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The Last Ditch
- Ciaphas Cain: Warhammer 40,000, Book 8
- Narrated by: Stephen Perring, Penelope Rawlins, Emma Gregory, Toby Longworth, Andrew James Spooner
- Series: Ciaphas Cain: Warhammer 40,000, Book 8
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Summary
Book 8 of the Ciaphas Cain series.
The Imperium's least willing hero is thrown back into the fight against another alien threat as Commissar Cain returns to a frozen planet to battle an incursion by monstrous orks.
Listen to it because....
It's a rip-roaring action adventure tale with a few daring twists and a whole load of that typical Ciaphas Cain humour. The opening sequence—involving a dramatic star ship crash—is particularly exciting.
The story:
Imperial commissar Ciaphas Cain returns to Nusquam Fundumentibus to crush the ork attacks which have been plaguing the frozen planet. But when his ship crashes into the wastelands outside the capital, it disturbs a far greater enemy, one which has lain dormant under the permafrost since long before the Imperium came to this world and could now threaten the whole sector. Faced with ongoing greenskin raids and keeping an over-enthusiastic novice commissar under control, Cain must rally his men and confront whatever emerges from beneath the rapidly melting ice....
Written by Sandy Mitchell. Narrated by Stephen Perring, Penelope Rawlins, Emma Gregory, Toby Longworth, Andrew James Spooner. Run time 9 hours and 30 minutes.
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- Dougall
- 01-05-22
Great as always.
not much to say other than if you liked the previous books you will like this one too.
More please.
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- Joshua
- 16-04-22
Add another one to this fantastic book series
Add another one to this fantastic book series, good voice actors, interesting story and kept me chuckling all the way through. 10 out of 10
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- Sewell247
- 17-07-22
Great narration as always, not the best story
Usually Cain books are spot on, but this one seems to have missed the mark for some reason. While enjoyable for being a Cain book it left me underwhelmed.
As a Cain fanboy however I’ll always listen!
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- Dee
- 14-07-22
Great series well recommended !!!
Great listening, and a good series !!!
normally a space marine and nuns with guns kind of guy, but i can honestly say that listened to all off the series one after the other and can say I'm to miss Cain and yurgon !!!
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- David L.
- 14-07-22
Once again perfect
nothing more need be said
it's another perfect book filled with that magic sandy Mitchell brings.
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- Chris Bird
- 26-06-22
Classic Cain
great, though some lines do repeat without realisation or it being one of Cain's catchphrases
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- Mr S
- 08-06-22
less than average
The narrator was excellent, however overall the book felt like the same drawn out story, didn't enjoy it
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- Sigurbjörn
- 09-05-22
meh, not bad but not the worst
not the best, not the worst... starting to feel ol Mr.Cain is getting repetitive
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- Amazon Customer
- 21-04-22
7/10
Bit of a slow start and felt like a rushed ending, but overall a good listen.
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- J & E Tichy
- 09-06-22
Weakest Installment
Unfortunately "The Last Ditch" is the weakest in the series to date. That's not to say it's a bad book because it's still enjoyable. It just suffers when compared to what has come before. The story is formulaic. Tell me if this sounds familiar: Cain thinks he is dealing with "xenos A" only for his palms to itch and to discover a much more dangerous threat in "xenos B." - this is how a few of the previous books went as well but they benefited from interesting side characters and locations. This story takes place on a boring planet, with boring politicians, and a boring threat. The presentation is top notch as always however.
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- David Neptune
- 15-04-22
Such a fun series.
Excellent voice actors.
Characters that are engaging.
A story arc that is fun.
Well done.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-04-22
Yet another great book
I can't get enough of the commisar's stories, I hope Sandy Mitchell just keeps writing them for as long as Games workshop allows him.
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- MSG50
- 12-04-22
Great book
Sandy Mitchell does it again. Cain has to be the luckiest Commissar in the 40K universe.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-07-22
overall good
several plot points were needlessly kept hidden in what I presume was an attempt at drama, it instead served to make the characters all look dumb.
overall though, the book was add enjoyable as any of the CC books.
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- Pondwrite
- 03-07-22
more of these please
these are all excellent stories I hope that they will all become available on Audible soon
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- Daniel Bridges
- 30-06-22
Top 3 Cain story
10/10 Would recommend. Performance is great as always and the story is hilarious and the best ways
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- atamez247
- 24-06-22
another great story of the emperor's finest
Another exciting story from Mitchell featuring the emperor's favorite "hero". exciting, traumatic, funny, and always a good listen.
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- Joshosgirl
- 12-06-22
More Ciaphas shenanigans
Gotta love the story of a partially witting hero who thinks hinself a vieled coward.
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- G. Marcelin-Williams
- 21-05-22
Amazing
I love every Ciaphus Cain novel I have read and this is no exception. A great tale of a Hero of the Imperium.