The Greater Good

Ciaphas Cain: Warhammer 40,000, Book 9

By: Sandy Mitchell

Narrated by: Stephen Perring, Penelope Rawlins, Matthew Hunt, Andrew James Spooner, John Banks, Tara Rawson

Book 9 in the Ciaphas Cain series.

Hero of the Imperium, the legendary Commissar Ciaphas Cain, is back in the field, and this time he's facing down both the T'au Empire and the tyranids.

Listen to it because....

Treacherous t'au, terrifying tyranids and the irascible Commissar Cain – it all adds up to a classic tale from the master of Warhammer 40,000 comedy-action.

The story:

When the world of Quadravidia comes under attack by the insidious tau, only one man can defeat the aliens and save the planet in the Emperor's name – the legendary Hero of the Imperium, Commissar Ciaphas Cain. When the aliens call for a ceasefire, Cain expects the worst, and his fears are answered in the form of the dread menace of the tyranids. As a hive fleet approaches Quadravidia, Cain must try to forge an alliance between the Imperium and the t'au – but can he truly trust the inscrutable xenos?

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GREAT GREAT GREAT

We need book 10 ASAP!


Cain is the greatest warhammer creation aside from AoS Gotrek and Felix

incredible book

thoroughly enjoyed this production. Cain's personality clearly came through. really loved his presence and presentation.

The Greater Good

Sandrine Mitchell did it again with a very good story for another of Ciaphas Cains aventures this time with the Storyline bordering on a temporary Alliance with the Tau to fight a Tyrannid invasion.

Underwhelming but I can't hate it.

Here's the thing
This book was written in 2013. Mitchell was probably running out of ideas and back then the universe was more static. But if GW had asked us to write a 9th Ciaphas Cain book, I doubt any of us could have done any better in those days.
Because all that being said, its SUPER weird this book is called 'The Greater Good' because the Tau are barely in it. When Cain met a human emissary born in the Tau Empire I thought we get to see him go down to a Tau planet and maybe have some of his preconceptions about the galaxy challenged. But instead we get another Genestealer "Who Done It":, which, while fun, we've seen Cain do SEVERAL times before.

Great Cain Book, hardly any Tau

Another great Ciaphas Cain story, but despite the title and cover art the story the Tau only really make a few brief cameos. You go several hours without even hearing about them at all