Alexander Michael Stewart (born 25 July 1958) is a

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writer. His best known work is fiction written under the pseudonym Sandy Mitchell—

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and

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novels, including the Ciaphas Cain series. A full-time writer since the mid-1980s, the majority of his work (as Sandy Mitchell) has been

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fiction for

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's Warhammer fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 science fiction lines, as well as a novelisation of episodes from the

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thriller series Bugs, for which he also worked as a scriptwriter under his real name. He has also contributed some Warhammer roleplaying game material (including '' Scourge the Heretic'', the first

book to the Dark Heresy roleplaying game) as well as a number of short stories and magazine articles. He lives in the North

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village of Earls Colne, with his wife and daughter. As a member of the Midnight Rose Collective he edited the Temps and EuroTemps collections of short stories with

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Selected works

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In the Warhammer Universe, as

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catalogues it, Sandy Mitchell is the sole author of Ciaphas Cain and Dark Heresy series (both listed completely here)."Warhammer 40,000 – Series Bibliography"
ISFDB. Retrieved 2014-07-27. ;Ciaphas Cain series Novels, all published by

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* ''For The Emperor'' (2003) * ''Caves of Ice'' (2004) * ''The Traitor's Hand'' (2005) * ''Death or Glory'' (2006) * ''Duty Calls'' (2007) * ''Cain's Last Stand'' (2008) * ''The Emperor's Finest'' (2010) * ''The Last Ditch'' (2012) * ''The Greater Good'' (2013) * ''Ciaphas Cain: Choose Your Enemies'' (2018) * ''Ciaphas Cain: Vainglorious'' (2023) Omnibus editions: ''Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium'' (Black, 2007), the first three novels plus short fiction; ''Ciaphas Cain: Defender of the Imperium'' (Black, 2010), the next three novels plus short fiction. ''Ciaphas Cain: Saviour of the Imperium'' (Black, 2018) followed, collecting a further three novels. An anthology reprinting Ciaphas Cain short stories is due to be released in early 2025. Short fiction: * "Fight or Flight", first published in the Black Library magazine ''

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'' (Nov–Dec 2002); collected in ''Hero of the Imperium'' * "The Beguiling", ''Inferno!'' (Mar–Apr 2003); in ''Hero of the Imperium'' * "Echoes of the Tomb", ''Inferno!'' (Mar–Apr 2004); in ''Hero of the Imperium'' * "Sector 13", ''Bringers of Death'' (Black, 2005), anthology; in ''Defender of the Imperium'' * "Traitor's Gambit" (Black, 2009), limited edition

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for UK Games Day; in ''Defender of the Imperium'' ;Dark Heresy series * ''Scourge the Heretic'' (Black Library, 2008) * ''Innocence Proves Nothing'' (2009)

Other

;Short fiction * "A Mug of Recaff" - published in ''Hammer and Bolter 20'' * ''Old Soldiers Never Die'' (Novella) - to be released in November 2012. * "The Smallest Detail" - published in ''Black Library Weekender'' (Anthology) * "The Little Things" - published during the ''Black Library Weekender 2012'' ;Audio dramas * ''Dead in the Water'' (July 2011) * ''The Devil You Know'' (April 2014) ;Other * " Good Man" - published in ''Sabbat Worlds'' (Anthology) (2010) * "Hidden Depths" - published online in April 2014 * "Shooting the RIFT" - published by Baen in 2016

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* * * – Alex Stewart at LC Authorities {{DEFAULTSORT:Stewart, Alex 1958 births 21st-century British novelists Living people People from Earls Colne Place of birth missing (living people) Warhammer 40,000 writers British male novelists 21st-century English male writers