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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