Planetkill

Authors

Simon Dyton, Matthew Farrer, Robey Jenkins, Graham McNeill, Steve Parker, Richard Williams, Henry Zou

A collection of short stories on the theme of planetary destruction these tales of total war scribed by fan favourites such as Graham McNeill along with new talent.

Format

Anthology

Released

2008

Pages

226

Era

Classic 40k

Set in the nightmare universe of the 41st millennium, Planetkill is a collection of short stories on the theme of planetary destruction. These tales of total war are scribed by fan favourites such as Graham McNeill along with up and coming new talent to really get the adrenaline pumping. Brutal green-skinned orks, mysterious eldar and the deadly champions of the Chaos powers all seek to conquer the galaxy. The forces of the Immortal Emperor, the stalwart Imperial Guard and the superhuman Adeptus Astartes are the only defence against enslavement and slaughter. For in the grim darkness of the far future there is only war!

Matthew Farrer

Matthew Farrer (born 1970) is from Canberra, Australia and is a member of the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild. He has been writing since his teens, however did not garner success until his short story Badlands Skelter's Downhive Monster Show appeared in Inferno! and subsequently Status: Deadzone. Since then he has written the Shira Calpurnia (Novel Series) and a number of short stories and was shortlisted for an Aurealis Award in 2001.

Graham McNeill

Graham McNeill worked for Games Workshop between 2000 and 2006 as a games developer and a background material writer. As well as writing for White Dwarf, he worked on several codexes including the Tau, Necrons, Witch Hunters, Space Marines and Black Templars. After leaving Games Workshop in 2006 he became a freelance writer, but currently continues to produce novels for Black Library His Horus Heresy novel, A Thousand Sons, was a New York Times bestseller, and the second book in his Sigmar trilogy, Empire, won the 2010 David Gemmell Legend Award for best fantasy novel.

Steve Parker

Originally hailing from the rainswept land of the Picts, Steve Parker currently resides in Tokyo, Japan. His novels to date include Rebel Winter, Gunheads, Rynn's World, Deathwatch and its first sequel, Deathwatch: Shadowbreaker, plus a gauntlet-covered fistful of short stories and novellas.

Richard Williams

Richard Williams is from Nottingham, UK and was first published in Inferno! #19 with his short story Mark of the Warrior. His credits since then include his first novel Relentless as well as writing on topics as diverse as gang initiation, medieval highwaymen and arcane religions. In his spare time he is a theatre director and actor.

Henry Zou

Henry Zou lives in Sydney, Australia. He first started writing on long and lonely military exercises with the Army, and these scribbled notes and drawings became the basis for his stories. His first published piece of fiction appeared in the Warhammer 40,000 anthology Planetkill. When Henry is not working or studying, he devotes all his time to submission wrestling and listening to Baltic gypsy rock.