Ben Counter

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Ben Counter

Ben Counter is an author of several books and short stories set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe (published by Black Library). He has been published in 2000 AD and is a graduate in ancient history and an avid miniature painter.

Warhammer 40,000 Literature

Bloodquest

• Bloodquest: Prisoners of the Eye of Terror (Audio Book) - published in 2012

Grey Knights

• Grey Knights (Novel) - published in 2004
• Dark Adeptus (Novel) - published in 2006
• Hammer of Daemons (Novel) - published in 2008

The previous three works were collected in The Grey Knights Omnibus in 2009.

• Sacrifice (Short Story) - published in Victories of the Space Marines (Anthology) in 2011

Horus Heresy

• Galaxy In Flames (Novel) - published in October 2006
• Battle for the Abyss (Novel) - published in August 2008

Legends of the Dark Millennium

• Feast of Lies (Short Story) - published online in August 2015
• The Caged Wolf (Short Story) - published online in August 2015

Lords of the Space Marines

• Sammael: Lord of the Eternal Hunt (Short Story) - published online in December 2013
• Arjac Rockfist: Anvil of Fenris (Novella) - published in March 2014

Sanctus Reach

• Sanctus Reach: Penumbral Spike (Short Story) - published in July 2014
• Sanctus Reach: Black Gulch (Short Story) - published in July 2014
• Sanctus Reach: Blood on the Mountain (Novella) - published in July 2014
• Sanctus Reach: Iceclaw (Audio Drama) - published in August 2014

The previous four works were collected in Sanctus Reach (Anthology) in December 2015.

Soul Drinkers

• Soul Drinker (Novel) - published in November 2002
• The Bleeding Chalice (Novel) - published in 2003
• Crimson Tears (Novel) - published in March 2005

The previous three novels were collected in The Soul Drinkers Omnibus in 2006 and in Soul Drinkers: Redemption (Omnibus) in 2013.

• Chapter War (Novel) - published in April 2007
• Hellforged (Novel) - published in March 2009
• Daenyathos (Novella) - published in August 2010
• Phalanx (Novel) - published in March 2012

The previous four works were collected in Soul Drinkers: Annihilation (Omnibus) in 2013 and The Soul Drinkers Omnibus II in 2022.

• Traitor By Deed (Novella) - published in November 2020

Space Marine Battles

• Endeavour of Will (Novella) - published in Architect of Fate (Anthology) in May 2012
• Malodrax (Novel) - published in November 2013
• Black Leviathan (Novella) - published in Damocles (Anthology) in March 2014
• The World Engine (Novel) - published online in December 2014
• Crossed Swords (Short Story) - published in April 2015

Space Marine Legends

• Cassius (Novel) - published in March 2016

Miscellaneous Novels and Novellas

• Daemon World (Novel) - published in April 2003
• Seventh Retribution (Novel) - published in July 2013
• The Shadow of the Saints (Novella) - published in Deathwatch: The Long Vigil (Anthology) in October 2020

Miscellaneous Short Stories

• Daemonblood (Short Story) - published in Dark Imperium (Anthology) in 2001
• Hellbreak (Short Story) - published in Dark Imperium (Anthology) in 2001
• Defixio (Short Story) - published in Words of Blood (Anthology) in 2002
• Words of Blood (Short Story) - published in Words of Blood (Anthology) in 2002

The previous four short stories were also re-published in Let the Galaxy Burn (Anthology) in 2006

• Twelve Wolves (Short Story) - published in Legends of the Space Marines (Anthology), re-published in Sons of Russ (Anthology) in 2012
• Vermilion (Short Story) - published in Hammer and Bolter 17 in February 2012
• Irixa (Short Story) - published in Hammer and Bolter 19 in April 2012
• Weaponsmith (Short Story) - published in Xenos Hunters (Anthology) in September 2012
• The Tithe (Short Story) - published online in September 2013
• The Victim's Dance (Short Story) - published in June 2014
• End of Night (Short Story) - published in Renegades of the Dark Millennium (Anthology) in March 2014
• Deathwatch: One Bullet (Short Story) - published online in August 2015
• Deathwatch: The Flesh of the Angel (Short Story) - published online in September 2015
• Rise (Short Story) - published in Lords and Tyrants (Anthology) in April 2019

Miscellaneous Audio Dramas

• Kill Shot (Audio Drama) - published online October 2018

Warhammer 40,000 Video Games

• Sole writer for Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus - published online in May 2018

See also

• List of authors
• Ben Counter on the Age of Sigmar Lexicanum
• Ben Counter on the Warhammer Fantasy Lexicanum

Sources

• Black Library: Ben Counter (archived in 10 May 2012, last accessed 22 April 2025)
• Goodreads: Ben Counter (archived from the original 05 April 2025, last accessed 22 April 2025)