Ciaphas Cain: Choose Your Enemies: Choose Your Enemies (Volume 10)

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Cain is considered to be a hero of the Imperium, and is praised for his deeds of courage in the thick of battle. Sort of,’ Amberley said, unhelpfully, but before I could pursue the topic, the flesh of Emeli’s new body began to reconstruct itself, flowing smoothly back into its former configuration. Before I could discern any more, however, I was dazzled by the discharge from one of the ship’s ventral lance batteries, and, once again, the entire dome shook.

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It would be accurate and the truth is that, whatever its inherent problems, Choose Your Enemies still stands out thanks to its sharp writing and angles most stories avoid.The vast bulk of an eldar battleship was keeping station with the orbital, just outside the [armourcrys] dome, and beyond it I thought I could make out several more of the distinctive curving hulls. The avatar dodged the blow, its comparatively small stature a distinct advantage in that regard, and lashed out with its archaic-seeming weapon. In contrast to the bright colours I generally associated with the eldar, however, it was dull of hue, composed of dark unpolished metal, and even from this distance I could feel the furnace heat radiating from it.

Ciaphas Cain: Choose Your Enemies: Choose Your Enemies (10)

Said daemon prince was happily weathering the effects of a master swordsman, an inquisitor in power armour plus her storm bolter, another inquisitor with a null rod, and a goddamn blank. The wound it had inflicted began to knit together, but a good deal more slowly than the ones my chainsword had made.The daemon jumped, impossibly high, and snatched at the nearest, who evaded the grasping hand by what, from where I was standing, seemed like millimetres. While this might sound like hyperbole, if you compare the first three books with Death or Glory, you might notice that one is more engaging than the other. Then there’s Inquisitor Vale’s footnotes, which dance between pointing out people’s foibles, and wondering if Cain isn’t the precise man the Imperium needs. With a roar like an enraged carnosaur the atmosphere began to vent, becoming visible as a plume of ice crystals, which caught the sunlight in a glittering trail I might have found breathtakingly beautiful if it hadn’t been taking my breath quite literally. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform.