the forthcoming Shakespeare Vs Cthulhu.
To find out more about his current projects visit www.JonathanGreenAuthor.com and follow him on Twitter @jonathangreen.
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May 25, 2017
A collection of a couple of short stories and two novels from the more classic days of the lore of 40K, you know, pre "let's write the Horus Heresy, we can do it in ten books!"
The story follows the Black Templar's, zealots for the Imperial Creed (think Catholic Church on steroids in space), as they wage war on the Orks, and on occasion thump the skulls of Chaos.
Good, pulpy romp through the universe of 40K, though it sometimes fell into the trap that the SMB series has which is an overdose of action, leaving the story a bit behind. Then again, that was part for the course for all Warhammer 40K fiction until the Advent of the Heresy. (Warhammer Fantasy, I thought, had the better writing back in the day).
It seems, just my impression of it all, that much of this might no longer be canon, and some of the details have been changed over the years, though the differences are minor. Overall, not great, but not bad. Worth a look into what the older 40K was like if, like me, you got into it all late.
The story follows the Black Templar's, zealots for the Imperial Creed (think Catholic Church on steroids in space), as they wage war on the Orks, and on occasion thump the skulls of Chaos.
Good, pulpy romp through the universe of 40K, though it sometimes fell into the trap that the SMB series has which is an overdose of action, leaving the story a bit behind. Then again, that was part for the course for all Warhammer 40K fiction until the Advent of the Heresy. (Warhammer Fantasy, I thought, had the better writing back in the day).
It seems, just my impression of it all, that much of this might no longer be canon, and some of the details have been changed over the years, though the differences are minor. Overall, not great, but not bad. Worth a look into what the older 40K was like if, like me, you got into it all late.
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