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John French is a writer and freelance game designer from Nottingham, England. His novels include the Ahriman series from Black Library, and The Lord of Nightmares trilogy for Fantasy Flight. The rest of his work can be seen scattered through a number of other books, including the New York Times bestselling anthology Age of Darkness. When he is not thinking of ways that dark and corrupting beings could destroy reality and space, John enjoys talking about why it would be a good idea... that and drinking good wine.

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Average rating: 3.81 · 46,971 ratings · 3,002 reviews · 154 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Solar War (The Siege of Terra, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 4,423 ratings — published 2019 — 2 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
	Praetorian of Dorn (The Horus Heresy, #39) 4.12 avg rating — 2,900 ratings — published 2017 — 15 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
	Mortis (The Siege of Terra, #5) 3.55 avg rating — 2,761 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Slaves to Darkness (The Horus Heresy, #51) 3.91 avg rating — 2,159 ratings — published 2018 — 14 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
	Tallarn (The Horus Heresy, #45) 3.74 avg rating — 1,399 ratings — published 2017 — 14 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
	Ahriman: Exile (Ahriman #1) 3.82 avg rating — 1,281 ratings — published 2012 — 19 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
	Dropsite Massacre 4.23 avg rating — 808 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Cypher: Lord of the Fallen (Warhammer 40,000) 3.91 avg rating — 845 ratings — published 2023 — 6 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
	Sigismund: The Eternal Crusader 4.22 avg rating — 724 ratings — 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
	Ahriman: Sorcerer (Ahriman #2) 3.90 avg rating — 694 ratings — published 2014 — 17 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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Two weeks ago (ish) I submitted myself to question by internet. Here are the all the answers:
The Horusian Wars, Inquisitors, Incarnation, and all that stuff

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Series by John French

Ahriman (5 books)
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The Horusian Wars (11 books)
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Cado Ezechiar (2 books)
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“The world goes quiet and warm.
I am dying, he thinks, I have failed and there will be nothing left, nothing but ash and hungering darkness.
Something within him dims, fluttering to nothing like a flame fading to cold embers.
He tries to raise his sword.
He is falling…
He was…
… running the ashes of a dead world through his fingers.”
― John French

tags: 40k, darkness, death, space-marines, warhammer-40k

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“But they are many and he is alone.
This has not come to pass yet, he thinks, this is not happening. I am not dying. This is my fate, what shall be. This is the future, it has not happened yet.”
― John French

tags: fate, fateweaver, occult, space-marines, warhammer-40k

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“The first wall of any fortress was the mind, and doubt could burn it from within before the enemy had even raised a blade.”
― John French, The Solar War

tags: the-black-library, the-horus-heresy, the-siege-of-terra

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