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James Swallow is an English writer.

His Warhammer 40,000 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.

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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
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• 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
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• They Call Me Mister Tibbs
• Thicker Than Water
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• Think Nothing of it
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• 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

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