David Annandale writes fiction in a number of genres. He is the author of Crown Fire, Kornukopia and The Valedictorians (Turnstone Press), thrillers featuring rogue warrior Jen Blaylock. 2012 saw the publication of Gethsemane Hall, a horror novel, by Dundurn Press and by Snowbooks in the UK. Since then, David has written extensively for The Black Library and Aconyte Books, producing novels, novellas, short stories and scripts for such universes as Warhammer 40,000, Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, Arkham Horror, and Marvel.

David also writes non-fiction, contributing academic articles on movies, video games and other aspects of popular culture to such collections as Roman Catholicism in Fantastic Film: Essays on Belief, Spectacle, Ritual and ImageryHorror at the Drive-InThe Meaning and Culture of Grand Theft Auto; and Performance and Identity: The Music of Lady Gaga. He writes film reviews for The Phantom of the Movies' VideoScope.

David holds a PhD in English Literature from the University of Alberta, where he specialized in horror literature and film. He teaches film, creative writing, and literature at the University of Manitoba. 

For more information about David, visit www.davidannandale.com



"I write horror, science fiction and fantasy because I have loved these genres all my life. The very first time I tried to write a story, when I was six, it was about a monster, and so I am incredibly fortunate that monsters remain at the centre of my writing and academic careers. 
 
I always wish I could be more productive than I am – there are so many stories I want to tell! My process varies according to the time of year and the time available. Short sprints with distractions turned off, dictating to myself, and lots of loud music blasting in my ears all contribute. Plus, just like executions, deadlines concentrate the mind wonderfully."
 
— David Annandale
 

Series: Arkham Horror | Marvel Untold | Warhammer 40,000 | Warhammer: Age of Sigmar | Warhammer: Space Marines | Warhammer: The Horus Heresy | Warhammer: Yarrick | Warhammer: The Beast Arises | Legend of the Five Rings | Jen Blaylock | Standalone Novels

Arkham Horror

(Aconyte)

It is the height of the Roaring Twenties – a fresh enthusiasm for the arts, science, and exploration of the past have opened doors to a wider world, and beyond… And yet, a dark shadow grows in the city of Arkham. Alien entities known as Ancient Ones lurk in the emptiness beyond space and time, writhing at the thresholds between worlds. Eldritch rituals must be stopped and alien creatures destroyed; before the Ancient Ones make our world their ruined dominion. Only a handful of investigators stand against the horrors threatening to tear this world apart. Will they prevail?

The Devourer Below: "Professor Warreb's Investiture" 
(2021)

The Devourer Below

In the Coils of the
Labyrinth

(2022)
 

Coils of the Labyrinth

Secrets in Scarlet: "The
Man in the Bubble"

(2022)
 

Coils of the Labyrinth

   

 


Marvel Untold 

(Aconyte)

A thrilling new line bringing new tales of Marvel’s Super Heroes and villains begins with the infamous Doctor Doom risking all to steal his heart’s desire from the very depths of Hell Notorious villain Doctor Victor von Doom has finally found a solution for his oldest obsession: rescuing his mother’s soul from the clutches of Hell.

An alliance with the reclusive sage, Maria von Helm, has provided the key to Doom’s latest invention. Fusing their super-science and sorcery, Doom has created the Harrower, a device that will open a rift and wrench his mother’s soul from the netherworld. Back in the human world, however, rebel forces threaten to overrun Latveria and topple its dark leader – and revolution couldn’t come at a more dangerous time than when the gates of Hell itself have been unlocked

The Harrowing of
Doom 

(2021)

The Harrowing of Doom

The Reign of the
Devourer 

(2022)

Coils of the Labyrinth

The Tyrant Skies
(2023)
 

Coils of the Labyrinth

   

 


Warhammer 40,000

(The Black Library)

It is the 41st Millennium. For more than a hundred centuries The Emperor has sat immobile on the Golden Throne of Earth. He is the Master of Mankind by the will of the gods, and master of a million worlds by the might of his inexhaustible armies. He is a rotting carcass writhing invisibly with power from the Dark Age of Technology. He is the Carrion Lord of the Imperium for whom a thousand souls are sacrificed every day, so that he may never truly die.

To be a man in such times is to be one amongst untold billions. It is to live in the cruelest and most bloody regime imaginable. These are the tales of those times. Forget the power of technology and science, for so much has been forgotten, never to be re-learned. Forget the promise of progress and understanding, for in the grim dark future there is only war. There is no peace amongst the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter, and the laughter of thirsting gods.

The Carrion Anthem
(2011)

 

Call of Chaos

Deathwatch: The Vorago Fastness
(2012)
 

Call of Chaos

Angels of Death:
The Judges, in Their
Hunger

(2013)

Call of Chaos

 

 

 

Lords of the Space
Marines: Mephiston:
Lord of Death

(2013)

Call of Chaos

Sons of Titan:
"Incorruptible"

(2014)
 

Call of Chaos

Sons of Titan:
"True Name"
(2014)
 

Call of Chaos

 

   
The Tribute of Flesh
(2014)
 

Call of Chaos

Blood Angels:
Honour and Wrath

(2014)

Call of Chaos

Sanctus Reach:
Maledictus

(2014)

Call of Chaos

   

 

Sons of Titan:
"The Mourning Tower

(2015)
 

Call of Chaos

Grey Knights:
Sons of Titan

(2015)
 

Call of Chaos

Sabbat Worlds Crusade:
Gaunt's Ghosts: The
Deeper Wounds

(2014)

Call of Chaos

   

 

Typhus: Herald of
the Plague God

(2016)

Call of Chaos

Adeptus Mechanicus:
Gates of the Devourer

(2016)

Call of Chaos

Grey Knights:
Warden of the Blade

(2016)

Call of Chaos

   

 

Legion of the Damned:
The Dark Hollows of
Memory

(2016)

Call of Chaos

Warlord:
Fury of the God-Machine

(2017)

Call of Chaos

Grey Knights:
Castellan

(2018)
 

Call of Chaos

 

   
Maledictions:
"The Last Ascension
of Dominic Seroff"

(2019)

Call of Chaos

The Wicked
and the Damned

(2019)
 

Call of Chaos

Agents of the
Imperium

(2019)
 

Call of Chaos

   

 

The House of Night
and Chain

(2019)

Call of Chaos

Invocations: "From the
Halls, the Silence

(2019)

Call of Chaos

Invocations: "The
Summons of Shadows

(2019)

Call of Chaos

 

 

 
The Deacon of Wounds
(2021)
 

Call of Chaos

The Accursed:
"The Terminus"

(2021)

Call of Chaos

Blood Angels:
Eclipse of Hope

(2021)

Call of Chaos

   

 

Unholy: Tales of
Horror and Woe from
the Imperium

(2023)

Call of Chaos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warhammer: Age of Sigmar

(The Black Library)
 
Call of Chaos:
The Prodigal

(2016)
 

Call of Chaos

Legends of the
Age of Sigmar:
The Keys to Ruin

(2016)

Call of Chaos

Legends of the
Age of Sigmar:
Shattered Crucible

(2016)

Call of Chaos

 

 

 

Realmgate Wars:
Call of Archaon

(2016)

Call of Chaos

Realmgate Wars:
Knight of Corruption 

(2016)

Knight of Corruption

Realmgate Wars:
Blood and Plague 

(2016)

Blood and Plague

 

 

 

The Dance of the Skulls 
(2017)
 

Call of Chaos

Warhammer
Underworlds: The
Darkness in the Glass

(2018)

Call of Chaos

Warhammer
Underworlds:
Doombound

(2018)

Call of Chaos

 

 

 

Neferata: Obsidian 
(2019)
 

Call of Chaos

Neferata:
Mortarch of Blood

(2019)

Call of Chaos

The Palace of
Memory
and Other Stories

(2019)

Call of Chaos

 

 

 

The Hunt
(2019)
 

Call of Chaos

Rulers of the Dead
(2019)
 

Call of Chaos

Myths & Revenants:
"The Claw of Memory"

(2019)

Call of Chaos

 

 

 

Warcry:
"The Harrower"

(2019)

Call of Chaos

Neferata:
The Dominion of Bones

(2019)

Call of Chaos

Anathemas:
"A Deep and Steady Tread"
(2020)

Call of Chaos

 

 

 

A Dynasty of Monsters
(2022)
 

Call of Chaos

Ultramarines:
The Unsung War

(2018)

Call of Chaos

The Oath in Darkness
(2020)
 

Call of Chaos


Warhammer: Space Marines

(The Black Library)
 
Space Marine Battles:
The Death of Antagonis

(2013)

Call of Chaos

Space Marine Battles:
Stormseer

(2013)

Call of Chaos

Space Marine Battles:
Shadow Captain

(2014)

Call of Chaos

 

   
Space Marine Battles:
Forge Master

(2014)

Call of Chaos

Space Marine Battles:
Overfiend

(2014)

Call of Chaos

Space Marine Battles:
Defenders of Mankind

(2015)

Call of Chaos

   

 

Space Marine Legends:
Lemartes

(2017)

Call of Chaos

Legacy of
the Wulfen

(2017)

Call of Chaos

Curse of
the Wulfen

(2016)

Call of Chaos

   

 


Warhammer: The Horus Heresy

(The Black Library)
 
Legacies of Betrayal:
"Veirtas Ferrum"

(2012)

Call of Chaos

Mark of Calth:
"The Traveller"

(2013)

Call of Chaos

The Damnation
of Pythos

(2014)

Call of Chaos

   

 

The Unburdened
(2015)

Call of Chaos

Iron Corpses
(2015)

Call of Chaos

Meduson: "The Noose"
(2016)

Call of Chaos

   

 

Ruinstorm
(2017)
 

Call of Chaos

The Burden of Loyalty:
"The Binary Succession"

(2018)

Call of Chaos

Spear of Ultramar
(2018)
 

Call of Chaos

   

 

Prologue to Nikaea
(2018)
 

Call of Chaos

Abyssal
(2018)
 

Call of Chaos

Roboute Guilliman Lord of Ultramar
(2016)

Call of Chaos

   

 

Vulkan: Lord of Drakes
(2018)
 

Call of Chaos

The Atonement of Fire
(2018)
 

Call of Chaos

The Verdict
of the Scythe

(2020)

Call of Chaos

   

 

Mortarion:
The Pale King

(2022)

Call of Chaos

 

 

 
 

 

 

Warhammer: Yarrick 

(The Black Library)
 
Chains of Golgotha
(2013)
 

Call of Chaos

Imperial Creed
(2014)
 

Call of Chaos

Astra Militarum:
"Sarcophagus"

(2014)

Call of Chaos

   

 

Concordat
(2014)
 

Call of Chaos

The Pyres of
Armageddon

(2015)

Call of Chaos

A Plague of Saints
(2016)
 

Call of Chaos

   

 

Sarcophagus
(2016)

Call of Chaos

The Gallows Saint
(2016)

Call of Chaos

The Wreckage
(2016)

Call of Chaos

   

 

Yarrick:
The Omnibus

(2018)

Call of Chaos

Evil Eye
(2012)
 

Call of Chaos

 
   

 


Warhammer: The Beast Arises

(The Black Library)
 
The Last Wall
(2016)

Call of Chaos

The Hunt for Vulkan
(2016)

Call of Chaos

Watchers in Death
(2016)

Call of Chaos

 

   
The Beast Arises:
Volume 1

(2018)

Call of Chaos

The Beast Arises:
Volume 2

(2018)

Call of Chaos

The Beast Arises:
Volume 3

(2018)

Call of Chaos

   

 


Legend of the Five Rings

(Aconyte)

The reckless pursuit of honor exposes an empire to demonic invasion, in this epic fantasy novel of duty and warfare, set in the extraordinary world of Legend of the Five Rings.

Striking Dawn Castle defends the mountains between the Rokugan empire and the demon-haunted Shadowlands. When a mythical city is discovered in the forbidding peaks, Hida Haru, heir and sore disappointment to his family, seizes the opportunity to prove himself. His rash expedition ends in disaster – just one samurai returns alive, and Haru is lost. Before a power struggle can break out, Striking Dawn’s battle-hardened commander, Ochiba, is dispatched to rescue Haru. She succeeds against supernatural horrors, but Haru is… changed. Now, mysterious deaths and ill fortune plague his family. Something evil is loose and must be stopped, at any cost.

Curse of Honor
(2020)

Call of Chaos

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 


Jen Blaylock

(Turnstone Press)

When Canadian Forces soldier Jen Blaylock's father - an investigative journalist - and the rest of her family are murdered in an attempt to cover up illegal arms sales, Blaylock abandons military life to plan her revenge against Integrated Security, the multi-national conglomerate she deems responsible.

"A top-notch read—complex and as intelligent as it is entertaining." Christopher Hyde, author of The Second Assassin and A Gathering of Saints

". . . whiz-bang, high-body-count combat and a forest fire so scary it's liable to discourage tourism in the Canadian Shield." Winnipeg Free Press

"David Annandale's savvy and savage first novel announces a top new talent in thriller fiction . . . it will keep aficionados reading late into the summer night." Edmonton Journal

Crown Fire
(2003)

Call of Chaos

Kornukopia
(2004)

Call of Chaos

The Valedictorians
(2010)

Call of Chaos

   

 


Standalone Novels 

The Skeleton Key
The Black Library, 2017

The Skeleton KeyThere's a lot riding on the Dungeonbowl: it's being touted as a clash between good and evil. But disaffected greenskins and a grumpy mummy might throw a spanner in the works…


Gethsemane Hall
Dundurn Press, 2012

"Gethsemane Hall" David AnnandaleGethsemane Hall is a house of great darkness, and of even more terrible illumination. It is a place where the dead walk and suffer, and where illusions die. To this house comes a group of people with conflicting agendas. A disgraced CIA Station Chief is trying to shut down a scandal. A spiritualist plans to prove that the Hall is the site of a haunting as real as it is holy. A physicist thinks he's going to debunk the legends of the house. They are all about to discover that their beliefs and dreams count for nothing at Gethsemane Hall. Only a grieving husband, desperate to know the truth of the afterlife, might see his prayers answered, but in a way that goes beyond his worst nightmares.

"Spikes of tension. Strong characters. Methodical pacing. . . . Horror writing is not for everyone, but a truly great horror novel needs these well-balanced aspects in order to make the plot really unsettling. Unsettling is often worse than frightening because unsettling sticks with you after you're done reading. Gethsemane Hall achieves that." The Winnipeg Review

Interview in Civilian Reader


Media

"David Annandale's Unabashed Guilty Pleasures," The Winnipeg Review, July 15, 2011.

"David Annandale—Night Table Recommendations," McNallyRobinson.com, March 11, 2011.