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

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As battle explodes across the planet, Ciaphas Cain and his regiment come up against allies and enemies old and new in their fight for victory against the forces of Chaos. The way the story manages to execute a better pace is by working around a lot of the flab present in past stories. While 40k isn’t exactly known for humour, the Cain books are one of the few exceptions, and this is a great example of Mitchell’s easy to read style.

With all that said, however, there was no denying that the Ciaphas Cain saga had become somewhat repetative. When an event occurs, how it occurs, what drives the protagonist onward, how important something is to the overarching plot; that sort of thing. This book deals with the eldar (the smug and condescending pointy-ears), with Cain and the 597th Valhallan Regiment aiding the local Planetary Defense Force in keeping them from taking over the planet. Disclaimer, I didn't realize that this book was a part of a whole series about Ciaphas Cain (which I am now looking into reading). And on a sidenote, I'm mad I missed out on the Emeli and Cain history and if anyone knows where that starts if you could just refer me to that installment I would be most grateful.With the Eldar upping their attacks and the likelihood of a traitor in their midst, Cain must somehow deal with the marauding aliens, root out the heretics and live up to his overblown reputation while somehow keeping himself in one piece at the same time. The stories themselves were far from bad - and many of Cain's most famous moments come from the second omnibus - but the magic seemed to be wearing a bit thin. It doesn't feel as if the world is bending over backward to have him find a role within the larger story.

What I wasn't prepared for was one of the few novels where the eldar are presented as competent and where an Avatar of Khaine actually carries its weight, and more, in battle. A resolve to be a giant among men, to conquer, plunder and seize the greatness that he thinks is his right.

Ciaphas Cain, reluctant hero of the Imperium, is caught on the frontline between humanity and eldar. 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. In any case, all of the Cain stories are written as memoirs of a self-loathing hero, who is convinced he is nothing more than a craven coward. And according to the residents of the Japanese island of Okinawa - the world's longest-living people - finding it is the key to a longer and more fulfilled life. This grossly oversimplified understanding has created many complexities in our lives and taken away from us the very fundamentals of the joy of living.

The munitions Ironfound produces are vital to the Imperial war effort in the subsector; its safety must be assured at all costs. There is a more consistent effort to balance this against the major narrative, while the time-skips needed to work around story moments are far better placed.Learn nine essential ways to detox your mindset, feel lighter and more energised, to live a happier and more fulfilling life. We had a break while waiting for the audiobooks of the newer books to come out, and had switched to another series in the meantime. The Greatest Secret, the long-awaited major work by Rhonda Byrne, lays out the next quantum leap in a journey that will take the listener beyond the material world and into the spiritual realm, where all possibilities exist.

While it disguised this well for some time, toward start of the third trilogy these problems became much more obvious. laced through everything is a very British sense of humour that holds the whole thing together marvellously.

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. As a result, while it still offers commentary on a broader event, the story feels far more complete and better executed.