Abaddon Books


Abaddon Books is a British publishing imprint, founded in 2006. It is part of the Rebellion group of companies, along with publishing companies Solaris Books, [2000 AD (comics)|2000 AD], 2000 AD Graphic Novels, and Cubicle 7.
Abaddon publishes "shared world" novels in the horror, science fiction and fantasy genres. Describing itself as a return to "the good old days of pulp fiction", the imprint focuses on shorter, action-driven novels with dark or horrific themes.
The line was founded by Jonathan Oliver, who has been Editor-in-Chief of Abaddon and Solaris Books since Rebellion bought the latter from BL Publishing in 2009.

Shared-world series

Abaddon publishes "shared-world" novels set in a number of narrative settings, with two or more authors writing in each series. Abaddon's editorial team creates the worlds in collaboration with the authors, placing an emphasis on original and engaging ideas:
The imprint is currently publishing books in six series:The Afterblight Chronicles, a post-apocalyptic setting in which cults and warlords run rampant over the survivors of a global plague.The Infernal Game, an espionage series incorporating elements of urban fantasy and gothic horror.No Man's World, an exploration story about a company of World War I soldiers inexplicably transported to an alien world.Pax Britannia, a steampunk alternate history in which a 160-year-old Queen Victoria still governs the British Empire towards the end of the twentieth century.Tomes of the Dead, not a single shared world, but a series of stand-alone zombie stories marked by subversion or reinterpretation of the genre.Twilight of Kerberos, a "sword and sorcery" setting on a small world orbiting the gas giant Kerberos, inhabited by the remnants of lost civilizations.Malory's Knights of Albion, a series of Arthurian stories supposedly drawn from Thomas Malory's unpublished sequel to Le Morte D'Arthur, with 3 titles.
A further two series were launched in the imprint's first year, but have since ceased:Dreams of Inan, a science fantasy series set on a futuristic world in which magic acts as a nuclear-style deterrent. The series concluded with The Worm That Wasn't in 2007.Sniper Elite, an alternate history based in the world of the Sniper Elite games. The series included only a single book, The Spear of Destiny, in 2006.

Publications

The following titles have been previously published or are announced as upcoming.
All releases prior to 2009, and most releases since, have featured cover art by Greg Staples or Mark Harrison; covers for the new The Infernal Game and No Man's World titles, and for the upcoming omnibus editions, have been created by 2000 AD staff designers Simon Parr and Luke Preece.

The Afterblight Chronicles

Novels

  9. UK-, US-.
  10. UK-, US-.
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Omnibus collections

  • Includes: Orbital Decay, Dead Kelly, and The Bloody Deluge.
  • Includes: The Culled, Kill or Cure, and Death Got No Mercy.

The Infernal Game

Cold Warriors
  • ''Ghost Dance''

No Man's World

  • ''Black Hand Gang''

Pax Britannia

Unnatural History El Sombra Leviathan Rising Human Nature Evolution Expects Blood Royal Gods of Manhattan Dark Side The Quicksilver Omnibus, Volume 1
  • ''Pax Omega''

Tomes of the Dead

Death Hulk The Words of Their Roaring The Devil's Plague I, Zombie Anno Mortis Way of the Barefoot Zombie Tide of Souls Hungry Hearts Empire of Salt Stronghold The Best of Tomes of the Dead, Volume 1
  • ''The Viking Dead''

Twilight of Kerberos

  1. Shadowmage
  2. The Clockwork King of Orl
  3. The Light of Heaven
  4. The Crucible of the Dragon God
  5. The Call of Kerberos
  6. Night's Haunting
  7. Engines of the Apocalypse
  8. The Trials of Trass Kathra
  9. ''The Wrath of Kerberos''

Malory's Knights of Albion

The Black Chalice The Savage Knight
  • ''Dark North''

Dreams of Inan

A Kind of Peace Stealing Life
  • ''The Worm That Wasn't''

Sniper Elite

Judges

The Avalanche When the Light Lay Still
  • ''Lone Wolf''

Other media

Films

  • In October 2010, Amber Entertainment announced that it had optioned the movie rights for Tomes of the Dead: Stronghold, to be produced by Amber's Ileen Maisel and directed by Rebellion's Jason Kingsley.