The Last Ditch, the latest novel by London College of Communication MA Screenwriting alumnus Alex Stewart (pen name Sandy Mitchell), has just been released in hardback and e-book format by publishers, The Black Library.

The 320 page novel is number eight in the best selling Ciaphas Cain series, a collection of science fiction novels set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. They centre on the eponymous character, an Imperial Commissar of the Imperial Guard, and his varied and colourful career.

The seventh novel in the series, The Emperor’s Finest, is now out in paperback and Stewart is deeply immersed in writing number nine. He is to be one of the featured authors at The Black Library Weekender, a two-day science fiction and fantasy conference for Warhammer fans to be held in November 2012.

Read a review of The Last Ditch