Ciaphas Cain: Death or Glory

Ciaphas Cain: Warhammer 40,000, Book 4

De: Sandy Mitchell

Narrado por: Stephen Perring, Penelope Rawlins, Joe Jameson, Richard Reed

Audiobook four of the Ciaphas Cain series.

Listen to it because:

It's a tale of Cain alone (well, except for Jurgen, but he hardly counts), surrounded by enemies and desperate for a good cup of tanna tea....

The story:

Once again, reluctant hero Commissar Cain is catapulted into glory in the fourth instalment of this tremendously popular series. Escaping from a disastrous space battle, the commissar and his malodorous sidekick Jurgen crash-land behind enemy lines. Even the sly Cain can't avoid a straight fight this time, as the only way out is to round up what few troops they can find and fight their way back to safety. Unfortunately, hundreds of thousands of barbaric alien orks stand in their way.

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Now to wait for the next one.

I love the Cain series, my favorite of the 40k series. They are all excellent books and listens. A great starting place for anyone interested in the universe too.

classic

I actually read this one many years ago. I didn't mind listing to it again. Cain is a nice fun break from the more heavier books of eshinohorn

Another great tale of Cain and Jurgen

This is a real blast from the past for me and I loved it.

Warhammer & road worrier

Love the this book series commissar the book takes place between the first two books.Cain is facing the Orks for the first time gets separated from his regiment and must cross the desert with his trusted ally Logan.

Make this a movie…. No seriously

This ‘rise from the ashes’ tale is one of the best of the Cain storys there is to my knowledge. The climatic ending, excellent.

Góð bók

This is a very good story well written well narrated overall just a very very very very entertaining

Excellent prequel

A wonderful story about the campaign that made Cain a household name, despite his so called self preservation, and cowardice, he is a lot braver than he gives himself credit for

Brisk writing style

This is a series you just can’t stop listening too. Been a fan for a long time.

My personal favorite Commisar Cain book

This is my personal favorite of the series. All of the books are fantastic, but this book sets up one of the overarching plots of the series in a way that only Sandy Mitchell and Commisar Cain can.

Easily the best Cain book so far!

As usual for this series, Death or Glory is superbly entertaining while also having some great substance behind it. Seriously, Ciaphas Cain is easily one of my favorite characters ever.

After the first 3 books had fallen into bit of a predictable rhythm, I was pleasantly surprised by how this one shakes it up. This is greatly helped by the fresh cast of supporting characters, whose characterization is all so good that I actually ended up liking some of them MORE than those from the 597th.

One note: This story follows a younger Cain years before his assignment to the 597th. From what I understand, young Cain was first introduced in a short story anthology, which you should probably read first if I’m not wrong in my assumption.

Overall, Death or Glory tells a gripping and entertaining story, with just the right proportion of valuable meaning. I recommend it to both longtime 40k fans and people who don’t even know what a bolter is (though the latter group might want to do a tiny bit of research first just so the terminology makes sense). That goes for a lot of Black Library books that I’ve read so far, actually - they publish a lot of REALLY good books!

Oh, and as per usual, the voicework is phenomenal. There can be no other voice for Cain, Jurgen, or Amberly. If the stories you’ve been alongside them for haven’t made you feel a connection to these characters yet, Stephen Perring and Penelope Rawlins’ characterful performances certainly will. And Richard Reed, star of The Infinite and the Divine, makes a few short appearances!