Wishing to save himself from the people who think him a hero, Cain places a transfer request. This seems not to be the case as he finds himself constantly being assigned to outfits that are placed on suicidal missions. Unfortunately for Cain, saving his own hide often inadvertently results in him saving the day, which inflates his status even further!Ĭommissar Ciaphas Cain, after being plucked from his somewhat cushy attachment to the 12th Valhallan field artillery, is attached directly to Brigade Headquarters for what he thinks will be an easy job of data file shuffling and organizing the occasional firing squad. However, despite his efforts (or perhaps because of them) to always be in the safest place possible, somehow Cain always manages to get himself in the most dangerous situations and is forced to save his hide. Throughout the Imperium, Cain is revered as a hero and always praised for his courage and resourcefulness, but in his private memoirs he expresses another opinion: all he ever wanted was a safe posting with few responsibilities, with little to no chance of being exposed to actual danger.
The novels and short stories purport to be extracts from "The Cain Archive," a private memoir written by Cain and subsequently edited by his close associate, Ordo Xenos Inquisitor Amberley Vail, for circulation to her fellow Ordo members, though not to the general public.
The original audio dramas, Dead in the Water and The Devil You Know were released in June, 2011 and April, 2014, respectively.Ī limited release novella, Old Soldiers Never Die, was released in November, 2012, during Black Library's Weekender event, and collected into Ciaphas Cain: Saviour of the Imperium.Ĭover Illustration for Last Night at the Resplendent (2020)Ĭiaphas Cain first appeared in the short story Fight or Flight, and the subsequent novels and stories follow his career, through the time of his retirement from active service to teach at a Schola Progenium. The tenth novel, Choose Your Enemies, was released in 2018. The seventh, eighth, and ninth novels, were collected into a third omnibus entitled Ciaphas Cain: Saviour of the Imperium in 2018.
The fourth, fifth, and sixth novels, as well as the short stories Sector 13 and Traitor's Gambit, were collected into a second omnibus entitled Ciaphas Cain: Defender of the Imperium in 2010. The first three novels, as well as the short stories Fight or Flight, Echoes of the Tomb and The Beguiling, were collected into a single omnibus entitled Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium in 2007.
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