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

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The adventures of Commissar Cain, his malodorous aide Jurgen, and the 296th Valhallans have proved great favourites among Black Library fans. As a result, while it still offers commentary on a broader event, the story feels far more complete and better executed.

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Despite the risk of attracting Emeli’s attention again, I thought I ought to show willing in front of an inquisitor; as it turned out, however, the irked daemon was too busy trying to swat the swooping eldar to take much notice of me, at least for the time being.While it disguised this well for some time, toward start of the third trilogy these problems became much more obvious. Even without the commentary angle, however, the actual fight scenes are geared far more toward spectacle or large scale events over all else. The blade bit deep into the daemon’s thigh, and Emeli squealed, more in outrage than in pain, lashing out again with a kick which sent the avatar reeling. The avatar’s arcane weapon was glowing brightly now, carving its way through the daemon’s flesh and bone, while the warp spawn flailed and struck out with ever increasing desperation.

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While one or two excellent ones - especially just as Cain discovers just what the enemy's plan is - which work in its favour, there are far fewer here to compliment the overall humour. Commissar Ciaphas Cain and the Valhallan 597th are in the thick of it again, putting down an uprising of Chaos cultists on an Imperial mining world. 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. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Though their mission is a success, they find evidence that the corruption might have spread to other planets and that the forge world of Ironfound could now be at risk.Of course,’ Amberley said, with the air of patient exasperation common to women all over the galaxy explaining the obvious to the men in their lives. He, Jurgen, and two inquisitors, one armed with a null rod and the other (Amberley) in power armour, are fighting her to no great success.

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Choose Your Enemies officially marks Ciaphas Cain’s becoming a long-running series, and with any long series, you have to wonder if the adventures will remain fresh and engaging after so many years. He’s leaving it a bit–’ I began, then broke off as the thing slammed into the daemon without slowing at all, mashing her into the deck, crushing and bursting flesh and bone as it did so. It goes from having an intense and well executed final act, to abruptly racing through to the ending, and resolving things far too cleanly. The old chapter outro style of "If I had known X I would have Y" is present, but the creativity behind it helps it to feel engaging. The a mix of familiar faces offered more opportunities for jokes, stories and material for Cain's narration to work with.In most prior stories, the rapid wrap-up was far better justified, either by diverting one enemy into fighting another, or intervention by another force. 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. With all that said, however, there was no denying that the Ciaphas Cain saga had become somewhat repetative. Sling the stories together into a coherent narrative, and the jokes would wear thin, the action repetitive, and the overall story bogged down. While their initial battles prove to be a string of easy victories, Cain's troops soon find that corruption might be far more widespread than they first expected.

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And then the eldar literally drop the Avatar from orbit on the daemon prince, which I have to say, must be one of the most badass ways anyone has entered a battle in all of 40k. This allows her to have a greater voice in certain events and more substantial pieces to compliment where Cain glosses over key details. The thing was looking at us with a gleam of malign intelligence, but its stillness was preternatural, as though a statue had somehow been imbued with will and intellect.Most of the works, which include full-length novels, novellas, short stories, graphic novels, and audio dramas, are parts of named book series. 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. The ability for the narrative to interject accounts from other sources was always a major plus within prior tales, but here it is used to far more effectively flesh out the world.