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Release date: 20 September 2025
Format: paperback anthology
Setting: Warhammer 40,000
Author: Sandy Mitchell
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Fourteen helpings of the galaxy's most reluctant hero. This anthology gathers 13 uproarious short stories and a full novella starring Commissar Ciaphas Cain — a man celebrated as a fearless legend who is, in fact, just desperately trying to stay alive. Inquisitor Amberley Vail dips back into the Cain archive to serve up his greatest and strangest exploits.
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Format: paperback anthology
Setting: Warhammer 40,000
Author: Sandy Mitchell
Published by Black Library
English Language Version
What's inside
The novella Old Soldiers Never Die, plus 13 short stories
Tyranid invasions, warp-tainted undead and a commissar's murder — with Cain stumbling through it all
A brilliant companion to the main novels
Cain doesn't mean to be a hero — he just can't seem to help it, to consistently hilarious effect.
A Black Library paperback anthology. Ask us about the rest of the Ciaphas Cain range — we'll be glad to point you to a good next read.
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