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Nick Kyme

Nick Kyme is a writer and editor based in Nottingham, where he began his career at Games Workshop on White Dwarf magazine as a staff writer and journalist. He is the author of many Horus Heresy novels, novellas, and audio dramas, including Old Earth, Promethean Sun, and Nightfane. His novella Feat of Iron was a New York Times bestseller as part of the Horus Heresy collection The Primarchs.
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Ask LuvemBooks about Nick Kyme

Nick Kyme is a Nottingham-based writer and editor who got his start at Games Workshop on White Dwarf magazine and has since become a prolific contributor to the Horus Heresy, across novels, novellas, and audio dramas. On LuvemBooks we've reviewed 1 of his books: Tales of Heresy, the anthology he edited with Lindsey Priestley, which collects seven short stories set as the Great Crusade draws to its fateful close and holds a 4.7/5 reader rating from 136 Amazon ratings. That collection is a good indicator of how Kyme works — using shorter formats to illuminate corners of the Heresy universe that full novels rarely reach.
Where should I start?
The natural starting point on LuvemBooks is Tales of Heresy, the anthology Nick Kyme edited with Lindsey Priestley. It's the only book we've reviewed, and because it's a collection of seven short stories by several series authors, it lets you sample the Horus Heresy universe in shorter doses. It holds a 4.7/5 reader rating from 136 Amazon ratings.
What's their writing style?
Based on the one book we've reviewed, Nick Kyme's editorial approach in Tales of Heresy favors the short story as a way to illuminate corners of the Heresy universe that full novels rarely reach. His broader body of work spans novels, novellas, and audio dramas, suggesting a writer comfortable shifting between long and compressed formats. We only have one reviewed title, so we can't yet speak to patterns across his solo fiction.
Books we've reviewed
We've reviewed 1 book connected to Nick Kyme. Tales of Heresy, edited by Nick Kyme and Lindsey Priestley, is the tenth entry in Black Library's Horus Heresy series — seven short stories set as the Great Crusade draws to its fateful close, with a 4.7/5 reader rating from 136 Amazon ratings.
What genre do they write?
The book we've reviewed, Tales of Heresy, is classified as Science Fiction. It's part of Black Library's Horus Heresy series, set during the closing days of the Great Crusade. Nick Kyme's wider catalog of Horus Heresy novels, novellas, and audio dramas sits in the same science fiction space.
What should I read after Tales of Heresy?
Tales of Heresy is the only Nick Kyme-related book we've reviewed, so we can't point you to a second reviewed title yet. If you want more of his work, his bio points to the Horus Heresy novels, novellas, and audio dramas Old Earth, Promethean Sun, and Nightfane, plus the New York Times-bestselling novella Feat of Iron from The Primarchs collection. Check back as our coverage expands.
Who is Nick Kyme?

Who is Nick Kyme?

Nick Kyme is a writer and editor based in Nottingham who began his career at Games Workshop, working on White Dwarf magazine as a staff writer and journalist. He is the author of many Horus Heresy novels, novellas, and audio dramas, including Old Earth, Promethean Sun, and Nightfane. His novella Feat of Iron was a New York Times bestseller as part of the Horus Heresy collection The Primarchs.

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