About the Author

Steve Lyons’ work in the Warhammer 40,000 universe includes the novellas Engines of War and Angron's Monolith, the Imperial Guard novels Death World, Ice Guard and Dead Men Walking, and the audio dramas Waiting Death and The Madness Within. He has also written numerous short stories and is currently working on more tales from the grim darkness of the far future.

Originally hailing from the rain-swept land of the Picts, Steve Parker currently resides in Tokyo, Japan, where he runs a specialist coaching business for men and writes genre fiction. His published works include the novels Rebel Winter, Gunheads, Rynn's World, Deathwatch, Deathwatch: Shadowbreaker, the novella Survivor, and several short stories featuring the Deathwatch kill-team Talon Squad, the Crimson Fists and various Astra Militarum regiments.

Lucien Soulban wrote the novels Desert Raiders and Necromunda: Fleshworks, as well as the scripts for the Warhammer 40,000 computer games Dawn of War and Dawn of War: Winter Assault. He is a prolific writer of roleplaying games and has worked extensively in the video games industry. After experimenting with life in the United States and his native Saudi Arabia, he settled in Montreal, Canada. He would like to stress that Lucien Soulban really is his name.