Adrian Tchaikovsky

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Early 2026 Awards and Releases

02/04/2026

Exciting Award News!

Portia House was full of rejoicing today as Adrian won two awards in the 2025 Goonhammer Book Awards!

"Recently the Warhammer site, Goonhammer, held a poll for favourite Warhammer reads of 2025, and I’m delighted to find that my novel, Starseer’s Ruin, came out well! Not only did it come out top in the Age of Sigmar category (Warhammer’s main fantasy setting) but by a very narrow margin I also came away with their Best Writer category. I’ve been writing for Black Library for a while – in fact the only outside franchise I’ve written for. Getting this nod from BL readers definitely makes me feel that I’ve arrived as part of a longstanding tradition full of exceptional authors. Thank you!”

Newly Released

Pretenders to the Throne of God

Signing at Goldboro Books

It was lovely to see the new hardback Pretenders to the Throne of God (Head of Zeus/AdAstra) with its glorious cover in person. Adrian signed all these books at Goldsboro Books, London so if you have a one on order, there's a good chance it's right here in these pictures!