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David Guymer

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Lowestoft, The United Kingdom

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror

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David Guymer is a freelance author, PhD in molecular microbiology (which still comes in more handy than you might think), and tabletop warlord based in the Yorkshire East Riding. He has written for Black Library, Marvel, Aconyte Books, Asmodee, Mantic Games, Cubicle 7, Creative Assembly, and Mongoose Publishing.

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	Lion El'Jonson: Lord of the First (The Horus Heresy: Primarchs, #13) 3.68 avg rating — 894 ratings — published 2020 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kinslayer (Gotrek & Felix, #16) 3.87 avg rating — 802 ratings — published 2014 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slayer (Gotrek & Felix, #17) 4.13 avg rating — 665 ratings — published 2015 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ferrus Manus: The Gorgon of Medusa (The Horus Heresy: Primarchs, #7) 3.28 avg rating — 774 ratings — published 2018 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Echoes of the Long War (The Beast Arises, #6) 3.59 avg rating — 677 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angron: The Red Angel 3.58 avg rating — 591 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Son of Dorn (The Beast Arises, #10) 3.75 avg rating — 524 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Realmslayer (Realmslayer #1) 3.98 avg rating — 475 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	City of the Damned (Gotrek & Felix, #14) 3.47 avg rating — 522 ratings — published 2013 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scions of the Emperor by David Guymer (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), David Annandale (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Guy Haley (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.93 avg rating — 322 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Dwarf Gouger

While clearing out my drawers in preparation for leaving my day job for the final time (see last month's blog), I found something a little unexpected in amongst the usual junk. It was a commissioning form for a short story that I never actually wrote on account of being sorely pressed for time to deliver Thorgrim (Historical Note – this was itself originally meant to be a full-length novel). The s Read more of this blog post »

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Warhammer: Age of Sigmar: Gotrek the Realmslayer (3 books)
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Iron Hands (2 books)
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Knights of Vengeance (4 books)
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The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

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“Secrecy is our shield. It is how we defend lesser men from themselves.”
― David Guymer, Lion El'Jonson: Lord of the First

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“Snorri didn't like thinking. It didn't agree with him.”
― David Guymer, Kinslayer

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“He ground his teeth and pushed hard. His muscles screamed from the effort. But where he pushed, the legions of the Damned pushed with him. They were innumerable, thousands upon thousands. There were farmers, fishwives, merchants and priests. And there were warriors. Felix saw the outline of armour and axes, Magnus's army, the shades of those that had once battled Chaos and would now battle it once more at Felix's side.”
― David Guymer, City of the Damned

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