After the 1987 release of Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 wargame, a military and [1] science fantasy[2] universe set in the far future, the company began publishing background literature to expand on existing material, introduce new content, and provide detailed descriptions of the universe, its characters, and its events.
An expanding roster of authors contributes to a growing collection of fiction across various formats and media, including audio, digital and print.
This omnibus edition contains the books Horus Rising, False Gods and Galaxy in Flames, and also the stories "The Wolf of Ash and Fire", "Lord of the Red Sands" and "Death of a Silversmith" included in book #35, #33, and #22 respectively This omnibus edition contains the books Fulgrim and Angel Exterminatus, the novellas The Crimson Fist and The Reflection Crack'd, and also the stories "The Phoenician", "Iron Within", "Imperfect", "Chirurgeon" and "Lucius the Eternal Blade" included in book #22, #20, #33, #16, #33, #33, and #31 respectively This omnibus edition contains the books A Thousand Sons and Prospero Burns, and also the stories "Howl of the Hearthworld", "Rebirth", "Hunter's Moon" and "Thief of Revelations".
Hammer and Bolter was a download-only Black Library monthly e-magazine published between October 2010 and November 2012.
It included short stories, novel extracts, and serialized novellas in text and audio formats.