Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kingdom’s Dawn | 2006 | Dan Abnett | N/A |
| 2 | Fiefdom | 2014 | Dan Abnett | Buy |
| 3 | Kingdom’s Hope | 2002 | Dan Abnett | N/A |
| 4 | Kingdom’s Edge | 1999 | Dan Abnett | N/A |
| 5 | Alpha Romeos | 2006 | Dan Abnett | N/A |
| 6 | Demons & Djinn | 2015 | Dan Abnett | N/A |
Fiefdom/Kingdom is a series of interconnected 2000 AD comics written by Dan Abnett, collected across six volumes. The Kingdom strand, with books including Kingdom’s Dawn (2006), Kingdom’s Hope (2002), Kingdom’s Edge (1999), and Alpha Romeos (2006), follows Gene the Hackman, a genetically engineered dog-soldier whose world has been overrun by the Them, a species of enormous alien insects. Gene’s simple loyalty and growing self-awareness drive the narrative as he fights to protect the few remaining humans.
Fiefdom (2014) and Demons & Djinn (2015) expand the setting to a city environment where a different group of Aux defends the last human survivors in a fortified urban zone. The two strands share a universe and can be read independently, though the Kingdom volumes provide useful background on the wider world. Abnett uses the series to explore themes of identity, programming versus free will, and what it means to be human when you were built rather than born. The art across the various volumes captures the visceral, large-scale nature of the alien conflict.