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Cain's Last Stand

Ciaphas Cain: Warhammer 40,000, Book 6

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Cain's Last Stand

By: Sandy Mitchell
Narrated by: Stephen Perring, Penelope Rawlins, Richard Reed, John Banks, Phillipe Bosher
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Book six of the Ciaphas Cain series

The Imperium's most unlikely hero is back, reluctantly returning to the front line and hoping his luck will hold out!

Listen to it because: this entry from the Cain Archives takes the Hero of the Imperium into his greatest - and possibly last - battle. He's an old man in this one, pulled out of retirement for one last mission as the hordes of Chaos close in on the Imperium....

The story: after a long and distinguished career defending the Imperium from its many enemies, Commissar Cain is enjoying a well-deserved retirement on Perlia, teaching in a schola progenium. But when a Black Crusade threatens the sector, all able-bodied citizens must rise to the defence, including Cain and his cadets. As the forces of Chaos overwhelm Perlia, can the wily commissar prove himself to be a real hero of the Imperium one last time?

Written by Sandy Mitchell. Running time 10 hours and 31 minutes. Performed by Stephen Perring, Penelope Rawlins, Richard Reed, John Banks and Phillipe Bosher.

©2021 Games Workshop Limited (P)2021 Games Workshop Limited Science Fiction Fiction
Engaging Characters • Humorous Moments • Excellent Voice Acting • Satisfying Storyline • Consistent Quality
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-key positives-
-this story holds up to the quality that the earlier books have. but shows what retirement it's like for those commissars who are lucky enough to reach.

- we have a wine cast of characters as usual, many of whom you can become quite attached to ((though if you've read any books in this series beforehand you would know that's a bad idea haha))

-the bittersweet ending is both satisfying as it is slightly annoying... but I don't consider that a bad thing, as this is the 40K universe and a bit of melancholy is to be expected.

-without giving it away the main bad guy of this particular book is obviously a parody of a real world evil.. and the parody on display is just gold.

-key negatives-
-the large cast of characters is both a strength and a weakness, because depending how long it takes you to read the book you may forget who is who.

-the book did feel like it was dragging in certain parts, they were trying to go for an edge of your seat sort of thing.. but some of the time in between the battles felt like it didn't add much and it was just there for padding.

-additional notes-
as always this series almost never disappoints.
despite its slower parts it was still an enjoyable ride and I look forward to listening to the next book in the series line.

an honest review

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Be forewarned. Some parts of this book hit hard. Honestly it made the read even more ingrossing than usual.

It's not all funny

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This is one of the few book series I've been able to
repeat. 😊 😊

Repeat listener

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I'm going to assume this was an assassination attempt due to the lack of materia from Like a Phoenix From the Flames prior to chapter 20.

They killed off my boy Perrings

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The voice actors voice changes abruptly in chapter 20, rather off putting. Otherwise it was decent.

Voice change

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Another great Cain novel, always a good listen and great voice acting! I recommend Cain novels to all my 40k enthusiast

fun listen as always

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Very much enjoyed the book. This series has yet to get old. Looking forward to reading the rest of Cains exploits.

Good as alway

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Another excellent addition to the Cain series Thanks for more great stories. Commissar Donal gives his regards!

Classic Cain with a perfect cast

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I love this book!! such a amazing book just like all the others. my only complaint is 8 hours into the book someone else starts reading it than the person who has been reading the othera

it's another amazing cain book. i

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the best series in all 40k. it's ciaphas and Jurgen! poor guy just can't retire

you know it, you love it

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