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the search for the source of an alien threat leads Ciaphas Cain to a drifting space hulk. But when the Reclaimator Space marines suffer terrible losses, Cain and his trusty aide Jurgen must go it alone. With the tyranids waking and a group of stowaway orks on the loose, Cain must use all his ingenuity and cunning to escape the space hulk alive.
About the Author
Sandy Mitchell is a pseudonym of Alex Stewart, who has been a full-time writer since the mid nineteen eighties. The majority of his work as Sandy has been tie-in fiction for Games Workshop's Warhammer fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 science fiction lines. The exceptions have been a novelisation of episodes from the high tech thriller series Bugs, for which he also worked as a scriptwriter under his own name, some Warhammer roleplaying game material, and a scattering of short stories and magazine articles.
His hobbies include the martial arts of Aikido and Iaido, miniature wargaming, role-playing games, and pottering about on the family allotment.
He lives in the North Essex village of Earls Colne, with his wife Judith and daughter Hester
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4.6 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews)
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Caiphas Cain's Triumphal Return, Dec 5 2010
By Andrew Gelbman - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Emperor's Finest (Hardcover)
Caiphas Cain is easily the most engaging character from Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 setting. Like all the Caiphas Cain stories, the is not "warporn" (as Dan Abnett describes many Black Library books) but it is an action packed story about the pragmatic Commissar Cain who never seems to give himself enough credit for being heroic while just trying to stay alive.I usually do not buy Black Library hardcovers, preferring to wait until the less expensive paperbacks come out. However, Cain is the one exception. Sandy Mitchell's (a.k.a Alex Stewart) dissembling commissar is by far my favorite Warhammer 40,000 personality.
The book is a rousing read and Cain commentary on the rest of the insanely "grim-dark" universe of Warhammer 40,000 is funny and insightful. Not great literature to be sure, but a fun read on a cold day while watching the snow fall.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
More Cain please!, Feb 11 2011
By Bert - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Emperor's Finest (Hardcover)
Standard Cain, which is very good. Centers around his time with the Reclamers Space Marine chapter. Reads more like two books then one, which I found nice. Granted the two omnibuses in this series cost as much but it is well bound and the story is worth it. Though I would have preferred a book cover instead of having everything printed directly on it. These tend to pick up a bit of wear and tear.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
This one's skippable, April 5 2011
By Sephram - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Emperor's Finest (Hardcover)
Don't get me wrong, Sandy Mitchell's 7th book of the series, The Emperor's Finest, is a good book. However, compared to the previous books, Emperor is only a sub-par entry.While the author keeps the humorous tone found in the previous books, at times the humor seems forced and you can see it coming from a mile away. The characters in this one (other than our heroes) are very flat, and in one case, very annoying. Cain's "liaison" Mira is present throughout almost the entire book, and is a complete pain in the ass. You'll be sick of her after the first few pages of her showing up, and she's in there THE ENTIRE BOOK.
The plot is also pretty boring. One of the fun things about the Cain books is reading about Cain leading a squad of soldiers into battle. Other than an exciting first battle though, and the excursion onto the abandoned ship, not much happens other than Cain hanging around and getting bossed around by Space Marines and civilian Mira.
The ending was also the most Dues Ex Machina of all the books. Not to give it away, but Cain goes from fighting for his life to safety in a manner of seconds.
A fun read, but not really a "Cain" book. Put him back with the Imperial Guard!
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